Cathal Hayden

Teaches at Irish Arts Center

Cathal is a founding member of Four Men and a Dog and a member of the Máirtín O’Connor Trio, Cathal’s inventive brilliance on fiddle and banjo has been central to the huge success enjoyed by both bands for decades, as well as his much collaboration with other great Irish musicians.  A multiple All-Ireland champion in both fiddle and banjo, Cathal was born and raised near Pomeroy in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.