Diarmuid Ó Meachair is an Accordion player from Cúil Aodha, Co. Cork. He is also an accomplished Melodeon player and sean-nós singer. He was awarded the prestigious TG4 Young Musician of the year award in 2022. Diarmuid is part of the teaching staff at the Department of Music in UCC. He is the new Professor of Irish Music in College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Diarmuid has released 3 solo albums in the past two years, “Siúl na Slí” (December 2022), “Melodeon Medleys” (July, 2023) and “Diarmuid Ó Meachair” in (July 2024). He was nominated for 2 RTÉ Folk Awards in 2023, “Best instrumentalist” and “Best emerging artist.”
A native Irish speaker from Cúil Aodha in the Múscraí Gaeltacht, Diarmuid has won many sean nós singing competitions at the Oireachtas na Gaeilge.