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Matt Molloy

Irish musician
Person Human Q709517

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
January 12, 1947
Place of birth
Ballaghaderreen
Country of citizenship
Ireland[5]
Occupation
musician, flautist
Genre
music of Ireland, traditional folk music[10][11]
Official website
www.mattmolloy.com[14]
Described by source
The Companion to Irish Traditional Music[16]
Family name
Molloy[12]
Given name
Matt[13]
Influenced by
Jim Donoghue[8]
Instrument
flute[15]
Member of
The Bothy Band, The Chieftains[6][7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[21]
Significant person
Liam O'Flynn, Tommy Peoples, Paddy Moloney, Dónal Lunny[17][18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Matt Molloy ar مات مولوي ja マット・モロイ ru Мэтт Моллой
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000123748861
VIAF cluster ID
34645496
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85038290
GND ID
135049083
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Matt Molloy.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000380620
BIBSYS ID
2040578
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13925134b
Carnegie Hall agent ID
30166
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135049083
Discogs artist ID
507127
Europeana entity
agent/base/152090
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Film.ru person ID
mett-molloy
Freebase ID
/m/01j_t3_
HAND ID
F037-1FDA-3D79-18E5-1996
IMDb ID
nm0597123
IdRef ID
233627022
Kinobox person ID
326985
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
27433
MusicBrainz artist ID
98aebdb9-8651-4df3-afc5-d5e27bbde7a2
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
73374
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000036781
NL CR AUT ID
xx0126420
Obálky knih ID
xx0126420
Prabook ID
2281505
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmhJRrqFTjWMqmQvGqWjC

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🔗 Connections
Significant person 4
Paddy Moloney, Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, Tommy Peoples
Mb:member of band 3
The Chieftains, Planxty, The Bothy Band
Genre 2
traditional folk music, music of Ireland
Member of 2
The Chieftains, The Bothy Band
Occupation 2
musician, flautist
Country of citizenship 1
Ireland
Given name 1
Matt
Influenced 1
Michael McGoldrick
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
flute
Place of birth 1
Ballaghaderreen
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Hirchychna
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Summary

Matt Molloy was born on January 12, 1947[1], in Ballaghaderreen[2]. He has worked as a musician[3] and flautist[4].

Why It Matters

He has been cited as an influence by Michael McGoldrick[22], a musician[23], b. 1971[24], of United Kingdom[25].

FAQs

Where was Matt Molloy born?

Matt Molloy was born in Ballaghaderreen[2].

What did Matt Molloy do for work?

Matt Molloy worked as a musician[3] and flautist[4].

Who did Matt Molloy influence?

Matt Molloy has been cited as an influence by Michael McGoldrick[22].

Related Entities

Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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