Paddy Tunney
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Biography
Paddy Tunney, born on January 28, 1921, in Glasgow to Irish parents, was a traditional singer-songwriter and poet. He moved back to Ireland as a child and grew up in Rusheen near Pettigo, County Donegal. His mother taught him his first song at age four. Tunney's early career involved working as a forester before he became involved with the IRA during World War II. After his release from prison, he settled in Donegal. Tunney began adjudicating at the Fleadh Cheoil na hÃireann in the early 1960s and released his first album, The Man of Songs. Paddy Tunney of Letterkenny, Donegal, Eire, in 1962. Notable subsequent albums include Ireland Her Own (1966) and The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow (1975). Paddy Tunney's songs appeared in the repertoires of many traditional singers, including the Chieftains and Altan. He died on December 7, 2002.
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- The Banks Of Dunmore
- Moorlough Mary
- What Put The Blood On Your Right Shoulder, Son (Child 13)
- The Colleen Rue
- The Flower Of Sweet Strabane
- Easter Snow
- Donall Og
- I Once Had A True Love
- The Reaping of the Rushes Green
- Sheela Nee Eyre
- The Boys of Mullaghbawn
- The Rambling Boys Of Pleasure
- When A Man's In Love
- Coinleach Glas an Fhomhair
- The Cow That Drank the Poteen
- Roisin Dubh
- Castlehyde
- One Morning in June
- The Old Oak Tree
- Inis Dhun Ramha
- Sweet Omagh Town
- As I Roved Out
- The Mountain Streams Where the Moorcocks Crow
- Drinking Good Whiskey
