The O’Neills trio formed around 2007 and take their name from the tome where much of their music originates, O’ Neill’s Music of Ireland. While their repertoire is firmly in the lands of the Celts, i.e., Ireland, Scotland, England, & Brittany, influences from Scandinavia, the US, and even Canada fill out their playlist. Their music rarely offends but they were once run out of a never-to-be-named town in Alberta (true story). If not instruments in their hands, it is canoe paddles or beers…
The O’Neills, in the Wild
Click to the right for a Tune sampler from a 2013 livingroom session…
David Locky
David L. is an O’Neills fiddler, tenor banjo, and mandolin player. During the day he is a biology professor at MacEwan University. He hails from Elora in southern Ontario. David has a propensity to break fiddle bows and dishes (see below re the former and don’t ask his wife about the latter). When David’s not playing stringed instruments he is playing the Great Highland Bagpipes and Scottish Smallpipes wherever they’ll let him in the door. Dave has recently introduced a hardanger fiddle into his stable of instruments!
Eric Gormley
Along with some singing, Eric plays the acoustic and electric guitars for the O’Neills and was recently an instructor at Norquest College; he is now practicing the good life through early retirement. Eric hails from the Ottawa area in Ontario and plays the same guitar he bought when he was 16 years old, complete with duck tape.
Yves Le Guevel
Yves is an old friend of the O’Neills who is our newest member! He is a brilliant fiddler expert on the accordion, the latter which he collects, and has a lovely voice. From Brittany, he has also lived in Quebec and brings all of those traditions with him. He currently in competition with David L. for largest number of chapeaus; David is winning but it’s getting close!
Retired: David Woods
David W. was an O’Neills fiddler and viola player and occasional singer but his name provides a clue to his real job: carpenter and bow maker — and he does a fine job with fiddle repairs. He hails from various parts of Europe and Canada and is bilingual. David once dropped his favourite fiddle into a lake — it is no longer his favourite. David left the band in 2018.
If you’re interested in knowing the types of tunes we play here’s a set list with some of the more popular tunes: O Neills Set List 2014 – March 2014
The O’Neills – David, Yves, & Eric, 2020+
Deep Freeze 2020
Deep Freeze 2020
Deep Freeze 2020, with a couple of friends…
The O’Neills – David, Yves, & Eric, 2019+
The O’Neills, in the Wild
The O’Neills lineup 2019! David Locky, Yves Le Guever, & Eric Gormley
The O’Neills lineup 2019! David Locky, Yves Le Guever, & Eric Gormley
The original O’Neills line-up, 2007 – 2018…
The O’Neills in descending order of relative grumpiness: David Locky, Eric Gormley, and David Woods
August 24, 2019 – Galactic Garden Get Down Jamboree & Lady Flower Gardens Fundraiser
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Winston’s Fish & Chips, March 2019!
The O’Neills, St. Paddy’s Day, 2019
2019 Practices…
River Valley Clean-up, May 2019
Highlandia 2015!
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Highlandia 2014!
Dave (& the O’Neills) @ Highlandia – June 21, 2014. Photographer Unknown.
Me piping @ the very excellent Highlandia Festival in our Highlands neighbourhood, June 21, 2014.
Save the Bridge Concert, June 2014
O’Neills Save the Bridge Concert – June 15, 2014
Community League Day, 2012, The Highlands
O’Neills in the Park, Community League Day — loved that carpet! Photograph courtesy of Yvette Cioran
Jam at Eric’s
O’Neills Riverdale – April 2014. Image courtesy of Rocky Faroe.
O’Neills Riverdale – April 2014 – 2. Image courtesy of Rocky Faroe.
One of our first Highlands Pub Nights.
The O’Neills with Lance Beswick on the bodhran.
Here’s some rough footage of a 2012 St. Paddy’s Day gig (Da Full Rigged Ship, a Shetlands Islands Reel) posted by a good friend:
Playing some Irish Polkas at Yve Le Guevel’s 54th Birth-Day party, with the O’Neills and many friends.
Playing in a session in July 2014 at the Shepherd Pub in Elora, my old stomping ground. in July. Great to meet up with old band mates and friends. Photo courtesy of Les Starkey.
Burns Supper, Highlands Community League, 2015
Bagpipe Journey
Piping’s my latest endeavor and I have more of the story here.
