Paddy Canny learned from his father, a noted local fiddler, and from a blind travelling teacher. He was a founder member of the Tulla Céilí Band in 1946, won the All Ireland fiddle title in 1953 and featured on the 1959 record All Ireland Champions: Violin. The fiddler Martin Hayes was his nephew by marriage.
Paddy Canny
Fiddler; East Clare, the Tulla Céilí Band
- Born
- 9 September 1919, Tulla, County Clare
- Died
- 28 June 2008, Limerick, Ireland
Further reading: Wikipedia · Dictionary of Irish Biography