Giordaí Ua Laoghaire is an Irish songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of (formed 1992), who released the album Ciddy Hall in 1998. Born in Ovens, County Cork in the early 1960s, he has played with Five Go Down to the Sea? (1979–1980), Microdisney (mid-1980's) and Soon (late-1980's). The Wassies, formed in the early 1990s, were primarily an instrumental and live band, and recorded only a single album.