After seven runner-up finishes, Máire Ní Chéileachair’s epic cup quest ends in glory

After finishing as runner-up on a record seven occasions, persistence paid off for Cork singer Máire Ní Chéileachair as she lifted the Corn Uí Riada, the premier prize of sean-nós singing, at Oireachtas na Samhna in Killarney on Saturday.

After seven runner-up finishes, Máire Ní Chéileachair’s epic cup quest ends in glory

By Pet O’Connell

After finishing as runner-up on a record seven occasions, persistence paid off for Cork singer Máire Ní Chéileachair as she lifted the Corn Uí Riada, the premier prize of sean-nós singing, at Oireachtas na Samhna in Killarney on Saturday.

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