Seo Linn

The band rose to prominence after meeting in Coláiste Lurgan in the Conamara Gaeltacht of West Galway, where they worked for years on establishing the TG Lurgan YouTube channel. Since the release of their 2013 cover video of Avicii's 'Wake Me Up' both the TG Lurgan channel and the newly formed Seo Linn started to make waves.

By 2016, they had played Croke Park, The 3Arena, Aviva Stadium, The Board Gáis Energy Theatre, and a headline show in Vicar Street.[3] They also managed to amass 32 million views on YouTube in this period and they performed international headliner gigs in New York, Melbourne, Boston, London, Paris, Edinburgh and even Uganda.[3]

Seo Linn wrote their first ever song, 'Ar Scáth a Chéile' in Uganda in 2013 while the band were there with the Irish charity Self Help Africa. It is an uplifting song which promotes the idea that 'unity is strength'. The song contains a lyric in Lugandan, the Bantu language of the Baganda people of Uganda, that says 'kwegata bwe bugumu' which means 'togetherness is strength'. This phrase mirrors the Irish language phrase from which the song was titled, 'ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine' meaning 'together people prosper'.

In 2016, as part of RTÉ's widely acclaimed production RTÉ Centenary, Seo Linn were chosen to write and record the song for the finale. They were asked to produce a contemporary, energetic, bilingual song inspired by lyrics from Arthur O'Shaughnessy's 'Ode'. The line 'we are the music makers, we are the dreamer of dreams' was used in the chorus.

Seo Linn's track "The Irish Roar" was chosen as the official Football Association of Ireland song for Euro 2016. Recorded in Áras Chrónáin in Clondalkin, the track tells the story of Irish successes in previous competitions and pays homage to travelling Irish fans.

In 'Sonas Studios' in Killarney, Co. Kerry, Seo Linn along with their producer, James Darkin, locked themselves in the studio for a whole night in order to create a modern take on the Irish traditional classic 'Óró 'Sé Do Bheatha Abhaile' which resulted in their final track on the album 'Óró'. Seo Linn's Óró instantly became a fan favourite has amassed over 5 million views on YouTube.

"Accompanying the album is an interactive workbook for irish language learners with lyrics and chords, plus text written by the band on topics as diverse as sport, recipes, and even mallachtaí, or insults, all as Gaeilge."[4] "It encapsulates the band’s ethos: “Essentially what we’re trying to do with the book is to take [Gaeilge] out of the classroom setting and make it real for young people.”[4]

Seo Linn headlining Vicar Street in 2017

Seo Linn released their first E.P. and 2nd body of work with Marcus in the Wood/Marcas sa gCoill in July 2019 containing previously released singles, Buy Me Time/Bain An Glas and Darkness Shines A Light/Soilsiú an Lae. The E.P. shows a development in the quartet's music and a maturing of their sound.

• Stiofán Ó Fearail – lead vocals, guitars
• Daithí Ó Ruaidh – vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesisers, saxophone, guitars
• Keith Ó Briain – vocals, guitars, mandolin, bass guitar, tin whistle
• Kev Shortall – vocals, accordion, percussion

Live musicians

• Colm Farrell – drums
• Conor Moore – drums, bodhrán, percussion
• Louis Younge – vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesisers, saxophone, fiddle, whistles

Former band members

• Conor Moore – drums, bodhrán, percussion
• Cathal Ó Ruaidh – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
• Jenny Ní Ruiséil - vocals, mandolin, tambourine, tin whistle, guitars