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Return to the days before the motor car, the television and the telephone – to rural Ireland of the nineteen forties and fifties, to the remote parish of Teampall an Ghleannáin, Tomáseen’s birthplace, to the infinitely rich treasury of Ireland’s cultural heritage, for a genuine St. Patrick Celebration – featuring some of the most scintillating exponents of authentic Irish music, song, dance and storytelling
Regard this as an invitation to yourself and your neighbors to join Tomaseen and his neighbors for
A St. Patrick Celebration. Featuring Grammy-award winning guitarist William Coulter; with Kathleen Keane on fiddle, tin whistle, vocals and Irish dance (The Chicago Tribune calls her “one of the world’s finest Irish fiddlers”); World-Champion level Irish dancer Katie Linnane on Irish fiddle; World Champion-level Irish dancer Brian Bigley on uilleann pipes, whistle, low whistle, and flute.
• Press Release (including bios) 
• St. Patrick Celebration Program 2009
• Press Photos
For booking information, contact:
Tom Gallant, Managing Director
MCM Arts and Entertainment
Phone: 845.691.4960
website: www.mcmarts.com
email: tgallant@mcmarts.com
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. . . it’s such a joy to experience . . . a unique blend of master story-telling, traditional music and dance that captures the heart and soul of Ireland . . .
Times-Standard, Eureka, CA
Move over, Garrison Keillor. As a presenter of the performing arts who’s always looking for a sure bet, I assure you Tomaseen delivers. He deserves a world stage.
Stephen McCandless, Executive Director, Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater, Medford, OR
A very large audience turned out and sat rapt for two and a half hours ofjigs, reels and wordsmithing.
The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL
The show was excellent. We had a sold out crowd that really responded to the storytelling, music and dance. Tomáseen Foley can really bring his stories to life for the audience!
North Florida Community College, Madison, FL
Foley’s group entertained the crowd with rousing jigs and equally rousing reels, and earned their standing ovation.
Isaac McQuistion, The Current, Kenosha, WI
Foley regaled the crowd with individual character snippets, Irish proverbs and punch lines, generating chortles of delight.
Garaud MacTaggart, The Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY
His warm voice wraps you with vivid imagery and stealthy Irish humor . . .
Dirty Linen magazine
Of all the storytellers I have heard, he is the best . . . rural Ireland comes alive in Tomaseen’s stories.
Caitlin Quinn, Ph.D. Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
You’ll love his warm-hearted, poignant stories about life in the homeland.
Mike Sturgill, Britt Festival Program Manager, Jacksonville, OR
Foley had people rapt and delighted . . . he has an engaging manner, a lightness of wit and a silver-tongued way of unwinding a tale.
Green Bay Press Gazette, Green Bay, WI
. . . a masterful weaver of a good tale . . . One of the great charms of the evening was Tomáseen’s skill in relating a story . . . a gentle and easy humor made his tales fascinating and eminently human.
Palm Beach Daily News, Palm Beach, FL
He’s a spell-binding storyteller.
Robert Miller, Ashland Daily Tidings, Ashland, OR
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