Lauren Ní Néill is a sought-after traditional harper, teacher and researcher from Glenullin, Co. Derry. She has both performed and taught at festivals throughout Ireland and Europe and is a current musical director of both the Derry Harp Ensemble and the Inishowen Harp Ensemble. In 2021 Lauren featured as one of eight young traditional musicians on the TG4/BBC Alba production Sruth and has since featured on Seth Lakeman’s Folk Map of the British Isles, the ILBF/TG4/BBC Gaeilge Beart Bunting (2022) and the TG4 Thomas Moore – Bard na hÉireann (2024) production. Lauren’s keen interest and passion for historical and contemporary Irish harp practices is reflected in her recently completed practice-led PhD research – Bairdne: A practice-led re-imagination of harp accompaniments to Gaelic bardic poetry, a performance of which featured in the Irish Traditional Music Archive’s 2025 Drawing from the Well Concert at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. She was appointed the first CEO of Cruit Éireann|Harp Ireland (2023-2025), and lectures in Irish Traditional Music at Ulster University.