Mick Flannery (born 28 November 1983 in Blarney, Ireland) is an Irish contemporary folk music singer-songwriter. In 2009, the Irish Times placed him at number forty-six in a list of "The 50 Best Irish Acts Right Now". In the same year he won Best Irish Male at the 2009 Meteor Awards Coming from a family with a keen musical interest, Flannery was introduced to folk and blues music at a young age. He says that he wrote his first song at the age of fifteen.