The SEAC Board
Vincent Woods
Director of TSEAC’s Board since 06/10/2015
Chairman of TSEAC’s Board since 22/02/2018
Vincent Woods is a writer and broadcaster who has worked extensively with Irish traditional musicians in creating original performance pieces. He has presented many leading arts and current affairs programmes on RTÉ Radio 1 and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4. His plays include ‘At the Black Pig’s Dyke’ (Druid Theatre Company) and ‘A Cry from Heaven’ (Abbey Theatre).Poetry collections are ‘The Colour of Language’ and ‘Lives and Miracles’ and he co-edited ‘The Turning Wave: Poems and Songs of Irish Australia’ and ‘Fermata; Writings Inspired by Music’. Plays for radio include ‘The Leitrim Hotel’ and ‘The Gospels of Aughamore’. He has written several song lyrics set to music by Charlie McGettigan, Aidan Brennan and Mairtín O’Connor and recorded by singers including Mary McPartlan and Colleen Raney. He was a contributor to the highly acclaimed Leitrim Equation stage performance with musicians including Donal Lunny and Eleanor Shanley. He has won several awards as a writer and broadcaster and is a member of Aosdána.
Joanne Taaffe
Director of TSEAC’s Board since 17th May 2018
A graduate of Dublin City University's BA Gnó & Gaeilge, Joanne has overseen the digital marketing communications at the National Concert Hall since 2009 and was recently appointed Digital Manager at the venue.
She has worked for almost 20 years at the NCH with extensive experience in Box Office Administration, Ticketing & Customer Experience with additional qualifications in Online Marketing & Digital Strategy and Web Design.
Joanne is likely to be found on her phone watching everything that happens in the world of the Internet & Digital but manages to take regular breaks to attend many theatre productions, concerts and ballet performances throughout the year and also spends many evenings taking photos of shows at the NCH.
Growing up in a house where music was always on a radio or record player somewhere in the house, it is not surprising of Joanne's love and appreciation for arts and culture. Maybe some day, she'll pick up the violin and play again!
Séamus O Rócháin
Board Member since January 7 2021
Séamus hails from Milltown Malbay, Co Clare, where he first began playing traditional music. His main instrument has always been the Uilleann Pipes and he regularly plays concerts and traditional music sessions. He recorded a solo album entitled ‘An Buachaill Dreoite’ in 2009, followed by an album with Bríd Ó Donoghue in 2015. He has toured with various musicians both in Europe and the United States.
Séamus has always had a keen interest and involvement in the Irish language. While he completed a degree in Engineering at Trinity College and an MSc in Physics at Queens University, Belfast he decided to leave behind his career in engineering in favour of a career in education. He is now a teacher in an all-Irish secondary school in Dublin. Since 2011 he has been on the organising committee of Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy.
Libby McCrohan
Board Member since February 23 2021
Libby McCrohan is an Irish traditional musician and artist from Fingal. She plays a round back Greek bouzouki. Her approach to accompaniment is sensitive, subtle, and rhythmical, taking inspiration from the reg playing of uilleann pipers. Libby has performed all over Ireland and abroad and has featured on two albums to date - the critically-acclaimed ‘Heard a Long Gone Song’ by Lisa O’Neill (2018) and ‘Not Before Time... 39 Years in the Making’ by Páraic Mac Donnchadha (2018).
Libby is also very interested in visual arts, digital design and crafts. In July 2020, she won a public competition to create artworks on exchange boxes outside the SEAC. The completed works were inspired by Séamus Ennis’ music and his contribution to Ireland’s folklore.
She holds a BA in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from Trinity College Dublin as well as a Higher Diploma in Data Analytics.
Councillor Eoghan Dockrell
Board Member since September 2024
Eoghan is a local county councillor on Fingal County Council who represents the Rush - Lusk local electoral area. Eoghan has a keen interest in supporting the arts and is the chair of the Community, Sports and Culture Strategic Policy Committee on Fingal County Council. He was delighted to be appointed to the board of the Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, a centre that is steeped in Irish history and has a strong and long standing record of supporting local artists
Declan Power
Board Member since March 2023
Declan is a successful and experienced leader with a proven private sector record. He is a sales, marketing, and operations subject matter expert as well as a highly qualified program and project manager. As Fingal County Council Senior Executive Officer for Tourism & Cultural Development, Declan also brings a wealth of knowledge of the public sector and experience as a board member of a number of visitor attractions including Heritage Properties and Arts Centres.
Anna Nolan
Board Member since July 2023
Anna Nolan is a native of Naul. She grew up and went to school there and can recall Seamus Ennis living in the village, she also shares the same birthday as him. Anna is a Civil Servant having worked most of her career with the Revenue Commissions and is currently working as Head of ICT Operations in the Houses of the Oireachtas Service. Part of Anna’s remit within her role is to serve as a member on internal committees.
Anna has completed 8 grades of Music Theatre and is currently persuing her Diploma in this.
Clodagh Ní Mhuirí
Board Member since July 2023
Clodagh is a lifelong Fingal resident with a strong interest in heritage and the arts, particularly music. After completing a degree in Law and Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, she spent time working in the Houses of the Oireachtas and with Daniel Spring & Co. Solicitors before joining Gaeloideachas - the national organisation supporting and advocating on behalf of Irish-medium schools and naíonraí - as Communication & Administration Executive. She has taken on active volunteering roles with a number of local organisations, including as President of the Fingal chapter of Junior Chamber International in 2019, and as a committee member with the Portmarnock-Malahide branch of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, in addition to being a local Peace Commissioner. A fluent Irish speaker, Clodagh also co-founded Pop-Up Gaeltacht Mhullach Íde in 2022. In her spare time, she enjoys playing traditional music on the flute, reading, and birdwatching!
Mary Flanagan
Board Member since Jan 2025
Mary returned to Ireland in 2009 after working for 16 years in London as an accountant for several leading media/tv companies. Mary is a qualified certified chartered accountant and her day job is Head of Finance of Coco Content, one of Ireland’s leading tv production companies. Mary sat on the board of Women in Film & TV for 5 years from 2019 – 2025 and currently acts as treasurer and board member of local Balbriggan charity Hope for Homeless. Mary has a strong love of the Arts and was delighted to be appointed to the Board of TSEAC.
