Happy Birthday!

Paddy Tunney

was born

January 28, 1921
(d. Dec 6, 2002)

One of the legendary voices in traditional Irish music, Tunney was a seminal figure in traditional singing and influenced a host of performers. He had a unique and highly-decorated style of singing, acquired from his mother, Brigid. Ewan McColl described him as "the greatest lyrical folk singer in the English language." Born in Glasgow, he returned as a child to the family home in Co. Fermanagh on the borders of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland. In 1943 he was imprisoned for seven years in Belfast for IRA activities.    [thanx Ramblinghouse]

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