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, Seamas 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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