Wee Nathan delights at the Marquee

One look at the crowd strolling down the Monahan Road and you’d never believe that to most of us a year ago, Nathan Carter was a virtual unknown.

From little girls in summer dresses to teens in skinny-minis and teeter-totter heels, guys in checks and grannies munching queen cakes, they crowded into the big tent to pay homage to the 24-year-old country singer who is steadily disproving the myth that country music isn’t fashionable.

Carter, who left his native Liverpool and moved to Ireland at just 17 to follow the footsteps of his idol Daniel O’Donnell, looks set to achieve his dream.