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'''Liam Ó Maonlaí''' (born 7 November 1964 in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]) is an Irish musician best known as a member of the [[Hothouse Flowers]]. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate [[Fiachna Ó Braonáin]]. |
'''Liam Ó Maonlaí''' (born 7 November 1964 in [[Monkstown]], [[County Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]) is an Irish musician best known as a member of the [[Hothouse Flowers]]. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate [[Fiachna Ó Braonáin]]. |
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He attended [[Scoil Lorcáin]] and [[Coláiste Eoin]], which is a [[Gaelscoil]] on Dublin's southside, although he credits his father as his main Irish language influence.<ref>http://www.liamomaonlai.ie/press.htm</ref> He is a fluent speaker of Irish. He won an under 18 [[all-Ireland award]] for his skills on the [[Bodhrán]].<ref>[http://www.liamomaonlai.ie/press.htm Liam O Maonlai<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1985, he won the Irish music award known as Gradam Shlogadh along with Hothouse Flowers bandamate. In 2005 he released a solo album entitled ''[[Rian]]'' which is a collection of tunes and songs in [[Irish Gaelic]]. |
He attended [[Scoil Lorcáin]] and [[Coláiste Eoin]], which is a [[Gaelscoil]] on Dublin's southside, although he credits his father as his main Irish language influence.<ref>http://www.liamomaonlai.ie/press.htm</ref> He is a fluent speaker of Irish. He won an under 18 [[all-Ireland award]] for his skills on the [[Bodhrán]].<ref>[http://www.liamomaonlai.ie/press.htm Liam O Maonlai<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1985, he won the Irish music award known as Gradam Shlogadh along with Hothouse Flowers bandamate. In 2005 he released a solo album entitled ''[[Rian]]'' which is a collection of tunes and songs in [[Irish Gaelic]]. |
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Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of the Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin.
He attended Scoil Lorcáin and Coláiste Eoin, which is a Gaelscoil on Dublin's southside, although he credits his father as his main Irish language influence.[1] He is a fluent speaker of Irish. He won an under 18 all-Ireland award for his skills on the Bodhrán.[2] In 1985, he won the Irish music award known as Gradam Shlogadh along with Hothouse Flowers bandamate. In 2005 he released a solo album entitled Rian which is a collection of tunes and songs in Irish Gaelic.
Ó Maonlai also formed a band called The Complex in the early days with childhood friend Kevin Shields and drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig. After Liam left to form the Hothouse Flowers in 1984, Shields and O'Ciosoig were joined by vocalist Dave Conway and keyboardist Tina (who used no surname), and renamed themselves My Bloody Valentine, taking their name from a low-budget horror film.
Ó Maonlaí is also an active member of the Nuclear Free Future movement and contributed to the hosting of events in Carnsore and in Wexford Town in 2001. In 2004 he was a guest at the barefoot college which is located at Rajasthan, India. During his trip to India he played at the university in Jaipur along with some of the local musicians.
Miscellaneous
- Liam once dated renowned Irish teacher Finnoula Ballentyne
- Liam is the brother of the actor Colm Ó Maonlaí and the son of the actor Eithne Lydon.
- In the mid 1990s, Liam formed a band with Tim Finn and Andy White called ALT (the name being the initial letters of their names). ALT toured in the UK, New Zealand and Australia and released the album Altitude.
- He sang on the song "The Parting Glass" on the soundtrack in the 1998 film Waking Ned.
- Liam sang a version of Rónán Ó Snodaigh's song "Cathain" which is available on the greatest hits album of Dónal Lunny.
- Liam sang a duet with The Rankin Family called "Grey Dusk of Eve (Portobello)". It was initially released in 1995 on a limited edition 5 song EP. It was also included on The Rankins' greatest hits albums Collection (1996) and Souvenir 1989-1998 (2002).
- Liam worked on a song in St Peters College in Dunboyne (Co. Meath) in 2007 in correlation with Amnesty International's Voice Our Concern project alongside the likes of Cian O' Mahony, guitarists Sean Creedon and Paul Killeen and bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Curtis
Acting
- The Busker (2006) – Patrick O'Mallie
- Timbuktu (2004) – Conor[3]
- I Could Read the Sky (1999) – Joe[4]