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Margaret Barry (Margaret Cleary) was born on 1 January, 1917 in Cork, Ireland, is an A 20th-century irish women musician. Discover Margaret Barry's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
| Popular As |
Margaret Cleary |
| Occupation |
Musician |
| Age |
72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
1 January 1917 |
| Birthday |
1 January |
| Birthplace |
Cork, Ireland |
| Date of death |
1989 |
| Died Place |
Lawrencetown, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality |
Ireland
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Margaret Barry Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Margaret Barry Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Margaret Barry worth at the age of 72 years old? Margaret Barry’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. She is from Ireland. We have estimated Margaret Barry's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
artist |
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Timeline
Margaret Barry (1917–1989) was an Irish Traveller, traditional singer and banjo player.
Born Margaret Cleary in Cork into a family of Travellers and street singers, she taught herself how to play the zither banjo and the fiddle at a young age.
At the age of sixteen, after a family disagreement, Margaret left home and started performing as a street musician.
In the early 1950s, she moved to London, originally to appear on a TV series called The Songhunter, produced by a young David Attenborough.
Attenborough described in recent years how Barry’s striking wild, toothless appearance and her out-of-tune banjo playing prompted a volley of angry complaints about Irish tinkers being allowed on the TV.
Barry became a well-known name on the London folk scene in the 1950s where, with her distinctive singing style and idiosyncratic banjo accompaniment, she was frequently accompanied by the fiddler Michael Gorman.
Her singing and banjo playing became a major influence on the younger generation of ballad singers in Ireland and the UK, including Luke Kelly.
She performed in the Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Centre in New York.
One song for which Barry is particularly noted is "She Moved Through the Fair".
Asked by an interviewer, Karl Dallas, whether she had learned it from her family or from other Travellers, she replied cheerfully, "Oh, no. I got it off a gramophone record by Count John McCormack".
The accompanying book to the Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set, Three Score and Ten, lists Her Mantle So Green as one of the classic albums and "The Factory Girl" from Street Songs and Fiddle Tunes of Ireland with Michael Gorman is track 9 on the third CD in the set.
A play, She Moved Through the Fair: The legend of Margaret Barry, co-written by Mary McPartlan and Colin Irwin had its debut in 2017 at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, as part of the Celtic Connections Festival.
Poet/songwriter, Frank Callery wrote a song for the centenary of Barry's birth.
Singer/songwriter, Tim O'Riordan, wrote a song in celebration of Barry, "The Heart of the Song (for Margaret Barry)" and recorded it on the album Taibhse in 2018.
At the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards in 2019, Barry was inducted into the Hall of Fame by American singer Peggy Seeger.
