Also known as Seán 'ac onna Occupation(s) Singer Died 1996 Record label Gael Linn | Genres Irish traditional Labels Gael Linn Genre Folk music of Ireland | |
Similar Darach Ó Catháin, Joe Heaney, Nioclás Tóibín, Paddy Canny, Denis Murphy | ||
Sea n ac dhonncha bean pha idi n
Seán 'ac Dhonncha (alternatively, Seán 'ac onna, Johnny Joe Pheaitsín), 1919–1996, was a traditional Irish singer.
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Born born in Carna, Conamara, Co. Galway the son of a fishman, his siblings were Joe, Matt, Páraic,Bairbre, Bríd, Máiréad, Nóra, Eilís and Mary. A schoolfriend of Seosamh Ó hÉanaí, 'ac Dhonncha won a scholarship to Coláiste Éinde and qualified as a primary teacher in 1940. He taught in County Cavan from 1947, and later spent twenty five years as principal of Ahascragh national school.
He was the first traditional singer to record with Gael Linn; won a gold medal at the 1953 Oireachtas; and was awarded the Gradam Shean-Nós Cois Life in 1995. In 1971, Claddagh Records released An Aill Báin (The White Rock): Songs in Irish and English from Connemara. In 1994, Cló Iar-Chonnachta released a CD of his songs in Irish and English, entitled Seán 'ac Dhonncha: An Spailpín Fánach."
He married Bríd Ní Eidhn in 1956. They had children Féilim, Páraic, MacDara, Seán, and Sinéad.
Se n ac dhonncha an buinne n bu
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An Buinneán Buí
Bean Pháidín
Song: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor