About

Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn is an award winning Uilleann Piper from Monaghan who has been playing the Uilleann Pipes since the age of nine with Armagh Pipers Club.

He has achieved 5 All-Ireland Fleadh Ceoil titles, two in An t-Oireachtas, and the Seán O Riada Bonn Óir award.

An influential exponent of his instrument, he has been highly commended in reviews for his precise articulate playing which has seen him touring and performing professionally since 1995 both as a member of various bands and as a solo performer. His music has taken him to Europe, United States, Asia, Africa, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

He has recorded, performed and toured with numerous musicians over the years, including Tommy Peoples, Laoise Kelly, Paul O Shaughnessy, Brian Finnegan and brothers Niall and Cillian Vallely, and Máire Ní Bhraonáin (Clannad).

He has played and presented radio and television programmes for BBC, RTE and TG4, and features on several albums, notably with his partner Stephanie, a singer who is great-grand-daughter of Sarah Makem.