Paddy Cronin (6 July 1925 – 15 March 2014) was an Irish fiddler. Sibling of fiddler Johnny Cronin.
Cronin was born in Ré Buí near Gneeveguilla, County Kerry. He was taught fiddle by artist 6059060. In 1949, Séamus Ennis recorded him on acetate disc for Radió Éireann. Later that year (1949), after making these recordings, he left Ireland and emigrated to Boston in the United States. During the 1950s, he continued to record, becoming very well known through the seven 78rpm discs he made for the Boston record label, Copley Records.
In the early 1970s he went on to record an LP, Music In The Glen, for the Fleetwood Records (2), followed by The House In The Glen for label 1465959. In 1975, Paddy released The Rakish Paddy with Fiddler Records (2) of Seattle, and in 1977 released Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin Traditional Irish Fiddler with Outlet records of Belfast.
In 2007, Cronin was awarded the prestigious Gradam Ceoil, or Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Irish Gaelic-language television station TG4, in honour of his contribution to Irish Traditional Music over six decades.
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