Donegal Fiddle MusicFrank Kelly (1936-)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 7.10.20 Frank Kelly is one of Donegal’s leading fiddlers and during a lifetime of playing he has rubbed shoulders with some of…
Charlie Patton (1932-2002)
Ballinacor, Killygordon Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded 6.10.20 Most of the information is from MacAoidh, C. (1994) Between the Jigs and the Reels: The Donegal Fiddle Tradition, Manorhamilton,…
Josie McIntyre
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 6.10.20 The traditional music session in the Central Bar in Raphoe on a Wednesday night in the late 1970s and 1980s counted…
Kathleen McGinley (1931-2011)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 6.10.20 Like many east Donegal fiddlers, Kathleen McGinley (pictured with Teelin fiddler Mick Brown) was born into a musical family. Her mother…
Bríd Harper
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded 5.10.20 Bríd Harper, who’s originally from Castlefin, has been described by the Irish Echo as “one of the finest fiddlers in traditional music”. …
Johnny Crampsie (1915-1988)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 7.10.20 Johnny Crampsie (1915 – 1988) was a classically-trained violinist from Strabane who also played traditional music, as well as jazz on…
Bob Peoples (1900-1973)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded – 5.10.20 Bob Peoples was born in 1900, the son of William Peoples, a flax cleaner, and his wife Bella. The family lived…
George Peoples (1908-1988)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Martin McGinley hears about the life and times of the fiddle and singer George Peoples. St Johnston, lunchtime, Tuesday 24.2.15 I’m past the turn-off…
John Douglas (1957-)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded 7.10.20 The fiddling in the Douglas family was handed on to John. Born in 1957, John grew up in Legnathraw, St Johnston, with…
Paddy Douglas (1927-1995)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded 7.10.20 Paddy Douglas, born on the 3rd September, 1927, was one of a family of eleven and he grew up in Legnathraw, St…
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