Mick Buckley (~1925-1950) was a student of Pádraig O’Keeffe from Knocknageeha, just north of Gneeveguilla. He was known to be a gifted musician, and could be found Sunday nights playing at the dance hall at Lackagh Cross with Pádraig, Denis Murphy, and John Clifford. Johnny O’Leary played a few polkas which he reckoned he got from Buckley. Whether he would have turned out to be as acclaimed a musician as his neighbors, we will never know, for he died of tuberculosis at a young age.
LEARNED FROM: Pádraig O’Keeffe
PLAYED WITH: John Clifford, Denis Murphy
Two polkas from Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra
The Music of Sliabh Luachra 