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Johnny Óg Connolly
Johnny Óg Connolly is an Irish musician. A son of traditional musician Johnny Connolly of Inis Bearachain, Connemara, Connolly began playing the accordion aged nine, learning from his father and Micheal Mheáirt Ó Coisdealbha. Two years later he was the winner of the Slógadh and Fleadh Ceoil All-Ireland on the button accordion. Aged fourteen, he joined Na h-Ancairí, featuring singer John Beag Ó Flatharta, playing in the band for eight years. In 1994 he joined the Seán Keane Band, performing widely in Europe and North America. In 1998, he toured with '' Lord of the Dance''. In 2003 he settled in Connemara. Some of his compositions have been recorded by his father, as well as the duo Michael Rooney Michael Joseph Kyle Rooney is an American dancer and choreographer. He is the son of actor Mickey Rooney, and is best known for his work on music videos. Rooney has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002 and ... and June McCormack. His ...
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Johnny Connolly
Johnny Connolly was an Irish musician from Connemara, and one of Ireland's most prominent players of the melodeon (one-row button accordion). In a 2008 TG4 interview, Connolly described how he first took up the instrument: his parents left the children home at Inis Bearacháin to go watch currach racing, and Connolly's sister showed him where their parents kept their melodeon locked up, which he commenced to play for the rest of the day, beginning his ties to the instrument. Connolly has been described as "king of the melodeon", the best player of his generation, and catalyst for increased interest in the single-row melodeon in Irish music.Ring of Gullion Comhaltas Welcomes Johnny Connolly ‘King of the Melodeon’ to Forkhill
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Lord Of The Dance (musical)
''Lord of the Dance'' is an Irish musical and dance production that was created, choreographed, and produced by Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley, who also took a starring role. The music for the show was written by Ronan Hardiman. Background Michael Flatley found his first fame starring in '' Riverdance'', but he left the show in late 1995 due to conflicts over creative control. He dreamed of, and put into action, a plan of putting together a dance show capable of playing in arenas and stadiums instead of traditional theatres.Michael Flatley Discusses How He Became 'Lord of the Dance'
in Larry King Live Later on, Flatley soon began thinking of rhythm patterns and steps for an ''a cappe ...
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Irish Folk Musicians
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Musicians From County Galway
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Irish Accordionists
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ...
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Joe Burke (keyboardist)
Joe Burke (11 April 1939 – 20 February 2021) was an Irish musician. He was noted for being a pre-eminent button accordion player, recording and performing traditional music for over half a century. Early life Burke was born in Kilnadeema, south of Loughrea in east County Galway, on 11 April 1939. He started playing traditional at age four, and bought his first accordion in the 1950s. He won the All-Ireland Senior Accordion Championship in Thurles in 1959 and again in Boyle the following year. Together with fiddler Aggie Whyte, he won the All-Ireland duet championship in 1962 in Gorey, Wexford. Career Burke co-founded of the Leitrim Ceili Band with Padden Downey in 1956. Other members of the east Galway-base band, which won All-Ireland Championships in 1959 and 1962, included flute players Paddy Carty, Ambrose Moloney and Tony Molloy; button accordionists Mick Darcy and Sean McGlynn; fiddlers Michael Joe Dooley, Paddy Doorhy, Aggie Whyte and Séamus Connolly; drummer Sean ...
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Michael Rooney
Michael Joseph Kyle Rooney is an American dancer and choreographer. He is the son of actor Mickey Rooney, and is best known for his work on music videos. Rooney has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2008. Early life, including mother’s murder Michael Rooney was born on March 30, 1962 at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. He is the son of Mickey Rooney and the former Barbara Ann Thomason. In December 1965, when Rooney was not yet four years old, his father filed for divorce after learning his wife was romantically interested in actor Milos Milosevic, but then the couple reconciled. On January 29, 1966 Milosevic shot and killed Barbara Rooney, and then killed himself. Rooney and his three full-siblings went to live with his maternal grandparents. As a youth he had little contact with his famous father. When he was a young teen his grandmother sat him and his siblings down and explained what happened to their m ...
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Seán Keane (singer)
Seán Keane (born 24 August 1961) is an Irish singer and musician, known for his distinctive sean-nós-style voice. Background Seán Keane was born in a small village called Caherlistrane near Tuam in County Galway into a musical family, including his sister Dolores. He took a first prize in the Connacht Fleadh for singing in English.Johnson, FredSean Keane - Passion for a Songirishmusicmagazine.com Career Together with Frances Black and others he was a founder member of the group Arcady. He was voted Performer of the Year by readers of Irish Music Magazine in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999, and called ''"the greatest Irish musical find of the `90's"'' (London Independent), and ''"the fastest rising star of the Irish music scene"'' (Irish Times). His musical voice is unique, and his songs encompass a mixture of traditional Irish folk music, pop, blues, and country. Seán Keane has released eleven solo albums and collaborated on five others. Discography *''All Heart No Roses'' - 199 ...
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Inishbarra
Inishbarra (''Gaeilge: Inis Bearachain'') is an island in County Galway situated east of the mouth of Kilkieran bay. An artificial causeway links the island to the mainland but this is only usable at very low tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravity, gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide t .... Demographics References Islands of County Galway {{galway-geo-stub ...
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John Beag Ó Flatharta
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Na H-Ancairí
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