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John Murphy (fiddle player)
John (Boss) Murphy (1875–1955) from The Leap, Churchtown, Co. Cork was a former farmer by profession, but possessed a keen interest in fiddle playing, and was renowned locally for his ability on the instrument. His father, William Murphy (1829–1911), was both a fiddle player and maker, indeed John was the proud owner of an instrument that had been made by his father.〔Colette Moloney, ‘A Community Entertainment’ and ‘John ‘Boss’ Murphy’ in ''The Annals of Churchtown'', (Hickey, Denis J., ed.), (Cork: Churchtown Village Renewal Trust, 2004), pp. 411–444.〕 John’s father was his first fiddle teacher. His siblings, a brother and three sisters, also played the instrument but their interest in music waned as they reached adulthood and they did not continue to play. John’s musical literacy was also gained primarily from his father, who had learnt to read music at a hedge school at Ballygrace in the locality taught by a Thomas Croke.〔Patrick Weston Joyce, ''English as we Speak it in Ireland'' (Dublin: Gill & Son, 1910), p. 146.〕 The same Thomas Croke, many years later, stayed for long periods of time in the Murphy household and would undoubtedly also have taught the young John directly.
==The Boss masters his art==
By the 1890s John was a proficient musician and making a name from himself as a musician in the locality. He was a regular performer at most of the house dances, stages and sessions in the area and often ventured to places such as Kanturk to listen to a visiting musician or to play in a session. He was also a frequent visitor to the Military Barracks in Buttevant where he listened to the military band rehearse and afterwards he often played fiddle for those assembled in the bandroom.
After John’s marriage in the 1910s the Murphy house at The Leap became a meeting place for local and traveling musicians to play and discuss their music. Two of the most frequent musical visitors were local fiddler Jim Callaghan (or O’Callaghan) and traveling fiddle teacher Jim Condon. Churchtown in the early twentieth century was a haven for traveling companies. These companies set up in the area for a few weeks at a time and they provided musical entertainment, plays, acrobatics, conjuring tricks, puppets etc. for the amusement of the local people. Many of the musicians with these groups received open invitations to the Murphy residence. One traveling player for whom John had a particular respect was known simply as ‘Jim the fiddler’ and he spent many musical evenings in the Murphy house with John noting tunes from him.
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