Paddy Cronin
Paddy Cronin (6 July 1925 – 15 March 2014) was an Irish fiddler.
Cronin was born in Ré Buí near Gneeveguilla, County Kerry. He was taught fiddle by Padraig O'Keeffe. In 1949, Seamus Ennis recorded him on acetate disc for Radió Éireann. Later that year (1949), after making these recordings, he left Ireland and emigrated to Boston in the United States. During the 1950s, he continued to record, becoming very well known through the seven 78rpm discs he made for the Boston record label, Copley. While in Boston he also adopted the Sligo style of fellow fiddlers, Michael Coleman and James Morrison.
In the early 1970s he went on to record an LP, "Music In The Glen", for the Fleetwood label, followed by "The House In The Glen" for Talcon. 1n 1975, Paddy released The Rakish Paddy LP with Fiddler Records of Seattle, and in 1977 released Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin with Outlet records of Belfast.
In 1991, Cronin returned to Ireland with his wife, Connie and settled in Killarney. Upon his return to Ireland he featured in local music festivals and sessions.
In 2007, Cronin was awarded the prestigious Gradam Ceoil, or Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Irish Gaelic-language television station TG4, in honour of his contribution to Irish Traditional Music over six decades.
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Reels: Sporting Paddy, The Traveller, The Leitrim Lasses - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: La Mujer - Tuning the Radio -
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Reels: The Old Dúidín, On the Road to Lurgan, The Emlagation Reel - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: Sheemore Fair near Carrick Town - Tuning the Radio -
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Reel and jig: Gorman’s & Kitty’s Rambles - Tuning the Radio -
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Reels: The Sligo Maid, Miss McLeod’s - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: Seachrán Chearbhaill - Tuning the Radio -
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Reels: The Foot of the Glen, The Road to Town, The Morning Star - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor - Tuning the Radio -
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Hornpipe: Frank Cassidy’s - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: An Mhaighdean Mhara - Tuning the Radio -
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Hornpipes: The Rose of Drishane, Mike Sullivan’s - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: Kilworth near Fermoy - Tuning the Radio -
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Jigs: Sheehan’s - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: Tigh Mór Ard - Tuning the Radio -
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Reels: Dillon’s Fancy, The Bird in the Tree, Doone Hill - Tuning the Radio -
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Reels: The First House in Connaught, Miss Monaghan - Tuning the Radio -
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Song: Green Brooms - Tuning the Radio -
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Slides: The Dark Girl in Blue, Across the Road - Tuning the Radio -
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Set Dance: The Blackbird - Tuning the Radio -
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Air and Hornpipe: Tiarna Mhuigheo, The Liverpool - Tuning the Radio -
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Set Dance, Slow Air, Reel And Hornpipe: Colonel Rodney, The Bonny Bunch of Roses, The Silver Spear, Higgin’s - Tuning the Radio -
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Slip Jigs: The Foxhunter’s, Comb Your Hair and Curl It - Tuning the Radio -
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Reels: The Chattering Magpie, The Flax in Bloom - Tuning the Radio -
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Hornpipes: The Northern, The Minstrel’s Fancy - Tuning the Radio -
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