RTÉ Folk Awards 2025 nominees announced

The Radio 1 Folk Awards 2025 nominations have been announced.

Ahead of the live event in Vicar Street, the seventh of the awards, taking place on Wednesday 26th February.

The winners will be announced on the night hosted by RTÉ’s John Creedonand broadcast live on RTÉ Radio 1, with a television highlights programme on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player from Saturday 1st March.

Nominees include Róis, Lemoncello, Christy Moore, Joshua Burnside, Macdara Yeates, Lankum, Seamus Hyland, Alannah Thornburgh, Lemoncello, Niamh Bury and Ríoghnach Connolly.

RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards – the shortlist

BEST ORIGINAL FOLK TRACK

Caoine – Róis

Chasing the Hare – Alannah Thornburgh

I’m for Gallipoli – Fiach Moriarty featuring Damien Dempsey

Old Friend – Lemoncello

The Good Life – Joshua Burnside

(2024 winner: Anáil na hOíche – Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin)

BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK TRACK

Bean an Fhir Ruaidh – Diane Cannon

Helen of Kirkconnel Lea – The Half Room

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye – Macdara Yeates

The Rocky Road to Dublin – Lankum

Welcome Home Gráinne – Natalie Ní Chasaide & Iarfhlaith Ó Domhnaill

(2024 winner: Seán Gabha – Piaras Ó Lorcáin & Bláth na hÓige)

BEST FOLK SINGER

Cathy Jordan

Christy Moore

Macdara Yeates

Ríoghnach Connolly

(2024 winner: Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin)

BEST FOLK INSTRUMENTALIST

Alannah Thornburgh

Diarmuid Ó Meachair

Macdara Ó Faoláin

Sinéad McKenna

(2024 winner: Aoife Ní Bhriain)

BEST FOLK GROUP

Altan

CUAS

Keane Connolly McGorman

Landless

(2024 winner: Lankum)

BEST FOLK ALBUM

Crankie Island Song Project – Cathy Jordan

A Terrible Beauty – Christy Moore

Fíoruisce:The Legend of the Lough – John Spillane

Keane Connolly McGorman – Keane Connolly McGorman

Lemoncello – Lemoncello

(2024 winner: False Lankum – Lankum)

BEST EMERGING ARTIST

CUAS

Niamh Bury

Róis

Seamas Hyland

Sinéad McKenna

(2024 winner: Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta)

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