Wexford’s Mark Redmond won underage All-Ireland titles at Fleadh and Oireachtas level. At the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama he earned a First-Class Honours Degree, the inaugural Leo Rowsome Gold Medal for Performance and an Honours Master’s. He now lectures in traditional music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and TU Dublin Conservatoire. Redmond performs with the National Symphony and RTÉ Concert Orchestras and appears on albums by Christy Moore, The Saw Doctors and Daoirí Farrell. Internationally, he has played with the Brussels Philharmonic, Riverdance, Glen Hansard and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He received a Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Bardic Award in 2024 and the inaugural Tom White Memorial Plaque at the 2025 Fleadh Cheoil.
Eilís Lavelle, from County Monaghan, is a recognised exponent of the Irish harp. Eilís recently completed a PhD at Queen’s University Belfast, focusing on scribal practices found in manuscripts collected by Edward Bunting. Eilís has been playing the harp for many years and is fortunate to have performed worldwide at various festivals, giving concerts, workshops and masterclasses. In recent years, she has gained extensive experience as a performer and teacher of the harp, having travelled throughout the USA, Canada and Europe. Broadcasts include TG4, BBC Television and Radio, and RT.