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This is a list of notable traditional singers from Ireland. Some of the singers alphabetically listed below are known to have sung in both the Irish and English language and if so are listed in both sections below as well known singers of macaronic Irish songs.
| Name | Dialect |
|---|---|
| Tomás Mac Eoin | Connacht Irish (An Cheathrú Rua, Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Darach Ó Catháin | Connacht Irish (Lettermore, Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Seán 'ac Dhonncha | Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Seosamh Ó hÉanaí (Joe Heaney)[1] | Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Iarla Ó Lionáird | Munster Irish (Muskerry, Cork Gaeltacht) |
| Liam Ó Maonlaí | Raised in Dublin |
| Nioclás Tóibín | Munster Irish (Ring, Waterford Gaeltacht) |
| Diarmuid Ó Suilleabháin | Munster Irish |
| Name | Dialect |
|---|---|
| Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh | Munster Irish (Kerry Gaeltacht) |
| Máire Ní Bhraonáin | Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht) |
| Niamh de Búrca[2] | Raised in Dublin |
| Treasa Ní Cheannabháin[3] | Connacht Irish (Carna, Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola | Connacht Irish (Inis Oírr, Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill | Connacht/Ulster Irish (raised in the Meath Gaeltacht, where Connacht Irish is spoken, but her father was an Irish-speaker from Donegal) |
| Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill | Connacht/Ulster Irish (raised in the Meath Gaeltacht, where Connacht Irish is spoken, but her father was an Irish-speaker from Donegal) |
| Róisín Elsafty[3] | Connacht Irish (Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Aoife Ní Fhearraigh | Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht) |
| Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh | Ulster Irish (Gweedore, Donegal Gaeltacht) |
| Caitlín Maude (also a poet) | Connacht Irish (Casla, Galway Gaeltacht) |
| Nóirín Ní Riain | Raised in Limerick |
| Nan Tom Teaimín de Búrca[4] | |
| Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin[5] | Raised in Louth |
| Nell Ní Chróinín | Munster Irish |
