Live traditional Irish music with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin and Marty Barry at Wilton Park - Thursday 27 August

Thursday 22 August from 12.30pm

Doireann Ní Ghlacáin is a presenter, producer, researcher, traditional musician, singer and composer from Dublin. She has been at the forefront of traditional music programming on TG4 presenting landmark programmes such as Gradam Ceoil and FleadhTV. In 2021 she co-wrote and presented a documentary film about her maternal grandfather Seán Ó Riada with Jim Sheridan, which was met with widespread critical acclaim. In 2023, she led an innovative multi-media project, Say a Song, supported by the Arts Council, BAI and RTÉ, which invited a range of contemporary Irish poets and artists to reimagine a selection of major sean-nós songs through creative translation, visual and performance art, in order to highlight the relevance of their themes for the 21st century.  Doireann’s fiddle-playing can be heard on the duet album, “The Housekeeper’s”, recorded with Sarah Flynn. She also completed a PhD Irish sean-nós singing in 2024 under the supervision of Lillis Ó Laoire.

Marty Barry is a traditional musician/singer from Banbridge County Down, and plays guitar and banjo. Gaining a huge interest in music from a young age, Marty went on to study at the University of Limerick. After graduating, Marty has been a full time performer/tutor and is working on his debut solo album. He has toured extensively throughout Europe, Australia and China and has just recently guested on trad albums such as Caitlin Nic Gabhann, Ciaran O Maonaigh and Cathal Curran’s new album ‚The High Seas‘ and Alan Reid and Rachel Conlon’s ‘A Quare Yield’.