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Pádraig O'Keeffe | |
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| Birth name | Patrick O'Keeffe |
| Born | 8 October 1887 Glountane, Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | 22 February 1963 St.Catherine's Hospital, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Genres | Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Teacher |
| Instrument(s) | Fiddle, Melodeon |
| Years active | 1920–1963 |
Pádraig O'Keeffe (Irish: Pádraig Ó Caoimh) (1887 – 1963) was an Irish traditional musician.
O'Keeffe was born in Glountane Cross (in the townland of Knockdown), Cordal, near Castleisland in County Kerry, the eldest of eight children from a musical family. He was known for his fiddle playing, self-devised system of notating music, and numerous skilled pupils.[citation needed] He is regarded as one of the greatest fiddlers of the Sliabh Luachra style.[citation needed] His death marked the end of the travelling fiddlemasters of Munster.
There is no great consistency in the spelling of the anglicised version of his name. On returns from the 1901 census, he is listed as Patrick O'Keeffe. He was known locally as Patrick or Pádraic Keeffe. On recording labels his surname is recorded as O'Keeffe (and incorrectly) O'Keefe.