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Title |
interview with Martin McHugh |
Collection |
Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities |
Search Terms |
Oral History |
Audio/Video File |
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Text File |
Martin McHugh Interview Transcript |
Narrator |
Martin McHugh |
Interviewer |
Dáithí Sproule |
Interview place |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
Date |
12/12/2017 |
Transcriptionist |
Dáithí Sproule |
Creator |
Martin McHugh |
Other Creators |
Dáithí Sproule Eoin McKiernan Library |
Type of Resource |
Recording |
Scope & Content |
Martin McHugh talks about his upbringing in County Roscommon, immigrating to Minnesota in the mid-1950s, the Twin Cities Irish American Club, Twin Cities GAA club, local Irish immigrants in the 1950s and 1960s, Patrick (Paddy) Hill, local Irish musicians pre-1970, Pat Curtin, serving in the US Army, various jobs, Irish music in Roscommon, the stations, his beginnings with Irish music, accordion, Irish dance in Roscommon including sean-nós dancing, Mike Sullivan, Liberty Hall, local céilís pre-1970, Mike McGivney, Paddy Doherty, Mike Caulfield, local dancers pre-1970, local house parties pre-1970, Saint Patrick's Day, local dance halls, Mike Nash, playing on TV, types of dances, Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Gallivan's, O'Gara's, the Dayhills, the Commodore, Mary MacEachron, [KFAI] Fresh Air Radio, Saint Mark's, the revival of the 1970s, Céilí House, céilí bands in Ireland, Gaelic football, farming, the Plough and the Stars, retirement, splitting time between Minnesota and Roscommon, Peter Horan, personal style and his love of sessions. |
People |
Martin McHugh Dáithí Sproule |
Catalog Number |
2018.mmtc.A1008 |
Accession number |
2018.mmtc |