Mick O’Connor is originally from the Liberties area of Dublin where many of the Dublin piping families lived. He was a member of the Pipers’ Club in the 1950s through to the 1970s when he trained the Pipers’ Club Céilí Band. As to his interest in the uilleann pipes, he will only admit to possessing a set, as he insists that there is a major distinction between owning a set and calling oneself a piper. In his youth, he was a member of the Fintan Lalor Pipe Band. A pupil of John Egan, the Co. Sligo flute player, Mick is a well-known flute player, archivist, researcher and music historian. As a musician, he has broadcast and recorded with Seán Keane of the Chieftains’ fame and Charlie Lennon in former years. In the 1960s, he was leader of the famed Castle Céilí Band. A former Assistant Secretary and current President of the Association of Irish Traditional Musicians, he is a popular lecturer and teacher at the Willie Clancy Summer School and Scoil Éigse at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. He has saved for posterity one of the largest collections of archival photographs of older traditional musicians. A founder member of An Coiste Ceoil, an advisory committee on matters relating to Irish music for CCÉ, he was closely involved in the production of two seminal recordings in a joint CCÉ/Gael-Linn venture titled “Seoda Ceoil” featuring among others, Seán Keane, Willie Clancy, Séamus Ennis, John Kelly and John Joe Gannon. He was invited to join the steering committee of the Irish Traditional Music Archive sponsored by the Arts Council. For many years, he has been involved in the design and production of LPs, CDs, videos and books relating to Irish music. Among the books and tutors he was involved with were: The Golden Eagle - a whistle tutor celebrating the life of Denis O’Brien, Harry Bradshaw’s ‘Michael Coleman’, Charlie Lennon’s ‘Musical Memories’ and more recently Kathleen Nesbitt’s ‘Fiddle Tutor.’ He is a member of the Curatorial Committee of the National Print Museum and was also retained as an advisor to Ceol Music Centre, Smithfield, Dublin. Draft 2 Mick O’Connor is originally from the Liberties area of Dublin where many of the Dublin piping families lived. He was a member of the Pipers’ Club in the 1950s through to the 1970s when he trained the Pipers’ Club Céilí Band. In his youth, he was a member of the Fintan Lalor Pipe Band. A pupil of John Egan, the Co. Sligo flute player, Mick is a well-known flute player, archivist, researcher and music historian. As a musician, he has broadcast and recorded with Seán Keane of the Chieftains’ fame and Charlie Lennon in former years. In the 1960s, he was leader of the famed Castle Céilí Band. He is a popular lecturer and teacher at the Willie Clancy Summer School and Scoil Éigse at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. He has saved for posterity one of the largest collections of archival photographs of older traditional musicians. A founder member of An Coiste Ceoil, an advisory committee on matters relating to Irish music for CCÉ, he was closely involved in the production of two seminal recordings in a joint CCÉ/Gael-Linn venture titled “Seoda Ceoil” featuring among others, Seán Keane, Willie Clancy, Séamus Ennis, John Kelly and John Joe Gannon. For many years, he has been involved in the design and production of LPs, CDs, videos and books relating to Irish music. Among the books and tutors he was involved with were: The Golden Eagle - a whistle tutor celebrating the life of Denis O’Brien, Harry Bradshaw’s ‘Michael Coleman’, Charlie Lennon’s ‘Musical Memories’ and more recently Kathleen Nesbitt’s ‘Fiddle Tutor.’ He is a member of the Curatorial Committee of the National Print Museum and was also retained as an advisor to Ceol Music Centre, Smithfield, Dublin.