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CodeDS/UK/15072
NameO'Connor; Mairtin (fl 1979-); Irish button accordionist
Variations of NameMáirtín O'Connor
Datesfl 1979-
GenderMale
Place of Birth/OriginGalway, Ireland (born)
BiographyMáirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist from Galway, Ireland, 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 the world-renowned Riverdance.

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

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