Sarah McQuaid lines up two Irish tours

The Madrid-born and Chicago-raised McQuaid plays: Sitting Room Sessions, De Barra's, Cork (August 20), St James's Church, Dingle (22), Magnetic Music Cafe, Doolin (23), Flat Lake Literary and Arts Festival, Clones (24), Ionad Cois Locha, Dunlewy (26).

Then the later tour takes in: Island Arts Centre Studio Theatre, Lisburn (November 28), Waterside Theatre, Derry (29), Crusoe's Coffee Shop, Castlerock (December 1), Groucho's Music Lounge, Legacorry (2), The Crane Bar, Galway (3), Castlereagh Civic Centre (4), No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast (5), Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul (6) and Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford (7).