Tomaseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas recreates the
joy and innocence of a night before Christmas in a
farmhouse in the remote parish of Teampall an
Ghleanntain in the west of Ireland, when the neighbors
gather around the fire to grace the long wintry night with
the laughter of their stories, the joy of their music, and
dances they always said they were much too old for.

Long, long before Riverdance, ordinary Irish men and
women in hobnailed boots knocked sparks off the
flagstone floors with jigs, reels and hornpipes, and the
rafters rang with the fiery music of the fiddle, bodhran,
tin whistle, and the mesmerizing uilleann pipes.


Tomaseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas features
Grammy-award winning guitarist William Coulter (www.williamcoulter.com), with Kathleen Keane on
fiddle, tin whistle, vocals and Irish dance (The Chicago
Tribune nominates her as “one of the world’s finest
Irish fiddlers”) (www.kathleenkeane.com),
Brian Bigley on uilleam pipes, whistle, low whistle,
and flute, and Marta Cook, world champion Irish harpist and champion Irish stepdancer.

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For booking information, contact:
MCM Artists
Thomas P. Gallant, Managing Director
Phone: 845.691.4960
Email: tpgallant@mcmartistsworldwide.com

photos by beyond images

_{"Like a pint of Guinness, Tomaseen Foley’s
A Celtic Christmas is going down rich
and smooth with . . . another packed
house . . . at the Keith-Albee Performing Art Center. ”
THE HERALD-DISPATCH, HUNTINGDON WV}

_{2000 seats sold out!”
WEIDNER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS,
GREEN BAY, WI.}

_{“We had to move the performance to a venue
with twice as many seats . . . the mix of
stories, music and dance was perfect.”
ROCKPORT OPERA HOUSE, ME.}

_{“Move over, Garrison Keillor.  As a presenter
of the performing arts who’s always looking
for a sure bet, I assure Tomáseen delivers. 
He deserves a world stage.”  
CRATERIAN GINGER ROGERS THEATER,
MEDFORD, OR.}

_{" Bringing traditions from holidays past in
Ireland, Tomáseen Foley and his troup
charmed a sold-out house at the Lied Center
for the Performing Arts.”
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR, LINCOLN, NE.} 

_{“The most popular performance this year.”
MELLON ART CENTER, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT}

_{"A very large audience turned out and sat
rapt for A Celtic Christmas - 2 hours of jigs, reels and wordsmithing.”
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER, SPRINGFIELD, IL.}