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An electrifying fiddler from Donegal, Tommy Peoples has converted more than one person to the religion of traditional Irish music. A member of the Bothy in 1975, he was the propulsive fiddler who powered that group's landmark first album. He also has some magnificent solo work.
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Tommy Peoples (born 1948) is an Irish fiddler who plays in the Donegal fiddle tradition.
He was born near St. Johnston, a village in the Laggan district in the east of County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. He has been a member of well known traditional Irish music groups, including 1691 and The Bothy Band as well as performing solo since the late 1960s. He plays with a unique virtuosic technique in the Donegal fiddle style. After moving to Dublin in the 1960s, where he was employed as a policeman, he subsequently moved to County Clare and married Mary Linnane, daughter of Kitty Linnane, long-time leader of the Kilfenora Céilí Band. He now resides in his home village of St Johnston. His daughter Siobhán Peoples is a noted fiddler in her own right.
Tommy Peoples is currently the Traditional Musician In Residence at The Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal.
