The Great Book & Heaney Centre radio broadcasts

November 18, 2005

Pádraigín will appear in two broadcasts on BBC Radio and Raidió na Gaeltachta. The first, a concert celebrating The Great Book of Gaelic will air on Monday 26 December on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle. The ‘Singing the Great Book of Gaelic’ concert features Pádraigín, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Louis de Paor, Maighread Stewart, Steve Cooney Allan McDonald and Odhrán Ó Casaide.

Pádraigín will discuss her residency at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry on Raidió na Gaeltachta’s ‘Reacaireacht Sheosaimh’ program me, in discussion with Seosamh Ó Cuaig on 29 November.

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.