Dorsa Members

		Paul Meehan (Guitar) From Middletown, Co.Armagh, Paul is also an outstanding banjo player and has recorded on two albums as member of North Cregg. He has also recorded on Niall Valelly’s solo album. He has composed numerous tunes, some of which have been recorded by other bands. He performs regularly on T.V. with different artists. Yet, it is for his uniquely subtle yet powerful guitar accompaniment that he is best known with Dorsa but has been known on occasion to play banjo with them. He has accompanied fellow Armagh musician, Brendan McGlinchey and piper, Paddy Keenan.
		Martin Quinn (Accordion), comes from a family of musicians and raconteurs of traditional stories. The family has its roots in Co. Armagh, as do other band members (both Pauls!), He has played with "La Lugh" and does solo work in America and Europe. Often featured on TV and Radio Martin has also contributed to numerous albums including Paul Bradleys’ "Atlantic Roar"(Outlet records), Josephine Keegans’ "A Lifes Work" (Celtic Music) and an album with Outlet Records which featured other musicians from the North of Ireland. Prior to playing full time with Dorsa Martin toured with players such as Gerry (fiddle) O'Connor and Gerry Harrington of the group "Doon". He is an experienced player for set dances and ceilidhes and has toured Europe with dance shows.
		Tiarnán ó Duinnchinn (Uilleann Pipes & Whistles) From Monaghan, Tiarnan is a piper in great demand at piping festivals and tionols (piper’s meetings) all over Ireland and Europe alongside such piping greats as Paddy Keenan, John Rooney and Kathryn Tickell. Tiarnan is continously recording with various artists as diverse as Hazel Ó Connor, Vards, Danish rock singers and Gaelic singers like Aoife Ní Fhearraigh. His playing has featured on two movies as well as numerous advertisements. He has been recording and touring with Maire Brennan (Clannad) for the last four years. He was the soloist on the specially commissioned "L’Epopée Celtique" at FestivaInterceltique in Lorient and has also played with the New Scottish and Irish orchestras alongside work in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.
		Paul Bradley (Fiddle) From Bessbrook in Co. Armagh, Paul is one of the foremost Irish fiddle-players of his generation. His album "Atlantic Roar" received excellent reviews in Folk Roots Magazine and Irish Music Magazine, while The Irish Times wrote "Key and style changes show off not only his talent and utter comfort with the instrument, but also his thorough understanding of the music he plays." Recent gigs in Armagh, Wicklow, Antrim and Belfast with Clare concertina player Padraig Rynne and Paul Meehan on guitar produced some wild and versatile music. Paul plans another solo album for the near future. Paul is a violin-maker and studied at the Newark School of violin-making in England. He lives in Galway.
		Stéphanie Makem (Vocals) From Co. Armagh, Stéphanie’s singing is deeply rooted in a long lineage of singers, stretching back to her great grandmother who was the celebrated Ulster folksinger Sarah Makem and indeed, to her granduncle, Tommy Makem. Stéphanie is currently collecting and collating Sarah’s work with a view to publication in the near future. Stephanie sings a lot of Sarah’s own songs together with songs from southeast Ulster in both Gaelic and English. Stéphanie performed on TG4’s music programme "Flosc" which was aired in 2001. "Irish Traditional Music Magazine" awarded this series "Best TV programme/Documentary in December 2001.

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