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Macdara's debut full length solo album, Ar Thaobh Chill an Fhuarthainn, is a thematic exploration of his homeplace of Cill an Fhuarthainn. The album showcases his vast musical interests, with guest contributions from Cormac McCarthy (piano, producer), Victoria Adiiye (guitar, vocals), Conor O'Sullivan (electric guitar), Áine Whelan (vocals), Michael Riordan (double bass), Ian Knepper (fiddle) and a string section consisting of Maria Ryan (violin, viola), Lucia MacPartlin (violin) & Maria O'Connor (cello).

Solo Arrangements

Collaborations

Páraic MacDonnchadha, Pádraic Keane & Macdara Ó Faoláin

Victoria Adiiye & Macdara Ó Faoláin

Cormac McCarthy & Macdara Ó Faoláin

​Discography

Ar Thaobh Chill an Fhuarthainn (2025)
Do Shamhlaigh Mé Tír Nua (2024)
Under the Stairs (2023), Johnny McCarthy & Eoin Ó Riabhaigh
​  Bouzouki on tracks 6, 10 & 12
Beo (2023), Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha & Macdara Ó Faoláin
Éistigh Liomsa Sealad (2023), Muireann Ní Shé
​  Bouzouki on tracks 1 & 5
Derek Hickey (2022)
​  Bouzouki
Tobar Gan Trá (2022), Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin
​  Bouzouki on tracks 3, 4, 5 & 12
Find Me Here (2022), MTU Cork School of Music
​  Fiddle, Recorded & Produced 'Dursey Sound/Glenbeg Lake/The Sunny Hills of Beara'​​
Going Over Home (2021), Conor O'Sullivan
​  Bouzouki on 'Cruely She Bid Me Good Day'
Quarantapes (2021), MTU Cork School of Music
​  Bouzouki, Fiddle, Composed, Recorded & Produced 'An Clamhán Bán'​
Rogha Raelach (2020), Raelach Records
​  Bouzouki on track 6
Dén Díobháil (2019), Nuadán
​  Co-producer, Bouzouki, Vocals, Fiddle & Piano
'Twill Do (2019), Shane Meehan
​  Bouzouki 
Not Before Time (2018), Paraic MacDonnchadha
  Bouzouki on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 17
Ceolta Néalta (2018), Cór Fear na nDéise
  Bouzouki on tracks 1, 2, and 12
Lá Laindí Lugha (2016), Nuadán
​  Co-producer, Bouzouki, Vocals, Mandolin & Harmonica
Déan Gáirdeachas (2015), Cór Fear na nDéise
  Bouzouki