West Clare Fiddle Playing

The late John Kelly from County Clare playing with his two sons James and John Jnr. John Kelly (1912-89) Fiddle and concertina player John Kelly was a central figure in Irish traditional music in the middle decades of the past century. Without him we would very probably have had no recording of the piping of Johnny Doran. In fact he is the only musician known to have recorded with Doran. Born in 1912 in Rehy, Cross, Kilballyowen in south Clare, he was one of eight children of Michael and Eliza Kelly. His in