Aeons are an Irish

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duo made up of

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (born 1978) is a musician and singer from County Kerry, Ireland. Until 2016, she was the lead singer for the traditional music group Danú, and from that year on she has been half of the electronica duo Aeons. Biography ...

and Pádraig Rynne. They released their first singles, "Bealtaine" (' Beltane') and "An Fhuil" ('Blood') in 2016, and their first album, ''Fís'' ('Vision') in May 2018.

NÓS Awards

The duo have received several nominations to, and have won twice in, the NÓS music awards, the principal awards for modern Irish-language music. In 2019, Aeons were nominated for 'Band/Musician of the Year'; ''Fís'' received a nomination for 'Album of the Year', and 'Cúramaí an tSaoil', one of the songs in ''Fís'', was nominated for 'Song of the Year', although it was Kneecap, a rap duo from Belfast, who in the end won each of these awards. In 2017, Aeons won two NÓS awards, for 'Video of the Year', with the music video for ''Bealtaine'', and 'Debut Act of the Year'. They also received three further nominations; ''Bealtaine'' and ''An Fhuil'', both for 'Song of the Year', and the duo themselves for 'Band/Musician of the Year'. These awards and nominations are summarised in the table below:

Discography

References

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