issions ▁to ▁his ▁name . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁founder ▁and ▁art istic ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Irish ▁Memory ▁Orchestra . ▁His ▁recent ▁music ▁is ▁not ew orth y ▁for ▁mer ging ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁traditional ▁Irish ▁music ▁with ▁contemporary ▁classical ▁music ▁and ▁jazz . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁an ▁accomplished ▁multi - inst rument al ist ▁who ▁works ▁across ▁many ▁gen res ▁including ▁classical , ▁jazz , ▁rock ▁and ▁traditional ▁Irish ▁music . ▁He ▁performs ▁regularly ▁on ▁guitar , ▁mand olin , ▁ban jo , ▁bou z ou ki ▁and ▁vocals . ▁ ▁Early ▁experiences ▁F lyn n ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Dublin , ▁Ireland . ▁His ▁early ▁musical ▁experiences ▁included ▁brief ▁periods ▁studying ▁piano ▁and ▁tin ▁wh ist le , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁his ▁early ▁te ens ▁that ▁F lyn n ▁really ▁took ▁to ▁music , ▁teaching ▁himself ▁how ▁to ▁play ▁rock ▁guitar . ▁He ▁developed ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁classical ▁guitar ▁in ▁his ▁mid - te ens ▁and ▁taught ▁himself ▁how ▁to ▁read ▁music ▁notation , ▁he ▁also ▁lear nt ▁classical ▁guitar ▁by ▁ear ▁from ▁record ings . ▁He ▁composed ▁his ▁first ▁piece ▁for ▁classical ▁guitar ▁aged ▁ 1 6 . ▁ ▁Upon ▁leaving ▁school ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁he ▁studied ▁rock ▁music ▁at ▁B ally fer mot ▁Senior ▁College , ▁Dublin . ▁Ar ound ▁this ▁time ▁F lyn n ▁started ▁compos ing ▁songs ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁regular ▁perform er ▁on ▁the ▁Dublin ▁singer - song writer ▁scene ▁which ▁spawn ed ▁some ▁of ▁Ireland ' s ▁current ▁c rop