Sonny Condell, musician

Sonny Condell was born in Newtownmountkennedy in 1949, and is married with two daughters, and one granddaughter. He formed the band Tir na nOg in 1970 with Leo O’Kelly, and Scullion with Philip King and Greg Boland in 1977. Recent releases include The Dark Dance with Tir na nOg and Long Wave with Scullion. Sonny Condell’s new CD Seize the Day (in collaboration with the poet Patrick Kehoe) is out now and available at sonnycondell.com or at Freebird Records, Wicklow Street, Dublin. Sonny’s next Dublin gig is with Robbie Overson at Annesley House Fairview on November 25.