Ciarán Ó Con Cheanainn

Ciarán Ó Con Cheanainn (12 July 1981 – 4 February 2009) was an Irish scholar, teacher and youngest winner of the Corn Uí Riada.

Ó Con Cheanainn was born in Galway. He was the youngest winner of the prestigious sean-nós Corn Uí Riada singing competition at Oireachtas na Gaeilge, an annually held arts festival of Irish culture.

He studied at

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The

. A regular competitor at Oireachtas na Gaeilge and Fleadh Ceoil na hÉireann, he won many prizes. He represented Ireland at the International Pan-Celtic Festival in 1999 and 2000, taking first prize on both occasions.

He was a member of the committee of An Cumann le Béaloideas Éireann, and served on the board of

. He made a number of recordings of his singing, and had recently participated in the Cumann Merriman winter school.

Ciarán had recently been appointed to a lectureship in Modern Irish at UCD, and was looking forward to the completion of his doctoral thesis and the publication of two substantial books on the singing tradition of his native Conamara. Ciarán died suddenly on 4 February 2009 at 27 years of age.

Preceded by Micheál Ó Confhaola

Corn Uí Riada singer of the year 2008 - 2009

Succeeded by Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde

External links

• http://igaeilge.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/bas-ro-og-chiarain-ui-chon-cheanainn/
• http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2009/0228/1224241983518.html
• http://journalofmusic.com/article/810
• http://announcements.independent.ie/deaths/o-con-cheanainn-266298/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hi9CbYNCV8
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110713121320/http://journalofmusic.com/contributor/169

References

• Ó Con Cheanainn, Ciarán (2011). Clár Amhrán Mhaigh Cuilinn (in Irish). Dublin: Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann.