Leslie Dowdall (born in 1961) is an Irish singer and songwriter from Howth, County Dublin.'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.
Leslie Dowdall was born in Dublin and grew up in Monkstown and Rathvilly, County Carlow.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’.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. ‘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
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Members – Leslie Dowdall, intuanua.com Leslie Dowdall, musicgenerationwicklow.ie Leslie Dowdall – BrightLight, lesliedowdall.bandcamp.com Face To Face With Leslie Dowdall, independent.ie, 4 May 2011 ‘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 Countdown to Forever Young Festival: In Tua Nua's Leslie Dowdall, hotpress.com, 7 July 2022 MySpace page
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