Photo: The crew from Coughlan’s with Keith Donald, IMRO Chairman
The award for National Live Music Venue of the Year (via public vote) for the first time was Cork’s newly established venue, Coughlan’s.
Other winners in the regional categories include:
Dublin – Whelans
Rest of Leinster – Mermaid Arts Centre, Wicklow
Munster – Crane Lane Theatre, Cork
Ulster – An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny
Connacht – Matt Molloy’s, Westport, Co. Mayo
Also nabbing accolades for IMRO Live Music Festival of the Year and IMRO Best Small Live Music Festival were Electric Picnic and Body & Soul respectively.
