Musician. She was a traditional Irish singer. Mary Partlan founded the folk duo Calypso in the 1970s, and was also the founder of both the Galway singers club An Riabhóg and theater company Skehana, and the administrator of Galway Youth Theatre. She worked as a lecturer for University College Galway and received a Fulbright Scholarship to Lehman College in the City University of New York in 2013, where she taught Creative Arts and Theatre. She also worked as an arts PR and consultant with her own company Mac P. She worked with the Irish National TV Station TG4 to develop the Traditional Irish Music awards, Gradam Ceoil, and as a producer and director of musical projects including TG4 music show Flosc, the Arts in Action program at NUI Galway and the opening of Glór, the national Irish music center in Ennis, Co Clare. She toured with the Druid Theatre's Seán Tyrell productions of "The Midnight Court." In 2004 McPartlan released her debut album "The Holland Handkerchief" and followed it in 2008 with "Petticoat Loose" and then in 2016 with "From Mountain To Mountain." She was awarded the Ireland United States Association (IUSA) Distinguished Alumni Award for her contribution to culture, education and music.
Musician. She was a traditional Irish singer. Mary Partlan founded the folk duo Calypso in the 1970s, and was also the founder of both the Galway singers club An Riabhóg and theater company Skehana, and the administrator of Galway Youth Theatre. She worked as a lecturer for University College Galway and received a Fulbright Scholarship to Lehman College in the City University of New York in 2013, where she taught Creative Arts and Theatre. She also worked as an arts PR and consultant with her own company Mac P. She worked with the Irish National TV Station TG4 to develop the Traditional Irish Music awards, Gradam Ceoil, and as a producer and director of musical projects including TG4 music show Flosc, the Arts in Action program at NUI Galway and the opening of Glór, the national Irish music center in Ennis, Co Clare. She toured with the Druid Theatre's Seán Tyrell productions of "The Midnight Court." In 2004 McPartlan released her debut album "The Holland Handkerchief" and followed it in 2008 with "Petticoat Loose" and then in 2016 with "From Mountain To Mountain." She was awarded the Ireland United States Association (IUSA) Distinguished Alumni Award for her contribution to culture, education and music.
Bio by: Eireannach
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