Donegal Fiddle MusicJohnny 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…
Joe Douglas (1892-1978)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded 7.10.20 The way Irish traditional music travels through generations in families was well illustrated at the music sessions in Raphoe in the late…
Hugh Gillespie (1906-1986)
Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 7.10.20 A chapter in the book ‘Donegal Profiles’ by the late Joe McGarrigle (1916-1993), the well-known writer and photographer from Donegal Town. …
Tommy Peoples (1948-2018)
Following Compiled by Martin McGinley. Uploaded on 6.10.20 Tommy Peoples, who grew up in Kinnycally, St Johnston, was many people’s favourite fiddle-player. The Rough Guide to Irish Music…
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