Born in 1928, Jack Doyle emigrated to New York in 1947 and played professionally in New York and Chicago before returning in 1963 to Ireland, where he settled at Camp, on the road between Tralee and Dingle, Co. Kerry. He grew up in a family of musicians; his parents played the concertina, flute and fiddle, his brother Tom also played the accordion and another brother, Stanley, played the fiddle.
There's a lovely publicity shot of him taken for RTÉ's 'The Long Note' (Jack was featured in the programme broadcast on 22 February 1990) in Camp, County Kerry, at the time, in the RTE Stills Library:
https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/image/2295/017.html. The accordion he's holding in the photo is by the Baldoni, Bartoli Company of New York, and it's their Model 730 - Professional Model.
His
Death Notice: Jack Doyle of Foilnatrasnig, Camp, Co. Kerry on 23rd March 2016. Reposing at his son John's home- Camp Junction House- on Good Friday from 4pm to 8pm. Liturgy of the Word on Saturday at 11am in St. Mary's Church, Camp. Interment afterwards in the New Cemetery, Camp. Donations in lieu of flowers to the Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital Kerry or Dingle Community Hospital.