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Taylor, Barry Roy4
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Carroll, Jim (1941-1941)1
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Archive File

Traditional Fiddle Playing in West Clare: Junior Crehan and Michael Downes

Taylor, Barry Roy

1977

A study of the work of the Irish fiddle players, Junior Crehan and Michael Downes. The first of its nine sections presents a brief historical survey of Irish dance and its music; section two provides ...

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Booklists

1951-1980

These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...

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Sound Recordings, Ireland

Taylor, Barry Roy

1973-1976

Michael Downes, [recorded at home in County Clare], plays various fiddle tunes, and talks about where he learned them, the story behind one particular tune, other fiddle players, fiddle competitions a...

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Sound Recording, Ireland

Taylor, Barry Roy

8 July 1976

Junior Crehan, recorded in Mullagh (County Clare), plays a number of fiddle tunes, and in between talks about from whom he learned some of them (slow airs, dance music); also talks about a pipe player...

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Sound Recordings, Ireland

Taylor, Barry Roy

July 1975

Irish dance music and song recordings, featuring fiddle and uillean pipe playing. Compilation of the collector's field recordings, made in Miltown Malbay (County Clare). The fiddle and pipe playing ar...

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