Enda Scahill

Enda Scahill is an Irish banjo, mandolin, and tenor guitar player from Corofin, County Galway. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains.^[1] He is an ex-member of The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006, he released the album Humdinger with Paul Brock which was awarded Irish Music Album of the Year by The Irish Times and was released by Compass Records in Nashville, Tennessee.

Born

Corofin, County Galway, Ireland

GenresIrish traditional, bluegrass

Occupations

• Musician
• songwriter

Instruments

• Banjo
• mandolin
• tenor guitar

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Enda Scahill
Scahill with a fan in Cincinnati
Background information
Born	Corofin, County Galway, Ireland
Genres	Irish traditional, bluegrass
Occupations	Musician songwriter
Instruments	Banjo mandolin tenor guitar
Label	Compass
Member of	Gadan
Formerly of	The Brock McGuire Band We Banjo 3
Award	Steve Martin Banjo Award
Website	endascahill.com

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Scahill is the founder of the band We Banjo 3 whose members include Martin Howley, David Howley and his brother Fergal Scahill. Earle Hitchner, music writer for The Wall Street Journal, describes We Banjo 3's playing as a "freshness and finesse bordering on the magical"^[2] and LiveIreland proclaiming them "the hottest group in Irish music."^[3]

In 2024, Scahill joined the Italian-American band Gadan, with whom he performed across several major Irish festivals in the United States, including the Milwaukee Irish Fest and the Dublin Irish Festival.^[4][5] He also recorded on the band's 2025 album May the Divil Tune Your Banjo, which was reviewed in the December 2025 issue of Irish Music Magazine.^[6] Earlier that year, Scahill was interviewed in the August 2025 issue of the magazine, where he discussed the upcoming release and U.S. summer tour with Gadan.^[7]