Question Of Taste: Declan McCarthy, artistic director of the Baltimore Fiddle Fair

The Skibbereen native includes Tom Waits, Better Call Saul and Moving Hearts in his selections 

Declan McCarthy of Baltimore Fiddle Fair.

Declan McCarthy is artistic director of the Baltimore Fiddle Fair, which takes place in the West Cork village this weekend, May 5-8. A native of Skibbereen, he also helps organise that town’s Arts Festival and works at several other festivals in Ireland and Scotland. 

“My family were in the bar business and after a brief flirtation with college, I found myself running McCarthy’s Bar in Baltimore until we sold it in 2004. Since then I’ve been involved in the arts here in west Cork,” says Declan.