Irish musician and record producer

Dónal Lunny

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Irish musician and record producer
Awards Received
honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin
Member of, past and present

Aosdána

Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozaik, LAPD, and Usher's Island, he has been at the forefront of the renaissance of Irish traditional music for over five decades.

Dónal Lunny is the brother of musician and producer Manus Lunny. He has a son, Shane, whose mother is singer Sinéad O'Connor.