Caitlín Ní Chualáin is an acclaimed sean-nós singer from Indreabhán in Connemara, She won the Corn Uí Riada, the premier competition for sean-nós singing in 2016 at the Oireachtas na Gaeilge festival. She also won Comórtas na mBan in 2005, 2008 and 2014. She was Sean-Nós Singer-in-Residence at the University of Galway in 2019, and she appears at festivals around Ireland. She is associated with the song “Loingseach Bhearna”, that she learned from her father Máirtín Pheaits Ó Cualáin; “Amhrán na Buachaillí Bána” is another favorite.
Caitlín can frequently be heard on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, where she works as a programming director and journalist. Her 2023 series “Seoda Foinn” presents sean-nós songs from singers old and new. Other projects include translating children’s books, an Irish phonetics course, and productions with Brú Theatre.