Leslie Dowdall

{{Short description|Irish singer-songwriter}}

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Leslie Dowdall (born in 1961) is an Irish singer and songwriter from Howth, County Dublin.[https://www.independent.ie/life/if-anyone-said-theyd-a-poster-of-me-now-id-run-a-mile/26702537.html 'If anyone said they'd a poster of me now, I'd run a mile'], independent.ie, 13 February 2011 She was lead singer in

trad/rock group In Tua Nua in the 1980s and released several solo albums in the late 1990s.{{Cite news|last=Courtney|first=Kevin|title=A NUA WOMAN|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/a-nua-woman-1.106365|access-date=27 July 2020|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Kilkenny – It's back to the old country for In Tua Nua|url=https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/arts/333951/kilkenny-its-back-to-the-old-country-for-in-tua-nua.html|access-date=27 July 2020|website=www.kilkennypeople.ie}}{{Cite web|title='MY SOUL FEELS RIGHT HERE'|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/my-soul-feels-right-here-27344145.html|access-date=27 July 2020|website=independent|date=3 May 2011 |language=en}}

Leslie Dowdall was born in Dublin and grew up in Monkstown and Rathvilly, County Carlow.[https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/bray-news/face-to-face-with-leslie-dowdall/27642984.html FACE TO FACE WITH LESLIE DOWDALL], independent.ie, 4 May 2011 She was 23 when she joined 'In Tua Nua'. She had previously been recorded by guitarist/engineer Ivan O’Shea with her band ‘The Assembly’.[http://www.intuanua.com/timeline/ Timeline], intuanua.com

With Leslie Dowdall as lead singer, In Tua Nua members were celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band on a tour in 2023.[https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/i-think-i-was-very-unmarriageable-material-i-hate-being-pinned-down-i-dont-think-it-changed-me-singer-songwriter-leslie-dowdall/a1542055465.html ‘I think I was very unmarriageable material. I hate being pinned down. I don’t think it changed me’ – singer-songwriter Leslie Dowdall], independent.ie