List of traditional Irish singers

This is a list of notable traditional singers from Ireland. 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)

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Mainly English-language songs

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Women

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Mainly Irish-language songs

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Name Dialect
Tomás Mac Eoin Connacht Irish (An Cheathrú Rua, Galway Gaeltacht)
Darach Ó Catháin Connacht Irish (Lettermore, Galway Gaeltacht)
Seán 'ac Dhonncha Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht)
Seosamh Ó hÉanaí (Joe Heaney)[1] Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht)
Iarla Ó Lionáird Munster Irish (Muskerry, Cork Gaeltacht)
Liam Ó Maonlaí Raised in Dublin
Nioclás Tóibín Munster Irish (Ring, Waterford Gaeltacht)
Diarmuid Ó Suilleabháin Munster Irish

Women

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Name Dialect
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Munster Irish (Kerry Gaeltacht)
Máire Ní Bhraonáin Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht)
Niamh de Búrca[2] Raised in Dublin
Treasa Ní Cheannabháin[3] Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht)
Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola Connacht Irish (Inis Oírr, Galway Gaeltacht)
Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill Connacht/Ulster Irish (raised in the Meath Gaeltacht, where Connacht Irish is spoken, but her father was an Irish-speaker from Donegal)
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill Connacht/Ulster Irish (raised in the Meath Gaeltacht, where Connacht Irish is spoken, but her father was an Irish-speaker from Donegal)
Róisín Elsafty[3] Connacht Irish (Galway Gaeltacht)
Aoife Ní Fhearraigh Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht)
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht)
Caitlín Maude (also a poet) Connacht Irish (Casla, Galway Gaeltacht)
Nóirín Ní Riain Raised in Limerick
Nan Tom Teaimín de Búrca[4]
Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin[5] Raised in Louth
Nell Ní Chróinín Munster Irish

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "March Top 10". Irish Music. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Niamh de Burca". Irishmusicreview.com. 9 August 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Róisín Elsafty". Irishmusicreview.com. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Corn Uí Riada – Buaiteoirí 1972–2007". Raidio na Gaeltachta. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Dr Padraigin Ni Uallachain". Queen's University Belfast. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2012.