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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Maria McCool
| image = Mariamccool.jpg
| caption = Maria McCool performing at the launch of her album ''Doagh'' on 4 December 2009
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Maria Nic Cumhaill
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gaoth Dobhair]], [[County Donegal]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_date =
| origin =
| instrument = [[Fiddle]]
| genre = [[Celtic music|Celtic]], [[Folk music of Ireland|Traditional Irish]]
| occupation = Singer, schoolteacher
| years_active = 1995–present
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| website =
}}
'''Maria McCool''' (born 23 May 1974) ({{langx|ga|Maria Nic Cumhaill}}) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] singer from [[Gweedore]], [[County Donegal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/gweedore.html|title=Donegal County.com & Dún na nGall.com - Gaoth Dobhair /Gweedore|publisher=Dun-na-ngall.com|accessdate=2013-08-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017102618/http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/gweedore.html|archivedate=2013-10-17}}</ref> She is well known for performing old Irish songs in her native Irish and in English. Her albums include ''Ailleog'' and ''Doagh'', on which she [[cover version|covered]] such songs as "Ar Éirinn Ní Neosfainn Cé Hí" and "Song For Ireland".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.daz.com/releases/Maria%20Mccool/ailleog%20%5Bmagical%20songs%20of%20ireland%5D.html | title=Maria McCool / ailleog [magical songs of ireland] | publisher=daz.com | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002233506/http://www.daz.com/releases/Maria%20Mccool/ailleog%20%5Bmagical%20songs%20of%20ireland%5D.html |archivedate=2 October 2011 | accessdate=27 April 2021 }}</ref> She has received numerous awards at [[Celtic music|Celtic]] festivals in [[Ireland]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. In 2007, McCool was married and worked as a national school teacher in [[Dunshaughlin]] in [[County Meath]].

McCool grew up as a member of the choir at St. Mary's church in Gweedore, singing alongside [[Enya]], [[Aoife Ní Fhearraigh]], [[Moya Brennan]] and other members of [[Clannad]] who are also members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enyafanstudio.com/enya/more.html |title=Personal > More About Enya |publisher=Enya Fan Studio |date=2004-04-26 |accessdate=2013-08-01}}</ref> Her music teacher at [[Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair]] was Baba Brennan, the mother of Clannad and Enya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/meathsouth/articles/2012/02/15/4008985-dunshaughlin-teachers-bid-for-eurosong-glory-beckons/|title=Dunshaughlin teacher's bid for Eurosong glory beckons|publisher=Meathchronicle.ie|accessdate=2013-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nic |first=Michelle |url=http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/lifestyle/entertainment/gaoth_dobhair_teacher_hopes_for_euro_vote_on_friday_1_3544295 |title=Gaoth Dobhair teacher hopes for Euro vote on Friday |publisher=Donegaldemocrat.ie |date=2012-02-21 |accessdate=2013-08-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120731054817/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/lifestyle/entertainment/gaoth_dobhair_teacher_hopes_for_euro_vote_on_friday_1_3544295 |archivedate=2012-07-31 }}</ref>

McCool took part in the Eurosong competition on ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'' on 24 February 2012, where she performed "Mistaken", written by [[Edele Lynch]]. She finished in fifth place.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0208/breaking61.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212124106/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0208/breaking61.html |date=12 February 2012 }}</ref>

==Discography==
*''Oíche Chiúin'' (1995)
*''Ailleog'' (1997)
*''Doagh'' (2009)
*''Shenandoah'' (2018)

==References==
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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Irish women fiddlers]]
[[Category:Irish folk singers]]
[[Category:Musicians from Gweedore]]
[[Category:21st-century Irish singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Irish women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Irish fiddlers]]
[[Category:20th-century Irish women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Irish fiddlers]]

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