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Quick facts for kids Nóirín Ní Riain | |
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Nóirín Ní Riain performs in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nora Mary Antoinette Ryan (Irish: Nóra Máire Antoinette Ní Riain) |
| Origin | Caherconlish, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Genres | Irish Traditional Folk Celtic Gregorian Chant |
| Instruments | Vocals, surpeti, shruti box, Irish whistle, piano |
| Years active | 1977 – present |
| Labels | Daisy Discs (Ireland) Gael Linn (Ireland) Sounds True Inc. (United States) |
| Associated acts | size2shoes Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin |
Nóirín Ní Riain (born 12 June 1951) is an Irish singer, writer, teacher, theologian, and authority on Gregorian Chant (plainchant, plainsong).
She is primarily known for spiritual songs, but also sings Celtic music, sean-nós and Indian songs.
Noirin ni riain biography for kids
Nóirín plays an Indian harmonium (surpeti), shruti box and feadóg (whistle). She was Artist-in-Residence for Wexford and Laois. She performs with her sons Eoin and Mícheál Ó Súill