Sinéad Ní Uallacháin

Sinéad Ní Uallacháin is an Irish journalist, actress, artist, podcaster, continuity announcer and radio presenter.

Sinéad Ní Uallacháin
Born	Ballineanig, County Kerry, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Radio presenter

Early life

Ní Uallacháin was born in Ballineanig, County Kerry. She went on to study art and architecture at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Bolton Street.

Career

Ní Uallacháin became a radio producer and a broadcaster with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, presenting the weekday show Sinéad ar Maidin (Sinéad in the Morning") until May 2019,^[1][2] and contributing to Cormac ag a Cúig.^[3] She did not give up her art however and has illustrated a children's book by Mícheál Ó hUanacháin^[4] amongst other works. Ní Uallacháin has been a judge on TG4's series Réalta agus Gaolta.^[5]

In the early 2020s, she became a traffic and travel news reader, and continuity announcer on RTÉ Radio 1.^[6] In January 2025, she began hosting "SíorStíl", a fashion-design competition, on TG4.^[6]

Ní Uallacháin also acts in theater and has performed in a number of stage shows. In theater she mainly works with Aisteoirí Bulfin. She is on the board of directors for Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta (C.R.Á.C.T.).^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Beo ar Éigean

Main article: Beo ar Éigean

Ní Uallacháin presents a podcast and radio series Beo ar Éigean ("almost live") with fellow Irish speakers Áine Ní Bhreisleáin and Siún Ní Dhuinn. The three discuss issues from their daily lives.^[15][16][17]

Works

Illustrated books

• An Tíogar agus a Mhadra, 2014
• Fighting Words, 2014
• Sin Scéal Eile: Gearrscéalta Nuascríofa, 2010
• NÓS
• The Children of the Finca Florencia

Plays

• An Campa
• Biffo Béar
• Gur Eile
• Le Luí na Gealaí^[18]
• Domhnall Mac Síthigh
• Na Leabhra