Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School Instructors
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Diarmuid Ó Meachair
Instructor Website: https://diarmuidomeachairaccordionmusic.com/
Teaching: Button Accordion (T-W-Th) and Intermediate Irish Language (T-W-Th)
Diarmuid Ó Meachair is a traditional Irish accordion and melodeon player from Cúil Aodha, Co. Cork, and is also a sean-nós singer. In 2022, he was awarded the prestigious TG4 Ceoltóir Óg na Bliana (Young Musician of the Year). Diarmuid currently teaches Irish traditional music at University College Cork and also teaches at Holy Cross University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Over the past two years, Diarmuid has released four solo albums and he has been nominated for three RTÉ Folk Awards: Best Instrumentalist (2023 & 2024) and Best Emerging Artist (2023).