Paddy Murphy

Paddy Murphy (1913-1992) is regarded as a founding father of modern Irish concertina music.
Paddy Murphy was born in the rural community of Fiach Roe in the musically rich heartland of west County Clare (Ireland). His music developed during a time of unprecedented change in Irish society. Emigration from the Irish countryside was reaching critical mass, but Murphy chose to remain at home on a mountainy farm. During the next fifty years, he would become one of the most celebrated... meer