Doireann Ní Ghlacáin announces debut album An Tairseach: The Threshold and Irish tour

Traditional musician, sean-nós singer, broadcaster and podcaster Doireann Ní Ghlacáin has announced her debut solo album, An Tairseach: The Threshold, due out on January 15, 2027.

The album release will be accompanied by an Irish tour next year, including stops in Galway’s Róisin Dubh (February 12), Cork’s Cyprus Avenue (14), Limerick’s Dolan’s (19), Belfast’s Ulster Sport Club (March 12) and Dublin’s Academy (13).

Today, she also shares the first single ‘Madam I’m A Darlin’’, alongside a new music video directed by Dónal Glackin, and featuring cameos from John Francis Flynn, Hajime Takahashi, Tomás Mulligan (Ispíní na hÉireann) and Jimmy Clarke

Check it out below:

Best known for co-hosting Ireland’s number one bilingual podcast How To Gael, Ní Ghlacáin hails from the renowned Donegal fiddle dynasty, the Glackins, learning the fiddle from her father, Kevin Glackin, who learnt from his father, Tom Glackin.

Featuring songs from the sean-nós tradition, the record is inspired by Donegal folklore where fiddle players could become lost in the lios (fairy fort), enthralled by the music of the fairies.

In An Tairseach, Ní Ghlacáin is set to explore the idea that music can act as a key into an saol eile, the other world, where time is suspended.

Tickets for Doireann Ní Ghlacáin's Irish tour go on sale on Friday, September 11 at 10am here.