Stan Treacy
Stan Treacy (1900-1990), Limerick, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
Portrait [1], "This wonderful fiddle player grew up in the Limerick district, in what used to be called 'The New Country', a west-of-the-mountains stronghold of 19th century Irish settlers.
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Stan Treacy. He was interviewed by
- John Meredith in January 1983, [2], During recording Treacy speaks of his playing fiddle in between tracks.
- Chris Sullivan and John Meredith in January 1983, [3], Also available online [4], [5], Also available online [6]
- Chris Sullivan and Tom Rummery in May 1984, [11]
- Mark Rummery and Cathy Ovenden in May 1985, [12]
- Mark Rummery and Cathy Ovenden in July 1986, [13],
- Mark Rummery and Cathy Ovenden in May 1988, [14], Mark Rummery accompanying Stan Treacy on accordion and violin.
Stan Treacy was also collected by Brad Tate, Dave de Hugard, Don Brian, and Julie Castles.
Limerick is a rural locality near Crookwell NSW where Stan had a farm.
"Stan was born in 1900, and grew up in the Limerick district. Stan was a fiddler, and played for his first dance at the age of thirteen. His playing was very rhythmic with a dance beat in it that he obtained by means of a brief and slightly increased pressure on the bow for each beat in the bar." -- (adapted from) J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p66.
