Glackin's primary influence came from Donegal fiddlers, most prominently John Doherty the legendary travelling fiddler whom Glackin always cites as his main influence.
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The original line-up included Irish music legends Matt Molloy, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Keenan, Tony MacMahon, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill.
Paddy Reilly | Paddy Power | Paddy O'Connell | Paddy Ashdown | Paddy O'Brien | Paddy Moloney | Paddy Milner | Paddy Keenan | Paddy field | Paddy | Paddy O'Hanlon | Paddy Ladd | Paddy Kingsland | paddy field | Paddy Chayefsky | paddy | Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere | Paddy Toland | Paddy Johnson | Paddy Hopkirk | Paddy Hannan | Paddy Doherty | Paddy (disambiguation) | Paddy Crean International Stage Combat Conferences | Paddy Bush | Paddy Bedford | Paddy Andrews | The Night Paddy Murphy Died | Patrick "Paddy" Reid | Patrick "Paddy" Crean |
Matt Molloy of The Chieftains led the communion with a slow air; Altan members Daithí Sproule, Paul Kelly, Dermot Byrne, Ciaran Curran and Ciaran Tourish blended with mazurkas from fiddler John Doherty, and Paddy Glackin and Dónal Lunny concluded on fiddle and synthesizer playing "Paddy's Rambles in the Park".