[1] She was the 2001 recipient of TG4 Gradam Ceoil Ceoltóir na Bliana / Musician of the Year, awarded "for the excellence and pioneering force of her music, the remarkable growth she has brought to the music of the harp and for the positive influence she has had on the young generation of harpers".
Her partnership with English guitarist Chris Newman made its début on the main stage at the 1987 Cambridge Folk Festival.
[7] She and Chris Newman were featured on the cover, and in an article within, the April / May 2021 issue of The Living Tradition magazine.
[9] A TV documentary programme about Ní Chathasaigh and her sister Nollaig (also featuring their sister Mairéad, together with Chris Newman and Nollaig's late husband Arty McGlynn) was originally broadcast on TG4 on November 29, 2020, and re-broadcast 13 February 2022, as part of its 'Sé mo Laoch series.
[10] Máire has been giving masterclasses and disseminating her ideas and techniques in Ireland, the UK, Europe, North America and Australasia since the mid-1970s.