Noel Hill was born in Caherea in West County Clare, Ireland and has been a professional musician for the past 49 years. Noel has taken the humble concertina from the house dances of County Clare to the big stages throughout the world. 

“He is to Irish traditional music what WB Yeats was to a generation of Irish poets, a one-in-a-generation player who casts a long shadow” - Brian O’Connell, The Irish Times