The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10357   Message #71824
Posted By: Roddy
18-Apr-99 - 07:02 PM
Thread Name: Wild mountain thyme
Subject: RE: Wild mountain thyme
Chrissy, Which "Frank" Mc Peake do you refer to. There were three of them in three generations; "Old Frank / Oul' Francie" or "Me Da" to his children. His son "Wee Francie" (not because of his size, though he was small, but because of the necessity of distinguishing him from his father). Then there is the third Francie - "Young Francie" as he is known - the son of "Wee Francie" and grandson of "Oul' Francie". Young Francie is the only one still living. He founded and continues to run the Clonard School of Traditional Music. A man of unbounded enthusiasm and with the knack of communicating that enthusiasm to his young pupils.