Leslie Dowdall

Leslie Dowdall (born in 1961) is an Irish singer and songwriter from Howth, County Dublin.[1] She was lead singer in trad/rock group In Tua Nua in the 1980s and released several solo albums in the late 1990s.[2][3][4]

Leslie Dowdall was born in Dublin and grew up in Monkstown and Rathvilly, County Carlow.[5] She was 23 when she joined 'In Tua Nua'. She had previously been recorded by guitarist/engineer Ivan O’Shea with her band ‘The Assembly’.[2][6]

With Leslie Dowdall as lead singer, In Tua Nua members were celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band on a tour in 2023.[7]

  1. ^ 'If anyone said they'd a poster of me now, I'd run a mile', independent.ie, 13 February 2011
  2. ^ a b Courtney, Kevin. "A NUA WOMAN". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Kilkenny – It's back to the old country for In Tua Nua". www.kilkennypeople.ie. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. ^ "'MY SOUL FEELS RIGHT HERE'". independent. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ^ FACE TO FACE WITH LESLIE DOWDALL, independent.ie, 4 May 2011
  6. ^ Timeline, intuanua.com
  7. ^ ‘I think I was very unmarriageable material. I hate being pinned down. I don’t think it changed me’ – singer-songwriter Leslie Dowdall, independent.ie