DELIA MURPHY—LEGEND OF IRISH FOLK MUSIC

By Aidan O’Hara Delia Murphy was the best-known Irish woman of her day, and the most popular female vocalist in Ireland from the late 1930s to the early ’50s. She was also the country’s top recording artist, of traditional songs like The Spinning Wheel, Three Lovely Lassies from Bannion, The Shores of Lough Bran, The ... Read more

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