Cathal McConnell

Boys of the Lough founding member Cathal McConnel has inspired Scottish musicians for more than two decades with his high-energy but sweetly lyrical approach to the Irish flute and whistles. Representing the fourth generation of musicians in his family, McConnel shares his ancestors' passion for music. Having studied the whistle under his father and a local teacher, Peter Flannagan, from the age of 11 and adding the flute by the age of 15, he continued to grow as a musician. In 1962, at the age of 18, he won the All Ireland championship in both the flute and whistle categories...