The Fureys
Legends of Irish music & song The FUREYS, renowned for their hit songs ‘I will
love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The Green fields of France’, ‘The old
man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’,
‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’ etc return on Saturday 9 th November.
The FUREYS have been entertaining audiences worldwide for 41 years, audiences that have
included former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Former Irish President Mary
McAleese and the late Pope John Paul while Tony Blair has publicly stated his favourite
peace song of all time is the FUREYS “Green Fields of France” and President Michael D
Higgins attended their last concert in National Concert Hall.
The oldest of the brothers, Eddie Furey left home in 1966 and travelled to Scotland at the time
of the great folk revival where he shared accommodation with then unknown folk singers
Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty and Alex Campbell. In 1969 with his brother Finbar, he was
the special guest for the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem throughout the USA and
Canada. In 1971 he moved to mainland Europe where he toured for seven years. Dave
Stewart from the Eurythmics has credited Eddie with teaching him his first chords on guitar
when they met up in the North East of England while Dave was still a teenager.