Patrick "Pecker" Dunne (1 April 1933 – 19 December 2012
) was an
Irish
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musician and
seanchaí
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Dunne was born in
Castlebar
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,
County Mayo, "in the old
county home".
His family were
Irish Travellers
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originally from County Wexford, where his father was a fiddle player.
In ''Parley-poet and Chanter'', an autobiography transcribed by Micheál Ó hAodha (page 21), he stated that he later lived in the Dublin suburb of Drimnagh. He was one of Ireland's most noted banjo players and was also proficient on the fiddle, Melodeon (organ), melodeon and guitar, and was among an elite of Traveller musicians.
Dunne became known to a wide Irish audience from his regular busking at Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA sporting fixtures, particularly in Munster. Later he played in England, France, Australia and New York City, where he appeared with The Dubliners. He also performed alongside Richard Harris and Stephen Rea in the 1996 feature film ''Trojan Eddie''.
He lived in Killimer, County Clare with his wife and four children. He died there on 19 December 2012, aged 79, and is buried in Burrane, near Killimer.
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Recordings
* ''Ireland's own Pecker Dunne - the Tinkerman''. 1987 (re-released on CD (Paddyland PLMCD) in 2001)
* ''Travellin' People from Ireland''. Margaret Barry & Pecker Dunne
* ''Very Best of Ireland's Legendary Street Singer''
References
* ''Parley-Poet and Chanter: An Autobiography, Volume 1'', (2004), by Pecker Dunne & Micheál Ó hAodha,
External links
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1933 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Irish fiddlers
Irish banjoists
Musicians from County Mayo
People from Castlebar
Irish Travellers
Irish buskers
20th-century violinists