Margaret Barry

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Born
1917
Born In
Cork, County Cork, Munster, Ireland
Died
1989 (aged 72)
Margaret Barry (1917-1990) is perhaps the best known and most prominent of the early generation of banjo-wielding "tinkers." Born in Cork into a family of travellers/street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle at an early age. At the age of 16 she left on her own after a family row and started her career as a street singer. In the early 1950s she moved to London and joined forces with fiddler Michael Gorman. The duo soon become an important part of London's Irish exile music community, and Barry's singing and banjo playing becam… read more
Margaret Barry (1917-1990) is perhaps the best known and most prominent of the early generation of banjo-wielding "tinkers." Born in Cork into a family of travellers/street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle at an early age. At the age of 16 she … read more
Margaret Barry (1917-1990) is perhaps the best known and most prominent of the early generation of banjo-wielding "tinkers." Born in Cork into a family of travellers/street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle at an early age. At the age of 16 she left on her own after a family row and started her career as a street si… read more

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2 Play track Voice of the People 01: Come Let Us Buy The Licence The Blarney Stone
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3 Play track I Sang Through the Fairs Her Mantle so Green
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4 Play track Travellin' People from Ireland The Cottages With The Horseshoe
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5 Play track Queen of the Gypsies If You Ever Go O'er to Ireland
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7 I Sang Through the Fairs My Lagan Love
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8 I Sang Through the Fairs She Moved Through the Fair (Our Wedding Day)
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9 Play track Voice of the People 10: Who's That at My Bed Window? She Moved Through the Fair
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  1. 588 listeners

    1 Jan 1998 · 24 tracks

    I Sang Through the Fairs
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  2. 238 listeners

    28 Dec 2016 · 16 tracks

    Her Mantle So Green
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  3. 219 listeners

    1 Nov 2013 · 23 tracks

    The Definitive Collection (Special Extended Remastered Edition)
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    9 Sep 2009 · 11 tracks

    Queen of the Gypsies
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