Mickey MacConnell
Mickey MacConnell(born 1947) is an Irish musician and songwriter.
Life and work
[edit]MacConnell was born in Bellanaleck[1]nearEnniskilleninCounty Fermanagh,Northern Ireland.He is the youngest member of a musical family. He worked inDublinfor Irish Press Group and, later, withThe Irish Times.
MacConnell began writing songs very early in his life. In 1965,[2]he wroteOnly Our Rivers Run Free- a song that describes the natural world being damaged by theIrish borderand 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Cathal Buí and ancient Breifne - News - Roundup - Articles - Anglo Celt".Anglocelt.ie. 23 June 2010.Retrieved5 October2012.
- ^Folksongs & Ballads Popular in Ireland,volume 3, edited and arranged by John Loesberg
- ^Bailie, Stuart (2018).Trouble Songs.Belfast: Bloomfield. p. 165.ISBN978-1-5272-2047-8.
- ^HighBeam
- ^"Mickey MacConnell, Peter Pan & Me".Rambles. 28 May 2005.Retrieved5 October2012.
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