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The traditional folk songs and ballads of Ireland were preserved by the '50s recordings of Margaret Barry. Accompanying her powerful but untrained vocals with rustic banjo picking, Barry was a musical influence for such {\trad-...
More »The traditional folk songs and ballads of Ireland were preserved by the '50s recordings of Margaret Barry. Accompanying her powerful but untrained vocals with rustic banjo picking, Barry was a musical influence for such {\trad-...
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Margaret Barry sings the Irish-Australian folk song, The Wild Colonial Boy....

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margaret barry, voice & banjo, croydon, march 10 1955....

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Margaret Barry was a street singer and banjo player in the London of the 1950s and 1960s. This song is from th...

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here is Margaret Barry singing the galway shawl & the flowers of sweet strabane especially for the Barry famil...

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I am not sure if this recording from RTE is the one Margaret Barry, accompanying herself on banjo, with Michae...

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Tuesday 18th September 2007. Awesome performance by Brian and Callum....

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Martin Barry, Declan Barry and Connor Barry playing Lakes of Ponchartrain...


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The Barry Family Set of Gigs. Paddy,Martin,Declan and Connor Barry....

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Maggie s Jig written and played by her Great Grandson Connor Barry and accompanied by her Grandson Paddy and G...

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Margaret Barry singing live as featured in Songbirds - The first ladies of Irish song on RTE 2006...



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Irish tune from the singing of Margaret Barry played by Mike Wild (Jeffries Anglo C/G concertina) and Mike Lyd...


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For St Patrick s Day i wanted to sing the famous Irish love song She Moves Through The Fair . I started to wor...

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polkas; Maguire`s Favourite/ Tralee Gaol/ Maggie in the wood. Michael Gorman, fiddle; Paddy Breen, flageolet;T...

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Six-part Irish jig, composed by banjo player Margaret Barry (though commonly misattributed to fiddler Michael ...


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She moved through the fair is one of the most beautiful traditional irish song: its original author is unknown...

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Here s a sparse, minimalist tune with Pat Quinn on low whistle and Keith Johnson on guitar. We re Celtic Cat &...

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02. David Meets Margaret (Hanover Street Soundtrack) - John Barry tinyurl.com Hanover Street Soundtrack/Score/...

Irish Heritage
I Sang Through the Fairs - The Alan Lomax Portait Series
Her Mantle So Green
Her Mantle So Green
Margaret Barry and Michae
Margaret Barry & Michael Gorman
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