Background
Originally from Wexford town, where his father was an optician and jeweller on Main Street, he came to Dublin in the late 1960s.
Originally from Wexford town, where his father was an optician and jeweller on Main Street, he came to Dublin in the late 1960s.
He and poet/percussionist Eamon Carr left Tara Telephone to form the Celtic Rock band Horslips, which Sinnott left in 1972, before the recording of Horslips" first album in 1973. They had nine children together, but are now separated. During a 13-year and six-album association, he toured all over the world with Mary Black.
He has been working with Christy Moore for almost 30 years, since appearing on Christy Moore"s Ride On album in 1984.
He is still playing and touring with Christy Moore. At recent concerts Sinnott has performed "Corrina, Corrina" as well as "Saint Louis Blues" and "Lord Franklin".
He played to a full house in Wexfords Arts Centre on his homecoming gig in July 2012, one night after his sell out show with Christy in Galway. This was his last gig prior to the release of his first solo album of original works.
This new project of primarily original songs by Declan and Owen O"Brien, I Love The Noise lieutenant Makes, was released on 7 September 2012 in Ireland, and on 10 and 11 September in the United Kingdom and United States respectively.
The first single was "Sunshine In". I Love The Noise lieutenant Makes has received a favourable reception in both Ireland and abroad.
Around 1970 he was a member of the poetry-and-music group Tara Telephone, in which he composed, sang, and played guitar. In the 1980s he was a member of Moving Hearts.