List of traditional Irish singers

This is a list of notable traditional Irish singers. Some of the singers alphabetically listed below are known to have sung in both the Irish and English language and if so are listed in both sections below as well known singers of macaronic Irish songs.

Singers (by language)

Men

Women

Men

Name Dialect
Séamus Begley[3]Munster Irish
Tomás Mac EoinConnacht Irish (An Cheathrú Rua, Galway Gaeltacht)
Labhras O'Cadhla[4]Munster Irish (Waterford Gaeltacht)
Darach Ó CatháinConnacht Irish (Lettermore, Galway Gaeltacht)
Seán 'ac DhonnchaConnacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht)
Seosamh Ó hÉanaí (Joe Heaney)[5]Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht)
Iarla Ó LionáirdMunster Irish (Muskerry, Cork Gaeltacht)
Liam Ó MaonlaíRaised in Dublin
Nioclás TóibínMunster Irish (Ring, Waterford Gaeltacht)

Women

Name Dialect
Muireann Nic AmhlaoibhMunster Irish (Kerry Gaeltacht)
Máire Ní BhraonáinUlster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht)
Nollaig Brolly[6]Raised in Derry
Niamh de Búrca[7]Raised in Dublin
Treasa Ní Cheannabháin[8]Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht)
Lasairfhíona Ní ChonaolaConnacht Irish (Inis Oírr, Galway Gaeltacht)
Maighréad Ní DhomhnaillConnacht/Ulster Irish (raised in the Meath Gaeltacht, where Connacht Irish is spoken, but her father was an Irish-speaker from Donegal)
Tríona Ní DhomhnaillConnacht/Ulster Irish (raised in the Meath Gaeltacht, where Connacht Irish is spoken, but her father was an Irish-speaker from Donegal)
Róisín Elsafty[8]Connacht Irish (Galway Gaeltacht)
Aoife Ní FhearraighUlster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht)
Mairéad Ní MhaonaighUlster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht)
Caitlín Maude (also a poet)Connacht Irish (Casla, Galway Gaeltacht)
Nóirín Ní RiainRaised in Limerick
Deirdre Scanlan[9]Raised in Tipperary
Nan Tom Teaimín de Búrca[10]
Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin[11]Raised in Louth

See also

References

  1. "The Fisher's Cot". Irish Music Review. 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. Garland, Ken (1990). "Dick Hogan, singer, 1990". Irish Traditional Music Archvie. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. "Seamus Begley And Jim Murray Announce Irish Tour With New Album". Irish Music. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. "Labhras O'Cadhla". Celticgrooves.homestead.com. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  5. "March Top 10". Irish Music. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  6. "Northern Ireland – Irish – s r l". BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  7. "Niamh de Burca". Irishmusicreview.com. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  8. "Róisín Elsafty". Irishmusicreview.com. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  9. "Irish Music Magazine – October 2000". Irish Music. October 2000. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  10. "Corn Uí Riada – Buaiteoirí 1972–2007". Raidio na Gaeltachta. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  11. "Dr Padraigin Ni Uallachain". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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