Awards event LIVE in Vicar Street and on RTÉ Radio 1 on Tuesday 27th February

Live performances from Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Niamh Bury, Bláth na hÓige, Johnny McEvoy, Rhiannon Giddens and more

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RTÉ has announced the shortlist for the 6th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards which will celebrate the very best in Irish folk music from the past year in Vicar Street, Dublin on Tuesday 27th February at 7.45pm and live on RTÉ Radio 1 from 8pm.

RTÉ moved the Awards from November 2023 to February 2024 to better reflect the full calendar year of folk music and performances and to continue to honour our wonderful folk artists and musicians.

Here is the shortlist for the 6th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards: 

BEST ORIGINAL FOLK TRACK

• Abigail (Tomhas Ghobnatan) – Emma Langford
• Anáil na hOíche – Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
• Glory Days – Steo Wall
• Níl Aon Easpa Orm – Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly
• Not Your Fight – The Henry Girls and Ríoghnach Connolly
• Old Note – Lisa O’Neill

(2022 winner: Now You See It – Susan O’Neill) 

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK TRACK

• Amhrán Pheadar Breathnach – Diane Cannon
• Eileanóir a Rún – Síle Denvir
• Eileanór na Rún – Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta
• Go Dig My Grave – Lankum
• Seán Gabha – Piaras Ó Lorcáin and Bláth na hÓige

(2022 winner: Róisín Dubh – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and the Irish Chamber Orchestra) 

BEST FOLK SINGER

• Anna Mieke
• Daoirí Farrell
• Diane Cannon
• Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin
• Lisa O’Neill
• Síle Denvir

(2022 winner: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh) 

BEST FOLK INSTRUMENTALIST

• Aoife Ní Bhriain
• Diarmuid Ó Meachair
• Michael McGoldrick
• Michelle Mulcahy
• Sorcha Costello

(2022 winner – Cormac Begley) 

BEST FOLK GROUP

• Bláth na hÓige
• Garadice
• Lankum
• Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble
• The Mary Wallopers
• ØXN

(2022 winner: the olllam)  

BEST FOLK ALBUM

• All Of This Is Chance – Lisa O’Neill
• Bláth na hÓige – Bláth na hÓige
• Double You – Aoife Ní Bhriain and Catrin Finch
• False Lankum – Lankum
• Look Over The Wall, See The Sky – John Francis Flynn

(2022 winner – Nine Waves – Ye Vagabonds (Pictured)) 

BEST EMERGING ARTIST

• Cinder Well
• Diarmuid Ó Meachair
• Niamh Bury
• Piaras Ó Lorcáin
• Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta
• Sorcha Costello

(2022 winner – Cathal Ó Curráin) 

RTÉ RADIO 1 FOLK AWARDS HALL OF FAME

Uileann piper, singer and collector Séamus Ennis will also be inducted into the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame on the night. His son Christopher Ennis will be among the guests of honour at Vicar Street on the night.

The Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2023 will be announced in early February, in advance of the awards. Previous winners are Mary Black (2022), Christy Moore (2021), Steve Cooney (2020), Moya Brennan (2019) and Andy Irvine (2018).

In what promises to be a very special night celebrating Irish folk music, the awards will feature live performances from many of this year’s nominees, including Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Niamh Bury and Bláth na hÓige, piper Sorcha Ní Scolaí and international stars Johnny McEvoy and Rhiannon Giddens. RTÉ presenter John Creedon will again host the awards ceremony in front of a live audience.