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Name
  
Tom Lenihan

Role
  
Singer

Albums
  
Paddy's Panacea


Tom Lenihan

Died
  
1990, Milltown Malbay, Republic of Ireland

Similar People
  
Willie Clancy, Micho Russell, The Kilfenora Ceili Band, Martin Hayes

The hills of clare tom lenihan


Tom Lenihan (1908–1990) was a well known Irish traditional singer from Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland.

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Tom Lenihan Clare County Library Songs of Clare Tom Lenihan

Tom and Margaret Lenihan (born Vaughan) lived in a farmhouse in Knockbrack, a few miles outside Miltown Malbay. He was a farmer and the local butcher.

According to the sleevenotes of the CD Around the Hills of Clare:

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Solo albums

  • Paddy's Panacea, 1978, Topic Records
  • The Mount Callan Garland: songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, county Clare. 1994. Collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy.Double cassette, accompanied by a book.

    • Anthologies

  • Irish Voices, 1997, Topic
  • Hurry The Jug, 1996, Globestyle
  • Come All My Lads that Follow The Plough (Voice of the People Vol 5), 1998, Topic
  • They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Sherry, 1998, Topic (only one song)
  • As Me and My Love Sat Courting: Songs of Love (Voice of the People Vol 15), 1998, Topic (only one song)
  • Around the Hills of Clare

    • Unpublished

  • Recordings made by Tom Munnelly about folkore. Made on behalf of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin.

    • References

    Tom Lenihan Wikipedia
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