Well known trad group Four Men and a Dog, who are celebrating 21 years on the road, will perform in Monroe’s pub in the city this Saturday night, December 3 as part of a nationwide Irish tour.

The current line-up features Cathal Hayden on fiddle and banjo, Donal Murphy on accordion, Gerry O’Connor on banjo and fiddle, Kevin Doherty on guitar and vocals and Gino Lupari on bodhrán and vocals.
 

Four Men & a Dog have forged a reputation for their with their eclectic blend of music, mixing Irish with a wide spectrum of other genres, including rap, Southern rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, polka, country swing, and salsa.

Four Men and a Dog made their debut performance as a band in Murphy's Bar, Dungiven, County Derry, in 1990 and stole the show at the Belfast Folk Festival later that year.

Barking Mad, their debut album won an award for Album of the Year from Folk Roots magazine in 1991, marking the first time that an Irish group had ever won the prize.

They have recorded six albums to date and plan the release of a new studio album next Spring.

Doors for their Saturday night show in Monroe’s are at 8.30pm and the tickets are €15, available from the Dominick Street venue, www.monroes.ie or at 091-583397.