Johnny Connolly is an unassuming melodeon player who played for dances around Spiddal in County Galway. He is an acknowledged master, possibly the greatest Irish melodeon player ever. Johnny Connolly's melodeon style makes the most of all the features of melodeon: it has a very strong rhythm. Johnny has made two recordings of melodeon music on the Spiddal-based Clo Iar-Chonnachta label, and both of them illustrate his deep understanding of the music and dance of Connemara.