Manus McGuire

Growing up in Sligo in the 60’s when fiddle music had regained popularity in its “Native Home”, the North –West of Ireland, Manus McGuire was ideally placed to carry on a tradition made legend by Coleman, Morrison, Killoran and O’Beirne thirty years previously. From an early age he learned various dance tunes by his father’s knee and followed his older brother, Seamus, into the national traditional music arena that was steadily gathering momentum. Manus's musical mettle became apparent to all in 1970, the year he won Sligo's prestigious Fiddler of Dooney competition--at age 14. Since then, he has toured extensively in North America and Canada.