Donegal Fiddle MusicTommy McHugh
Tommy McHugh of Ballymacahill was a fine fiddle player and cousin of Brendan McHugh, an accordion player and fiddler from Frosses. Donal Kelly recalls that Tommy used keep…
Daniel Donnelly Gallagher (1892 – 1964)
Daniel Donnelly Gallagher was, without doubt, one of the most important characters in the music tradition in the parish of Inver. Like John James Connaghan, His house in…
Patrick McGroary
Patrick McGroary, or Patrick Jimmy Naugher as he was known locally was a left-handed fiddler from the townland of Meenaleck. He was highly regarded as a stone mason…
Pat James Brogan (1927 – 2015)
Pat James Brogan was from the townland of Tullynaha and learned melodeon from both his uncle, William James Meehan and William Lawn of Tullynagreine. Thomas Doherty of Drimalost…
Erwin O’Rourke (1900 – 1953)
Erwin O’Rourke or ”Wee Erwin / Iriwin” was a highly regarded travelling tinsmith who spent most of his life in Inver parish. In the 1911 census he boarded…
Peter Quinn (1924 – 1980)
Peter Quinn was a fine sweet fiddler who put his own individual mark on various tunes which are still part of the tradition today. Peter was hugely influenced…
Paddy McDyer (1879 – 1935)
There are no photographs or recordings of Paddy McDyer, but we can safely assume from various accounts that he was both a brilliant individual fiddle player who was…
Frank Meehan (1892 – 1969)
Frank Meehan of Drimalost was a first cousin of Jim Meehan and they were, in fact born underneath the same roof as next door neighbours. Growing up in…
Danny Meehan (b.1940)
Danny Meehan is widely recognised as one of the finest exponents of fiddle playing in Ireland today. He was nurtured in the local tradition, first by his grandmother Susie…
Susan (Susie) McGroarty (1860 – 1946)
Susie McGroarty came from a musical house in the area of Drumkeelan and her nephews, James and Phil McGroarty were both fine fiddle player. She married Peter Meehan in…
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