Peadar Connolly - Irish Artist Of The Week

Peadar Connolly is an Irish singer-songwriter and ethnomusicologist whose work sits at the intersection of the deeply personal and the cross-cultural. With Songlines-recognised production projects across Europe, he brings a rare combination of academic rigour and emotional immediacy to his music. He was a songwriter and performer for the runner-up entry in RTÉ's Eurosong 2024, and his debut single Codhlaím go Suan was praised by Hot Press as a "breathtaking debut," receiving coverage across Europe. Peadar Connolly returns with his newest single, The Feeling is Over - a lush and emotionally expansive pop-ballad exploring the quiet relief that can emerge after heartbreak. Written and arranged by Peadar and his ex-boyfriend, Mitchell Keely, the song traces the emotional terrain of a civil breakup: not its devastation, but the moments of release that follow. Finally saying the difficult things aloud. Leaving one another behind. Letting grief loosen its grip. And eventually realising that friendship may still remain. Initially written as a dance-pop track, the song took on an entirely new shape when Peadar brought it to Mitch. Together, the pair dismantled and rebuilt it into something quieter, more spacious, and emotionally honest. In an unusual twist, the breakup song itself became a symbol of what survived the relationship.