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| Máirtín O'Connor | |
|---|---|
 O'Connor backing Cara Dillon at the 2012 Bristol Folk Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Galway, Ireland |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Accordion |
Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist from Galway, Ireland, who began playing at the age of nine, and whose career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups that include Skylark, Midnight Well, De Dannan, and The Boys of the Lough. A traditional Irish musician, O'Connor was one of the major forces of the music in Riverdance.
His first solo album The Connachtman's Rambles established him as a solo musician and proved a major critical success. O'Connor has released four albums since: Perpetual Motion, Chatterbox, The Road West and Rain Of Light.
Discography
Solo work
- The Connachtman's Rambles (1979)
- Perpetual Motion (1990)
- Chatterbox (1993)
- The Road West (2001)
- Rain Of Light (2003)
With others
- EastWind (1992)
- Crossroads with Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd (2008)
- Going Places with Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd, as Máirtín O'Connor Band (2011)
- Zoë Conway, Dónal Lunny and Máirtín O' Connor 2016
Session work
- A Stór Is A Stóirín (1994)
- Riverdance: Music from the Show (1995)
- When I Was Young (1997)
- Fis Carolan's Dream (Garry O'Briain) (1998)
References
- Ng, Alan (2000–2013). "Irish Traditional Music Tune Index Album Details for Crossroads by Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd". Irishtune.info. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- zodomo.ie
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