sentences:  He started guitar playing in popular music, and at age 17 "was recognised as one of Europe's best electric guitarists" After graduating from Trinity College Dublin, with a first class degree in music, he moved to the USA to study with Oscar Ghiglia, Angel Romero, and David Russell, completing a master's degree at Queens College, City University of New York.In the following years he taught at Memphis State University, Tennessee.He now teaches at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin.