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Kevin Keegan

  Thankfully, the Kevin Keegan who is the subject of this wonderful archive recording is the County Galway-born B/C button accordionist and not the erstwhile bubble-permed Liverpool FC number 7...

Martin Mulhaire

  Accordionist Martin Mulhaire is yet another East Galway composer. There must be something in the water there! His most famous tune is such a common tune we’re sure many...

Mike Rafferty

Mike Rafferty is one of the great exponents of the old lyrical and flowing flute playing style from the East Galway region of Ireland. He was born in 1926 in...

Paddy Carty

Paddy Carty (1929 – 1980) Paddy Carty was a three-time all-Ireland champion Irish flute player from Loughrea, County Galway. He was well known for his flowing rhythm and his virtuoso skill on his Radcliff System flute, on...

Paddy Fahey

Paddy Fahey (aka Paddy Fahy, born 1926) Paddy Fahey is an Irish composer and fiddler who is considered one of the finest living composers of tunes that are in the style of The East...

Paddy O’Brien

  Not to be mistaken for the living Offaly accordionist, the late Nenagh born Paddy O’Brien is one of the legends of Irish accordion playing and he was a fine...