Connie O’Connell is a fiddle player and composer from Cill na Martra, in the Múscraí Gaeltacht outside of Macroom, Co. Cork. He has been strongly influenced by the music of Sliabh Luachra particularly by fiddle players Denis Murphy, Pádraig O’Keeffe and Julia Clifford. He appears on Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann’s recording Ceol go Maidin with Séamus MacMathúna (flute), Jimmy Doyle (accordion) and Úna Mhic Mhathúna (songs). His solo recording Ceol Chill na Martra was published by Shanachie records 2000. He has been a tutor at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy for many years and has worked in the music department of University College Cork having been initially invited there by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin in the 1980s. In 2015 a collection of his compositions, “Bóithrín na Smaointe” was released as two CDs (recorded by Connie and his daughter, Áine), a book of the tunes and free online resources. In 2022 he was awarded Cumadór na Bliana (Composer of the year) at the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards.