Eileen McCoy

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
• Alan Musgrove in September 1996 [6]
• Rob Willis and Kevin Bradley in August 1993 [7], Also available online [8]
• 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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