CCÉ Northeast Regional Hall of Fame Inductee Paddy Cronin
Fiddle
Inducted February 19, 2000
During the 1970s, Paddy recorded several albums of traditional Irish music, including Music in the Glen, House in the Glen, The Rakish Paddy, and Kerrys Own Paddy Cronin. Throughout his years in Boston, Paddy traveled to Ireland each summer for the Fleadh Cheoil and was a regular participant in the many lively sessions of traditional Irish music. In 1990 Paddy moved back to his beloved Ireland and made a home with his wife Connie in Ballycasheen.
[Excerpt from his obituary in The Boston Globe March 2014]
Here’s his obituary from The Irish Times Sliabh Luachra lost its finest fiddle player with the recent death of Paddy Cronin at the age of 88.
Paddy Cronin’s Music
Paddy Cronin plays Hickey’s Reel, 1991 YouTube video
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin interviews Paddy Cronin, 1990 Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival engaging video interview from the Burns Library at Boston College. He played for set dancing.
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