The Ladies Gaelic Football Association recently launched a talent search to find a fantastic singer to perform Amhrán na bhFiann at the TG4 Ladies All Ireland Football Finals in Croke Park on September 27th.

Today, 21 year old Maria Bergin from Prosperous in Co. Kildare has been announced as the first of two finalists in the competition. Maria will now perform the National Anthem at the TG4 All Ireland semi-final between Cork and Kerry live at the Gaelic grounds in Limerick this Saturday.
 
Maria is currently studying Music and Irish at Maynooth University and is hopiing to achieve a Grade 8 in singing from the Royal Academy of Irish Music.

Maria is also an accomplished sportswoman having played for Naas GAA since she was 7 years old and plays ladies football and camogie for her club and county. She is also a qualified camogie and ladies football referee.
 
Entrants were invited to submit a CV along with a YouTube clip of them performing and the competition proved to be a massive success with a huge amount of extremely talented entrants.

Maria is the first of two finalists with a second to be named later this week. The second finalist will then perform at the TG4 All Ireland semi-final between Dublin and Armagh with the overall winner receiving the honour of performing the Amhrán na bhFiann at Croke Park at the TG4 All Ireland finals on September 27th.

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