Diarmuid Ó Meachair will be performing at the museum on December 11th. Meachair is an accomplish accordion and melodeon player and sean-nós singer from Cúil Aodha, Co. Cork. Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for not yet members and can be purchased by clicking here.
Diarmuid Ó Meachair
Diarmuid has released 3 solo albums in the past two years, "Siúl na Slí" (December, 2022), "Melodeon Medleys" (July, 2023) and "Diarmuid Ó Meachair" in (July 2024). He was nominated for 2 RTÉ Folk Awards in 2023, "Best instrumentalist" and "Best emerging artist".
A native Irish speaker from Cúil Aodha in the Múscraí Gaeltacht, Diarmuid has won many sean nós singing competitions at the Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
In 2023 he was commissioned by The John Dwyer Festival and the National Arts Council of Ireland to compose a suite a music in memory of the great Dwyer family from Beara.
In 2016, Diarmuid won the Senior All Ireland melodeon title at the Fleadh in Ennis at 19 years of age. In 2018, Diarmuid graduated from Mary Immaculate College with a Bachelor’s degree in Primary Education.
As a soloist, Diarmuid has been invited to teach at multiple festivals in Ireland, Europe and the US. In 2023 he was invited by the legendary Frankie Gavin to join his group De Dannan. They have played at multiple festivals in Ireland, UK and Europe. In May they performed on The Late Late Show.