Noelie McDonnell

Noelie McDonnell is an Irish singer-songwriter from Tuam, County Galway. A former secondary school teacher, he began recording music in the mid-2000s and was described by Irish music magazine Hot Press as "a hybrid of John Prine, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan". He released his debut EP in 2004, followed by three solo albums between 2005 and 2009. In 2012, McDonnell, Noriana Kennedy, and Nicola Joyce co-founded the folk band The Whileaways, which has released four studio albums between 2013 and 2022. In 2013, he became a member of the short-lived "supergroup" The Cabin Collective, and in 2024 he became a member of Tuam-based folk-rock band The Saw Doctors.