Gearóidín Bhreathnach () is an Irish 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 is a triple 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 langua ...

, having won most recently in 2024. Gearóidín is also a

seanchaí A seanchaí ( or ; plural: ) is a traditional Gaelic storyteller or historian, serving as an oral repository. In Scottish Gaelic the word is (; plural: ). The word is often anglicised as shanachie ( ). The word , which was spelled (plural ...

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

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