Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Friday 17th July 2026 | 7:30pm | St Bronagh’s Social Club, Rostrevor

Fiddlers Green Festival is honoured to welcome one of Ireland’s finest traditional singers, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, for a spectacular evening of music, song, and dance in Rostrevor.

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh is a multi-award-winning traditional singer and musician from theGaeltacht of Corca Dhuibhne, West Kerry. A leading exponent of the san nós style, she is celebrated for the warmth, clarity, and expressive power of her voice, and for her ability to communicate the depth of Ireland’s song tradition to audiences worldwide. Immersed from childhood in a vibrant cultural landscape of music,song, and dance, she has developed a vocal and instrumental sound that is both distinctive and deeply rooted.

For this special concert, Muireann is joined by a star-studded ensemble of some of Ireland’s most-accomplished traditional musicians and composers:

• Aisling Lyons: multi-award winning musician & composer from County Clare has been described as ‘one of traditional music’s finest musicians’ by Hot Press Magazine & ‘the finest Irish harper at work today’ by Songlines Magazine after the release of her debut album ‘Aistear’.
• Dónal O’Connor: leading fiddle player and producer from the Oriel region, acclaimed for his extensive production credits and collaborations across Irish and Scottish traditions. Dónal is the founder and artistic director of Belfast TradFest.
• Becky Ní Éallaithe: a gifted young sean nós dancer and concertina player from Conamara,representing the new generation of tradition bearers carrying forward Ireland’s living song and dance heritage.
• Mick O’Brien: legendary Dublin uilleann piper and internationally acclaimed soloist,renowned for his collaborations with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and for his seminal recordings of the piping tradition.
• Neil Martin: renowned Belfast cellist, composer, and arranger, whose work spans traditional and classical music, with major commissions for orchestras, theatre, and film.

In many ways,Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and her band carry the same spirit that made The Chieftains Ireland’s greatest ambassadors of traditional music, rooted in authenticity, powered by virtuosity, and alive with warmth, humour and sheer musical joy. Their concerts recreate the very best of an Irish session at its finest, where world-class musicianship feels effortless and every tunesparks connection.

Audiences are drawn into the heart of it, with the sense that they’re not just watching a performance, but eavesdropping on an unforgettable night of music, storytelling and craic, the kind of shared experience that lingers long after the final note.

Together, this ensemble will present a concert of the very finest traditional music, song, and dance. The programme will feature much-loved sean nós songs, including selections from Muireann’s critically acclaimed Róisín ReImagined, interwoven with exhilarating instrumental music and the driving rhythms of sean nós dance.

NamedRTÉ Radio 1 Folk Singer of the Year in 2022, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh stands today as one of the most important voices in Irish traditional music, combining respect for heritage with an openness to new artistic possibilities.

Alongside her acclaimed solo career, she has performed and recorded extensively with Danú, and collaborated with leading artists across classical, folk, and world genres. Her groundbreaking project Róisín ReImagined, produced by Dónal O’Connor and performed with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, has been hailed for its bold reimagining of the sean nós tradition, earning widespread five-star reviews and cementing her reputation as an artist of rare versatility

This promises to be one of the standout concerts of Fiddlers Green Festival 2026.