Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin on BBC

Pádraigín features on BBC’s ‘Amhráin Aduaidh’

December 17, 2012

Pádraigín has been featured on ‘Amhráin Aduaidh‘, hosted by radio presenter and song collector Brian Mullen. As well as featuring as an expert on Irish song throughout the series, Pádraigín also sang and explored the 18th Century Oriel poet Art Mac Cumhaigh’s ‘Úirchill an Chreagáin’. You can watch Pádraigín’s performance below. This iconic song is also researched and explored in ‘A Hidden Ulster: peoples, songs and traditions of Oriel‘.

About Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

Of County Armagh and Louth parentage, Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin was raised in an Irish speaking family of eight. She is a multifaceted traditional artist: a professional singer since 1999 and a researcher, song writer, author and composer.