Gearóidín Bhreathnach
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Gearóidín Breathnach () is an
Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
singer that originally grew up in Rannafast, in the Rosses, County Donegal; she now lives in Ardveen, also in the Rosses.B-boys, beats and sean nós.
''The Irish Times.'' 19 October 2009. As a sean-nós singer, she has been a double winner of the Corn Uí Riada competition in
Oireachtas na Gaeilge Oireachtas na Gaeilge (, “The Irish (language) Gathering”) is an annual arts festival of Irish culture, which has run since the 1890s. Inspired by the Welsh eisteddfodau, the festival has included different events connected with Irish langu ...
. Gearóidín is also a
seanchaí A seanchaí ( or – plural: ) is a traditional Gaelic storyteller/historian. In Scottish Gaelic the word is (; plural ). The word is often anglicised as shanachie ( ). The word ''seanchaí'', which was spelled ''seanchaidhe'' (plural ''se ...
. Her father Neddie Frank Mac Griana was also a seanchaí, and was a source of her inspiration and love for traditional Irish culture.


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Breathnach Breathnach or Bhreathnach (meaning ''Welshman'') is an Irish surname, indicating an ancestor who was Welsh. It is the Irish-language version of surnames such as Brannagh, Brunnock, Brannick, Walsh, Wallace, and Wallis. However, it does not nec ...


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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Irish folk singers Irish-language singers People from Gweedore 20th-century Irish women singers 21st-century Irish women singers {{Ireland-singer-stub