Meet the Artists

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Here you find listings of all the artists appearing at our latest festival.

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

Peter Browne

Concert Flute, Tin Whistle, Uileann Pipes

Peter Browne started playing traditional music at age six, first on tin whistle and concert flute, and from the age...

Carlos Sweeney McCartin

Fiddle, Flute, Guitar

Carlos Sweeney McCartin is a no nonsense trio of Fiddle, Flute and Guitar. Their music is uncompromising in its direct...

Brian Conway

Fiddle

Brian Conway is one of the premier Irish fiddle players living in America. He performs with a skill, grace and...

Eimear Coughlan

Fiddle, Harp, Multi-instrumentalist

Eimear Coughlan from Tulla in Co. Clare continues the musical heritage of her grandfather Paddy Canny. As a multi-instrumentalist, she...

Francis Cunningham

Concertina, Multi-instrumentalist

Francis Cunningham, a native of Crusheen, Co. Clare, is recognised as one of the finest young exponents of the concertina,...

Brendan Dolan

Flute, Piano

Brendan Dolan is the son of legendary pianist Felix Dolan and set dancer Joan Dolan. He learned his music from...

Brian Donnellan

Bouzouki, Concertina

Brian Donnellan is an accomplished concertina and bouzouki player. His deep connection to and understanding of the music from his...

Kate Ellis

Cello

Cellist Kate Ellis is artistic director of Crash Ensemble, a member of Martin Hayes’ Common Ground Ensemble and has collaborated...

Dave Flynn

Guitar

Praised as “a masterful guitarist” (Sing Out! Magazine) Dave Flynn is an award-winning musician from Dublin. His imaginative compositions, celebrated...

Des Geraghty

Concert Flute

Des Geraghty is from Dublin’s Liberties and has a lifelong engagement with Traditional Music and Song (Béarla agus Gaeilge). As...

Martin Hayes

Fiddle

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

Inni-K

Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Songwriter

Singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer & songwriter, Inni-K (Eithne Ní Chatháin)’s music draws on her extensive background in sean-nós and traditional music,...

Aoibhe Kettle

Harp

Aoibhe Kettle is an accomplished harper and fiddle player from Wolfhill in County Laois, currently in her third year of...

Lucia and Maria

Fiddle

Violin virtuose duo Lucia Mac Partlin and Maria Ryan, also known as “Lucia and Maria” met while studying in Cork...

Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O'Leary

Flute, Guitar, Singer, Songwriter

HYDRA is an album of traditional song that may become one of the favourites in your collection due to the...

Nada Ní Chuirrín

Sean-Nós Dancer

Nada Ní Chuirrín is a sean-nós dancer, Irish traditional musician and PhD candidate on the Modern-Irish (Artistic Research) programme at...

Maria O’Connor

Cello

Maria O’Connor holds a BMus and MA in Performance from the Cork School of Music (CSM). A prize-winning cellist, she...

Colm O’Donnell

Fiddle, Flute, Singer, Tin Whistle

From Monalea in Sligo, Colm plays a wide variety of instruments including flute, whistle and fiddle. He has been described...

Siobhán O’Donnell

Guitar, Multi-instrumentalist, Singer, Songwriter

Siobhán O’Donnell is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She started learning music from the age of nine and was greatly...

Niamh Varian-Barry

Composer, Fiddle, Multi-instrumentalist, Viola

Multi-instrumentalist Niamh Varian-Barry is a musician and composer from Cork City with a unique and individual style. She has a...

Jane Walls

Uileann Pipes

From Moneyglass in County Antrim, Jane began playing the uilleann pipes at the age of 8. She is a six...

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh

Fiddle, Hardanger D'amore, Viola

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh makes music on a 10-string fddle called the hardanger d'amore. He has performed on some of the...

Pádraig Ó Tuama

Poet

Pádraig Ó Tuama was born in Cork in 1975. Kitchen Hymns and 44 Poems on Being with Each Other, his ninth and tenth books,...