Biography

Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin was born in 1983 in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.

She graduated with First Class Honours in Theoretical Physics Degree from UCD (University College Dublin - Ireland) in 2005 and plans to continue her post-graduate studies in Bio-Physics. Her impressive academic achievements include a student placement in 2004 at CERN (Centre European de Research Nuclear) in Geneva, awards in the international Mathematical Contest in Modelling, an Entrance Scholarship from UCD in 2001 and scholarships from Bord Na Gaeilge.

She is a native Irish speaker.

She has been a member of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann for many years and has awards for sean-nós singing, Cómhra Gaeilge and Grúpa Ceoil. Aoibhinn has won national awards for short-story and poetry and is an enthusiastic singer-songwriter. She has five younger brothers and is from Carnacon in County Mayo.