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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Mikey Kelleher:&#039;&#039;&#039; (1907-1987).  Although born and reared in Quilty, he left for England in 1942, working in Bristol and Nottingham and eventually settling in London.  We reco...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Mikey Kelleher:&#039;&#039;&#039; (1907-1987).&amp;nbsp; Although born and reared in Quilty, he left for England in 1942, working in Bristol and Nottingham and eventually settling in London.&amp;nbsp; We recorded him in Deptford, South East London, where he had lived since 1949.&amp;nbsp; When we met him, he had retired from his work in the building trade; in Ireland Mikey had fished, gathered carrageen (seaweed), built curraghs and done farm work, though he had no land himself.&amp;nbsp; While he was known locally in Clare as a dancer - a very good one - Mikey had absorbed many of the songs he had heard in his younger days.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Part of the booklet notes, written by Jim Carrol and Pat Mackenzie, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs Around the Hills of Clare (MTCD331-2)&#039;&#039;</div>

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