Ceol na Coille presents Sean Óg Graham & Niamh Dunne

July, 17 Thursday 07:30PM - 09:00PM

Cove Hill, Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland. F92 C8HD

Niamh is an accomplished fiddle player and singer, who is known for her unique traditional fiddle playing, her folk-infused fiddle compositions and smoky warm vocal style.She released her first album of self pennedsongs “Tides” in 2022 to critical acclaim.Niamh was Traditional Artist in Residence in UCC in 2024 and was awarded a residency in the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris in 2025. Niamh has performed with her familythe well-known Dunne familyfor many years.She has performed on the world stage as founding member of the renowned band Beoga. Beoga are best known for their Irish fusion music and 20 years touring and recording experience.Their album ‘How to tune a fish’ was shortlisted for a Grammy nomination in the ‘Best contemporary world music album’ category. In 2017 their profile was elevated through their writing and performances on Ed Sheeran’s ‘÷’ album. They made numerous appearances with Ed, including his headline Glastonbury performance, and were the support act on his 2018. Niamh is along standing member of The Karan Casey Band and has recorded extensively with Casey.Niamh has vast experience as a composer and has performed her own compositions and songs at the The Proms in the Park with The Ulster Orchestra, and with the RTE concert Orchestra in the National Concert Hall,and has written with top Irish song writers including Stefanie Rainey, Foy Vance and Ryan McMullan.Niamh is an activist and a founding member of Fairplé, a grassroots organisation for better gender balance and a fairer workplace for musicians and artists, and a founding member of Irish Artists For Palestine.

Seán Óg has been playing music since the age of 9. Having developed an obsession in high school he went onto study music at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, and has been playing professionally since. He has recorded 7 albums as a founder member of the world renowned band ‘Beoga’ and has toured all over Europe, North America and Australasia. Wall Street Journal describes Beoga as ‘… the most exciting band to come out of Ireland this Century’. Beoga recently performed on Ed Sheeran’s latest album ‘Divide’ and Seán Óg’s own composition ‘Minute 5’ was instrumental in providing the musical backdrop to the global hit ‘Galway Girl’ which has been streamed over 800 million times on Spotify alone. Beoga have also performed with the global superstar at Glastonbury festival in front of 100,000 people and more recently on a stadium tour of Ireland. Seán Óg is in high demand as a session guitar player on the folk/traditional music scene and has featured on over 40 albums. He is also widely regarded as one of Ireland’s top button accordion players, and is a prolific composer of tunes. Over 60 of his pieces have been recorded, and feature heavily on Beoga’s award winning albums.He continues to compose, arrange and produce music on a daily basis in his own purpose built recording facility ‘Bannview studios’. His wealth of experience in the recording studio has led to an increased demand in recent years for his engineering and production roles.Graham has performed with The Bothy Band, Lunasa, Liz Carroll, Karan Casey, Maura O’Connell, Flook, Natalie Merchant, Mairtín O’Conor Band, Duke Special, Ed Sheeran and many others.

For more information and to book, visit What's On - Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny