Elizabeth Crotty, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Elizabeth Crotty

Irish musician

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1885

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1960

Profession: musician

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Elizabeth Crotty

  • Elizabeth Crotty, better known as Mrs.
  • Crotty (6 December 1885 – 27 December 1960), was a famous Irish concertina player. She was born as Elizabeth Markham near Cooraclare, County Clare.
  • In 1914 she married Michael ("Miko") Crotty and moved to Kilrush.
  • Miko had been in the United States for a couple of years and used the money earned over there to buy a public house on the Market Square in Kilrush, now known as "Crotty’s Pub".Her fame began in the 1950s in the wake of the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.
  • She participated in this movement of musicians from an early stage.
  • When a local branch was founded in County Clare, Mrs.
  • Crotty was elected president.
  • She kept this position to her death in 1960.Mrs.
  • Crotty did not make any commercial recordings.
  • The RTÉ had made a few recordings for their programs and they used one for their commemoration LP of 50 years RTÉ in 1976.

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