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Oisín Mac Diarmada (born 1978) is an
Irish fiddler.
Biography
Oisín Mac Diarmada was born in 1978 in
County Clare
County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...
, and grew up in
Crusheen
Crusheen () is a small village in County Clare, Ireland, in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Crusheen (Inchicronan).
Location
The village is 10 kilometres northeast of Ennis on the R458 road (Ireland), R458 road to Gort.
It is in ...
.
He started playing the fiddle from an early age, and began winning competitions at age eight.
He also won Fiddle solo and Duet titles as the All-Ireland Junior Champion at
Fleadh Cheoil
The Fleadh Cheoil (), or "music festival" in English, is an annual Ireland, Irish arts festival and competition run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Irish pronunciation: Help:IPA/Irish,
In 1989, his family moved to County Sligo">koːl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ ˈcoːl̪ˠt̪ˠoːɾʲiː ˈeːɾ ...
in 1988.
In 1989, his family moved to County Sligo and Oisín attended the music school in Ballymote. He started studying classical piano at age 14.
In 1999, Oisín won the All Ireland Fiddle Champion at
, and in 2000, graduated Trinity College, Dublin/RIAM (Royal Irish Academy of Music">Trinity College, Dublin">koːl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ ˈcoːl̪ˠt̪ˠoːɾʲiː ˈeːɾ ...
, and in 2000, graduated Trinity College, Dublin/RIAM (Royal Irish Academy of Music).
In 2001, Oisín and his friends including bouzouki/guitar player Seán Mc Elwain, bodhrán player Tristan Rosenstock formed the Irish traditional music group '’Téada.'’
In 2008, the Innisfree Céilí Band he join with brother Cormac and sister Máire became the first band from the North Connacht region to win the All-Ireland Senior Céilí Band Competition at
.
As of 2016, he lived in Coolaney, County Sligo.
With various music playing, he is the director of SCT (Scrúdu Ceol Tíre) Traditional Irish Music Examinations at CCÉ,
and the Management of his record label Ceol Productions and his music management company Musical Ireland.
Discography
;solo
* ''Ar an bhFidil'' (2004,
Green Linnet Records)
* '' The Green Branch / An Géagán Glas'' (2015, Ceol Productions)
;with Seamus Begley
* ''Le Chéile / Together'' (2012, Ceol Productions)
* ''An Irish Christmas Soundscape'' (2012, Ceol Productions)
;with Brian Fitzgerald and Michael Rooney
* '' Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo & Harp '' (2000, CIC (
Cló Iar-Chonnacht) )
;Irish Christmas in America
* '' Irish Christmas in America '' (2012, Ceol Productions)
; Téada
* ''Téada'' (2003, Green Linnet Records)
* ''Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone'' (2004, Green Linnet Records)
* ''Inné Amárach (Yesterday Tomorrow) '' (2006,
Compass Records)
* ''Ceol & Cuimhne (Music And Memory)'' (2010,
Gael-Linn Records)
* ''Ainneoin Na Stoirme (In Spite of the Storm) '' (2013, Ceol Productions)
; Innisfree Céilí Band
* '' Music of North Connacht '' (2009, Ceol Productions)
References
External links
Comhaltas : ComhaltasLive #419-10: Scoil Éigse Tutorsmovie of the tutor's concert at summer school
Scoil Éigse in Derry, 22 September 2013.
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1978 births
20th-century Irish male musicians
21st-century Irish male musicians
Living people
Irish male fiddlers
Musicians from County Clare
Green Linnet Records artists
People from Crusheen
20th-century Irish fiddlers
21st-century Irish fiddlers
20th-century Irish folk musicians
21st-century Irish folk musicians