“Robbie O'Connell was born in Waterford, Ireland and grew up in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, where his parents had a small hotel. He began to play guitar and sing at age thirteen and soon became a regular performer at the hotels weekly folk concerts. He spent a year touring the folk clubs in England before enrolling at University College Dublin where he studied Literature and Philosophy. During school vacations Robbie worked as an Irish entertainer in the U.S.A. In 1977, he joined the Clancy Brothers with whom he has recorded 3 albums, and two years later he moved to Franklin, Massachusetts.”

source: Robbie O'Connell's website


1982 1985 1987 1988
Close to the Bone
Green Linnet SIF 1038 LP
There Were Roses
Green Linnet SIF 1057 LP
w/Moloney, O'Connell & Keane
Kilkelly
Green Linnet SIF 1072 LP
w/Moloney, O'Connell & Keane
The Green Fields of America
GLCD 1096 CD
w/Moloney, O'Connell & Keane

1989 1992 1998 1999
The Love of the Land
GLCD 1097 CD
Never Learned to Dance
GLCD 1124 CD
Live, Humorous Songs
Celtic CMCD 2000 CD
All On A Christmas Morning
w/the group Aengus

1999
Recollections
Celtica 2002-01CD
(mostly previously released material)
     
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