Brian Conway is a contemporary
Irish
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fiddler
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Brian Conway is an American born Irish Fiddler. Born in 1961 to parents from
County Tyrone
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in
Northern Ireland
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, Brian Conway first studied with
Limerick
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born fiddle player
Martin Mulvihill. Brian soon also studied with
Sligo born fiddle master Martin Wynne with whom Brian became lifelong friends. A little over a year after starting the fiddle, Brian won the under 12 All Ireland Fiddle championship. The adjudicator was
Sean Keane of the Chieftains. Brian went on to win several additional All-Ireland medals including the senior All -Ireland fiddle championship in 1986. Brian also established a reputation for teaching students who went on to win All-Ireland fiddle awards including Patrick Mangan, Maeve Flanagan, Haley Richardson, and Andrew Caden.
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1961 births
Male fiddlers from Northern Ireland
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Irish fiddlers
Green Linnet Records artists
21st-century male musicians from Northern Ireland