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Birth name
  
Tomas Mac Eoin

Genres
  
Sean-nos song

Role
  
Singer


Name
  
Tomas Eoin

Associated acts
  
Albums
  
Fisherman\'s Blues

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Occupation(s)
  
Farmer, Writer, Composer

Music group
  
The Waterboys (1988 – 1989)

Similar People
  
Guy Chambers, Eddi Reader, Ian McNabb, Karl Wallinger, Mike Scott

Bl an na b amhr n na b le tomas mac eoin anam an amhra n irish gaeilge


Tomás Mac Eoin (born 1937) is an Irish sean-nós singer, an affectionate actor, singer, songwriter and poet. He is best known as Tomás 'Jimmy' Mac Eoin from An Bóthar Buí in An Cheathrú Rua, Conamara, Galway, Ireland.

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Irish is the spoken language, although Tomás, like most others in the area, is proficient in English also. As with many people in the West, his life seems to revolve around music. Although probably too modest to ever admit it, he seems to have an unending capacity for song-making. It has been said of him – "the man has forgotten more songs than most people would be able to learn in a lifetime of serious collecting". Renowned for his old-style or sean-nós singing, he was voted the best sean-nós singer in Ireland in 1967 at the Oireachtas competitions and won the Ó'Riada Trophy.

Some of Tomás's best known material include

  • The Stolen Child ** (Tomás Mac Eoin / Mike Scott)
  • An Cailín Álainn
  • Bleán na Bó
  • Amhrán an Bhingó
  • An Rock an' Roll
  • Regular singer on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, he also performed on The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne several times.

    Appeared on the Fisherman's Blues album with the Waterboys

    Songs

    And a Bang on the EarFisherman's Blues · 1988
    Sweet ThingFisherman's Blues · 1988
    When Ye Go AwayFisherman's Blues · 1988

    References

    Tomás Mac Eoin Wikipedia


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