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Mickey MacConnell

Mickey MacConnell (born 1947) is an Irish musician and songwriter.

MacConnell began writing songs very early in his life. In 1965, he wrote Only Our Rivers Run Free – a song that describes the natural world being damaged by the Irish border and that has been described by Stuart Bailie as “political but not hectoring”.

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Songs by Mickey MacConnell