• “Daoirí is one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade”

    Dónal Lunny

  • “The finest Irish male folk singer-storyteller this side of Christy Moore and Paul Brady.”

    The Weekend Australian

  • “Effortless, instinctive, natural…
    the real deal.”

    Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show

Meet Daoirí

Daoirí Farrell is a product of Dublin’s famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers. Since launching his own solo live career at the 2016 Celtic Connections, Daoirí Farrell has gone from strength to strength.

The 2013 All Ireland Champion Singer has achieved numerous other honours from multiple BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards nominations to ALSR Celtic Music accolades.

He has received endorsements from the likes of Christy Moore (“Daoirí has assumed the mantle of Luke [Kelly]”), Mark Radcliffe (“What a voice”) and Dónal Lunny (“Daoirí is one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade”).

His music and live performances have earned the acclaim of respected publications including MOJO, The Irish Post, Songlines and more.

Daoirí is single handedly spearheading a resurgence of the authentic in Irish folk music… he is rightly in demand all over the world.

Irish Music

Daoiri Farrell

‘The Wedding Above in Glencree’

The latest album available now!

“It’s no secret that Daoirí Farrell has become a leading interpreter of traditional songs. With The Wedding Above In Glencree, he provides more ammunition for the fact.”
At The Barrier

ALBUMS

The debut album, ‘The First Turn’, surfaced back in 2009, with Daoirí’s breakthrough album, the powerful ‘True Born Irishman’, appearing in 2016, a set that Songlines called “an album that could yet prove to be one of the most significant Irish releases of recent years.” It went on to win him two prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

2019’s ‘A Lifetime Of Happiness’ earned three nominations in the RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards and FATEA’s “nothing less than a quintessential Irish folk album” approval.

Daoirí’s long-awaited fourth album, ‘The Wedding Above In Glencree’, released in late February 2023, made the RTÉ Radio 2 playlist in Ireland, reached number 11 on the Official UK Folk Albums Chart and gained him a nomination for Folk Singer of the Year in Ireland’s RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards.

Not simply the best album so far from Farrell, ‘The Wedding Above In Glencree’ already sounds very much like a landmark album in Irish acoustic music.

★ ★ ★ ★
Songlines

The Wedding Above in Glencree
(2023)

A Lifetime of Happiness
(2019)

True Born Irishman
(2016)

The First Turn
(2009)

The Wedding Above in Glencree
(USB key)

A Lifetime of Happiness
(USB key)

True Born Irishman
(USB key)

The First Turn
(USB key)

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He has the best Irish traditional voice currently around; if there’s better, I’ve yet to hear it.

Folk Radio UK

Effortless, instinctive, natural… the real deal.

Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show

ON STAGE

Daoirí’s live work sees the 2013 All Ireland Champion Singer touring far and wide, performing regularly at festivals around the globe including in Canada, Australia and Europe. He has also toured the USA as vocalist for Lúnasa, performed in the UK in the line-up of the renowned Transatlantic Sessions and played to a live and TV audience at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

More recently, March 2020 saw him live stream from what he called ‘The Covid Corner’ of his kitchen in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day. It was followed by an additional twenty-five consecutive weekly online performances, attracting worldwide audiences with over 15,000 views each week and resulted in an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme.

Recent appearances include tours in Ireland, UK, USA and Australia and festivals and one off events including Celtic Connections (UK), Port Fairy Folk Festival (Australia), The Fundación Juan March (Spain), The Luke Kelly Festival (Ireland), Cambridge Folk Festival (UK), Rudolstadt Festival (Germany), Folk Holidays (Czech Republic), The National Celtic Festival (Australia), Newfoundland & Labrador Festival (Canada) and more.

CONCERT DATES

Thursday 17th April 2025

WOLLONGONG, NSW
Merrigong Theatre

Friday 18th – Sunday 20th April 2025

CANBERRA, ACT
The National Folk Festival

Wednesday 23rd April 2025

SURRY HILLS, NSW
The Gaelic Club

Thursday 24th April 2025

PETERSHAM, NSW
The Petersham Bowlo

Friday 25th April 2025

AVOCA, NSW
The Avoca Theatre

Sunday 27th April 2025

ST KILDA, VIC
The Memo Music Hall

Wednesday 30th April 2025

BENDIGO, VIC
Bendigo Bank Theatre – The Capital

Thursday 1st May 2025

UPWEY, VIC
Burrinja Cultural Centre

Friday 2nd May 2025

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Trinity Sessions, Clarence Park

Saturday 3rd May 2025

SUBIACO, WA
The Irish Club of WA

Saturday 4th May 2025

SUBIACO, WA
The Irish Club of WA (afternoon show)

Thursday 22nd ‐ Sunday 25th May 2025

ORKNEY
Orkney Folk Festival

Saturday 7th June 2025

GALWAY
Galway Folk Festival

Thursday 10th July 2025

OTTAWA
National Arts Centre

CONTACT

AGENT/MAIN CONTACT

TERRY O’BRIEN
PLAYPEN MANAGEMENT & AGENCY

AGENT FOR AUSTRALIA

JON HOWELL
RHYTHM SECTION

PRESS/PR

WILL McCARTHY
WILL McCARTHY PR