Filíocht ó Bhéal & Ceol na nGael Spoken Word & Irish Traditional Music

Ciara Ní É is a bilingual Irish-language writer, performer and filmmaker working across poetry, theatre and screen. Her work is rooted in contemporary Irish culture, with a particular focus on language, identity and queer experience.

Named one of the Irish Examiner’s 100 Women Changing Ireland in 2022, she has been Artist in Residence at UCD, Dublin Fringe Festival and DCU. She is the founder of the multilingual spoken word platform REIC and co-founder of the queer arts collective AerachAiteachGaelach.

Her poetry has been published in PIR, Aneas and Comhar, and in anthologies including Bone and Marrow, Queering the Green and Impressions Irlandaise.

Her debut short film Claonadh premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2025, and her upcoming short Ar Strae is in pre-production, with funding by TG4. She is currently a Taibhdhearc Artist in Residence developing a new play.

Amano De Londra Miura is a singer, poet, songwriter and arts facilitator expanding the boundaries of stories told by Irish traditional art forms through a multi-ethnic, animist, folkloric and ecological lens. With roots in Kerry (Ireland) and Kyushu (Japan) her work finds expression in diverse mediums from folk songs to street spectacle and bilingual poetry to electronic music. 

She was recently supported by An Sparánacht Síol, a new bursary from An Taibhdhearc The National Irish Language Theatre, to develop theatrical work exploring language estrangement and the complexities of multicultural embodiment. In 2026 Amano will participate in Island Connect II – an international residency exchange programme for performing artists from across European islands – where she will embark on an ecological songwriting project to give voice to extinct animals through the medium of traditional songs.

Amano’s poetry and writing have been published by Channel Magazine, Airmid’s Journal and RTÉ Online. Her debut street spectacle script, An Chailleach, was performed at Kerry Homecoming Festival in 2024 (Dir. Ciara Moloughney). Amano’s music releases have been aired on Raidió na Gaeltachta, RTÉ Radio 1, BBC Radio Ulster and include THREAD – Amano x Kalabanx (2024), Burn (2025) and The Birthing House (2025).