Jamie Duffy (Irish musician)

Jamie Duffy (born 2001) is an Irish musician, composer and songwriter from the village of Glaslough in the north-east of County Monaghan.

Early life

Duffy is from the small border village of Glaslough where he attended school locally before moving to Belfast to study International Relations and Politics at Queen's University Belfast. He comes from a musical family, and his grandparents were in show bands from the 1960s onwards and helped to form the local musical society in his hometown.

Career

During his time at university Duffy worked as a pianist at both Castle Leslie Estate in Glaslough, and at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, splitting his time between Belfast and Monaghan. It was at this time that Duffy also released his debut single "Solas", which reached the No. 1 position in the classical charts of several countries and became the most successful debut release from an Irish artist since "Take Me to Church" by Hozier.

Duffy graduated from Queen's in 2023 and signed with Irish indie label Rubyworks before releasing several successful singles including "Into the West" and "Realta". Duffy's music blends neoclassical, traditional and popular elements together, predominantly through piano, tin whistle, voice and orchestration. He has stated that his inspiration comes from Ludovico Einaudi, Enya and Irish traditional music in general, amongst many other artists.

Duffy has written and been featured on tracks with Kingfishr, The Coronas, Peter Sandberg, Sarah Cothran, Patrick Dexter and Moncrieff.

In 2024, Duffy began collaborating with Icelandic composer Atli Örvarsson, who produced several pieces of Duffy's, including his debut EP On a Wing. In July 2024 Duffy supported Andrea Bocelli at BST Hyde Park in London, before embarking on his debut Irish and European tour, which was expanded into 2025. In 2025 he sold out the main room of the National Concert Hall in Dublin on St Patrick's Day, being one of the youngest people to ever headline the room on their own.

Duffy is currently scoring several projects for film and TV, and released his self-titled debut album in October 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		IRE [5]	IRE Indie [6]
Jamie Duffy	Released: 10 October 2025 Label: Rubyworks Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	7	1

References

1. "Monaghan pianist says chart success has turned life upside down". BBC News. 1 January 2024.
2. "Former Queen's University student Jamie Duffy says topping the charts with his piano based mixture of classical and Irish music traditions has changed his life".
3. Quann, Jack. "Irish pianist Jamie Duffy dominating global charts - 'There's a lot of luck involved'". Newstalk.
4. "Monaghan musician 'strikes the right cord' for live TV performance". NorthernSound.
5. "Official Irish Albums Chart: 17 October 2025 – 23 October 2025". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 18 October 2025.
6. "Irish Independent Chart – Week 42 2025 – Week Ending 24 Oct 2025". Irish Recorded Music Association . Retrieved 17 October 2025.Note: Select 17-Oct-25 on the date selector.