Born in Dublin into a well know musical family on 26th March 1961, Mick started learning the pipes at nine years of age. His musical influences are his father and box player Dinny and pipers Séamus Ennis and Tommy Reck.

Mick began his musical education on the Uilleann pipes in the renowned Thomas Street Pipers Club in Dublin where his first teachers were Leon Rowsome, Mick Tuohy and Seán Seery. He recorded his first LP with his family when he was 13 years old. He later joined Na Piobairi Uilleann, where he absorbed hundreds of tunes and refined his technique. His playing can be heard on numerous recordings with artists such as The Dubliners, Frankie Gavin and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

He has toured extensively performing with Eurovision winners Secret Garden in Norway, Belgium, Korea and Poland, with Norwegian groups Vamp and Hanne Krogh and with Breton piper Patrick Molard in Brittany. He has also performed in San Francisco, Baltimore, Germany, Switzerland and Scotland and has given master classes throughout Europe and North America.

His highly acclaimed solo CD of traditional Irish music; "May Morning Dew" was released in 1996. 2003 he released "Kitty Lie Over," a duet album with fellow Dublin-born musician Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, which has been widely recognised as the most impressive Irish traditional instrumental CD of 2003 and one of the best in many years.

Mick lives in Dublin and is a schoolteacher.