Neil Ó Lochlainn’s IMMRAM

9 January 2026

Neil Ó Lochlainn’s Immram

An Taibhdhearc, 30 January 2025, 8p.m.

Eithne Ní Chatháin - voice

Erin Hennessey - fiddle

Eilís Lavelle - harp

Neil Ó Lochlainn - double bass, flute, music

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill - text

“Neil Ó Lochlainn has an instinct and a feel for different strands of music that allow him to create uncompro-mised musical worlds that speak with real depth and authenticity” Martin Hayes

“a post-genre trailblazer” The Irish Times on Neil Ó Lochlainn

“One of Ireland’s most exciting artists” The Irish Times on Eithne Ní Chatháin (Inni-K)

Immram is a suite of poems by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill first published in her collection ‘Feis’ (1991). In 2019 Neil Ó Lochlainn was commissioned by Paddy Bushe and the Amergin Solstice Poetry Gathering to set the poems to music and the resulting suite of music was premiered at the festival in Waterville in 2021.

The music combines influences from Irish traditional music and the sean-nós singing tradition, jazz/impro-vised music and contemporary classical music to create an innovative post-genre style of contemporary Irish chamber music. The musicians are some of the most highly regarded young musicians in Ireland today.

‘Immram’ roughly translates as ‘Voyage’ and is a type of story found commonly in mythological Irish writing describing a protagonist's journey by sea to the otherworld and the adventures that ensue during their voyage.

Neil Ó Lochlainn is an award winning musician and composer from Clare. He is co-founder of Ensemble Ériu who have released three critically acclaimed albums and received a TG4 Gradam Ceoil award.