Mary Bergin with Pádraig Ó Dubhghaill

Mary Bergin is an Irish Traditional musician who is widely acknowledged as one of the great masters of the tin whistle.

Mary is one of the iconic performers in our time and a musician of such startling virtuosity that one could claim she almost single handedly launched the humble Irish tin whistle as a first-tier instrument onto the stage of modern day traditional Irish music.

Her two virtuosic recordings of the solo tin whistle, Feadóga Stáin (1979) and Feadóga Stáin 2 (1993), have been critically cited as "outstanding and unequalled".

In 2000 Mary was awarded the prestigious TG4 Gradam Ceoil ‘Traditional Musician of the Year' Award. She was the first female traditional Irish musician to receive this award and one of only four women ever to have received this award.

In 2022 Mary received an Honorary Doctorate from UCD for her contribution to the Arts.

She has toured extensively in Europe, America and in Australia playing in concerts and festivals, and giving workshops and seminars. She has also given masterclasses in many Universities around the world.

Mary has taught hundreds of students, in Ireland, across Europe, and in the United States, to play the whistle.
In 2023 Mary published her third and final volume of her Irish Tin Whistle Tutorial.
Mary & Pádraig perform as part of the celebrations for the Cork Fleadh in Ballincollig, 21st to 27th April 2025.