{"id":59342,"date":"2026-08-24T16:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/kingfishr-band-to-perform-in-one-of-their-favourite-towns-in-ireland\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:03:08","slug":"kingfishr-band-to-perform-in-one-of-their-favourite-towns-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/kingfishr-band-to-perform-in-one-of-their-favourite-towns-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingfishr: Band to perform in one of their &#8216;favourite towns in Ireland&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">They have been described as the hottest ticket in Ireland and, after an <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0q3z749lg1o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">impromptu performance in a Londonderry pub in February<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">, Kingfishr are back \u2013 this time to sing to thousands.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Limerick indie-folk group will perform at Live at the Square in Ebrington on Monday evening in front of around six thousand fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Members Eddie Keogh, Eoghan &#8216;McGoo&#8217; McGrath and Eoin &#8216;Fitz&#8217; Fitzgibbon \u2013 have emerged as one of the top Irish bands in recent years and their popularity is growing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They topped the Irish charts on three separate occasions last year with their hit viral track, Killeagh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They were in for a quiet pint in a local pub Peadar O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s in Derry in February and were urged to sing Killeagh, the song which has become an anthem for fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was described as &#8220;an amazing moment&#8221; by one fan. Many pub goers had their phones on hand to capture the performance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lead singer Eddie Keogh also posed for photos with delighted fans and pub staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2zgjdd41lo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They have been described as the hottest ticket in Ireland and, after an impromptu performance in a Londonderry pub in February, Kingfishr are back \u2013 this time to sing to thousands. The Limerick indie-folk group will perform at Live at the Square in Ebrington on Monday evening in front of around six thousand fans. Members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[4716,3652,1064,16442,4333,7626],"class_list":["post-59342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-n-ireland","tag-band","tag-favourite","tag-ireland","tag-kingfishr","tag-perform","tag-towns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59344,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59342\/revisions\/59344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}