Irish folk trio Amble have enjoyed an incredible 2024

An Enniscrone native and his band are bringing a whirlwind year to a close by selling out five major Irish outdoor venues next year.

At the end of 2023, Oisin McCaffrey from Enniscrone and his bandmates from folk sensation Amble, Ross McNerney and Robbie Cunningham, played to a crowd of 300 at the Sugar Club in Dublin, an experience which Oisin said blew him away and saw it as a pinnacle for the band... but there was much more to come.

After a year that saw them sell out venues nationwide, including the TF Royal Hotel in Castlebar and three nights at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Amble are coming into 2025 as signed artists with the Warner record label and with soldout shows at King John’s Castle in Limerick, the Marquee in Cork and more.

Going full-time with Amble and giving up their day jobs was a big leap for three young lads.

“I had an undergrad and masters done so I had a lot invested in a career path and had a good job in Dublin," said Oisin. "Then suddenly I had a music career so big I had to consider giving that up. I was talking to my mum and dad and they said, 'Jaysus, are you sure about that?' I felt the same at the time but there has been no looking back.

“Our last outdoor show next summer just sold out in Belfast. 20,000 tickets sold before Christmas and our summer is set up for us.”

Oisin has a great camraderie with his bandmates and they met for one last pint before parting ways for Christmas. But as sweet as their new-found success is, there really is no place like home.

“I went to school in Enniscrone and I play with Enniscrone/Kilglass and was still balancing playing Intermediate football with gigging last year.

“A lot of my songs would be inspired by or pay ode to Enniscrone. I’d be passionate about putting those places on the map. When we played in the TF, I was very proud to be a person from the west selling out a venue in the west."