Crowleys Music 4.71

Crowley's history in the music industry has spanned nearly 100 years of trading and supporting musicians. Tadhg Crowley founded the business in 1923. He was a pipe major, composer and instrument maker. His instruments were shipped all around the world and he famously restored a set of uilleann pipes for Henry Ford (which are on display in the Ford museum in Michigan,
USA). He passed away in 1955 and his only son took over the business at the age of 14.

Michael Crowley brought the business through the disco and rock era and was renowned for his ability to fix any instrument and also for the time he gave his customers. He famously sold Rory Gallagher the Fender American Strat which has since become the
most iconic guitar in the world. Michael had traditional values and loved dealing with the customers directly and resisted the
need for a website, insisting that everybody should feel the instrument they are going to buy.
What he loved more than anything was finding the perfect instrument for every individual. Michael passed away in 2010.
His daughter Sheena ran the company for the next three years doing everything possible to try to save the business but unfortunately was forced to liquidate in August 2013.