Mickey MacConnell
Irish musician and songwriter (born 1947)
Mickey MacConnell (born 1947) is an Irish musician and songwriter.
Life and work
MacConnell was born in Bellanaleck[1] near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He is the youngest member of a musical family. He worked in Dublin for Irish Press Group and, later, with The Irish Times.
MacConnell began writing songs very early in his life. In 1965,[2] he wrote Only Our Rivers Run Free - a song that describes the natural world being damaged by the Irish border and that has been described by Stuart Bailie as "political but not hectoring".[3] This encouraged him to seriously devote himself to writing music when he moved to Listowel, County Kerry, where he lives[4] with his wife, Maura.
MacConnell has released only two albums. His first album, Peter Pan and Me, was released in 1992.[5] His second album, Joined Up Writing, was released in 2000.
See also
- Music of Ireland
References
- ^ "Cathal Buí and ancient Breifne - News - Roundup - Articles - Anglo Celt". Anglocelt.ie. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Folksongs & Ballads Popular in Ireland, volume 3, edited and arranged by John Loesberg
- ^ Bailie, Stuart (2018). Trouble Songs. Belfast: Bloomfield. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-5272-2047-8.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Mickey MacConnell, Peter Pan & Me". Rambles. 28 May 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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Irish rebel songs
- The Wind that Shakes the Barley
- The Rising of the Moon
- Kelly from Killanne
- Boolavogue
- The Wearing of the Green
- The Croppy Boy
- The Boys of Wexford
- Come All You Warriors
- Tone's Grave
- Amhrán na bhFiann
- Come Out, Ye Black and Tans
- The Foggy Dew
- Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)
- The Boys of the Old Brigade
- The Valley of Knockanure
- Tri-Colored Ribbon
- The Broad Black Brimmer
- Rifles of the IRA
- Who Is Ireland's Enemy?
- Man from the Daily Mail
- Grand Old Dame Britannia
- Erin Go Bragh
- Kevin Barry
- Johnston's Motor Car
- Pat of Mullingar
- Banna Strand
- Dying Rebel
- Take It Down from the Mast
- The Patriot Game
- Sean South from Garryowen
- Patrick Joseph McCall
- Timothy Daniel Sullivan
- Peadar Kearney
- Patrick Pearse
- Seán O'Casey
- Brian O'Higgins
- Bryan MacMahon
- Paddy McGuigan
- Dominic Behan
- Pete St. John
- Derek Warfield
- Mickey MacConnell
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