Declan Sinnott (born 29 July 1950) is an

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musician and

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. Originally from

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town, where his father was an optician and jeweller on Main Street, he came to

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in the late 1960s. Around 1970 he was a member of the poetry-and-music group Tara Telephone, in which he composed, sang, and played guitar. He and poet/percussionist Eamon Carr left Tara Telephone to form the Celtic Rock band Horslips, which Sinnott left in 1972, before the recording of Horslips' first album in 1973. He married Kathy Sinnott (née Kelly) when he was twenty two. They had nine children together, but are now separated. One of their children, Kevin Sinnott accidentally drowned while swimming at university in

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, US on 21 September 2009. In the 1980s, he was a member of

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. He then devoted himself to production work with both Mary Black and her sister

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. During a 13-year and six-album association, he toured all over the world with Mary Black. He has been working with

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for almost 30 years, since appearing on Christy Moore's '' Ride On'' album in 1984. He plays and tours with Christy Moore. At concerts Sinnott has performed "Corrina, Corrina" as well as "St. Louis Blues" and " Lord Franklin". He played to a full house in Wexfords Arts Centre on his homecoming gig in July 2012, one night after his sell out show with Christy in Galway. This was his last gig prior to the release of his first solo album of original works. He recorded primarily original songs with Owen O'Brien, ''I Love The Noise It Makes'', released on 7 September 2012 in Ireland, and on 10 and 11 September in the UK and US respectively. The first single was "Sunshine In". This was followed up in 2015 with the album, ''Window On The World''.

Reception

''I Love The Noise It Makes'' and ''Window On The World'' have received a favourable reception in both Ireland and abroad.

References

External links

Declan Sinnott's facebook page

Declan Sinnott home page

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1950 births Living people Irish guitarists Irish male guitarists Musicians from County Wexford People from Wexford, County Wexford Moving Hearts members {{ireland-musician-stub