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Dundalk Institute of Technology
Faculty Member, Section of Music
University College Cork, Music
Assistant Lecturer
Thesis Title: Towards a geography of Irish traditional music
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Professor Patrick O'Flanagan
Mr. Mel Mercier |
About
Banjo player Dr. Daithí Kearney is a graduate of University College Cork. He has toured regularly as a musician, singer and dancer with a number of groups including Siamsa Tíre, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland and was Artistic Director of the The Cork International Folk Dance Festival 2005. An All-Ireland champion musician, he has recorded with a number of ensembles including the band Nuada and performed for President Obama in The White House in 2009. Daithí lectures in Dundalk Institute of Technology and University College Cork, is an examiner with London College of Music and until recently taught in St. Ailbe's School in Tipperary. His PhD concentrates on the construction of geographies and regional identities in Irish traditional music. His research interests include the negotiation, mediation and construction of identities through music and the relationship between music and place.
