The Gloaming top album charts

Following a busy seven days, which saw The Gloaming release their sophomore release, ‘2’, and play five sold out shows at Dublin’s National Concert Hall, comes today's news that they have entered the Irish Album Charts at number one, comfortably holding off strong competition from Adele and The 1975.

The quintet, fiddlers Martin Hayes and Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh and sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird are joined by New York pianist Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), and Chicago-born guitarist Dennis Cahill, recorded the album at Real World Studios in Wiltshire, over a five day period in December 2015.

Their 2014 self titled debut album topped the iTunes chart in Ireland, and also won the Choice Music Prize that year.