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Mike Rafferty (1926–2011) was an Irish traditional flute player. Rafferty was born on 26 September 1926 and grew up on a farm in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, Ireland. He learned music mainly from his father, Tom "Barrel" Rafferty who played the flute and uilleann pipes. Rafferty emigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in northern New Jersey. He became known in the Irish traditional music scene in greater New York City and appeared at an extensive array of concerts and festivals all over US including the Smithsonian Institution's in 1976, and toured with the Green Fields of America.

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rdfs:comment	Mike Rafferty (1926–2011) was an Irish traditional flute player. Rafferty was born on 26 September 1926 and grew up on a farm in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, Ireland. He learned music mainly from his father, Tom "Barrel" Rafferty who played the flute and uilleann pipes. Rafferty emigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in northern New Jersey. He became known in the Irish traditional music scene in greater New York City and appeared at an extensive array of concerts and festivals all over US including the Smithsonian Institution's in 1976, and toured with the Green Fields of America. (en)
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has abstract	Mike Rafferty (1926–2011) was an Irish traditional flute player. Rafferty was born on 26 September 1926 and grew up on a farm in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, Ireland. He learned music mainly from his father, Tom "Barrel" Rafferty who played the flute and uilleann pipes. Rafferty emigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in northern New Jersey. He became known in the Irish traditional music scene in greater New York City and appeared at an extensive array of concerts and festivals all over US including the Smithsonian Institution's in 1976, and toured with the Green Fields of America. Rafferty was influential in helping Ireland's traditional music organization Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE) establish itself in North America through the Martin Mulvihill Branch; since then, a branch has been named after him, the Michael Rafferty Branch in New Jersey. Rafferty made three recordings with his daughter, multi-instrumentalist , a solo recording, and a recording with fiddler . He taught extensively, both privately and at The , the Augusta Heritage Center, and the New Jersey State Council on the . In 2003, Rafferty was named Irish Echo's Traditional Musician of the Year. In 2010, he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. With Paddy Carty, Jack Coen, and a few others, Rafferty was known as one of the best exponents of the East Galway style of flute playing, a rolling, lyrical style that is somewhat slower and less ornamented than other Irish traditional flute styles. (en)
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