Liz Doherty is an Irish fiddler based in County Donegal who also recorded and toured with both Nomos and The Bumblebees as well as alone.
[1][2] Liz Doherty was born in Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland in 1970, the oldest daughter of four girls.
Her 1996 PhD from the University of Limerick was on the fiddle traditions of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
She has recorded albums with a number of groups, plus two solo albums: Quare Imagination (2002) and Last Orders (2005), both featuring thoughtfully-arranged medleys of tunes composed by Doherty herself as well as other musicians, plus many traditional tunes of Ireland and her native Donegal.
Additionally, the albums feature several tunes of Scottish and/or Cape Breton origin, which (due to Scotland's proximity to and history with the north of Ireland) tend to be most well known amongst Donegal and Ulster musicians; this unique regional repertoire (an eclectic mix of Irish, Scottish, and Cape Breton tunes), though varying from musician to musician, is one of the main features of the general northern "style" of music.