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She was interviewed by:
 
She was interviewed by:
  
* [[Rob Willis]] in March 1994 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1813642], in June 1998 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3803016]
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* [[Rob Willis]] in March 1994 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1813642], Eileen McCoy interviewed. Also available online [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-204845320]
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* Rob Willis in June 1998 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3803016], Eileen McCoy interviewed
  
 
* [[Alan Musgrove]] in September 1996 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3765493]
 
* [[Alan Musgrove]] in September 1996 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/3765493]
  
* [[Rob Willis]] and Kevin Bradley in August 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/186493]
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* [[Rob Willis]] and Kevin Bradley in August 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/186493], Also available online [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-204638110]
  
 
* [[John Meredith]] and Rob Willis, in June 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1438303].  "Eileen McCoy and husband Athol McCoy, folk musicians, play the fiddle and guitar."
 
* [[John Meredith]] and Rob Willis, in June 1993 [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1438303].  "Eileen McCoy and husband Athol McCoy, folk musicians, play the fiddle and guitar."

Revision as of 15:27, 11 August 2025

Eileen McCoy (1917-2011), Gunns Plains, Tasmania, 'Apple Isle Fiddler' provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive. Portrait [1]

The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Eileen McCoy [2].

She was interviewed by:

  • Rob Willis in March 1994 [3], Eileen McCoy interviewed. Also available online [4]
  • Rob Willis in June 1998 [5], Eileen McCoy interviewed
  • John Meredith and Rob Willis, in June 1993 [9]. "Eileen McCoy and husband Athol McCoy, folk musicians, play the fiddle and guitar."

Rob Willis notes "Claude Road (near Sheffield, Tas) was a hotbed of players including the McCoys and other families. Most of the families were related in the area by the way - Dawson, McCoy and Powell, Febey all had connections". See Dawson family, Gordon Powell & Wally Febey.

See publications:

  • "Apple Isle fiddler, Eileen McCoy" (book & CD)[10], Dulcetone Recordings, 1997
  • Assembly tapes for "Apple Isle Fiddler" [11]
  • "Tasmanian Dance Tunes", compiled by Fred Pribac & Stuart Graham, Jan 2000.

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