Entries for this year’s Sean McCarthy Ballad Competition are now officially closed.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who took the time to enter. We have been delighted by the fantastic response and are grateful to each songwriter for sharing their original work with us. Your passion for songwriting and Irish ballad tradition is what makes this competition so special.
Our adjudication panel will now begin the shortlisting process, and we will be in contact with the finalists during the week.
Thank you once again to everyone who entered, and we wish you the very best of luck. We look forward to welcoming the finalists to Finuge as part of the Sean McCarthy Memorial Weekend.