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Patrick O'Flaherty [ back ] Patrick O'Flaherty, a talented multi-instrumentalist, began playing the harmonica as a young boy in Connemara. Raised in Galway's Gaeltacht on the Rugged West Coast of Ireland, Patrick is part of a select group of people whose native language is Gaelic. Today he is acknowledged as one of the truly fine practitioners of Irish mandolin and harmonica. He is also a highly respected player of the button accordion and banjo. Patrick is one of the few composers today writing original songs in Gaelic. His professional music career has spanned nearly three decades. During this time he performed with two excellent bands, The Celtic Folk and The Poor Clares, whose second album, Change of Habit, reached the national charts. Patrick and his wife Andrea are the proprietors of the popular Irish Pub on Washington Street in Lewisburg, WV.