Giordaí Ua Laoghaire is an Irish songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of Nine Wassies From Bainne (formed 1992), who released the album ''Ciddy Hall'' in 1998.O’Mahony, Don.
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as influences. His work has been described as "just too odd a proposition. Lyrically and musically, issongs overflowed with ideas. Bilingual, Ua Laoghaire’s lyrics switched between Irish and English as easily as the songs switched from easy-listening passages to disorienting rhythms."

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Short film about Ua LaoghaireNine Wassies from Bainne live in Mountjoy Prison
20th-century Irish male singers 21st-century Irish male singers 20th-century Irish songwriters 21st-century Irish songwriters Alternative rock guitarists Alternative rock singers Five Go Down to the Sea? members Irish male songwriters Living people Microdisney members Punk rock guitarists Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from County Cork {{Ireland-musician-stub