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Tony Shiels
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(1938 - 11th July 2024)
Born in Salford, Lancashire, England. Inspired as a young lad seeing Dante, Cecil Lyle, Galli Galli, and other magi at the Blackpool Palace Theatre. Artist by profession. Part-time pro magician since c1963. Pro tent show with mental magic and mentalism. A pioneer in bizarre magick. His daughter, "Cait Sidh", also participated as a witch. Moved in the 1990s to the west of Ireland.
See also the book Monstrum! A Wizards Tale and www.francis-shiels.co.uk where you can see some of Tony's paintings.