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18 Oct 2025

Donegal group The Henry Girls begin busy summer with Glastonbury appearance

The Inishowen sisters' appearance at the one of the world’s biggest musical festivals begins a summer tour that will take them from Somerset to Massachusetts

Donegal group The Henry Girls begin busy summer with Glastonbury appearance

The Henry Girls - Joleen, Karen and Lorna  McLaughlin - are beginning a busy summer of touring in Ireland, the UK and the US

Donegal group The Henry Girls are beginning a busy summer of touring with a  performance at the Glastonbury Festival on Sunday.

The Inishowen sisters' appearance at the one of the world’s biggest musical festivals will be their second, the last being in 2014.

Karen, Lorna and Joleen McLaughlin will be appearing at the Acoustic Stage stage of the iconic festival in Somerset - which attracts more than 200,000 music fans - on Sunday at 1pm.

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Other Donegal acts that have appeared at the Worthy Farm venue over the years  include Clannad, Altan, Rainy Boy Sleep - the stage name of the late Stephen Martin - and The Inishowen Gospel Choir.

The Glastonbury performance marks the beginning of a summer of festival appearances for the group which will see them appear at  eight festivals in Ireland, England and Scotland. They will also take on a nine-date tour of the east coast of the US in July and August.

The Inishowen Gospel Choir which will be appearing with The Henry Girls in Buncrana as part of the Earagail Arts Festival on July 19

The summer schedule will include an appearance at Earagail Arts Festival on July 19 in Buncrana with The Inishowen Gospel Choir and Duke Special and the group’s annual Home With The Henrys residency in their hometown of Malin as part of the festival.

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