What Happened To Mick Moloney, Mick Moloney Died

What Happened To Mick Moloney?

Mick Maloney was a traditional Irish Musician and a scholar. He served as the artistic director for several art tours including the Green Fields of America. The tour included an ensemble of Irish Musicians, singers and dancers who toured across America on multiple occasions. He passed away on July 28, 2022 at the age of 77 surrounded by friends and family. Many people have written their condolences on social media pages.  

Mick Moloney Died

Mick Maloney passed away today at the age of 77. He was born in 1944 in Limerick, Ireland and when he was sixteen years old he started learning how to play the banjo. He listened to a lot of American folk singers like Weavers and Burl Ives. He learned to sing and play music by tapping the music that was played at pubs and studying them when he got back home. He learned to play traditional instruments and sing songs that way. 

Mick Moloney, How Did He Die?

Mick Maloney’s cause of death has not been revealed by his family. He will be remembered as a great Irish musician. Paul Keating, a writer for Irish Central, wrote “As one of the pre-eminent folklorists in Irish American music history, Dr Mick Moloney has spent a lot of time in the 19th and 20th centuries studying aspects of performance, especially as it appeals to the Irish emigrant community in the United States. I am not sure anyone can juggle a roster of artists like he can in the series of shows he has been doing for the Irish Arts Center."

Mick Moloney 

Ted Smyth, Chairman of NYU Glucksman House said, “I can’t believe that the great Mick Moloney, Global Distinguished Professor at Glucksman Ireland House NYU, has died. Such terribly sad and shocking news and a critical loss to Ireland, to Irish America and to Irish music worldwide. A great flame of musical joy and friendship has been extinguished.” There are a lot of people who have expressed their sadness at his passing. 

Mick Moloney Obituary

Ted Smyth wrote that Mick Maloney “donated his talents to many public causes, memorably performing online from Thailand for a series of “Irish for Biden” events in 2020." He also wrote “Although we’ve been friends for decades, I had the pleasure only recently of taking his History of Irish American Music MA class at NYU, relishing Mick’s immense love of research, his inclusivity, his humanity, and his talent for teaching. After class, Mick was always happy to join students for a cuppa tea at a local hostel.”