Hi I'm Conán, originally from Belfast but now living in London and working as an IT Systems trainer. I play piano-accordion, bodhran and harmonica. I've been playing for about 24 years now. As well as Irish trad. music, I'm interested in Breton, Spanish (Galician, Asturian) and Scandinavian traditional music. I used to do quite a bit of set-dancing but I'm a bit rusty now. My friends and I normally play in the Porterhouse in Covent Garden and afterwards either in Waxy O'Connors (Soho) or Tommy Flynn's (Mornington Crescent) on Sundays and on the odd occasion I make it down to Tir Na n'Og in Wandsworth for a Saturday night session. Drop me a line if you're looking for a few tunes in the London area, or for pointers on sessions in Belfast.
There's a soundclip on the Mighty Craic Online (cheers Jim!) so you can hear what my friends and I sound like when we've had a few jars.
http://worldfiddlemusic.co.uk/mightycraiconline/
More weird info at: http://www.myspace.com/irish_conan
Slán go fóill!
Tunes in Conán McDonnell's tunebook: 70
| Southern Cross | jig | January 26th 2007 |
| Joe McGann's Fiddle | hornpipe | December 22nd 2006 |
| Center's Bonnet | jig | December 19th 2006 |
| The Wexford Carol | waltz | December 12th 2006 |
| The Samurai | reel | June 17th 2006 |
| Just Harp | Laoise Kelly | February 7th 2003 |
| Celtic Hotel | Battlefield Band | February 7th 2003 |
| The Long Long Note | Deiseal | February 7th 2003 |
| Paddy Keenan | Paddy Keenan | February 7th 2003 |
| The Given Note | Liam O'Flynn | February 7th 2003 |
| Bizarre Records | May 31st 2005 |
| Bavan | August 19th 2004 |
| Kornog | August 12th 2004 |
| Bagpipe humour | February 22nd 2004 |
| Willie Clancy Summer School | April 2nd 2003 |
| The Cock Tavern | April 15th 2008 |
| The Adelaide | October 19th 2006 |
| Tommy Flynn's | April 7th 2005 |
| The Railway Bar | December 14th 2004 |
| Tommy Flynn's | September 9th 2004 |
| Possible replacement for bodhrán? | April 27th 2009 |
| Lorient 2009 | February 27th 2009 |
| Missing the point | October 6th 2008 |
| John McSherry's pipes missing | June 27th 2007 |
| Downloading YouTube videos | May 24th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Badhran Player or musician | November 22nd 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Great innovators | November 19th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: best 'modern' tunes | November 19th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Advice on the pipes | November 18th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Irish Song Tropes | October 21st 2009 |