She is notable as a distinguished exponent of sean-nós singing, an unaccompanied and heavily ornamented style characteristic of the Irish-speaking area where she grew up.
[citation needed] Naisrín is one of the younger daughters of Treasa Ní Cheannabháin, a native of County Galway and a fine singer in the sean-nós tradition, and Saber Elsafty, an Egyptian doctor.
[1] Naisrín grew up in a multicultural and multi-religious household, celebrating both Christmas and the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr (the end of Ramadan).
[citation needed] The children attended local schools and grew up multilingual in Irish, English and Egyptian Arabic.
[2] Elsafty qualified as a doctor at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2012, and works as a specialist registrar in otorhinolaryngology.