Niamh de Búrca, is an Irish traditional and folk singer who helped promote the use of the

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

in music.

Biography

. De Búrca released her solo album, ''An áit a bhfuil do chroí . . .Where your heart lies'' in 2006. The album included songs dating back to the 17th century and more which De Búrca's mother, Síghle, taught her. De Búrca was selected by

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to work with other experts in the selection of the

traditional Irish music Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there we ...

award, Gradam Ceoil, recipients. A fluent Irish speaker and proponent of the

De Búrca worked with

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for 43 years until she retired from her post in 2019. She was responsible for the Siansa Gael Linn competition.

References and sources

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