As a freelance pedal and Irish harpist and singer, I have performed throughout Ireland, Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. I have worked with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and have appeared on stage with Andrea Bocelli, Sinead O’Connor, The Chieftains, The Celtic Tenors, Tommy Fleming and Katherine Jenkins. I have appeared on several TV networks including, RTÉ, TG4, BBC, CNN and NHK (Japan) and perform a mixture of Irish traditional, classical and popular music…
As well as being passionate about the harp, I equally love history. My research areas include, the symbolism of the harp in Ireland, Irish musicology, political ballads, Irish cultural nationalism and the works of William Percy French and William Houston Collisson,
In collaboration with my sister Mary Louise O’Donnell, we present a number of one-hour lectures or talks on historical topics, interspersed with harp music and song. We have delivered lecture/recitals and workshops for events such as, Heritage Week and Seachtain na Gaeilge for Fingal, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and Dublin City Councils, Road to the Rising, Cruinniú na Cásca, Dublin Castle (OPW) summer lectures, Cruinniú na nÓg, Dublin Festival of History and World Harp Congress.