The McCullagh-Ó Briain Emerging Artist Award

 

2026 theme: Historical global plucked strings

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Submission deadline: 30 September 2025 at 5pm

 

This award was established in 2025 as part of the Limerick Early Music Festival. It supports emerging Irish/Ireland-based artists for whom historically-informed performance practice is an important part of their music-making. It honours the memory of Bertha McCullagh-Ó Briain: educator; longtime supporter of the arts, literature, and poetry; and friend of the Limerick Early Music Festival in its earliest days.

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The first winner of the Award (2025) was Kevin Meehan II, baroque violin.

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For more information and to apply, please download the guidelines at the link below.

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