Tommy Peoples

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Tommy Peoples (born 1948) is an Irish fiddler.

He was born near St. Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. He has been a member of well known traditional Irish music groups, including 1691 and The Bothy Band as well as performing solo since the late 1960s. He plays with a unique virtuosic technique in the Donegal fiddle style. After moving to Dublin in the 1960s, where he was employed as a policeman, he subsequently moved to Clare and married Mary Linnane, daughter of Kitty Linnane, long-time leader of the Kilfenora Céilí Band. He now resides in his home village of St Johnston. His daughter Siobhán Peoples is a noted fiddler in her own right.

Tommy Peoples is currently the Traditional Musician In Residence at The Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal.

[edit] Discography

An Exciting Session with One of Ireland's Leading Traditional Fiddlers (1976)
High Part of the Road (1976)
Master Irish Fiddle Player (1976)
The Iron Man (1985)
Fiddler's Fancy: Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes Collected and Performed by the Irish Fiddle Legend (1986)
Irish Fiddle and Guitar (1992)
The Quiet Glen/An Gleann Ciuin (2002)