Donogh Hennessy

Donogh is one of the better-known guitarists in contemporary Irish traditional music. He was a founder member of the Irish super group "Lúnasa", for 8 years. His last album was nominated for Folk album of the year 2004 in the BBC Radio 2 Awards

Donogh has also performed and recorded with many other leading Irish bands/artists, including a four-year stint with the Sharon Shannon Band. He’s currently performing, recording and/or producing with an array of Irelands finest exponents including John Spillane, Pauline Scanlon, Gerry O’ Connor, Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin etc, as well as The Mackenzie Project from Cape Breton, Canada

-----------DISCOGRAPHY------------

LUNASA – Lunasa – Otherworld - The Merry Sisters Of Fate - Redwood - The Kinnity Sessions

SHARON SHANNON – Out The Gap - Each Little Thing – Spellbound - The Diamond Mountain Sessions.

PAULINE SCANLON - Red Colour Sun - Hush.

VARIOUS ARTISTS(Donogh Hennessy) - Masters Of The Irish Guitar

AOIFE GRANVILLE - Sráid Eoin Shuffle

ALAN KELLY – Out of the Blue

SUSAN MCKEOWN - Lowlands

BRENDAN LARRISEY- A Flick Of The Wrist

JULIE LANGAN and VERENA CUMMINS – Fonnchai

MARK CRICKARD AND DONOGH HENNESSY – The Hurricane

MIRELLA MURRY AND TOLA CUSTY – Three Sunsets

------FILM SCORES......

Runway one – a four-part Drama for BBC 1 alongside Donal Lunny and Sharon Shannon

-------PLAYS......

‘The bog of Cats’ a play starring Oscar winning actress Holly Hunter......

-------BOOKS-------

‘LÚNASA, THE MUSIC 1996 – 2001’ (By Donogh Hennessy)

A book with the music to all the tunes from Lúnasa’s first three albums: "Lunasa," "Otherworld" and "The Merry Sisters of Fate." Contains notation, chords, stories and histories of the tunes, plus info on the tune's composers, where the band first heard them, photos, and a special section for guitarists with chord diagrams and tunings

‘THE SHARON SHANNON BOOK OF TUNES’ (By Donogh Hennessy)

A collection of over 60 pieces of Sharon's best known tunes.