Is ó Chontae Fhir Manach do Bhríd Donnelly áit a d’fhás sí aníos in sna 60idí agus 70idí. Is é Cathal McConnell as ‘The Boys of the Lough’ a thug blaiseadh an cheoil di agus thosaigh sí ag seinm an feadóg stáin. Ag aois a 14 thosaigh sí ar an bhflúit agus iarradh uirthi seinnt leis an mbanna céilí ‘The Pride of Erin’. Is sa bhanna seo a d’fhoghlaim Bríd go leor dá poirt.Tá mórán boinn uile Éirinn buaite ag an mbanna ag fleadhanna ceoil. Bhog sí go Ciarraí sa bhliain 1988 agus is ansin atá sí ag seinm agus ag muineadh ceoil ó shin.

Bríd Donnelly hails from co. Fermanagh where she grew up in the 60’s and 7o’s. There she was introduced to the tin whistle by Cathal Mc Connell of ‘The Boys of the Lough’. She took up the flute at 14 and was then asked to join ‘The Pride of Erin’ céilí band where she learnt a lot of her tunes and which went on to win several all ireland competitions in the fleadh. She moved to Kerry 1988 and has been playing music and teaching here ever since.