Bonn Oir Seán O Riada 2023
Is í Éimhear Flannery buathóir Bonn Ór Seán Ó Riada 2023 - feadóga.
Whistle player Éimhear Flannery has been awarded the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal 2023.
Thárlaig an comórtas ar an Aoine 26ú Eanair 2024 in Óstán na Páirce, Baile an Róistig, i gCorcaigh.
Seo comórtas bliantúil, a reachtáiltear tríd an gclár Cuireadh Chun Ceoil ar RnaG agus ina raibh 50 iomathoir ó fuaid faid na cruinne ag iomaoícht le linn 2023. Mar is iondúil, bhí 15 sa chraobh don comórtas seo le Bonn Ór Seán Ó Riada agus sporán €2500 le buachtaint.
The competition's final took place on Friday evening, January 26th 2024, at the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork.
This annual event, which spotlights a different instrument or group of instruments each year, saw fifteen musicians vie for the prestigious prize. This year, the focus was on the flute and tin whistle.
Is ó Charraig a’ Chaisleáin i gCorcaigh do Éimhear Flannery agus seineann sí an consairtín chomh maith. Sa Chraobh, ag seinim feadóg stáin, thug sí uaithe dhá ríl ‘Lady on the Island’ agus ‘Ríl Acht an Aontaithe’—agus ansan, an fonn mall ‘Seán Ó Duibhir a Ghleanna’. B’shin maith go leor di chun gur rug sí an Bonn trom ór is an sprorán teann léithe. B’iad Mary Bergin, An tOir. Gary Hastings agus Conal Ó Gráda na moltóirí.
Flannery, who hails from Rockchapel, Co. Cork, and is also a concertina player, performed two reels on the whistle—’Lady on the Island’ and ‘Union Reel’—as well as the slow air ‘Seán Ó Duibhir a Ghleanna’. Her performance earned her the custom-made gold medal and a cash prize of €2,500. The judging panel consisted of three experts: Mary Bergin, Rev. Gary Hastings, and Conal Ó Gráda.
B’iad seo leannas an cúigear déag a bhí sa chroabh i 2023 / The full list of finalists included:
- Caoilte Mac Muiris (Ráth Fearnáin, Baile Átha Cliath) (Rathfarnam, Dublin)
- Conor McDonagh (Cill Fhábhail, Co. Shligigh)(Killavil, Co. Sligo)
- David Nesbitt (Bhré Chualann. Co Chill Mhantáin) (Bray, Co. Wicklow)
- Donnchadh Mac Aodha (Dún Dealgan, Co Luaigh) (Dundalk, Co. Louth)
- Éabha Ní Mhurchú (Ona hUamhanna, Co Chorcaighe) (Ovens, Co. Cork)
- Ellen de Búrca (Cill na Martra, Co. Chorcaighe) (Cill na Martra, Co. Cork)
- Frankie Mac Aodha (Indreabhán, Co. Na Gaillimhe)(Indreabhán, Co. Galway)
- Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin (Mainistir Fearmaighe, Co Chorcaighe) (Fermoy, Co. Cork),
- Seosamh Ó Baoighill (Buiríos Ó Luigheach, Co. Tiobrad Árain) (Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary)
- Kerrianne McArdle (Dundealgan, Co Luaigh) (Dundalk, Co. Louth)
- Maitiú Ó Riain (Innis, Co an Chláir) (Ennis, Co. Clare)
- Molly Pittendrigh (Clochar/Baile an Tobair, Co. Muigheo) (Clogher/Ballintubber, Co. Mayo),
- Nicole Ní Dhubhshláine (An Ghráig, Co. Chiarraí) (An Ghráig, Co. Kerry)
- Seamus Noonan (Boston, USA)
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