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, 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 ''

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''. 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''.

Discography

Solo work

* ''The Connachtman's Rambles'' (1979) * ''Perpetual Motion'' (1990) * ''Chatterbox'' (1993) * ''The Road West'' (2001) * ''Rain Of Light'' (2003)

With others

* '' EastWind'' (1992) * ''Crossroads'' with Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd (2008) * ''Going Places'' with Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd, as Máirtín O'Connor Band (2011) * ''Zoë Conway, Dónal Lunny and Máirtín O' Connor'' 2016zodomo.ie

Session work

* '' A Stór Is A Stóirín'' (1994) * '' Riverdance: Music from the Show'' (1995) * '' When I Was Young'' (1997) * ''Fis Carolan's Dream'' (Garry O'Briain) (1998)

References

External links

Máirtín O'Connor Facebook site
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Irish male folk musicians Irish male accordionists Irish session musicians The Boys of the Lough members De Dannan members Musicians from County Galway Claddagh Records artists 20th-century Irish male musicians 20th-century Irish accordionists 20th-century Irish folk musicians 21st-century Irish male musicians 21st-century Irish accordionists 21st-century Irish folk musicians {{Ireland-musician-stub