Biography
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Born In
County Sligo, Connaught, Ireland
Manus McGuire (born in Tullamore) is an Irish fiddle player now residing in County Clare. In 1970, he won Sligo's prestigious "Fiddler of Dooney" competition, at age 14. He is a founding member of Buttons & Bows (with his brother Séamus McGuire, Jackie Daly and Garry O'Briain), Moving Cloud (with Paul Brock, Maeve Donnelly, Kevin Crawford and Carl Hession), and Brock McGuire Band (with Paul Brock, Enda Scahill and Denis Carey; Fergal Scahill and Dennis Morrison have also played with the band).
He has also recorded as Séamus McGuire, Manus McGuire & Daithí Sproule and performed with Canadian singer-songwriter Emily Jean Flack.
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