RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards WINNERS Announced

RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards WINNERS Announced 

> MUIREANN NIC AMHLAOIBH wins Best Folk Singer / Best Traditional Folk Track

> CORMAC BEGLEY wins Best Folk Instrumentalist

> YE VAGABONDS win Best Folk Album

> PADDY MOLONEY inducted into RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame 

> MARY BLACK receives Lifetime Achievement Award 

>TV HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAMME, RTÉ One, Saturday 19th November at 10.25pm

The winners of the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards were announced in Vicar Street tonight and live on RTÉ Radio 1 in a celebration of the very best in folk music in Ireland from the past year.

Hosted by RTÉ presenter, John Creedon in front of a live audience and on RTÉ Radio 1, the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards was a very special night, with live performances from members of The Chieftains, Sharon Shannon, Scullion, Pauline Scanlon, Inni-K, Mary Black and more.

THE WINNERS ARE (see below for full list of nominees): 

BEST ORIGINAL FOLK TRACK
Now You See It – Susan O’Neill
(Presented by Felispeaks)

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK TRACK
Róisín Dubh – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & the Irish Chamber Orchestra
(Presented by Karan Casey)

BEST FOLK SINGER
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
(Presented by Eliza Carthy)

BEST FOLK INSTRUMENTALIST 
Cormac Begley
(Presented by Martin Hayes)

BEST FOLK GROUP
the olllam
(Presented by Lynette Fay)

BEST FOLK ALBUM
Nine Waves – Ye Vagabonds
(Presented by Vincent Woods)

BEST EMERGING ARTIST
Cathal Ó Curráin
(Presented by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh)

HALL OF FAME
Paddy Moloney
(Presented by Minister Catherine Martin TD, John Sheahan)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Mary Black
(Presented by Susan McKay)

A television highlights programme will be broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday 19th November at 10.25pm. 

Pictured: John Sheahan, Rita O’Reilly, Minister Catherine Martin TD

The shortlist for the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards 2022:

BEST ORIGINAL FOLK TRACK
Déanamh Gaineamh / Making Sand – Pádraig Jack
Footnotes On The Map – Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler
Now You See It – Susan O’Neill
Spéir Rua – Síomha
To War – Cormac Begley
Twin – Anna Mieke

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK TRACK
An Caoineadh  – Ceara Conway
Éamonn an Chnoic – Inni-K
Róisín Dubh – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & the Irish Chamber Orchestra
Rolling in the Barrel / O’Neill’s March / Tralee Jail – Cormac Begley
The Bird in the Bush – Pauline Scanlon
The Bonnie Bunch of Roses – Séamus McGuire & Steve Cooney
Úrchnoc Chéin Mhic Cainte – Cathal Ó Curráin

BEST FOLK SINGER
Anna Mieke
Cathal Ó Curráin
Clare Sands
Junior Brother
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Pauline Scanlon

BEST FOLK INSTRUMENTALIST
Aidan Connolly
Aisling Lyons
Alannah Thornburgh
Bríd Harper
Cormac Begley

BEST FOLK GROUP
Navá
Téada
The Alt
the olllam
The Whileaways
We Banjo 3

BEST FOLK ALBUM
B – Cormac Begley
Iníon – Inni-K
Nine Waves – Ye Vagabonds
Róisín Reimagined – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & the Irish Chamber Orchestra
The Great Irish Famine – Junior Brother

BEST EMERGING ARTIST
Aisling Lyons
Alannah Thornburgh
Cathal Ó Curráin
Ciara O’Neill
Les SalAmandas