Michael Tubridy
Michael "Mick" Tubridy (born 6 August 1935[1] at Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland)[2] is an Irish musician, step dancer and structural engineer.
Career
In November 1962, he was a founder member of the traditional Irish music group, The Chieftains, with whom he played the tin whistle, Irish flute, and concertina; he remained a member of the group until 1979. In 1998 he published "A Selection of Irish Traditional Step Dances," a guide to sean nós (old-style) step dancing in which he recorded the steps of renowned Clare dancing masters James Keane and Dan Furey using a system of notation of his own invention.[3] He is a member of the Craobh Naithí branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and contributed to the publication of two books of Irish traditional tunes for the branch.[4]
He worked as a structural engineer until his retirement in 1993. He was responsible for the structural design of government buildings in Merrion Street, Dublin, and of the passenger terminal buildings at Dublin Airport. In 1994, he was asked to re-design the Rosse Six Foot Telescope prior to its reconstruction in 1996/1997.[5]
References
- ^ Profile of Michael Tubridy
- ^ "Shaw Communications".
- ^ "A Selection of Irish Traditional Step Dances – 2nd Edition | Na Piobairi Uilleann".
- ^ "Resources".
- ^ Tubridy, Michael (1998). Reconstruction of the Rosse Six Foot Telescope. Birr Castle; 42 pages
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
- Glatt, John (1997). The Chieftains: the authorized biography. Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-306-80922-2. 2015 edition. St. Martin's Press ebook. December 2015. ISBN 9781250105387.
- Tubridy, Michael (1998). A Selection of Irish Traditional Step Dances. Brooks Academy 72 pages.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| Artists | |
  | This article about an Irish musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- CS1 maint: postscript
- Use dmy dates from August 2020
- Use Hiberno-English from August 2020
- All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers
- 1935 births
- Living people
- Musicians from County Clare
- People from Kilrush
- The Chieftains members
- 20th-century Irish engineers
- Irish male flautists
- Claddagh Records artists
- Engineers from County Clare
- 20th-century Irish flautists
- 21st-century Irish flautists
- 20th-century Irish male musicians
- 21st-century Irish male musicians
- All stub articles
- Irish musician stubs