Ennis Trad Festival Monday Night Concert

**Limited seating will be available at this event**

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin is a Dublin-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with his musical roots in sean-nós singing. He has recorded and performed with various bands including Skipper's Alley, Aon Teanga:Un Chengey and Jiggy. He collaborates with Clare fiddler and viola player Ultan O'Brien. His debut solo album The Deepest Breath was released in November 2022. He was awarded “Singer of the year” in the Gradam Ceoil TG4 2024.

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin is a Dublin-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical roots are in sean-nós singing, in the style of his father Peadar and he grew up listening to the likes of Sorcha Ní Ghuairim, Seán Mac Dhonncha, Colm Ó Caoidheáin amongst other greats from the tradition. He is also influenced by folk singers from the English language tradition such as Liam Weldon, Luke Kelly, Anne Briggs, Margaret Barry and Thomas McCarthy.

Eoghan is a member of the band Skipper’s Alley. He has worked with Mary Ann Kennedy from Scotland and Ruth Keggin from the Isle of Man on their Aon Teanga: Un Chengey album (2015). He has performed with folk/electronica band Jiggy, featuring on both their albums, Translate (2017) and Hypernova (2020). He also collaborates with Clare fiddle and viola player Ultan O’Brien, their debut album Solas an Lae won best album at the RTÉ Folk Awards in 2021.

In recent years, Eoghan has come into his own as a solo artist and songwriter. His songs – written in both English and Irish – build on his sean-nós singing foundations but combine hard-hitting lyrics with other musical influences to create a rich, contemporary sound. His debut solo album, ‘The Deepest Breath’ was released in November 2022, receiving four star reviews from The Irish Times, Songlines and Hot Press.

Gino Lupari, Tim Edey, Dermot Byrne & Gerry “Banjo” O’Connor

Gino is one of the most respected bodhrán players on the road today. He has been a professional musician for the past 30 years. In that time, he has performed at major festivals all over the world with the band 4 Men & A Dog (Gino is a founding member). He has also recorded vocal tracks on all of “the dogs” albums. Gino is in demand as a session player and has played on many recordings with artists such as Sinead O’Connor and Shane McGowan, and most recently on the ground- breaking album from Declan O’Rourke. Gino co- presented the ground-breaking 1st live Fleadh TV programme from Derry city.

Born in Tipperary into a family steeped in Irish traditional music, Gerry O'Connor is a banjo virtuoso. He started playing banjo and fiddle in his early teens and in 1977 he joined popular folk band Tipsy Sailor. Between 1981 and 1984, he toured with The Wild Geese and recorded two albums with the group. He then joined Dublin ballad group Moonshine and Jury’s Irish Cabaret.

In 1990, Gerry released his first solo album “Time to Time”, a classic benchmark for banjo in Irish music. He joined Four Men & a Dog in 1992, the first Irish band to win UK Folk Roots album of the year. One of the most popular Irish trad groups on the touring circuit worldwide, they have recorded four albums, performed at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, and recorded and toured with rock and roll legends “The Band”.

Gerry has also recorded with many artists, including Christy Moore, Bonnie Tyler, and appears on the “Lord of the Dance” soundtrack. He joined Sharon Shannon and Big Band in 2008, recording two CDs and two DVDs. Their rendition of “The Galway Girl” became the most downloaded song in Irish music. He has also recorded and toured with Sharon Corr and played on The Corrs album “White Light”. In 2011, he joined rock guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa’s Acoustic Band recording two U.S.

Billboard No1 albums and DVDs “Live in Vienna Opera House” and “Live at The Albert Hall”. Multiple tours followed including a world tour in 2013. Following the death of friend and banjo legend Barney McKenna, Gerry guested with The Dubliners on their 50 years anniversary tour. That year, The Dublin Legends were born, and the band continue to carry on the legacy and spirit of The Dubliners.

Tim Edey is multi- instrumentalist and singer. In 2012, he won Musician of the Year 2012 at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He has toured the world and recorded with most of the major names in celtic and contemporary roots music including, The Chieftains, Christy Moore, Sharon Shannon, Natalie MacMaster, Altan, Capercaillie, Brendan Power, Michael McGoldrick, Seamus Begley, Dougie Maclean, The Barra MacNeills, JP Cormier, Frankie Gavin, Shaun Davey, Session A9, Lunasa, Vinnie Kilduff, Mary Black, Session A9, Julie Fowlis, Frankie Gavin to name but a few.

Tim is now a name on the world stage in his own right and is rated by many to be one of the world’s finest melodeon and guitar players in the folk and contemporary scene today. Originally from Broadstairs in Kent and of Irish descent, Tim honed his style learning from his father Richard, a fine guitarist, and listening to Ed Boyd, Steve Cooney and Django Reinhardt and Arty McGlynn.

Tim now a name on the world stage in his own right after seventeen years of hard work, is rated by many to be one of the world's finest ever melodeon and guitar players in the folk and contemporary scene.

Dermot Byrne is one of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians having been awarded the Irish Television station, TG4’s Traditional Musician of the Year in 2013. He hails from Buncrana in the Inishowen peninsula in the North West of Ireland. Taught to play the accordion by his father, renowned musician Tomas O’Beirne, Dermot mastered the two and single-row accordion by his teens.

Initially guesting on accordion on two of Irish folk music band Altan’s recordings “The Red Crow” and “Island Angel”, Dermot became a member of the band from 1994 until 2013 and featured on three of the Donegal-based group’s albums, Blackwater, Runaway Sunday and Another Sky. In addition to his solo albums, Dermot has guested on collaborations with many great musicians including Seamus and Manus McGuire, Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Pierre Schryer, Tim O’Brien, The Stunning, Salsa Celtica and the late jazz violinist, Stephane Grappell.