concert tour with Cormac De Barra & Mark Redmond On 4 September 2022, it was announced that Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle / vocals) would do a 9-date autumnal Irish (& UK) concert tour from 14 September to 2 October 2022 with harpist Cormac De Barra (harp / vocals) and piper Mark Redmond (uilleann pipes / flute / whistles) in Dublin, Dún Laoghaire, Tinahely, Baile Mhúirne, Hammersmith (London), Clifden, Belmullet, Newbridge, Cork (€5-€25). Personal life Ní Mhaonaigh had a daughter named Nia Byrne (Nia Ní Bheirn) (born on 8 October 2003) with fellow Altan musician Dermot Byrne, whom she married in October 1999. Ní Mhaonaigh and Byrne went separate ways before her first solo album in 2009. Accolades Ní Mhaonaigh was named "Donegal Person of the Year" in 2009. Ní Mhaonaigh has been honoured on 14 December 2016 with the 2017 "Gradam Ceoil TG4" award for "Traditional Musician of the Year". Discography Solo albums 2009 Imeall As Frankie Kennedy & Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh 1983 Ceol Aduaidh 1987 Altan With Altan 1989 Horse with a Heart 1990 The Red Crow 1991 Harvest Storm 1993 Island Angel 1996 Blackwater 1997 Runaway Sunday 2000 Another Sky 2002 The Blue Idol 2005 Local Ground 2010 25th Anniversary Celebration (a compilation of studio re-recordings of previous material (plus one new song) with orchestral arrangements) 2012 Gleann Nimhe - The Poison Glen 2015 The Widening Gyre 2018 The Gap of Dreams With String Sisters 2007 Live (CD/DVD) With T with the Maggies 2010 T with the Maggies With Na Mooneys 2016 Na Mooneys 2017 "Soilse na Nollag" (4:26), single released on 17 December 2017 by Na Mooneys and Manus Lunny (A Christmas Song or Carol, composed by Francie Mooney and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (his daughter) With The SíFiddlers 2020 Donegal Fiddle Guest roles 1991 Albert Fry (Albert Fry) 1991 Fiddle Sticks (various artists) 1993 The Holy Ground (Mary Black) 1994 Lullaby: A Collection (various artists - Ní Mhaonaigh sings The Cradle Song, wrongly attributed to Karan Casey) 2001 Little Sparrow (Dolly Parton) 2001 Volume 3: Further in Time (Afro Celt Sound System) 2008 Tráthnóna Beag Aréir (Albert Fry) 2008 The Original Transatlantic Sessions DVD (various artists) Notes References External links Official website Profile at Altan.ie Sources 1959 births 20th-century Irish women singers Living people Irish fiddlers Irish folk singers Irish-language singers Musicians from County Donegal People from Gweedore Altan (band) members T with the Maggies members String