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Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin is an author, singer and writer of songs. She is the first Traditional Singer at Queen’s University and her residency is based in the Seamus Heaney Centre. She is author of the critically acclaimed A Hidden Ulster - people, songs and traditions of Oriel (Four Courts Press) 2003) and has recorded six albums of traditional songs.  Her recent CD Áilleacht (Gael Linn CEFCD 189, 2005) is a selection of her own compositions which include settings for contemporary poetry in Irish.  She has been a recipient of many awards including a Major Arts Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Cultural Relations Council. On A Hidden Ulster: Gaelic Songs of Oriel CD 1, Pádraigin sings the works of various Irish Gaelic Poets:

Úirchill a' Chreagáin

    Séamus Dall Mac Cuarta (c. 1650-1733)

    Peadar O Doirnín (c. 1700-1769)

    Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (c.1680-1750)

Pádraigín has also composed music for contemporary poetry, including

    Cruit Dhubhrois by Biddy Jenkinson (from Áilleacht)

    An Bád Sí by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (from An Dara Craiceann)

© Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin 2005 and 2007.