Paddy Cronin

[1] Cronin was born in Ré Buí near Gneeveguilla, County Kerry.

Later that year (1949), after making these recordings, he left Ireland and emigrated to Boston in the United States.

While in Boston he also adopted the Sligo style of fellow fiddlers, Michael Coleman and James Morrison.

[citation needed] In 1991, Cronin returned to Ireland with his wife, Connie and settled in Killarney.

[3] In 2007, Cronin was awarded the prestigious Gradam Ceoil, or Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Irish Gaelic-language television station TG4, in honour of his contribution to Irish Traditional Music over six decades.