Pat O’Connor comes from the heart of County Clare, Ennis and has been playing music all his life. As a child he was in the school band and played piano-accordion. He played harmonica, banjo, mandolin and bouzouki before finally settling on the fiddle when he was 30. Pat has released two solo albums. To hear Pat play is to experience the intangible and elusive "lonesome touch" of County Clare fiddling. He also does fiddle repairs and works in Custy's Music Shop in Ennis.