Madra Rua Irish Band from Pepperell, MA

Madra Rua has been playing Traditional Irish music since 2011 with members from Ireland and America. The band is made up of both male & female singers, guitar, cello, flute, tin whistle. We enjoy the friendship of Celtic music and experienced in playing events from pubs, house parties, weddings and private/corporate functions. Venues we have played include: The Old Irish Ale House, Dedham MA The Barley House, Concord NH Fiddlers Green Pub, Worcester MA Beara Irish Brewery, Portsmith NH Finnagin's Pub, Hudson MA Harrington's Pub, Wakefield MA Waxy O'Connor's Restaurant & Pub, Woburn MA McKenzie's Restaurant & Pub, Nashua NH The Greyhound Pub, Worcester MA The Galwaybay Pub, Worcester MA The Village Manor, Dedham MA The Chieftain Pub, Plainville MA Private events include: Weddings Wedding Anniversaries Rehearsal Dinners Birthday Parties Wine Tastings Public events include: The Mayor of Cambridge's St. Patrick's Day luncheon, Cambridge MA St. Patrick's Day dinner - The International Resort, Bolton MA St. Patrick's Party/Irish Night - Knights of Columbus, Tewksbury MA Charity performance's include: Lahey Clinic Hospital, Burlington MA 7 Hills Rehabilitation Center, Groton MA The Huntington Assisted Living facility, Nashua NH The music is a mix of Celtic songs and fiddle tunes. We encourage everyone to sing, dance or just enjoy the music with the people around them, whether it be family, friends or friends you have yet to meet.

• All for me grog
• Black velvet band | Trad.
• Rare old Mountain Dew | Trad.
• Back home in Derry | Trad.
• Wild Rover | Trad. pub song
• Dooley | Trad. Blugrass
• Britches full of stitches | Trad session/instrumental
• Spancil hill | Trad.
• What do you do with a drunken sailor | Sea shanty
• Weller man | Sea shanty
• Sally gardens
• I tell me Ma | Trad.
• Whiskey in the jar | Trad.
• Red is the Rose | Trad.