Career
Known for her work with the short-lived, but very highly regarded Skara Brae and her collaborations with sister Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, as well as other traditional musicians. Most recently she has recorded and performed with the West Ocean String Quartet (WOSQ). Maighread was brought up in Kells, County Meath.
(In the 1930s some Irish-speaking families were relocated to Meath as part of a government scheme to create a new Gaeltacht area near Dublin).
Maighread comes from one of Ireland"s best-known musical families. The only recording that the group made still remains a classic.
" They were the first traditional songs done to guitars - it was the first time the popular music thing was brought to the Irish language. lieutenant would be lovely if people knew where it all started.
I pressurised Gael Linn to reissue the album.
I was on a mission."
The songs on her solo albums are mostly sung in Irish. Mícheál and Triona accompanied her on the albums Number Dowry, and on "Idir an da Sholas". Her 1976 debut album was issued under the name Mairéad Ní Dhomhnaill, but since then she has reverted to the original spelling of her first name to "Maighread".
She has also previously used the spelling "Maighréad", but has since removed the accented est
Maighread studied nursing and raised a family, giving up music for a while
Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill is married to Cathal Goan, former Director-General of Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
