Each year as part of the Ed Reavy Festival, we run the prestigious Ed Reavy International Fiddler of the Year Competition. The competition commenced in 2016 and has been held each year on the Saturday afternoon of the festival weekend, but like many other events, it had to be postponed for 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Thankfully, we are in a position to commence running the event again in 2022, however this year we will only run the Under 18 Competition – No Senior Competition for 2022 unfortunately. Details of previous winners are detailed below.
The 2022 competition will take place at 12 noon in the Town Hall Theatre, Town Hall Street, Cavan
2022 Entry will be via EventBrite
Link to Entry Form: CLICK HERE
Please also download the attached listing of Ed Reavy Tunes as there is a requirement to play 1 Reavy tune of your choice in both the Junior and Senior competition:
ed-reavy-tune-listing
Trophies & Medals for the Competition:
2019 Trophies
Ed Reavy-Senior Winner Perpetual-trophy – “In Memory of Martina” presented by Dermot Walsh in memory of his wife Martina
In Memory of Jim-Mulvaney Perpetual Trophy Junior Ed Reavy Fiddler Competition – presented by Maeve Sheridan in honour of her uncle
Images of previous winners of this prestigious competition:
2019:
Jamesie Wray, Donegal. 2019 Junior Ed Reavy Fiddler
Junior Winners 2019:
1st Jamesie Wray, 2nd Ellen O’Gorman Waterford, 3rd Órla Corrigan Monaghan
Sinead McKenna – Winner 2019-with Liam Wynne of Eirgrid and adjudicator John Daly
2019 Senior Winners:
1st Sinead McKenna Monaghan, 2nd Andrew Caden Maryland USA (right of picture) and 3rd Naoise Kettle Laoise (left of picture)
2018:
Jason McGuinness, Sligo – 2018 Senior Ed Reavy Fiddler of the year
Sarah O’Gorman – 2017 Senior Ed Reavy International Fiddler of the Year
Winner U-16 Ed Reavy International Fiddler of 2017
Méabh Smyth – The Inaugural Winner of The Senior Ed Reavy International Fiddle Player Competition in 2016
