Meet the Artists 2024

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Here you find listings of all the artists who appeared at our 2024 festival.

Click on the name to see the artist’s full biography.

Matthew Berrill

Clarinet

Multi-instrumentalist Matthew Berrill leads a diverse career as a performer, improvisor, composer, arranger and curator. He is a member of...

Caoimhe and Séamus Uí Fhlatharta

Sean-Nós Singer

Siblings Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta hail from the Gaeltacht region of Connemara. They are noted for their sean nós...

Brìghde Chaimbeul

Scottish Smallpipes

Brìghde is a leading purveyor of experimental Celtic music and of the Scottish smallpipes, a bellows-powered set of bagpipes with...

Aidan Connolly

Fiddle

Aidan Connolly is a highly respected authority on traditional instrumental music from the 1920s onwards. He released his debut album...

Zoe Conway

Fiddle

Zoë Conway, has performed with an impressive list of international artists including Riverdance, Damien Rice, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and...

Geraldine Cotter

Piano, Tin Whistle

Geraldine Cotter is a musician, composer, arranger, teacher and retired lecturer in Music Education at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. She...

Brian Donnellan

Bouzouki, Concertina

Brian’s deep connection to and understanding of the music from his native East Clare is evident in his empathetic and...

Tim Goulding

Artist

Allihies-based artist Tim Goulding is a founder-member of Dr Strangely Strange (1967-present), currently recording their 6th album. A member of...

Martin Hayes

Fiddle

One of the most influential musicians in the world of Irish traditional music today, Martin Hayes remains grounded in the...

Pádraic Keane

Uileann Pipes

Uilleann piper Pádraic Keane hails from Maree, Co. Galway and was born into a great musical family. In 2011 he...

Suzanne Leahy

Sean-Nós Dancer

Suzanne Leahy is originally from Herbertstown in Co. Limerick but now lives in Co. Clare. From an early age she...

Mick McAuley

Accordian, Concertina, Guitar

Mick McAuley is an Irish musician, composer and songwriter. While his music is rooted firmly in the Irish tradition, he...

Cormac McCarthy

Piano

Cormac McCarthy is a pianist, composer, arranger and conductor from Cork. Noted for a diverse stylistic palette, and at home...

Fergus McGorman

Flute

A member of the renowned McEvoy/McGorman family, Fergus began learning the flute at the age of ten and won numerous...

Ruairí McGorman

Bouzouki, Fiddle

Brother of Fergus, Ruairí McGorman is an established Greek bouzouki, guitar and fiddle player, who is high demand as an...

John McIntyre

Guitar

John grew up in the Cooley Mountains of north County Louth where he took up guitar aged eight. He began...

Nick Hart and Tom Moore

Tenor Viol, Viola

After many years of collaborating in various guises, renowned interpreters of English traditional music Nick Hart and Tom Moore are...

Peadar O Riada

Piano

Composer, musician and choir director, Peadar lives in Cúil Aodha on the Cork-Kerry border. He has been the director of...

Danny O’Mahony

Accordian

Danny O’Mahony hails from Ballyduff in North County Kerry. Both imaginative and fearless in his interpretation, Danny’s musical style is...

Toner Quinn

Fiddle

Toner Quinn is a fiddle player, writer, editor, publisher and lecturer. Born in Galway, he began learning fiddle with Tom...

Ré Órga Ensemble

Double Bass, Fiddle, Flute, Piano

Geraldine Cotter [piano], Eamonn Cotter and Cillian Boyd [flutes], Meadhbh Hendrie and Grainne Cotter [fiddles], Neil Ó’ Lochlainn [double bass]...

José Manuel Tejedor

Pipes

José is a piper from the Principality of Asturias. His works and collaborations cross borders and styles. He has a...

Bill Whelan

Composer

Bill Whelan’s 1997 Grammy Award winning music Riverdance is about to embark on a 25th anniversary tour of the United...

Iarla Ó Lionáird

Sean-Nós Singer

From his iconic early recording of Aisling Gheal as a young boy to his ground breaking recordings with Crash Ensemble...

Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh

Concertina

Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh is one of the foremost concertina players of his generation. From County Meath, he has performed in...