Comments They form a band and become a social media sensation with appearances on CBS News and Kelly Clarkson’s talk show, of course. The Irish Voice talks to one of the Pauls to see how their band came together. In 2016 a young Irish-American music instructor in Baltimore called Paul O'Sullivan, 33, sent some friend requests to other people who share his first and last names on Facebook. When some of them responded a lively group-chat formed - and soon after that an international band. Getting curious about his Paul O'Sullivan namesakes around the world music instructor Paul O'Sullivan, 33, from Baltimore reached out to some of them, sending random friend requests to the total strangers. To his surprise, some responded.