Declan Sinnott (born 29 July 1950) is an Irish musician and

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Life

Originally from

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town, where his father was an optician and jeweller on Main Street, he came to

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in the late 1960s. Around 1970, he was a member of the poetry-and-music group Tara Telephone, in which he composed, sang, and played guitar. He and poet/percussionist Eamon Carr left Tara Telephone to form the Celtic Rock band Horslips, which Sinnott left in 1972, before the recording of Horslips' first album in 1973. In the 1980s, he was a member of

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. He then devoted himself to production work with both

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and her sister Frances Black. During a 13-year and six-album association, he toured all over the world with Mary Black. He has been working with

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for over 30 years, and appeared on Moore's '' Ride On'' album in 1984. He continues to play and tour with Moore. At concerts, Sinnott has performed "Corrina, Corrina" as well as "St. Louis Blues" and " Lord Franklin". He played to a full house in Wexford's Arts Centre on his homecoming gig in July 2012, one night after his sell out show with Christy Moore in Galway. This was his last gig prior to the release of his first solo album of original works. He recorded primarily original songs with Owen O'Brien, ''I Love The Noise It Makes'', released on 7 September 2012 in Ireland, and on 10 and 11 September in the UK and US respectively. The first single was "Sunshine In". This was followed up in 2015 with the album, ''Window On The World''.

Reception

''I Love The Noise It Makes'' and ''Window On The World'' have received a favourable reception in both Ireland and abroad.

Personal life

Sinnott married Kathy Sinnott (née Kelly) when he was twenty two. They had nine children together, but later separated. One of their children, Kevin Sinnott, accidentally drowned while swimming at university in

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, US on 21 September 2009.

References

External links

Declan Sinnott's facebook page

Declan Sinnott home page

Listen to the Irish Times preview of the album (Ireland only)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinnott, Declan 1950 births Living people Irish male guitarists Musicians from County Wexford People from Wexford, County Wexford Moving Hearts members 20th-century Irish guitarists 21st-century Irish guitarists