The Stone Fiddle. My Way to Traditional Song. With an Introduction by Benedict Kiely. Dublin: Dalton, 1979. First Edition, Limited Issue. Quarter morocco, marbled boards, spine compartments ruled in gilt, with title label to second. All edges in gilt. A fine bright copy.

Limited Edition of Fifty Numbered Copies, Specially bound by Kenny’s of Galway, and Signed by the Author.

The autobiography of Paddy Tunney, Paddy (1921-2002) a traditional Irish singer who was born in Glasgow. He became one of the most celebrated figures in traditional Irish music, renowned for his rendition of ‘big songs’ such as ‘Mountain streams’, ‘Where the moorcock crows’, ‘Murlough Mary’ and ‘Highland Mary’. He recorded a total of eight solo albums.

He counted Willie Clancy, Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem and Séamus Ennis among his friends, writing a song in memory of Ennis following the piper’s death in 1982.