Manus McGuire is an Irish fiddle player.

Early life

He was born in Tullamore, and grew up in County Sligo. He resides in County Clare. ^[1] In 1970, he won Sligo's prestigious Fiddler of Dooney competition, at age 14. ^[2]

Career

He is a founding member (with older brother Seamus, Jackie Daly and Garry O'Briain) of "Buttons & Bows", "Moving Cloud" (with Paul Brock, Maeve Donnelly, Kevin Crawford and Carl Hession), and The Brock McGuire Band (with Paul Brock, Enda Scahill and Denis Carey; Fergal Scahill and Dennis Morrison ^[3] also played with the band). Both brothers were medical doctors; Seamus lives in Donegal. ^{[4] [5]}

Manus performs mainly as a solo artist, and with Canadian singer/songwriter Emily Flack.

Discography

• The Humours of Lissadell (with Seamus McGuire, Folk Legacy, 1980)
• Carousel (with Seamus McGuire & Daithi Sproule, Gael Linn, 1984)
• Buttons & Bows (by Buttons & Bows, Green Linnet, 1984) ^[6]
• The First Month of Summer (by Buttons & Bows, Green Linnet, 1987)
• Grace Notes (by Buttons & Bows, Gael Linn, 1991)
• Moving Cloud (by Moving Cloud, Green Linnet, 1995)
• Foxglove (by Moving Cloud, Green Linnet, 1998)
• Saffron & Blue (Green Linnet, 2000)
• Brock McGuire Band (Ferndale, 2004)
• Fiddlewings (2006)
• Green Grass Blue Grass (with Ricky Skaggs et al, 2011)
• The Return of Spring (by Buttons & Bows, own label, 2015) ^[7]

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