Peggy enjoys a varied performance career playing with ensembles of all shapes and sizes. As cellist of the Eblana String Trio she has performed in widely since 2006 across the UK, Ireland and further afield. In 2021 the trio released their album, ‘The King’s Alchemist’ to critical acclaim. The album was selected as chamber CD of month in a 5-star review in BBC music magazine and praised for its “splendidly stylish and affectionate performance” (Gramophone).
Peggy plays regularly with Royal Northern Sinfonia, Irish Chamber Orchestra and Manchester Collective, and can frequently be heard in collaboration with a diverse array of chamber musicians, including performances at the Edinburgh International, Cheltenham, Órtús and Killaloe Chamber Music Festivals. Peggy is also the cellist of Amika, a string quartet who fuse the craft of chamber music with contemporary techniques and approaches. Amika have collaborated with a diverse range of artists, with live performances bringing them to the Manchester, London and Cambridge Jazz festivals, as well as broadcasts from BBC Maida Vale, Abbey Road and Metropolis Studios.
In addition to her work with Arco, Peggy is a cello tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. She is a tutor for ProCorda North and is the Course Director of ConCorda Chamber music course in her native Ireland. Since 2019 Peggy has been studying towards a PhD in Performance at the Royal Northern College of Music, researching performance and editorial issues in relation to the chamber music of Luigi Boccherini.