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    Johnny Óg Connolly

    Thosaigh Johnny Óg Connolly ag seinm ceoil ar an mbosca nuair a bhí sé naoi mbliana d’aois. Óna athair, Johnny Connolly a rugadh in Inis Bearachain agus ó Mhicheál Mheáirt Ó Coisdealbha a thug sé leis cuid mhór dá chuid ceoil. Chuaigh ceol Joe Burke agus Andy McGann i bhfeidhm go mór air freisin. Nuair a bhí sé ceithre bliana déag chaith sé tamall ag seinm leis an ngrúpa ceoil Na hAncairí. Thug an ceol ar fud na cruinne é agus sa mbliain 2003 shocraigh sé síos i gCois Fharraige. Is cumadóir ceoil chomh maith é agus tá sraith dlúthdhioscaí foilsithe aige. Orthu seo tá ‘Aisling Yoshua’ (Joshua’s Dream) a foilsíodh 2011 agus a bhain an ‘Irish Times Ticket Award’ amach don albam ceol tradisiúnta is fearr. I gcuimhne ar a athair ceann de na dlúthdhioscaí uaidh ‘Fear Inis Bearachain’ a foilsíodh in 2016 agus é ag seinm ar an mileoidean, uirlis ar mhol a athair dhó a dhul ina bhun. Chum Johnny Óg ceol dar teideal ‘An Cosán Draíochta’ a cuireadh ar an ardán an chéad uair nuair a hosclaíodh Stiúideo Cuan sa Spidéal mí na Samhna 2021. Thugadh muintir Inis Bearachain ‘Cosán Draíochta’ ar an gcosán gainimh a cheanglaíodh an Inis leis an mórthír le linn lag trá.

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