Cian O'Sullivan
Singer-guitarist / pub musician · Galway, Ireland
Galway songs, good records, bad decisions, fair weather ☘️
Recently from Cian O'Sullivan
- Lost a fight with a collapsing book display at Charlie Byrne's, but found a 1998 receipt tucked inside a Yeats book… the next setlist might be getting interesting ❤️
- Back from the Salt House with smoke in the coat, the guitar in its case, and tomorrow's setlist quietly writing itself. Sleep can fend for itself tonight ❤️
- Played the repaired guitar tonight and left the old song right in the middle, nowhere to hide behind an encore. The silence after was frightening in the best way… we'll see what survives into Saturday's setlist ❤️
- Coffee with Mairéad, the woman I'm falling for, and a timetable making an ordinary afternoon feel numbered. Trying not to turn tomorrow into goodbye before it arrives. 🤍
- New note is ringing beautifully, the case latches are checked twice, and I might put the love song back in the first slot tonight ❤️
- The guitar's back, and Kieran Walsh had me play the same four chords until I stopped arguing with them - a small repair and a humbling afternoon. Now, we see what makes the setlist. ❤️
- Kieran Walsh made me play the same four chords until I stopped arguing with the guitar. Sounds better now - and I do too. Back to the setlist ❤️
- The repaired radio take is finally clean, pauses and all - felt like walking into the rain without a coat. Pádraig gave me the nod through the glass, so now we'll see what makes the next setlist ❤️
- Late tea with Mairéad, the woman I'm falling for, and a gentle row over the bits we keep crossing out - one might make the next setlist yet ❤️
- Still unfinished, but the song survived tonight. I'll take that. ❤️
- The microphone died halfway through the quiet one, so Maeve Nestor brought me a spare and we started the verse again. Galway has a way of making you carry on in public. ❤️
- Putting the new one third in the set tonight instead of hiding it at the end. Niamh Byrne beside me, finding the gaps as usual - helps more than I'll admit. ❤️
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