Corn Uí Riada returns to Múscraí as Ó Luasa records Oireachtas na Samhna double

Two days after winning the men’s singing contest at Oireachtas na Samhna in Killarney, Conchubhar Ó Luasa of Cúil Aodha, Co Cork, became the youngest-ever winner of the Irish language festival’s top prize, the Corn Uí Riada.

Conchubhar, 21, became the second singer to bring the cup named in honour of Cúil Aodha composer Seán Ó Riada back to the Múscraí Gaeltacht in the space of three years, following Nell Ní Chróinín’s win in 2014.

Renditions of ‘Maidin Luan Cásca’ and ‘Na Táilliúirí’ secured the cup for Conchubhar, who received tumultuous applause when he followed up with a celebratory performance of local song ‘Scoil Barr d’Inse’, which makes mention of his own great-great grandfather, also Conchubhar Ó Luasa.