Well-known TV presenter, musician and podcaster set to MC this year's Folly Festival
Folly Festival 2024 returns to Nancy's Yard at Cullohill Castle, Co Laois on July 5 and 6 .
TV presenter, musician and podcaster Doireann Ní Ghlacáin has been revealed as the MC and face of the forthcoming Folly Festival 2024, which returns July 5th and 6th to the intimate venue of Nancy’s Yard, beneath the towering ruins of the historic Cullohill Castle, Cullohill, Co Laois.
Doireann will MC to the stellar weekend lineup of headliners Darren Kiely and The Scratch alongside other firm favourites including Roísín O, Dea Matrona, Oscar Blue, Jessica Doolan, Saibh Skelly, Paddy Keys and the Dooley Brothers over the weekend.
The Folly Festival, supported by Electric Picnic, is Ireland’s first-ever gender-balanced music festival in 2018. The festival actively promotes gender-balance, selecting the lineup accordingly, with an equal number of male and female acts. All proceeds are used by the organisers, Cullohill Community Council, for village renewal projects along with donations to local schools, clubs and societies.
Doireann is known for fronting events such as The Fleadh on TG4 in addition to being an award-winning documentary maker. She is also a hugely sought-after musician who travels all over the world with her fiddle and sean nós performing at prestigious events. And finally a popular podcaster on ‘How To Gael’, a chart-topping, good craic bilingual podcast, which she co-presents with her friends and fellow gaeilgeoirs, Today FM’s Louise Cantillon and Virgin Media’s Síomha Ní Ruairc.