Lucy Farr

b. c.1912, Ballinakill, County Galway, Eire. An active member of the Rakes for 25 years, venerable Irish fiddler Lucy Farr worked regularly with folk artists such as Bob Davenport, Margaret Barry, Bobby Casey, Jimmy Power and Julia Clifford at a time when Irish traditional music was not achieving the attention it now enjoys. A founder member of the Comhaltas Ceoltiri Eireann organisation, including a span of seven years as its vice-chairman, she has contributed greatly to the advocacy of Irish tradition in music and arts. She began playing at the age of 12 at Saturday night "h...