Eilish McCann is from County Cavan and lives in County Wexford, Ireland. 
Her practice includes painting and printmaking.
She has presented work in solo shows and contributed to many group exhibitions in Ireland and abroad.
​Eilish was shortlisted for the Hennessy Portrait Prize in 2017 and highly commended in the 2018 Moth Art Prize. She was awarded second prize Print Award at Impressions12, Galway selected by Norman Ackroyd. 
After graduating with a BA  in English and German studies from Trinity College Dublin (1995) she completed a certificate course in Animation Drawing Studies in Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin (1998) and a Diploma in Art and Design with Distinction from GMIT, Galway (2001).