Who is your favorite female vocalists/singers who sing (at least sometimes) in Irish?
Who should I look for?
It doesn’t necessarily have to be IrTrad, but probably will be anyway.
Do you like Mairead NiDhomhnaill and why or why not?
I already know about Enya. 
I also love Niamh Parsons, but it seems she sings mostly in English, or so it seems…
I love Maighread Ni Domhnaill. I don’t know how to explain why. What is there not to like about her?
Does Mary Coghlan sing in Gaelic?
I’m quite fond of Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill, and her sister Triona, whose voice is somewhat more shrill. Triona can be heard singing with the Bothy Band, Touchstone, and Relativity.
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh of Altan sings mostly in Irish. I love her singing, as well as her fiddling.
i favour Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, she sometimes sings in english too.
Maire Ni Bhraonain (Maire Brennan), and Heidi Talbot are two huge favurites…
Thanks yall. 
I agree with all of the above.
The O’Dhomhnaill Sisters are probably the most readily accessable singers in this field as they have recorded many albums featuring songs in the Irish language.Dolores Keane has done a few as well but to my ear she never really seems to be comfortable singing in Irish.Mary Black does a masterful version of Mo Ghile Mar,thats the one that Sting butchered with some help from the Chieftains.
Sinead O’Connor does a few on her Sean nos nua album but I should imagine that Cran already knows that 
Thinking about Wombats quip…Mary Coughlan singing in Irish ?..now that would be something else altogether.. 
Slan,
D.
Yes, I rather like Sinéad’s Irish language music…but it’s more poppy (imagine that!) than much other Irish music.
Her version of “My Lagan Love” and Niamh Parson’s are so radically different, if they didn’t have the same title I’m not sure I’d hear them as the same song!
I heard Mairead Ni Dhomhnaill singing ‘Amhrán Pheadar Breathnach’ on a TV programme.
Donal Lunny’s bouzouki playing added an exciting background to Mairead soaring voice, but the version on her solo CD was spoilt by a plodding production.
Mukade
Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola
http://homepage.eircom.net/~seannos/Home.html
also Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh from Danú.
here’s a review of both of their cds
http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_gaelic_omni_1_03.html
give a listen to karan casey. she has some solo stuff out or go buy some of the early solas stuff. try www.karancasey.com for more info
Good luck getting Muireann’s cd, I’ve been trying regularly for the past year or so to find that gem.
what a pity, though she’s got a couple of nice solo cuts on Danú’s “Up in the Air”. i’m sure you’ll hear more from her though. i saw her with Danú recently and she’s enormously talented as well as being very easy on the eyes.
So Mazz didn’t have any more?
I don’t think so. I e-mailed him awhile ago and he was in the States so he couldn’t check. He said he would when he got back. I forgot about it for awhile and I fired off an e-mail again a month ago but still no reply, and I hate peppering people with e-mails. It was a good idea though glauber.
Agreed! In addition, they both have reputations for being very sweet.
YES!
She has the voice of an angel!
And ALL of her songs are truly ‘sean nos’, not some one-off song.
She is an incredibly talented singer.