Contemporary Performers
Modern performers include
Andy McGann,
Tommy Peoples,
Brian Conway,
Randal Bays,
Gerry O'Connor,
Martin Hayes,
Kevin Burke,
Sean McGuire (fiddler)
Sean Smyth,
Eileen Ivers, Nine time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion,
John Carty (musician),
Seán Keane (fiddler),
Martin Fay,
Liz Carroll, All-Ireland Junior and Senior Fiddle Champion,
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh,
Cathal Hayden,
Paul Shaughnessy,
Matt Cranitch,
Marie Reilly,
Bridget Regan,
Frankie Gavin,
Brendan Mulvihill
Sligo fiddlers like Michael Coleman did much to popularise Irish music in the States in the 1920s. Michael Gorman (musician) was also a huge influence. Donegal fiddler John Doherty (musician) came from a large family of fiddlers. He traveled all over Ireland, developing an encyclopedic knowledge of fiddle tunes. He was one of the last of the traveling fiddlers. He had a large body of knowledge of Scottish (especially marches and highlands) music as well.
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