Person
Dónal Lunny
Albums
14
Members
8
Active
1947–present
Origin
Ireland
Biography
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.
Lunny is the brother of musician and producer Manus Lunny. He had a son, Shane, with singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor; Shane was found dead on 7 January 2022, aged 17.
Discography
The Gathering
Donal Lunny
Dónal Lunny
1798: The First Year of Liberty
Coolfin
Idir an Dá Sholas (Between the Two Lights)
Journey - The Best Of Dónal Lunny
My Name Is Napoleon Bonaparte
The Hungry Voice
There's Gangs Of Them Digging: Songs Of Irish Labour
Triad
Faoi Lán Seol (In Full Sail)
In C Irish
Journey: The Best of Donal Lunny
Credits
Ranked #1,829 of 14,615 producers — 707.27 career Groove across 22 records.
All rolesProducer 119Instrument 19Arranger 9Writer 3Mix 3Vocal 3Recording 2Engineer 2Mastering 2Performer 2Liner Notes 1Remixer 1
Between the Jigs and the Reels: A Retrospective
Human Child / Mannabarn
A Magical Gathering: The Clannad Anthology
Sean‐Nós Nua
The Diamond Mountain Sessions
Os amores libres
Who Else!
Coolfin
Spellbound: The Best of Sharon Shannon
Each Little Thing
Finisterres
Gospel Oak EP
Runaway Sunday
The Healing Game
Blackwater
Eleanor Shanley
Kojak Variety
Looking Back
Misty Eyed Adventures
To the Moon
The Mask and Mirror
Secret People
Against the Wind
Get Out
Jealous Heart
Máire
The Collection
The Woman I Loved So Well
Delirium
Mighty Like a Rose
Room to Roam
Lion in a Cage
No Frontiers
Sidewaulk
Spike
Voyage
The Best of the Bothy Band
Altan
Unfinished Revolution
Ordinary Man
Out of the Wind Into the Sun
The Storm
Mary Black
Words & Music
Moving Hearts
As I Went Over Blackwater
The Official Secrets Act
After Hours
After the Break
If the Cap Fits..
A Kiss in the Morning Early
Andy Irvine Paul Brady
De Danann
Pumpkinhead
Celtic Folkweave
Clannad 2
Cold Blow and the Rainy Night
Davey & Morris
Planxty
2-1 Freddie