Liam O'Flynn

Born in Ireland's County Kildare in April of 1945, uilleann piper Liam O'Flynn was acclaimed as one of the most influential pipers on the Irish music scene. His father, like Liam a schoolteacher, had also been a fiddle player, and Liam was brought up into a world rich in folk tradition. He first came into contact with the uilleann pipes through family friend Sergeant Tom Armstrong of the Garda in County Kildare. During the '60s, O'Flynn won prizes at the Orieachtas Festival and the Fleadh Ceoil, but it was not until helping to found the influential Irish group Planxty in 1972 ...