Niamh Ní Charra hails from Killarney, County Kerry, and was inspired and strongly influenced by a wealth of local Sliabh Luachra musicians. A multi award-winner on both fiddle and concertina, she toured from 1998 to 2006 as a soloist with Riverdance, before returning to Ireland where she is now based. Her recently released 5th album, Donnelly’s Arm, received much critical and public acclaim and was crowned Number 1 Trad Album of 2021 by Alex Monaghan, reviewer for several publications including Irish Music Magazine, Living Tradition and FolkWorld.

Niamh is also a professional archivist and is currently project manager and project archivist for the Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) and Mary Robinson collections at the University of Galway. She is Chair of the Archives and Records Association, Ireland, co-host of the podcast series Archive Nation, and regularly gives presentations on her work in this field. She is a founding member of and archivist for the volunteer campaign group FairPlé established in 2018, which aims to achieve gender balance in production, performance, promotion and development of Irish traditional and folk music. Her work in both the music and archive professions was recently recognised when she was elected onto ITMA’s board.

This presentation will be in Irish, with the powerpoint in English.