Máirtín O'Connor

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O'Connor backing Cara Dillon at the 2012 Bristol Folk Festival

Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist who began playing at the age of nine, and whose career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups including, Midnight Well, De Dannan, The Boys of the Lough, and Skylark.

His first solo album A Connachtman's Rambles established him as a solo musician and proved a major critical success.[citation needed] O'Connor has released three albums since; Perpetual Motion, released in 1990, Chatterbox, released in 1993, and The Road West, released in 2005.

Discography [edit]

  • The Connachtman's Rambles (1979)
  • Perpetual Motion (1990)
  • Chatterbox (1993)
  • The Road West (2005)

With other lead players:

Session recordings:

  • Riverdance (various artists) (1995)
  • Fis Carolan's Dream (Garry O'Briain) (1998)

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