Born in Cork in 1961, Conal has played flute since he was small. He has recorded two solo albums, The Top of Coom (1990) and Cnoc Buí (2008) and has published a book on traditional flute-playing, ‘An Fheadóg Mhór, Traditional Flute Technique’.. These days Conal teaches (privately, in UCC and at summer schools) and plays with the band The Raw Bar Collective. He also features alongside púca’s and fairies in the theatre show Nóta Stóta for whom he composes all the music. During the summer Conal runs a cultural immersion course called Millíní Music. In his spare time he tries to get in a bit of fishing, hammers away on the harmonica and talks to ravens.