Diarmuid Ó Suilleabháin, also known as "Diarmuidín" was a sean-nós singer and broadcast journalist from

Cúil Aodha Cúil Aodha (), anglicised as Coolea, is a townland and village in the Gaeltacht region of Muskerry in County Cork, Ireland. The area is near the source of the River Sullane in the Derrynasaggart Mountains. Geography Cúil Aodha townland is in ...

in the

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. He was a broadcaster for Raidió na Gaeltachta. He died in a car accident in 1991, and a posthumous album of sean nós songs, ''Bruach na Carraige Báine'', was released in 1995. A music and singing festival, Éigse Dhiarmuid Uí Súilleabháin, was setup in his honour and has been running in the

and Baile Mhúirne area in the

every year since his death. The festival organising committee, to mark the 30th year of Éigse Dhiarmuid Uí Súilleabháin, in 2022 released a new album of Diarmuidín's songs titled 'Diarmuidín'. The 20 track album features previously released material as well as 7 new tracks that had never before been published. His singing influenced the sean nós singer

Nell Ní Chróinín Nell Ní Chróinín (; born 1990) is an Irish sean-nós singer from the Muskerry Gaeltacht in County Cork. Sean-Nós Ní Chróinín is originally from the Irish townland An Choill Mhór (Cuilmore), from the Irish-speaking town of Béal Átha a ...

, who was born in the same area the year of his death.

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{{Authority control 1947 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Irish male singers Musicians from County Cork Sean-nós singers Road incident deaths in the Republic of Ireland