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McGuire, Manus

 Person

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Biographical note

An Irish fiddle player, Manus McGuire was born in Tullamore, raised in County Sligo, and resided in County Clare. In 1970, he won Sligo's prestigious "Fiddler of Dooney" competition, at age 14. He was a founding member (with older brother Seamus, Jackie Daly, and Garry O'Briain) of "Buttons and Bows", "Moving Cloud" (with Paul Brock, Maeve Donnelly, Kevin Crawford, and Carl Hession), and "The Brock McGuire Band" (with Paul Brock, Enda Scahill and Denis Carey; Fergal Scahill and Dennis Morrison have also played with the band). Both McGuire brothers were medical doctors. Manus has also performed widely as a solo artist and with Canadian singer/songwriter Emily Flack.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Masters Concert, 2003 June 19

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Includes two independent audio recordings and video recordings from two cameras in different locations (A and B).

Access Note

The audio recordings on DTRS cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. All audio and video recordings on DAT and mini-DV have been digitally copied and are accessible.

Dates: 2003 June 19
Found in: / Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival records / 2003

Monday Cuirmeacha Ceoil (Recital), 2003 June 16

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates: 2003 June 16
Found in: / Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival records / 2003

Student Concert, 2003 June 21

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates: 2003 June 21
Found in: / Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival records / 2003

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