The Mulloy Brothers are a traditional Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 ballad

Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...

 group

Musical ensemble

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 from Mulranny

Mulranny

Mallaranny —sometimes spelt as Malaranny, Mullaranny, Mullranny or Mulranny—is a seaside village on the isthmus between Clew Bay and Blacksod Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. Mallaranny is the home of colourful giant fuchsias and exotic plants...

, County Mayo

County Mayo

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, on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. Tom, Pat, Martin and Michael Mulloy have been performing since 1964, in a career that has involved several tours around the US

United States

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 and Europe

Europe

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. They still tour today, albeit almost strictly in their own domain.

Banjo

Banjo

In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

 player Martin Mulloy died on 22 May 2010, drowning

Drowning

Drowning is death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia....

in a boating accident. He was 59 years old.

Michael Mulloy died on the 8th February 2007 as the result of a long term illness ages 57