‘We own this space’: Tolü Makay and FeliSpeaks tell Tommy Tiernan about black Irishness

Tolü Makay's cover of N17 by the Saw Doctors was widely acclaimed while a poem by FeliSpeaks is part of the Leaving Certificate curriculum. They spoke on the Tommy Tiernan Show about being "too black to be Irish but too Irish to be Nigerian"

FeliSpeaks and Tolu Makay on The Tommy Tiernan Show on Saturday night.

Singer-songwriter Tolü Makay and poet FeliSpeaks have described carving out their place as black Irish people while staying true to their Nigerian heritage.

Makay caught the country’s attention on New Year’s Eve with her haunting cover of the Saw Doctor’s classic anthem, N17. She told Saturday night’s Tommy Tiernan Show that she enjoys the anonymity she still retains in her home in the midlands, partly thanks to a changed hairstyle and wearing a mask in public.