Martin Mulvihill

Martin Mulvihill (born in Ballygoughlin, County Limerick, Ireland in 1923; died 21 July 1987) was an Irish traditional musician, composer, teacher, and author. He composed roughly 25 tunes in the Irish traditional style. Although his mother Brigid Flynn played the concertina and fiddle, In 1971 the Mulvihill family relocated to New York City. Mary Rafferty (of Cherish the Ladies), Willie Kelly, and Patrick Clifford. In 1984, Mulvihill was honored with a NEA National Heritage Fellowship. In 1986, he self-published a songbook titled First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. On 21 July 1987, while on vacation in County Limerick, Ireland, he suffered a heart attack and died. All four of the Mulvihill children are musicians, with Brendan having become a noted performer and recording artist in the traditional Irish fiddle genre. Discography *Traditional Irish Fiddling from County Limerick (Green Linnet LP/cassette, 1978), with Mick Moloney *Irish Music: The Living Tradition (Green Linnet LP/cassette, 1978), Martin Mulvihill School *The Humors of Glin (Global Village cassette, 1986), with Donie O’Sullivan and Gabriel Fitzmaurice References External links * * *Biographical information *