Triùr * Tair * Triúgh * Three

"The sheer power and beauty of her voice…is stunning."

Folk Roots on Siân James

"Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich’s songs ‘haunt the heart and animate the mind’ "

Brendan Kennelly

"Those who are familiar with Mary Macmaster's work over the past couple of decades with Sileas and The Poozies, will already be well aware of her credentials as a first rate harpist"

Allan Wilkinson, Northern Sky

Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich, voice
Siân James, harp, voice
Mary Macmaster, harp, voice


Featuring three wondrous voices, our second trad tour is a celebration of the shared musical traditions of the native-language communities in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. The whole gamut of the human condition is here: from achingly beautiful lullabies and heart-rending love songs to humorous tongue-twisters and macaronic mash-ups.

Siân James, born in a small Welsh-speaking village in Powys, has been hailed as the finest singer and harpist of her generation. Singing mostly in Welsh, she is a wonderful storyteller too, weaving tales and legends throughout the music and translating the lyrics as she goes.

Steeped in the traditions of the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht and a founder member of Ireland’s first all-female traditional band, Macalla, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich is renowned for her individual and heartfelt interpretations of both Irish and English songs from her native West Kerry.

The Celtic connection is completed by Scottish harpist Mary Macmaster, best known for her pioneering work with the metal-strung clarsach, she is also a fine singer of Gaelic and English language songs. Mary has collaborated live and in the studio with Sting, the Northumbrian pipe virtuoso Kathryn Tickell and English folk legend Norma Waterson.

Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich


Triùr * Tair * Triúgh * Three

Tour Dates

Tuesday 15 May, Dublin 2

  • The Coach House, Dublin Castle
  • 8pm, €15 / €10 / €40 (Family)
  • 01 6719429 / www.musicnetwork.ie
  • Promoted by Music Network
  • Book Tickets

Wednesday 16 May, The Square, Listowel, Kerry

  • St. John's Theatre & Arts Centre
  • 8pm, €15 / €12
  • 068 22566
  • Promoted by St. John's Theatre & Arts Centre
  • www.stjohnstheatre.com/

Thursday 17 May, Mitchell Street, Tipperary Town

  • Tipperary Excel Centre
  • 8pm, €15 / €10
  • 062 80520 / www.tipperary-excel.com
  • Promoted by Tipperary Excel Centre
  • tipperary-excel.com/

Friday 18 May, Main St, Newbridge, Co, Kildare

  • Riverbank Arts Centre
  • 8pm, €15 / €12
  • 045 448327 / www.riverbank.ie
  • Promoted by Riverbank Arts Centre
  • www.riverbank.ie/

Saturday 19 May, Baile Mhúirne, Co Chorcaí

Monday 21 May, Oileain Arain, Co na Gaillimhe

Tuesday 22 May, Dun Luiche (Dunlewey), Co. Donegal

  • Ionad Cois Locha
  • 8:30pm, €10 / €8
  • 086 6050110
  • Promoted by Tionscnamh Lugh
  • www.tlugh.com/