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On Raglan Road featuringTradfest artists released Monday Sept 10th check it out on you tube. Produced by Mike Hanrahan and Gavin Glass

Writing a memoir to be released in 2019

The career began singing alongside acclaimed Irish vocalist and Grammy nominee Maura O Connell in Ennis, Co. Clare with a duo called Tumbleweed. He spent 15 years with the world renowned Irish music group Stockton's Wing, writing songs, recording several albums and performing across the globe. He was writer , producer and guitarist with Ronnie Drew for ten years from 1997 to 2007 and music director, performer and producer with the acclaimed show “An Evening with Ronnie Drew and Eleanor Shanley”. He tours with Leslie Dowdal and also with Brendan Begley.

He has two solo Cd’s, Someone Like you and What You Know.

Music director and guitarist for the very successful show The Legends Of Irish Folk which featured Finbar Furey, Liam Clancy, Paddy Reilly, Johnny Mcavoy, Jim McCann and Ronnie Drew.

Beautiful Affair Voted top 75 all time great Irish Songs on RTE radio. Voted no.7 Best Irish Song poll for the last 25 years @ Today FM radio.

Chairman of the board of The Irish Music Rights Organisation for six years and spent 12 years overall service on the board.

This year Mike left the culinary world after ten years. He is a Ballymaloe trained cook and teacher and has received numerous reviews from our top food critics. He has now returned to the music and songwriting as well as concentrating on a memoir which is currently in progress.