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August 11, 2008
Vincent Broderick was
born in 1920 in Carrowmore, Bullaun, near Loughrea in Co Galway.
Broderick's earliest musical influences were his mother, Ann and other
local musicians. As far back as 1954 he won the All-Ireland flute
competition performing one of his own compositions, and playing a
copper-pipe flute that he had also made himself.
He left Galway for Dublin in the early 1950s and became a committed
member of the Pipers' Club in Thomas Street. He also played with a
number of céilí bands, including the Kincora and
the Eamonn Ceannt.
A loyal member of Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann, he
has toured abroad with them many times and is a respected flute and
whistle teacher.
His compositions have a strong link to nature in their titles and have
been played and recorded by musicians for several decades and many of
them have won a place in the traditional repertoire worldwide.
In 1992, Comhaltas published The
Turoe Stone, a book containing 32 of his compositions,
with an accompanying tape featuring himself and his two sons, Lawrence and Des, along with Antoin Mac Gabhann and Eddie O'Kelly.
He won a TG4 Composer of the Year Award in 2003. He died in Dublin on August 7, 2008.
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