Profiling our workshop artists /
Súil ar aíonna na ceardlainne 2021
Is fiddléir ó Ghaoth Dobhair í Mégan, áit ina bhfuil ceol traidisiúnta agus an ghaoluinn go laidir ann. Bhí sí timpeallaithe ag an gceol agus amhránaíocht is í ag fás aníos. Fiddléir aitheanta ab ea a sin-sheanathair, Joe Jack agus bhí amhráin go tiúbh ag a seanmháthair agus a deirfiúracha.
Tá Megan ag freastal ar Ollscoil Luimní agus tá an triú bhliain ag staidéar Ceol na hÉireann criochnaithe aici. I 2019 bhuaigh sí craobh Uladh sa chomórtas fidil agus ghlac sí páirt I gcraobh Fleadh na hÉireann. Bíonn sí gníomhach ag seinmt ag féilte agus seisiúin ceoil ar fud na tíre agus tá taithí aici bheith ag múineadh ina pobal áitiúil.
Megan Nic Fhionnghaile is a fiddle player from Gaoth Dobhair, a region celebrated for its traditional Irish music and the Irish Language. Growing up, she was surrounded with songs and music from her- her great-grandad, Joe Jack being a well known fiddle player of the area and her Grandmother and her siblings being singers.
Megan attends the University of Limerick and has just finished her third year studying Irish Music there. In 2019 she was the Ulster champion in senior fiddle and was a finalist in the All Ireland Fleadh. She is active performing at festivals and sessions around Ireland and has teaching experience in her local community.