Donegal Fiddle MusicPaddy Breslin (1914 – 1995)
Paddy Breslin, though not widely known, was regarded by John Doherty as the sweetest player of a reel that he had heard. Paddy was a native of Leitir…
Patrick McDevitt (c.1893 – 1957)
Patrick McDevitt, or Pat Pheadair Bheag as he was known locally was born around 1893 and was one of the most important fiddle players of the older generation…
Peter Campbell (1900 – 1995)
Peter was the youngest boy in the family of Charlie (Charlie Chondaí Mhór) and Susan Campbell and was raised in the highest house in Cruach an Airgid. Margaret…
Peter Herron (c.1911 – 1988)
Peter Herron, locally known as Peter a’Ghréasaí was born and raised in the highest house in An Leac Liath on the northern slopes of Cruach an Airgid. Peter’s…
Peter Shovlin (b. 1931)
Peter Shovlin was born in Lios Ciaracháin on Loughros Point in June 1931. He recalls that the fiddler Packie James McNelis was in great demand to play at…
Jimmy Houston (1920-1995)
Castlefin and Drumkeen Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded – 5.10.20 Jimmy Houston was born in February 1920 in the townland of Ballybogan, along the main road just outside…
Eithne Vallely (1945-)
Making a lifetime of difference Two of the key figures in the development of uilleann piping and traditional music in Ireland in the past fifty years are from…
Charlie Joe Gordon
Liscooley Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 6.10.20 Charlie Joe Gordon, who lived near Liscooley, is remembered as a fine, sweet player with a tasty and rhythmic style. He…
Mick Doherty (1924-2014)
Ballybofey and Perth Compiled by Martin McGinley. News report from the ‘Donegal News’ on Friday 17th October, 2014 THE funeral took place in Western Australia earlier this morning…
Séamus Gibson
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 6.10.20 Séamus grew up in Castletown, St. Johnston, in a musical family. His mother, Monica, is a sister of the fiddler Tommy…
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