The Daoiri Farrell Trio

Daoirí Farrell is singlehandedly spearheading a resurgence of the authentic in Irish folk music…he is rightly in demand all over the world.’ Irish Music
"AN INSTANTLY LIKEABLE PRESENCE STEEPED IN HIS HOME COUNTRY” Folk & Roots.

Daoiri Farrell’s fourth solo album, in his own words, ‘combines the rawness of my first album, the impact of my second album and the beauty of my third album.’ The culmination of those three albums and over a decade of recording and touring, ‘The Wedding Above In Glencree’ is a landmark album for Daoirí; Crafted and honed over two and a half years, it is the work of a mature artist who has succeeded in taking on the challenge of recording an acoustic album that heads deep into the heart of the songs.
It’s commonly accepted that Dublin-born singer and bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell is one of most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years.

A product of Dublin’s famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers, since launching his own solo live career at the 2016 Celtic Connections, Daoirí Farrell has gone from strength to strength. On the verge of releasing his fourth solo album in early 2023, he can boast numerous honours from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards to ALSR Celtic Music accolades.

The Trio is: Daoiri Farrell.
Mark Redmond – Uilleann Pipes

Mark Redmond from County Wexford has performed as soloist at many significant events including with the RTE Concert Orchestra; RTE National Symphony Orchestra (including a performance of the Brendan Voyage in the NCH, Dublin and in 2017 as soloist on the occasion of the state visit of Queen Elisabeth II to Ireland, 2011), Camerata Ireland under the direction of pianist Barry Douglas for the premiere of Ólagan commemorating 1916, in the Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts in Washington, with The Savannah Philharmonic, Georgia, USA, with the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne in Rennes in France, and at the Eucharistic Congress in 2012 when Mark played solo during the closing ceremony at Croke Park in front of over 80,000 people and a worldwide live television audience.

As well as being a member of the Daoirí Farrell Trio, Mark has also performed live with Glen Hansard, Declan O’Rourke, Jack L, Westlife and has toured globally with Riverdance, Celtic Legends, and more.

Robbie Walsh – Bodhrán

Robbie Walsh is a bodhrán player and proud Dubliner raised with a strong musical background in many genres, his style is the definition of diversity. Inspired by the fantastic playing of his uncle, Robbie began to learn ‘the ropes’ from the great Noel Dowling of Kilkenny. In 2008 he won the Dublin and the Leinster Bodhrán Championships; moving on to win the Senior All Ireland title one month later at Fleadh Ceoil na hÉireann in Tullamore.

Robbie has also worked with a lot of individual musicians on various projects and albums, such as Alan Doherty, Laoise Kelly, Gerry O’Donnell, Tom Walsh, Seamus Begley, Joe McKenna, Paul Kelly, Eleanor Shanley, Brendan Hayes, Colin Farrell and Frankie Lane to name but a few.