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Martin McGinley, who is originally from Raphoe, County Donegal, is a former BBC journalist and also edited the Derry Journal, the Donegal Democrat and the Donegal People's Press. He ran his own PR company Martin McGinley PR. He is now music development manager with the Donegal Music Education Partnership, based in Letterkenny. He is also a traditional fiddler player, and a founding member (1989–1990) of Dervish. He presented the RTÉ television series The Pure Drop, and presented radio programmes on traditional Irish music on RTÉ Radio 1 and BBC Radio 3.

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-'''Martin McGinley''', from [[Raphoe]], [[County Donegal]] is an Irish traditional [[fiddle]] player and currently editor of the ''[[Derry Journal]]'', an influential regional newspaper in [[Northern Ireland]]. He is a former presenter of the ''Pure Drop'' traditional music series on the Irish television station [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]], and has also presented radio programmes on [[RTÉ Radio 1]], [[BBC Radio Ulster]] and [[BBC Radio 3]]. In the 1990s he worked as a radio and television reporter with [[BBC Northern Ireland]] in [[Belfast]] and subsequently ran The Sail Inn pub in [[Killybegs]], [[County Donegal]]. He lives in [[Fahan]], County [[Donegal]].
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+'''Martin McGinley''', who is originally from [[Raphoe]], [[County Donegal]], is a former BBC journalist and also edited the ''[[Derry Journal]]'', the ''[[Donegal Democrat]]'' and the ''[[Donegal People's Press]]''. He ran his own PR company Martin McGinley PR. He is now music development manager with the Donegal Music Education Partnership, based in Letterkenny. He is also a traditional fiddler player, and a founding member (1989–1990) of [[Dervish (band)|Dervish]]. He presented the RTÉ television series ''The Pure Drop'', and presented radio programmes on traditional Irish music on [[RTÉ Radio 1]] and [[BBC Radio 3]].
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