- Julia Clifford
Julia Clifford (
June 19 1914 –June 18 ,1997 ) was a fiddler and Irish traditionalmusician .Julia Murphy was born at Lisheen,
Gneeveguilla ,County Kerry , part of an area in west Munster known asSliabh Luachra one of eight children. Her father Bill playedflute ,fife , andfiddle and had afife and drum band . Both she and her brother Denis Murphy, also a noted musician, were taught thefiddle by noted fiddler from the same area,Padraig O'Keeffe .Julia moved to
Scotland and worked as a maid and in 1941 marriedaccordion player John Clifford. She won theAll-Ireland fiddle championship atMullingar in 1963Fact|date=February 2007.Clifford, her brother, O'Keefe, and others from the Sliabh Luachra area are regarded as a significant influence on Irish traditional music and have given rise to the term "Sliabh Luachra style".
Discography
*"Kerry Fiddles". Padraig O'Keefe (fiddle), Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). Topic TSCD 309, 1994. Reissue of Topic 12T309, 1977. Recorded by Seamus Ennis 9 Sept. 1952 in Castleisland, Co. Kerry.
*"Paddy in the Smoke". Martin Byrnes (fiddle), Danny Meehan (fiddle), Bobby Casey (fiddle), Tony McMahon (accordion), Andy Boyle (fiddle), Jimmy Power (fiddle), Jimmy Dunleavy (fiddle), Sean O'Shea (fiddle), Con Curtin (fiddle), Denis McMahon (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion), Father O'Keeffe (mandolin), Lucy Farr (fiddle), Edmond Murphy (fiddle), with Reg Hall (piano), John McLaughlin (spoons). Topic TSCD 603, 1997. "Re-mastered edition" of Topic 12T176, 1968, with "additional material and new notes." Some material from original LP is missing here. Notes to reissue by Reg Hall.
*"The Star above the Garter. Fiddle music from Kerry, played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford". Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). Claddagh CC5CD, 1969. Recorded in Dublin.
*"The Humours of Lisheen," Julia and John Clifford, Topic (LP). Julia Clifford, 1914-97External links
* [http://www.iol.ie/~ronolan/clifford.html RamblingHouse: Julia Clifford, 1914-97]
* [http://mad.elive.net/single.htm?sku=CC5CD&cart=115145909212 MadForTrad Ltd.: The Star above the Garter - Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford (Benchmark recording of Sliabh Luachra fiddle music from 1969 by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford)]
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