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Brothers Danny and Patrick O’Flaherty grew up in the rugged beauty of Connemara, on Ireland’s west coast, where music wasn’t just entertainment—it was part of the landscape. As boys, Danny first picked up a harmonica, playing simple tunes by ear, while Patrick took to the button accordion, quickly learning the lively reels and haunting airs that echoed through their Gaelic-speaking community. In a home filled with storytelling, traditional song, and the smell of turf fires, the seeds of their lifelong musical journey were planted.
The brothers eventually immigrated to America and reunited in Washington, D.C. And that’s where their professional musical journey began, performing first as The O’Flaherty Brothers and later as The Celtic Folk.  Their path led south in the 1980s to New Orleans, a city whose soul and rhythm felt like a distant cousin to Ireland’s own. There, Danny and Patrick opened O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel Pub on Toulouse Street—a home away from home for music, language, dancing, and community that quickly became a cornerstone of Irish culture in the French Quarter. From heartfelt ballads like “The Parting Glass” to crowd favorites like “The Hills of Connemara” and “Finnegan’s Wake” their music drew people in night after night.
After many years of performing together, the brothers eventually followed their own musical paths—Danny as a touring balladeer with a rich voice and storyteller’s soul, and Patrick as a master of the Irish bouzouki and champion of traditional Celtic sound. Yet their bond, forged in the hills of Connemara and strengthened on stages across America, has never faded.
Now, for one show only, Danny and Patrick reunite in New Orleans on August 3, 2025, to share the stage once more. This long-awaited concert at the Deutsches Haus promises an afternoon of laughter, memory, and song—a true homecoming for two brothers whose music has always carried the spirit of Ireland across the sea.
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