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Date Created: 2006-10-28
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Date Updated: 2024-06-28
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Keywords:
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Mike hails from the famed Sliabh Luachra area of North Kerry in Ireland. A place steeped in folklore, music, magic and song.
A place renowned for its wonderful musicians and Sean-nós (Irish for "old style", a highly ornamental form of unaccompanied traditional singing) singers.
Mike started at a very young age as an accordion player and Sean-nós singer, often singing in his native tongue, Irish.
As a young man, he sang in a number of contemporary rock groups in Ireland and Britain but he never lost sight of his Celtic roots and traditions.
Mike worked in Radio and as a D.J. for many years also before crossing the Atlantic to settle in Maine to indulge his other great passion in life, rugby.
Now, a Mainer (albeit ‘from away’) the lure and call of his native land has Mike once more singing the songs of his life and his home.