Flautist, born in Belfast. He studied in London and Paris, and played in various orchestras in London and in the Berlin Philharmonic (1969--75). He became a soloist in 1975, and has since followed a highly successful solo career, playing on a solid gold flute of remarkable tonal range. He published an autobiography in 1978, and was involved in a TV series, James Galway's Music in Time, in 1983.