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posted on 2020-10-06, 05:50authored byGraeme Smith
Unpublished
field recording: Graeme Smith interviewing and recording Bill Moran.
Australia, 25 February 1983. Two cassette tapes. Cassette CAS122 labelled
1/2; cassette CAS107 labelled 2/2.
Notes:
'Born Galway, near Oughterade 1930. Played in family where he learnt, and
with Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band in 1945-7. Emigrated to England c 1948,
subsequently to Australia 1952. Worked in many heavy construction projects in
Australia and New Zealand. Plays in a band including son Michael from 1984.
Prominent accordion player in Melbourne. Active in Irish sessions, Irish and
folk music festivals in 1990s onwards. Further interview available in Chris
Sullivan collection, NLA.'