Diarmuid Ó Meachair
Music Lesson Instructor
Button accordion, melodeon, traditional Irish singing, and beginner tin whistle
B.A. Mary Immaculate CollegeÌý
Email: dmeachair@holycross.eduÌý
Biography
Diarmuid Ó Meachair is an Accordion player and sean nós singer from Cúil Aodha, Co. Cork. He is also an accomplished Melodeon player and sean-nós singer. He was awarded the prestigious TG4 Young Musician of the year award in 2022. Diarmuid is part of the teaching staff at the Department of Music in UCC.
Diarmuid has released 3 solo albums in the past two years, "Siúl na SlÃ" (December, 2022), "Melodeon Medleys" (July, 2023) and "Diarmuid Ó Meachair" in (July 2024). He was nominated for 2 RTÉ Folk Awards in 2023, "Best instrumentalist" and "Best emerging artist".
A native Irish speaker from Cúil Aodha in the Múscraà Gaeltacht, Diarmuid has won many sean nós singing competitions at the Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
In 2023, he was commissioned by The John Dwyer Featival and the National Arts Council of Ireland to compose a suite a music in memory of the great Dwyer family from Beara.
In 2016, Diarmuid won the Senior All Ireland melodeon title at the Fleadh in Ennis at 19 years of age. In 2018, Diarmuid graduated from Mary Immaculate College with a Bachelor’s degree in Primary Education.
As a soloist, Diarmuid has been invited to teach at multiple festivals in Ireland, Europe and the US. In 2023 he was invited by the legendary Frankie Gavin to join his group Dé Dannan. They have played at multiple festivals in Ireland, UK and Europe. In May they performed on The Late Late Show.