She comes from a musical family, being the daughter of Treasa Ní Cheannabháin, one of the most admired singers of the region, and having sisters, including Naisrín Elsafty, who are also performers.
[1] Róisín made her first recording with her mother in 1996 with L'art du sean-nós for the French label Buda Musique[2] and has appeared on several other albums.
Róisín has performed with Dónal Lunny and accordion player Máirtín O’Connor at the Konzerthaus Großer Saal, Vienna and at the ESB Ceol Festival at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.
She has also performed as part of The Irish Consort with tenor John Elwes, Reiko Ichise on bass viol and Siobhán Armstrong playing the traditional wire-strung Irish harp and the European Renaissance harp.
[3] This was produced by Dónal Lunny and features, among others, accordionist Máirtín O’Connor, Ronan Browne on several instruments, and harper Siobhán Armstrong.