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Damien Dempsey is an Irish singer and songwriter who is coming to Aotearoa next month for the first NZ Irish Festival. His first album, They Don't Teach This Shit in School, was released in 2000. In 2016 he released No Force On Earth - to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising. His latest album, from 2017, is Soulsun. Earlier this month, Dempsey performed at a march in Dublin when thousands took to the streets to protest over Ireland's housing crisis. The NZ Irish festival - held November 15-18 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch - features music, comedy, film, Irish dancing, and Gaelic football, and coincides with the All Blacks v Ireland game on November 18.
