Mickey MacConnell
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Mickey MacConnell (born 1947) is an Irish musician and songwriter.
Life and work
MacConnell was born in Bellanaleck{{cite web|url=http://www.anglocelt.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/23/3998067-cathal-bu-and-ancient-breifne/ |title=Cathal Buí and ancient Breifne - News - Roundup - Articles - Anglo Celt |publisher=Anglocelt.ie |date=2010-06-23 |accessdate=2012-10-05}} 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,Folksongs & Ballads Popular in Ireland, volume 3, edited and arranged by John Loesberg 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".{{cite book |last=Bailie |first=Stuart |date=2018 |title=Trouble Songs |location=Belfast |publisher=Bloomfield |page=165 |isbn=978-1-5272-2047-8}} This encouraged him to seriously devote himself to writing music when he moved to Listowel, County Kerry, where he lives[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104075326/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79373555.html HighBeam] with his wife, Maura.
MacConnell has released only two albums.
His first album, Peter Pan and Me, was released in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.rambles.net/macconnell_peter05.html |title=Mickey MacConnell, Peter Pan & Me |publisher=Rambles |date=28 May 2005 |accessdate=5 October 2012}}
His second album, Joined Up Writing, was released in 2000.
See also
References
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Category:Irish male singer-songwriters
Category:Irish singer-songwriters
Category:Musicians from County Fermanagh
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