Maeve Donnelly is one of the top Irish traditional fiddle players known for her unique style within the traditional Irish music genre.
Donnelly was born near Kylemore Abbey in Loughrea in East Galway, Ireland.
[1] She has been playing music since she was a child and won her first All-Ireland Fiddle Competition when she was nine despite her parents not being musicians.
However her family has developed a musical tradition with her three brothers playing the accordion, banjo, and fiddle.
[3] Donnelly went to college in Dublin and when she graduated she moved to live in Clare.