University of Notre Dame

Post-Doc, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies

MA Oxon, PhD

Thesis Title: ‘ag teacht le cuan’: Irish traditional music and the Aran Islands

About

NEH Keough Fellow 2011-2012

Awarded the 2010 Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation in Irish Studies by the American Conference for Irish Studies
- "exhaustive research... a landmark contribution to our understanding of the rich musical traditions of the Aran Islands."

"detailed and thought-provoking... a fascinating read, very well written."
- Dr John S. O'Neill, Cambridge University

"an astonishingly thorough, insightful, and readable accomplishment."
- Prof James P. Leary, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Deirdre Ní Chonghaile's research concerns the traditional music of her home, the Aran Islands.  A writer, lecturer, broadcaster and fiddle-player, she is involved with the local folklore project Bailiúchán Béaloideas Árann.  Her research recently resulted in the 12-part radio series Bailiúchán Bhairbre (2006-2007) for RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta: http://www.rte.ie/rnag/bailiuchanbhairbre.html

http://nd.edu/~irishstu/NEH.html

Profile pic by Anne Burke.