Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>Two Killarney people have been shortlisted for three different RT&Eacute; Radio 1 Folk Awards this year.</h3>
The awards return after pandemic related absences and will be hosted by RT&Eacute; presenter and broadcaster John Creedon at Dublin&#8217;s Vicar Street on November 17.
 Local Hollywood A-lister Jessie Buckley collaborated with Bernard Butler earlier this year and their single &lsquo;Footnotes on the Map&rsquo; has been nominated in the Best Original Folk Track category.
 Kilcummin singer Ronan Kealy who goes by the stage name Junior Brother released his second album &lsquo;The Great Irish Famine&rsquo; this year.
 He has been nominated in both Best Folk Singer and Best Folk Album categories.
 &ldquo;It is a great honour,&rdquo; Ronan told the Killarney Advertiser. &ldquo;It is a lovely list to be included on, the RT&Eacute; Folk Awards have become an institution in itself in recent years. I must be doing something right to get nominated.&rdquo;
 Mary Black is set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at next week&rsquo;s ceremony also.

Buckley and Kealy shortlisted for RTÉ award

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