 An accomplished Irish musician of the traditional school, self-taught and playing by ear, Neylon won many medals at Feis in Boston and New York City in the 1950s.While in the U.S., he played the concert flute with The Tara Ceili Band, The New State Ceili Band, The Connaught Ceili Band and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Hanafin-Cooley branch.He recorded a series of 78 rpm records for the Copley record label with Paddy Cronin, along with other sessions with Joe Derrane and Jerry O’Brien in the early 1950s, and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in 1981.