Located in the West of Galway city, which anyone will tell you is the heart and soul of the town, the Roisin Dubh has been firmly established over the years as one of the finest music venues in the world. Opened by John Mannion and Mark Reilly, the Roisin Dubh rapidly became a household name in the world of music, with many travelling musicians going well out of their way to play in the venue. Over the years, under the watchful eyes of John and Mark, the Roisin played host almost every musician worth their salt, from home grown heroes like Christy Moore, The Frames, Damien Dempsey, Luka Bloom, Andy Irvine, to people like Warren Zevon, Townes Van Zandt, Eric Bibb, Doves, Snow Patrol, Ray Manzarek, John Paul Jones…..the list is endless.

In June 2004, Mark and John decided to move on to pastures fairer, and the Roisin Dubh was taken over. The new partnership consists of Kevin Healy and Simon Heaslip, former owners of the GPO, and owners of neighbouring bars, The Blue Note and Massimo; former GPO manager Greg Healy; and music promoter/DJ, Gugai. Since June, the Roisin has once again become the finest music venue in the West of Ireland. A brand new world class PA was installed, but other than that the Roisin remains the same; the same atmosphere, the same dedicated and courteous bar staff, and the same commitment to bringing the world’s finest music to the West.

Live music tastes better, after all.

Technical Specifications

FOH:
4 Acoustic Line TSM15 : 15” and 2” rotated to 60° and with horn on bottom
6 Acoustic Line B1801 1 X 18” Bin
MC2 E25 Amp for Tops
MC2 E45 Amp for Bins
DBX Driverack 260
32 Channel Allen & Heath GL4800; 28 Mono and 4 Stereo channels
BSS Opal 2 X 31 Band EQ
TC Electronic M-One XL
Lexicon Alex
Korg SDE 1000 Analog delay with Tap Tempo
DBX 266 Dual Compressor
Behringer Composer Dual Compressor
Alesis 3630 Compressor
Behringer Autoquad 4X gates

Monitors:
4X Acoustic Line M5 compact 15” and dual concentric 2”
2X TSM 12: 12” and 1.4”
2 X Martin Audio LE 400
2X DBX 1231 Long throw Dual 31 Band EQ
2X Dynacord S900 amps

Multicore:
28 way send multi
16/4 returns mutli

Mics Etc:
3 X Shure Beta 58a
6 X Shure SM58
4 X Sennheiset E604
Audix D6 Kick mic
4 X Shure SM57
2 X Beyer condensors
6 X BSS DI’s
Assorted Behringer DI’s

Lighting:
12 LED Par cans, 8 Par 56’s on 6 way DMX dimmer, Zero 88 Diablo for control

Notes:

• The stage is 13” square approx with an area at the back of the stage for backline tech etc.
• A monitor board (Allen & Heath GL3300 24 channel) is available but requires renting splitters and additional amplifiers and Eq which is added to Show Costs. Specific advance notice is required.
• For those carrying their own outboard, please note that inserts are on separate send and return jacks.
• Aux sends are on XLR.