Kieran O' Connell

Ireland

Kieran O’Connell is from County Clare in the west of Ireland. He has been playing in the acclaimed folk group The Fiddle Case for the past number of years in which time he has recorded and gigged all over the world. Three albums later and still going strong Kieran now seeks a solo venture.

His journey to this moment has been unpredictable. Kieran grew up steeped in folk music. Clare being a renowned centre for Irish traditional culture. But he didn’t quite stay in that lane along the way.
Kieran began his career playing the bars and venues of Melbourne before returning to Ireland as a singer with a bunch of original songs and an equal passion for both writing and preforming.
Kieran has worked with lots of different acts over the years including, Luka Bloom, Ultan Conlon, Carl Corcoran, and many more. He has opened for Susan O’ Neill, Stocktons Wing, Mary Black and most recently he opened for Richard Hawley for two nights in a sold out Olympia Theatre in Dublin city.
The acoustic folk written in his DNA anchors the his sound and draws inspiration from the synth-trad experimentation of The Bothy Band and early Bill Whelan productions. As well as the acoustic/synth couplings found on 80’s era Springsteen and Paul Brady.
2020; Kieran found himself in a bubble (literally and figuratively), and so, hidden away in a little shed beside a smokey old stove he dived in; writing, jamming, recording....searching for and eventually refining a new sound; the charlatans and troubadours of the parlours and lounges of west Clare armed with amplifiers and synthesisers.
Kieran O’ Connell’s first single ‘Songbird’ was set free in 202, along with the follow up single ‘Down On The Quays’, both tracks were well received and got great radio play around the country. After a full year of gigs last year Kieran topped it off with two sold out local gigs of his own in Lahinch and Kilkee. The live recordings are due for release in the coming weeks.
He is now back in the studio with producer Cillian King recording his next single ‘Be So Kind’ and is excited to get back on the road and showcase new and old material. He will be aback in the states later this year and is set to play Copuntry2Country in Belfast’s Limelight on the 15/03/25.