The winners of the eighth RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards were announced last night (Tuesday November 10th) at Vicar Street in Dublin, with Barry Kerr taking two awards. The ceremony was hosted by John Creedon and broadcast live on RTÉ Radio 1 and the RTÉ Listen app.

Kerr won Best Original Folk Track for ‘The Curlew’s Cry’ and Best Folk Singer. Joshua Burnside won Best Folk Album for It’s Not Going To Be Okay, and Rua Rí won Best Emerging Artist. You can see the full list of nominees here.

The winners:

• Best Original Folk Track: Barry Kerr – ‘The Curlew’s Cry’
• Best Traditional Folk Track: Macdara Yeates – ‘De May Bush’
• Best Folk Singer: Barry Kerr
• Best Folk Instrumentalist: Ultan O’Brien
• Best Folk Group: Beoga
• Best Folk Album: Joshua Burnside – It’s Not Going To Be Okay
• Best Emerging Artist: Rua Rí
• Lifetime Achievement: Tommy Sands
• Hall of Fame: Dolores Keane

Live performances on the night came from Beoga, The Unthanks, Declan O’Rourke, Jillian O’Malley, Joshua Burnside, Hammy Hamilton & the Ora Quartet, Kris Drever with Noriana Kennedy, Nicola Joyce and Pauline Scanlon, and Edwina Guckian among others.