Máirtín O'Connor
Máirtín O'Connor | |
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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.