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\nThe late Dolores Keane enters the RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame<\/p>\n
RT\u00c9 has announced the nominees for the 2026 RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Folk Awards, with the ceremony set to take place at Dublin’s Vicar Street on Tuesday, 10 November<\/p>\n
Nominees for Best Folk Group include An Ch\u00e9ad Ghl\u00fain Eile, Beoga, Lemoncello, Poor Creature and Ye Vagabonds.<\/p>\n
The Best Folk Album category features works by Jillian O’Malley, Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Maonaigh, Barry Kerr, lullahush, Joshua Burnside and Beoga.<\/p>\n
Clare Sands, Dove Ellis, Rua R\u00ed, Barry Kerr and Lisa O\u2019Neill are nominated for Best Original Folk Track, while the Best Traditional Folk Track category includes entries from The Railway Boys, Tr\u00edona and Maighread N\u00ed Dhomhnaill, Rattling Ark, Macdara Yeates, Cormac Begley and Liam O\u2019Connor, and Damien Dempsey.<\/p>\n
\nThe late Dolores Keane enters the RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame<\/p>\n
Barry Kerr, Clare Sands, Joshua Burnside, Lisa O’Neill and Macdara Yeates make the shortlist for Best Folk Singer, while Caroline Keane, Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Maonaigh, Jack Talty, Se\u00e1n McKeon and Ultan O’Brien are nominated for Best Folk Instrumentalist.<\/p>\n
Nominees for Best Emerging Artist are Ellie O\u2019Neill, Leevy, Rua R\u00ed and The Railway Boys.<\/p>\n
.The eighth annual awards will be hosted once again by John Creedon, with the event broadcast live on RT\u00c9 Radio 1 from 8pm. A television highlights programme will air on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player on Saturday, 14 November.<\/p>\n
Tommy Sands will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his career as a folk singer, songwriter, broadcaster and social activist.<\/p>\n
Sands first gained international recognition as a member of The Sands Family, performing at venues including Carnegie Hall in New York and Moscow\u2019s Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n
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Widely regarded as a significant cultural voice during Northern Ireland’s peace process, Tommy\u2019s songwriting has often reflected the realities of conflict and reconciliation. His acclaimed song There Were Roses remains one of the most enduring musical responses to the conflict.<\/p>\n
The awards will also honour the late Dolores Keane, who died in March this year, with her induction into the RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Folk Awards Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
Performers at the ceremony will include Beoga, The Unthanks, Declan O\u2019Rourke, Edwina Guckian, Joshua Burnside and Jillian O\u2019Malley, alongside other musicians.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Folk Awards ceremony at Dublin’s Vicar Street on Tuesday, 10 November are now on sale via Ticketmaster.ie.<\/p>\n
The nominations for the 8th RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Folk Awards, 2026, in full:<\/p>\n
BEST ORIGINAL FOLK TRACK<\/p>\n
ANAM CARA – Clare Sands<\/p>\n
HEAVEN HAS NO WINGS – Dove Ellis<\/p>\n
JOHNNY WORKMAN – Rua R\u00ed<\/p>\n
THE CURLEW’S CRY – Barry Kerr<\/p>\n
THE WIND DOESN’T BLOW THIS FAR RIGHT – Lisa O’Neill<\/p>\n
BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK TRACK<\/p>\n
AMHR\u00c1N NA SCAD\u00c1N – The Railway Boys<\/p>\n
CAD \u00c9 SIN DON T\u00c9 SIN – Tr\u00edona & Maighread N\u00ed Dhomhnaill<\/p>\n
COLERAINE JIG – Rattling Ark<\/p>\n
DE MAY BUSH – Macdara Yeates<\/p>\n
RYAN’S RANT – Cormac Begley & Liam O\u2019Connor THE MICKEY DAM – Damien Dempsey<\/p>\n
BEST FOLK SINGER<\/p>\n
BARRY KERR<\/p>\n
CLARE SANDS<\/p>\n
JOSHUA BURNSIDE<\/p>\n
LISA O’NEILL<\/p>\n
MACDARA YEATES<\/p>\n
BEST FOLK INSTRUMENTALIST<\/p>\n
CAROLINE KEANE<\/p>\n
CIAR\u00c1N \u00d3 MAONAIGH<\/p>\n
JACK TALTY<\/p>\n
SE\u00c1N MCKEON<\/p>\n
ULTAN O’BRIEN<\/p>\n
BEST FOLK GROUP<\/p>\n
AN CH\u00c9AD GHL\u00daIN EILE<\/p>\n
BEOGA<\/p>\n
LEMONCELLO<\/p>\n
POOR CREATURE<\/p>\n
YE VAGABONDS<\/p>\n
BEST FOLK ALBUM<\/p>\n
AN BHEARNA BH\u00c1N – Jillian O’Malley<\/p>\n
CAILLTE SA CHEOL – Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Maonaigh<\/p>\n
CURLEW’S CRY – Barry Kerr<\/p>\n
ITHACA – lullahush<\/p>\n
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE OKAY – Joshua Burnside<\/p>\n
PHASES \u2013 Beoga<\/p>\n
BEST EMERGING ARTIST<\/p>\n
ELLIE O’NEILL<\/p>\n
LEEVY<\/p>\n
RUA R\u00cd<\/p>\n
THE RAILWAY BOYS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 has announced the nominees for the 2026 RT\u00c9 Radio 1 Folk Awards, with the ceremony set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-656755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}