Rónán Ó Snodaigh

Luascadán - 2003, Published by Coiscéim. Songs - 2004, Published by Kíla. The Garden Wars - 2007 Published by Small World Media, Ireland.

1.Tip Toe, - released 2001. 2.Tonnta Ró,- released 2004. 3.The Playdays, - released 2005. 4.The Last Mile Home, - released 2007. 5.Water of a Ducks Back, - released 2010. 6.Sos, - released 2013. 7. Ór agus Airgead, released 2017 8.Tá Go Maith, - released 2021.

After the threads of his Pakistani bodhrán wore, Rónán was left without a decent tuneable stage bodhrán. An FB story went out and lo and behold a Rónán was sent a couple of tuneable fired clay bodhrán's made by a designer in Portugal who was using the bicycle tube method he had come across in the 1990s. Another bodhrán maker named Paraic McNeela sent him a couple of his tuneable bodhráns which are those he now plays onstage.

Rónán Ó Snodaigh (born 1 January 1970 in Dublin, Ireland) is a songwriter, composer, musician, poet and founding member and lead vocalist in the musical group Kíla. He has revolutionised the playing of the bodhrán and written many songs in Irish and English. He has written and released seven solo albums.

Rónán was born on the first of January 1970 and grew up as the 2nd youngest of 6 boys in an Irish speaking family in Sandymount, Dublin. He attended Scoil Lorcáin in Monkstown and at the age of 12 got his first bodhrán as a present from his mother who thought that this might help him join the rest of his brothers who were excelling in singing and whilstle playing. He then went on to attend Coláiste Eoin where he got bodhrán lessons from an ex-pupil who was doing his H-dip. In third year he joined his younger brother Rossa's band as the bodhrán player. Around this time he began writing poetry and self published a variety of collections which he sold to his counterparts in school. Since his 20s he has produced three collections of lyrics and poems and since his 30s e has released 7 solo CDs. From the age of 16 he immersed himself into the "street music scene" that erupted in Dublin in the late 80s and early 90s and has been a central member of the band "Kíla" since they formed in 1987. He was in the Dead Can Dance line up for the "Toward the Within" Tour and toured with Lisa Gerard on her debut solo tour also. Rónán released his first solo album 'Tip Toe' with Simon O reily and a host of other musicians in 2001 and has gone on to record another 6 with his most recent being solo album in both English and Irish and has been involved in a wide variety of rhythm pageants, brightly coloured processions, dance shows and performances.