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Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of the Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin. He attended Scoil Lorcáin and Coláiste Eoin, which is a Gaelscoil on Dublin's southside, although he credits his father as his main Irish language influence. He is a fluent speaker of Irish. He won an under 18 all-Ireland award for his skills on the Bodhrán. In 1985, he won the Irish music award known as Gradam Shlogadh along with Hothouse Flowers' bandmates. In 2005...