The Fureys to play Offaly gig next month as part of farewell tour

After decades of worldwide touring and recording, The Fureys have announced that they will be playing their final 105 concerts throughout Ireland, the UK, and the continent from October until May.

The band's busy schedule includes a performance at Birr Theatre and Arts Centre on Sunday, October 19, at 8pm.

The acclaimed folk and traditional Irish music band is known for its performances of songs such as When You Were Sweet 16, Red Rose Café, Leaving Nancy, The Old Man, From Clare to Here, Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway and The Green Fields of France.

The Fureys' indelible musical footprint is rivalled only by their vast collection of personal stories of their musical experiences and friendships, gathered by Eddie and George Furey during their amazing 49-year journey.

The band's 105-date farewell tour will begin in Bray on October 2 and end in Dublin's Vicar St on Friday Saturday, May 22 and 23, 2026.

Eddie and George said: "We will have very mixed emotions over the next number of months knowing our working lives as we have known them for so long will be coming to an end.

"We know we have been among the luckiest people on earth having a 'job' we love and enjoy, travelling the world to places we would never have been to, meeting people and making many friends we would never have met.

"However, time catches up with us all and we will look to a new future from the middle of 2026, playing at the odd music session and seeing the younger Furey generation playing their music.

"Our manager Joe McCadden will also be retiring from the business after 56 years, 39 of them with us."

The Fureys will be performing all of their best loved songs on the farewell tour.

Tickets to the performance in Birr on October 19, priced €35(+ €4 fees) can be booked online from the Birr Theatre and Arts Centre's website.