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Tom Billy Murphy

Given name:	Tom Billy
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Family name:	Murphy
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Year of birth:	1879
Year of death:	1944
Profile:	Composer, Musician
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Biographical notes

TOM BILLY MURPHY (c. 1875-1944) was a blind fiddler from the Glencollins Upper, Ballydesmond in the Sliabh Luachra region, of the County Cork/Kerry border. Murphy, like his contemporary Páadraig O'Keeffe, was a fiddle teacher and mentor to many area musicians in the first half of the 20th century.

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