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Kingfishr review: Trio offer 'Shot in the Dark' to the masses at Musgrave Park

Standout heroes of the current Irish folk revival, Kingfishr played to a sold out crowd at Cork's Musgrave Park (Virgin Media Park)
Kingfishr lead singer Eddie Keogh onstage during their sellout performance in Musgrave Park (Virgin Media Park). Picture: Chani Anderson

Kingfishr lead singer Eddie Keogh onstage during their sellout performance in Musgrave Park (Virgin Media Park). Picture: Chani Anderson

How better to kick off the Musgrave Park (Virgin Media Park) 2026 summer series than with two successive nights of Kingfishr?

The standout heroes of the current Irish folk revival, Kingfishr find themselves in the driving seat of a deeply unlikely retro revival, with their fan base dominated by twentysomethings, but with a handful of diehard greybeards suggesting a timeless quality to the band's appeal.

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