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Rambling Pitchfork

  • Rambling Pitchfork

    Chicago has had a thriving Irish-American musical community for many years, thanks largely to the patronage of Captain Francis O'Neill, the city's Superintendent Of Police around the turn of the century. It is unclear whether Mullaney (1885-1971) and Stack were policemen or firemen like so many of their compatriots, since O'Neill does not mention them in his Souks,

    Edward Mullaney, uilleann pipes; Patrick Stack, fiddle,

    Chicago IL 9/13/26 Victor 79003

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