Diarmuid Ó Meachair

The White Horse, Ballincollig

Sat 06 Apr 2024 (note: this event has already taken place)
8:30pm
€20

Venue debut for award winning accordion player Diarmuid Ó Meachair, ably abetted by Brian McGrath & Michael McCague.

Diarmuid Ó Meachair is an Accordion player and sean nós singer from Cúil Aodha, Co. Cork. He is also an accomplished Melodeon player and sean-nós singer. He was recently awarded the prestigious Young Musician of the year award from TG4 for 2022. He is one of the most exciting accordion players of his generation.

Diarmuid is part of the teaching staff at the Department of Music in UCC, teaching accordion and melodeon. A native Irish speaker from Cúil Aodha in the Múscraí Gaeltacht, Diarmuid has won many sean nós singing competitions at the competitive Oireachtas na Samhna, Corn Darach Ó Catháin and Corn Seosamh Ó hÉanaigh especially.

His latest solo album "Melodeon Medleys" was released in July 2023 and his debut album "Siúl na Slí" was released under the Raelach Records label in December 2022 with support from the Arts Council of Ireland and Ealaín na Gaeltachta. In 2023 he was commissioned by "Féile