Tommy Peoples

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 County 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.

Discography

* "An Exciting Session with One of Ireland's Leading Traditional Fiddlers" (1976)
* "The High Part of the Road" (1976)
* "A Traditional Experience with Tommy Peoples: A Master Irish Traditional Fiddle Player" (1976)
* "The Iron Man" (1985)
* "Fiddler's Fancy: Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes Collected and Performed by the Irish Fiddle Legend" (1986)
* "Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle" (released in 1993, but recorded in 1982)
* "The Quiet Glen/An Gleann Ciuin" (1998)
* "Waiting for a Call" (2003) Collaboration - Matt Molloy, Paul Brady and Tommy Peoples
* "Molloy Brady Peoples" (1977)