Background
Paddy Murphy was born in the rural community of Fiach Roe in the musically rich heartland of west County Clare (Ireland).
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Education
Emigration from the Irish countryside was reaching critical mass, but Murphy chose to remain at home on a mountainy farm.
Career
His music developed during a time of unprecedented change in Irish society. During the next fifty years, he would become one of the most celebrated concertina players in Ireland, responsible for developing a unique fingering system and for passing on his skills to a new and eager generation of teachers and performers. He was greatly influenced by the recordings of William J. Mullaly, the first Irish concertina player to record commercially during the Golden Age of Irish music in America in the 1920s.
