1. Glen Hansard

    "Darragh O'Neill has the gift of knowing that to command your instrument alone closes a door on the possible. His mastery is that he gives the instrument itself an equal say in the music. His music breaths with something 'other' it threads water, its between worlds... 'into the somnambulistic' his music is ageless like all the good stuff! His playing is masterful. He listens while he is playing.. a rare thing."

  2. Carlos Bonell

    "Darragh O`Neill is a guitarist with wonderful sensibility and artistry. He follows in the great and noble tradition of performer composers as a brilliant interpreter of his own music. As guitarist he brings delicacy and virtuosity in equal measure to other composers¡¯ music as he does to his own. His music possesses a rare but deceptive simplicity,which touches the heart of the listener while at the same time firing the imagination."

  3. Max Greenwood

    ".... the fantastic Darragh O'Neill Ireland's finest guitarist. I've not been able to stop listening to the 6 original compositions of his on his latest album."

  4. Tommy Emmanuel

    "You gotta check out this guy's right hand..."

  5. Chequerboard

    'I finally got around to listening to Fountain and its a real gem. Its a long time since I've heard such evocative rich melodies played like that. I have it playing on loop...'

  6. Martin Adams The Irish Times Reviews - Tuesday March 17th 2009

    "Darragh O`Neill`s lunchtime programme featured a neat balance of contrasts and similarities.He included two of his own compositions.The Juggler and Manngha, short character pieces which are descriptive, openly charming, and so based on traditional guitar techniques that they seem to spring from inside the instrument¡­ One of O`Neill`s most engaging qualities is the combination of his subtle musicianship and his knack for intimate music-making¡­His stylistic awareness matched the wide range of periods and compositional styles ¡­. The folk-influenced baroque style of Bach`s older Spanish contemporary, Gaspar Sanz, was captured with a flamenco-like flair¡±

  7. Peter Sheppard Skaerved

    "In his time at the London College of Music Darragh has distinguished himself as a musician of immense potential, combining huge reserves of talent, intellect and resourcefulness¡­"

  8. Harry Whyte, Head of Music Department, University College Dublin

    "Darragh O'Neill is one of the most talented and gifted musicians whom I have encountered in fifteen years of university teaching... he is an exceptionally proficient and musical classical guitarist... Darragh O'Neill is one of the most promising of our young musicians".
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