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s classical charts for many weeks. He has also recorded a popular CD of his favourite Irish airs (including "Danny Boy", "Come back to Erin" and "The Banks of my own lovely Lee") on the After9 label (called Irish
Classics). In 2021, O'Conor released the complete
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