Killybegs fiddle player Éabha McGuinness to present RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta series

Killybegs student and fiddle player Éabha McGuinness will present the fourth episode of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta series Ar Bhruach na Sionainne.

Ar Bhruach na Sionainne is a music and chat show presented by students from the University of Limerick which will air on Tuesday 22 July, at 1.30pm on Raidió na Gaeltachta.

The seven-part series showcases traditional music, performed and presented by the students themselves. In each programme, listeners will hear music and songs from a selection of students, and the programme will be presented by a new student each week.

19-year-old Éabha has been playing the fiddle since she was ten years old. Her music teacher is Kevin O'Donnell. She performs regularly at Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí concerts alongside some of Donegal's best fiddle players, such as Aidan O Donnell, Ciaran Ó Maonaigh, Martin McGinley, Tara Connaghan and more.

Earlier this year, Éabha performed on RTÉ Radio 1's Céilí House programme with friends Anna Howard and Liam Brodrick, who are also students of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick.

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Éabha is a previous winner of the Donegal Fleadh duets competition with flute player Natasha Moloney and she is looking forward to attending Ulsters. 

On Ar Bhruach na Sionainne, Éabha will be accompanied by musicians including fellow Donegal musician Nia Byrne (singing & fiddle) and fiddler Siobhán Peoples, daughter of renowned Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples. Other guests include: Conor Caldwell (fiddle), Aisling Drost Byrne (fiddle), Peter Fox (flute), Aoibhe Kettle (harp), Emily Greeney (concertina), Anna Howard (concertina), Liam Broderick (guitar), Simon Crehan (guitar), Áine Ferry (singing), Deirdre Scanlan (singing).