Eithne Ní Chatháin- voice
Lucia Mac Partlin – fiddle
Eilís Lavelle – harp
Neil Ó Lochlainn – double bass, flute, music
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill – text

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/improvised 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 during their voyage.

“Neil has an instinct and a feel for different strands of music that allows him to create uncompromised musical worlds that speak with real depth and authenticity” Martin Hayes