Hare Island sees Galway singer delve into his youth

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell

Galway singer/songwriter Eoin Dolan’s latest single is a return to some of the sensibilities that informed his earliest work. Hare Island was released on June 22. It is a warm, surf-pop ode to the places to which we attach importance in our youth. A famous city landmark, the island itself sits in the bay just off Ballyloughnane Beach and it is there that much of the song’s nostalgia is rooted. The track’s essence can be claimed by that natural, coastal section of Renmore as much as it can by the people Eoin grew up with, and the feelings they inspire.

The Citóg Records artist’s most recent project was last October’s Mirror Liver – a twelve-track LP that dealt with stories of Neolithic Europe and the fluidity of the human condition.

Clearly, Hare Island is closer to home. At the same time, the word he uses most when talking about the single is escapism. A core idea is approaching your surroundings, in this case Galway City, with a fresh perspective.

“I suppose Galway is synonymous with rain and bad weather,” Eoin notes.

“We get all sorts of weather all year round, but I think Galway people are all about making the best of whatever situation it is. With Hare Island, people have had time over the last while to think about things and embrace a bit of nostalgia.

“Growing up in Renmore, I used to hang out with friends down by Ballyloughane Beach. You’d look across at this island and the causeway out to it. In saying that, it is quite dangerous if you don’t know the tides and that kind of thing. The council have a sign up saying not to go on [the island] but even if you look at it from the shore, as we would often do, you see this causeway and, as the tides would come in, it would disappear.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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