Eimear Arkins

Eimear Arkins comes from a small village on the west coast of Ireland called Ruan, in County Clare. She is an award winning musician, singer and dancer with eleven solo Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann titles to her credit. Eimear has toured throughout the US, Ireland and beyond with acclaimed bands like Cherish The Ladies, Téada, The Paul Brock Band, and Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas. She is regularly seen performing with harp player and St Louis native, Eileen Gannon. Eimear has also toured extensively with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann on concert tours throughout Ireland, Britain, North America and Canada and with the internationally renowned show Brú Ború. Eimear was part of the troupe that represented Ireland at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai and in August 2015, she traveled to World Expo in Milan with St. Louis Irish Arts where she promoted not only Irish culture but the expression of Irish culture worldwide. Eimear is a qualified Irish music and dance instructor and has performed and given workshops at festivals all over the world including Féile Séamus Creagh, Newfoundland; Catskills Irish Arts Week; Viljandi Pärimusmuusika Festival, Estonia; St Louis Tionól; Canadian Celtic Celebration, and Festival Interceltique de Lorient, France. In June 2018 she released her debut album, What’s Next? and was awarded “Best Newcomer” from LiveIreland in 2019.