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Thread #170462 Message #4122398
Posted By: Felipa
09-Oct-21 - 09:44 AM
Thread Name: 2021 Obit: Tony MacMahon
Subject: RE: Obit: Tony MacMahon
I heard the announcement on Raidió na Gaeltachta this morning. Tony was 82 years old. Tony McMahon was well-enough known in Ireland that the Irish president Michael D. Higgins paid public tribute to him. There was a documentary made about McMahon in 2019, and he himself presented radio and t.v. series about traditional music, including The Long Note and The Pure Drop. The documentary was made after McMahon was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which was robbing him of the ability to play music.
https://www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2019/0123/1025002-slan-leis-an-gceol-how-we-made-the-intimate-portrait/
introducing and playing Port na bPúcaí
presenting and playing with Barney McKenna
Tony McMahon and Steve Cooney, 2012