See also edit

  • Liam Dall Connolly and his brother, John Connolly. Liam's son, William Connolly (born 1839).
  • William Madden, d. 1855.
  • Oewn Cunnigam, b. Athenry, fl. 1861
  • John "Sarsfield" Morris, of Clydagh, Headford, fl. 1830's.
  • Owen and Patrick R. Bohan, of Clonbare, Co. Gal, fl. 1850's
  • James O'Brien, of Swineford, born c. 1823
  • Paddy Walsh, also Mayo
  • Frank and Michael Wallace of Westport
  • John Egan, the albino piper, Dunmore, Gal, b. 1840, d. NYC 1897
  • Martin Kennevy, d. 1890, of Galw.
  • Pat McDonagh, galway, v. old in 1898
  • Johnny Moore, b. near Galway, 1834, d. 1887.
  • Bartley Murphy, Loughrea?, son John, b. Boston, 1865-87.
  • Thomas McCarthy, 1799-1904, near Ballybunnion, Kerry.


  • John Coughland of Portunma and Austrla, 1862-1908
  • Edward Joyce, b. Boston 1861, parents of Galway, dead 1897.

[from Irish Minstrels and Musicians, Capt. Francis O'Neill, Chicago, Regan Printing House, 1913]

CHAPTER XXI

FAMOUS PIPERS WHO FLOURISHED PRINCIPALLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY