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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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Hugh Gillespie (1906-1986)

Hugh Gillespie

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. …

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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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