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Francis G. Neylon (July 3, 1921 - December 10, 1983) was an Irish flute player (concert flute, piccolo). He was inducted into the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Hall of Fame for the Northeast Region of the North American Province on February 19, 2000.

Francis "Frank" Neylon was born in in Kilnaboy, Co. Clare, Ireland. He played the concert flute with the Kilfenora Ceili Band and also played on Radio Eireann while in Ireland. He came to the United States in July, 1949 and settled in Cambridge, MA.

An accomplished Irish musician of the traditional school, self-taught and playing by ear, Neylon won many medals at Feis in Boston and New York in the 1950s. While in the U.S., he played the concert flute with The Tara Ceili Band, The New State Ceili Band, The Connaught Ceili Band and Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Hanafin-Cooley branch. He recorded a series of 78 rpm records for the Copley record label with Paddy Cronin, along with other sessions with Joe Derrane and Jerry O’Brien in the early 1950s, and Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann in 1981. He resided in Somerville, MA, working for Finast (First National Stores) and then the Boston and Maine Railroad.

Links: Copley Records http://www.tedmcgraw.com/iweb%20published%20to%20computer/iWebSite2/OBD.html CCE HOF http://cceboston.org/hall-of-fame/ CCE NE HOF http://www.ccenortheast.org/cce-north-east-region-hall-of-fame-honories.html We're Still Irish http://www.capeirish.com/tune_vault/#irish 78s https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Frank+Neylon+and+Paddy+Cronin%22 Tara http://irishboston.blogspot.com/2012/10/larry-reynolds-and-bostons-tara-ceili.html