Mary Coughlan – 40 Years

Mary Coughlan celebrates 40 years in music at The Everyman as part of Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

Mary Coughlan, one of Ireland’s greatest jazz and blues artists, often compared to Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday, is celebrating 40 years in music with a nationwide tour and new releases in 2024.

Her latest single, ‘More Like Brigid’, honours Brigid of Kildare, a pagan healer later canonized by the Catholic Church; the song’s artwork, a portrait by Eilis De Faoite, was projected on St. Brigid’s Cathedral and Galway City Museum in 2021.

Coughlan’s music has explored complex relationships over four decades, and to mark this milestone, she has announced multiple tour dates across Ireland for 2024, with performances at venues including The Everyman in Cork, Theatre Royal in Waterford, Spiegeltent in Wexford, The Mac Theatre in Belfast and 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin.

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Venue Information - The Everyman

The Everyman is a non-profit company that produces and presents the best in Irish and international performance for Cork and Irish audiences. Our mission is to be indispensable to all of the communities we serve: audiences, artists (local, national, international), employees and suppliers, while remaining rooted in, and inextricably linked to, Cork.

Our beautiful theatre is 650-seat listed building and a jewel of late Victorian architecture, celebrating its 120th birthday in 2017. The building is steeped in history and the auditorium is a favourite with audiences and performers alike for its intimacy and atmosphere.