Maireid Sullivan

about

Mairéid Sullivan has been singing since her childhood in West Cork, Ireland. Mairéid (rhymes with 'parade') was born on a farm at Lisheens, Kealkill, about four miles from Bantry Bay. "Music was everywhere. My father was a master horseman and a wonderful tenor who encouraged me to sing. My mother taught me traditional songs." Upon returning to Melbourne, Australia, after seven years traveling the world and other places, Mairéid and Ben met up with musical friends to record their latest CD, Never Drift Apart. “Our vision for Never Drift Apart was to create a comforting and energizing canopy of sound for the listener, recreating the experience my mother created for me when she sang me to sleep as a child, a memory that has nurtured me all through my life. Each song is a world unto itself: songs of joy, struggle and hope." Mairéid has received excellent reviews for her two earlier solo recordings, For Love's Caress (1998) and Dancer (1994, produced by Donal Lunny). She appears on several best-selling Celtic music recordings, including a duet concert recording, A Celtic Evening, with Derek Bell, the harper with the Chieftains. She is the author of Celtic Women in Music (1999). The second volume is due for publication. Ancient Self - Memoirs, a poetry collection, was published in 1997. Mairéid has been working on a documentary film about the spirit of Irish musical culture, while creating an accompaning book and DVD. To see the photo-journal, click on Filming in Ireland. To see

top songs

albums

Celtic Twilight 3: Lullabies

Dancer

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Celtic Shores

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Celtic Voices: Women of Song

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Celtic Twilight, Vol. 3: Lullabies

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Celtic Voices: Women Of Song Narada Collection Series

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Celtic Twilight - Vol.3

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Never Drift Apart

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Celtic Twilight Vol 3

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Celtic Twilight 3 - Lullabies

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Celtic Voices - Women of Song

For Love's Caress (A Celtic Journey)

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