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Biography
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Paddy Glackin
Effective period / Period of releases: 1977 - 2001
Irish fiddler, co-founder of The Bothy Band, long-time employee of RTÉ.Born 5 August 1954, Clontarf, Dublin. Brother to fiddlers Kevin Glackin & Séamus Glackin. Their father, Tom Glackin, was a Dublin policeman and notable fiddle player who instilled in his children a deep interest and love of the music of his native county-Donegal, and taught them to play.