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Debut solo tape Oreing is now out on Fort Evil Fruit
Listen to a track below or hear more on Bandcamp
- Concher
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- Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh

- Everything Is Exceptional - recorded at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
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- Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh
Impromptu viola duo with Jorge Boehringer
Live performance from the Monk and the Nun Festival
released on Sofia Records


present
past
2020
Solo @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow + Cadaver Eyes + Adam Green/Ali Robertson + Tarantula 6/3
UnSelfing/Arrivals by Isadora Epstein with Davy Kehoe and Daniel McAuley @ Ceannt Train Station, Galway 29/2
as part of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts
Solo @ Anseo, Dublin 20/2
2019
Reception: Duos & Quartet with David Donohoe, David Lacey and Aonghus McEvoy @ Lutherhaus, Dublin 7/11
Arts & Rafts with Anna Clock, Sligo 2/11
Swiss Barns @ Tusk Festival, Gateshead 11-13/10
Alasdair Roberts & Friends UK Tour October
Solo @ Tor Fest, Todmorden 31/8
Solo @ V&A Museum, Dundee 2/8
w Alasdair Roberts & Friends @ Sheffield Folk Festival 6/7
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra w Joelle Leandre @ Glasgow Jazz Festival 23/6
w Josephine Foster @ Adam Smith Theatre, Kircaldy 15/6
Solo and w Alasdair Roberts & Friends @ Woolf II Festival, Cleeve House, Wiltshire 9/6
Timon of Athens and Dido and Aneas by Henry Purcell directed by Tiffany Vong @ Glasgow University 30/5 - 1/6
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh and Andrew Cheetham + Ryoko Akama @ The Peer Hat, Manchester 14/5
w Josephine Foster & Band @ Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht 24/4
Beursschouwburg, Brussels 25/4
LSO St Luke's, London 28/4
'Thin gold chains link ears to the tip of their tongue.' An exhibition by Anne-Marie Copestake @ Cooper Gallery, Dundee. Performing solo and with Anna Clifford 28/3
Andrew Cheetham and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh duo and solo sets @ The Peer Hat, Manchester 29/1
Yerba Mansa + Andrew Cheetham and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh duo @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 30/1
2018
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Eastern Daze Festival, Ghent 23/11/2018
Circuit des Yeux: Gaia Infinitus @ Le Guess Who, Utrect and European Tour 8 - 21/11/2018
Reception: Rainfear + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Helen Roe Theatre, Dublin 1/11/2018
Holiday Inn & Suites performing as Splay Toe @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 23/10/2018
Willberg/Andreae Duo + Farmer/Lacey Duo + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh + Ali Robertson @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 20/10/2018
KATE R&D Project @ Volcano Theatre, Abertawe/Swansea with Pat Thomas and Rhodri Davies
directed by Paul Davies 1 - 11/8/2018
Kellie Consort Summer Tour of Scotland 27-31/7/2018
J.S. Bach Cantatas 22, 77, 153 & 199 and H. Purcell Timon of Athens and The Fairy Queen
w Dominic Lash, Tony Bevan, Fritz Welch, Mike Parr-Burman @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 29/6/2018
Woven Skull @ Body&Soul Festival, Co Westmeath 23/6/2018
MAW Presents: Phil Minton & Maggie Nichols, GIO, Alexandra Spence, Sarah Kenchington, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Sean Armstrong Experience @ CCA, Glasgow 2/6/2018
NAWR#3: Vicky Langan + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ BBC Hall, Abertawe Swansea 17/5/2018
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Tor Beers, Todmorden 13/5/2018
Glasgow International Festival with Anne-Marie Copestake @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 26/4/2018
J.S.Bach Cantatas 150,155 and 196 with Kellie Consort
@ Old St Paul's Church, Edinburgh 7/4/2018
@ Saint Salvator's Chapel, St Andrews 8/4/2018
Josephine Foster + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 5/4/2018
Gnod & Woven Skull tour of Ireland February 2018
Alex Rex + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 3/2/2018
The Ballad of Shirley Collins film screening. Songs with Alasdair Roberts @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 12/1/2018
2017
Cian Nugent & Sean Carpio + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Anseo, Dublin 22/12/2017
The One Ensemble + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh solo at Glad Cafe, Glasgow 19/11/2017
Woven Skull at Monastery of Sound Festival, The White Hotel, Manchester 4/11/2017
w Tony Bevan and Armin Sturm at Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 21/10/2017
Solo tape release & Woven Skull 10" release at Jigsaw, Dublin 25/08/2017
Circuit des Yeux - OFF Festival, Poland 06/08/2017
Woven Skull Tour July 2017
Circuit des Yeux - Roskilde Festival, Denmark 01/07/2017
Solo residency at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh June 2017
Trio w Jon Collin and Aonghus Mc Evoy at Anseo, Dublin 15/06/2017
‘Reception’ at Lutherhaus with Rhodri Davies, David Lacey and Rob Casey 20/05/2017
Solo viola & tape delay set at Tengu 16/04/2017
‘The Sound of Silents’ at Irish Film Institue. Live soundtracks to archive footage with Seán Mac Erlaine, Shane Latimer, Julius Gabriel, Florian Walter and Achim Zepezauer 08/04/2017
Three Eyed Makara tour of the Irish mid-west March 2017
Mayormaynot w Sean Maynard Smith, Darragh O’Kelly, Shane Clear, Brendan Doherty 26/01/2017
2016
Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio with DIT Orchestra 07/12/2016
'Bleed’ at Tiger Dublin Fringe with members of Bottlenote Collective 21/09/2016
Composer and performer of music for Very Rich Hours play at Dublin Fringe Festival 13-17/09/2016
Improvised viola duo set w Jorge Boehringer at Monk & the Nun Festival 13/08/2016
‘Reception: TWO DUOS’ at Lutherhaus w David Donohoe 9/11/2016
Trio with David Lacey and Aonghus Mc Evoy at Jigsaw Dublin 28/10/2016
Dublin Feminist Film Fundraiser - duo with David Lacey 14/10/2016
‘Reception’ - new works by Conal Ryan, Susan Geaney and Rob Casey at Lutherhaus 01/09/2016
Woven Skull - Warzone Centre, Belfast June 2016
Cian Nugent & the Cosmos - Moth Club, London May 2016
Vivaldi Gloria with DIT Baroque Ensemble and Choir- Pro Cathedral April 2016
2015
Composer and performer of music for The Fortune Teller play - Temple Bar Gallery December 2015
Circuit des Yeux - Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht November 2015
Circuit des Yeux - European tour October 2015
2014
Solo performance - Lilliput Press, Stoneybatter November 2014
Cian Nugent & the Cosmos - European Tour April 2014
'Celestial' by Anna Clifford, String Quartet Opus 121 Gabriel Faure - South Studios, Dublin 27/02/2014
2013
‘Joinery Off-Site’- duo with David Lacey - King House, Boyle, Co Roscommon 28/09/2013
w Josephine Foster & Gyða Valtýsdóttir - Irish tour August 2013
The Slow Air (duo of improvised music w David Lacey)- The Joinery 04/06/2013
2012
Josephine Foster & Band - Italian Tour December 2012
Josephine Foster & Band – Hunter's Moon Festival, Leitrim October 2012
'Biforking' 3D dronefield piece for viola, tape, electronics - The Joinery 18/05/2012
2011
w Cian Nugent & David Lacey - Cafe Oto , London October 2011
w Cian Nugent & David Lacey - The Cube, Bristol October 2011
2010
'Music for Viola, Piano and Percussion' graphic score by Rob Casey w David Lacey - Goethe Institute 26/05/ 2010