Eileen McCoy

Eileen McCoy (1917-2011), Gunns Plains, Tasmania,'Apple Isle Fiddler' provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, collected by Alan Musgrove, John Harpley, John Meredith, Fred Pribac, Rob Willis & Stuart Graham.

There are a number of recordings of her, search the NLA catalog for "Eileen McCoy".

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), Dulcetone Recordings, 1997
• "Tasmanian Dance Tunes", compiled by Fred Pribac & Stuart Graham, Jan 2000.

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