Professor Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin is an Irish author, academic and trilingual cultural historian specializing in Irish emigration, traditional music, memory and global diaspora. Active on the music and academic circuit, Gearóid has presented over 1,000 concerts, film screenings and lectures throughout Europe and North America.


Filmmaker | Lost Children of the Carricks Celtic Crossings Productions)

DirectorSchool of Irish Studies, Concordia University (Montréal, Québec )

Author | Flowing Tides– History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2016)

Author | A Short History of Irish Traditional Music (Dublin: The O’Brien Press, 2017)

Musician | 5-time All Ireland Champion uilleann piper, concertina player  and previous member of Ireland’s legendary Kilfenora Céilí Band 

Prolific writer, public speaker, media specialist, performer and consultant,  Oxford University Press author


Dr. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, PhD

University College Cork ~ Trinity College Dublin ~ Université du Sud-Toulon-Var ~ International University of America, San Francisco ~ Queen’s University, Belfast