James A. O'Flaherty
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James A. O'Flaherty was an Irish folk musician who lived in the Dallas, Texas area. He was born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, moving to Texas at 29. He raised a family of ten children in Corinth, Texas
Corinth, Texas
Corinth is a small town in Denton County, Texas, United States, a suburb of Dallas, and a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 11,325 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Corinth is located at ....

, and died on July 20, 2001.

Jim was also honored among the Dallas area Irish folk musicians by the new O'Flaherty Irish folk Music Retreat established in late 2004.

The first retreat was featured in the Dallas Morning News, (Retreat to re-create Auld Sod songs; Wendy Hundley, Richardson Bureau; October 29, 2004) The retreat was a huge success with over two times the expected attendance and also was gifted with a guest performer from Ireland, Seamus Connolly.

O'Flaherty is the father of film director and award winning video game veteran Jerry O'Flaherty
Jerry O'Flaherty
Jerry O'Flaherty , is an American video game art director and filmmaker best known as Art Director on Gears of War from Epic Games and as the Director on the Warner Bros. feature film "Thundercats". He co-authored the book Destroyed Beauty: An Inside Look at Gears of War. O'Flaherty began in the...

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