Bobby Casey

Fiddler; West Clare and London

Born
1926, Miltown Malbay, County Clare
Died
2000

Bobby Casey grew up at Annagh near Miltown Malbay in West Clare, learning from his father Scully Casey and his neighbour Junior Crehan. In the early 1950s he moved to London, where he spent the rest of his life playing with many of the finest Irish musicians in England. His albums Taking Flight and Casey in the Cowhouse are regarded as classics.

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