Margaret Barry

Margaret Barry (1917–1989) was an Irish Traveller, traditional singer and banjo player.
Born Margaret Cleary in Cork into a family of Travellers and street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle at a young age. At the age of sixteen, after a family disagreement, Margaret left home and started performing as a street musician.
In the early 1950s, she moved to London, originally to appear on a TV series called The Songhunter, produced... meer