Stiofán Ó Fearail is an Irish singer, songwriter, musician and television presenter originally from Roscommon, Ireland. He is a founding member of the bilingual contemporary folk group Seo Linn alongside Daithí Ó Ruaidh, Keith Ó Briain and Kev Shortall. In 2016, he won ''Réalta Óg na Bliana (Young Star of the Year Award)'' at the ''Oireachtas Media Awards'' in Galway for his role as presenter on the

TG4 TG4 ( ga, TG Ceathair, ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television network. The channel launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond. TG4 was formerly known a ...

series ''Cleas Act''.

Music

Ó Fearail plays the guitar, writes and sings for folk/indie group, Seo Linn. He began his musical career working in

Coláiste Lurgan Coláiste Lurgan is an independent summer school that runs three-week Irish-language immersion courses in the Connemara Gaeltacht village of Inverin in County Galway. As part of their student-directed focus in language teaching, the school runs ...

as a musical director where he met current band members Daithí Ó Ruaidh, Keith Ó Briain and Kevin Shortall. After a series of successful summers translating and recording popular songs with

TG Lurgan TG Lurgan is a musical project launched by Coláiste Lurgan, an independent summer school based in Connemara, a Gaeltacht, where the Irish language is the predominant spoken language. TG Lurgan releases interpretations as covers of many popular ...

, Ó Fearail, Ó Ruaidh, Ó Briain and Shortall, along with previous members Cathal Ó Ruaidh and Jenny Ní Ruiséil, formed Seo Linn.

Television

Ó Fearail was a judge on ''Scór Encore'' (2014), ''Junior Eurovision'' (2015) on

. He also presented ''Cleas Act'' for 3 seasons (2016 - 2018).

Personal life

Ó Fearail is a qualified primary school teacher out of St Patrick's College, Dublin. He taught at Scoil Chaitlín Maude in Tallaght. He is an avid follower of

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and supports

Roscommon GAA The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Ros Comáin) or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County ...

. He is an

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advocate and has worked on various initiatives promoting the language.

Discography

Filmography

References

External links

Official Facebook Page
21st-century Irish male singers Irish musicians People from County Roscommon Irish-language singers {{Singer-songwriter-stub