Tricia Nolan
Tricia has been involved in liturgical music for the last 16 years both as a musician and a director of various groups and choirs. She was first introduced to Knockadoon when she attended the course as a member of the Dominican Council of Youth in 1992 and has been coming to Knockadoon every year since.

Tricia was the National Co-ordinator of the Dominican Council of Youth (DCY) from 1994 -1998 and was instrumental in setting up the International Dominican Youth Movement, which is now present in over 45 countries worldwide.

At present she works as the Manager of Tallaght Volunteer Bureau promoting, recruiting and supporting volunteers in the Tallaght area.

As well as her fulltime work, Trica became part of the Knockadoon course organising team in 1997 and is currently director of the course. She has worked extensively giving workshops with Fr. Donal Sweeney and also works closely with Ian Callanan. She has also sang and played on many recordings including Light the Fire (Liam Lawton), Winter Skies, Songs of David, Songs of the Disciples (Ian Callanan), A Gospel Line (Gavin Byrne) and Music for the Millenium (St. Dominic's, Cabra). Recently, Tricia began composing, and one of her pieces were featured in this years Knockadoon Folk Liturgy Course.

Ian Callanan
Ian Callanan from Cork, now living in Dublin has been composing music for over 10 years. He is an accomplished composer, arranger, score editor and workshop leader. Ian's own works are undoubtedly inspired by Ireland's great musical tradition. Such is the popularity of his music that it can be heard sung in the many varied languages throughout Europe. Much of his music has been used for television and radio broadcasts. Ian has a degree in Music, Philosophy and Theology from NUI Maynooth. He has travelled throughout Ireland, Great Britan, Spain and the United States as a concert performer, workshop speaker, and retreat leader in the areas of liturgical music, liturgy and prayer. He is a member of the"Knockadoon Folk Liturgy Course" team, a national liturgical music course for young people involved in Church Ministry. Currently he works as a development officer with the Volunteer Centre Fingal, where he promotes best practice for volunteers as well as promoting voluntary activity in thr Dublin 15 Area.

During the summer of 1997, Ian produced Winter Skies - A Celtic Christmas. This is an album of some new and old Christmas carols, published by Veritas. One of the songs from this collection with a new arrangement has been recorded by David Haas, for his collection Star Child, published by GIA Publications. His latest collection of music published by Seinn Publications is entitled, Songs of the Disciples - A Collection of songs based on St Matthew's Gospel. He is currently working on a collection of Psalms entitled Songs of David. He has worked extensively with Liam Lawton and Gavin Byrne not only giving music workshops but also arranging their music and doing recordings. Some of these works include Light the Fire and Sacred Story by Liam Lawton, and A Gospel Line by Gavin Byrne.

Ian offers a series of workshops and retreats with a team of renowned composers and workshop/retreat leaders.

Donal Sweeney
Donal Sweeney lives in Drogheda where he is Prior of the Dominican Community. Donal is active as a conductor, workshop leader and parish minister. He has been involved in music for over 20 years and had been Musical Director of Knockadoon for the past 5 years. Donal was instrumental in establishing the great musical tradition that exists in Tallaght. He was a founder member of the Tallaght Choral Society and the Priory Folk Choir. He has also been an active member of the Irish Church Music Association and is director of liturgy for the Irish Dominican Province.