St Brigids Concert: The Friel Sisters

The Friel Sisters, Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel are traditional musicians from Donegalin the Northwest of Ireland. Brought up in the Donegal diaspora of Glasgow, the girlshave remained deeply connected to their Donegal roots, playing a mixture of musicinterspersed with songs in English and Irish, many from their family repertoire.They have released 2 albums thus far, playing all over the world in various venuesand festivals and have appeared on stage and toured with acts such as Altan, TheChieftains, Lúnasa and Sharon Shannon. The girls have won many prestigious titlesand competitions over the years, including Trophée Loïc Raison at FestivalInterceltique de Lorient and most recently Clare receiving the huge honour of TG4Young Musician of the Year/Ceoltóir Óg na Bliana.The Friel Sisters are joined by Marty Barry, guitar player and singer from Banbridge,Co Down and Cathal Ó Curráin, bouzouki player and singer from Gaoth Dobhair,near the girls family home in Donegal who was recently awarded Best Emerging Artist for 2022 at the RTÉ Folk Awards in Dublin.