Steve Cooney


Stephen Cooney is an Australian-Irish musician.

Early life

Cooney was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he learned to play the didgeridoo, and from the age of seventeen he played in a number of rock bands. He is of Irish ancestry.

Career

Cooney moved to Ireland in the early 1980s, and since then he played, most notably the guitar, over 60 albums with Irish artists, such as the Irish band Altan, The Chieftains, Clannad and Andy Irvine. He also composes his own material and is a producer/arranger of traditional music.
In 2019, he recorded and published the album Ceol Ársa Cláirsí:Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar at Claddagh Records.

Personal life

Cooney was married to Sinéad O'Connor from 2010 to 2011.

Selected discography

;With Franciscus HenriLord of the Dance
;With MánduTo the Shores of His Heaven
;With Little River BandLittle River Band
;With Captain Rock Buried Treasure
;With Seona McDowell Down Country Roads on Gossamer Wings
;With Sixto RodriguezRodriguez Alive
;With Jake WaltonSunlight and Shade Songs from the Gurdy Man - Collection
;With RedgumFrontline
;With Judy SmallLadies and Gems
;With Antonio BreschiOde to Ireland Tierras, Mares y Memorias
;With Dermot MorganSpecial Moments
;With Geraldine MacGowan and Anne Conroy Winds of Change
;With The ChieftainsA Chieftains Celebration The Long Black Veil Santiago Water from the Well
;With Sean MaguirePortraid
;With Gerry O'ConnorTime to Time Myriad
;With Áine Uí CheallaighIdir Dha Chomhairle - In Two Minds
;With Tommy SandsBeyond the Shadows The Heart's a Wonder
;With Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon
;With AltanIsland Angel Blackwater Runaway Sunday Another Sky The Blue Idol Local Ground Donegal
;With Liam O'FlynnOut to an Other Side The Given Note
;With DéantaDéanta
;With Máirtín O'ConnorChatterbox
;With Martin HayesUnder the Moon
;With Dermot ByrneDermot Byrne
;With Matt Molloy Shadows on Stone
;With Dordán Christmas Capers Celtic Aire
;With Alan KellyOut of the Blue
;With Various ArtistsThe Twentieth Anniversary Collection Sult - Spirit of the Music Celtic Christmas III Magic Irish Romances Celtic Christmas - Silver Anniversary Edition Beginner's Guide to Ireland
;With Séamus BegleyMeitheal
;With The CassidysSinging from Memory
;With KílaLemonade & Buns
;With Andy IrvineRain on the Roof Way Out Yonder
;With Tim O'Brien Two Journeys
;With Pádraigín Ní UallacháinAn Dealg Óir Áilleacht Seven Daughters of the Sea
;With Secret GardenOnce in a Red Moon Earthsongs
;With Sliabh NotesSliabh Notes Gleanntán Along Blackwater's Banks
;With Danny DoyleSpirit of the Gael
;With Patrick StreetStreet Life
;With Virgin Prunes...If I Die, I Die
;With Noel HillThe Irish Concertina Two: Teacht Aniar
;With Sinéad O'ConnorTheology
;With Luka BloomSunny Sailor Boy / You Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time This New Morning
;With Clannad