Tom Lenihan
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Tom Lenihan was a well known Irish traditional singer out of Milltown Malbay, County Clare
, Ireland
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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:
County Clare
-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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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:
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Unpublished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 MunnellyTom Munnelly-Early years:Tom Munnelly was born in Rathmines in Dublin, and went to Clogher Road technical college. He took up factory work at the age of 15. At a scout camp he became intetersted in folk songs. To enlarge his own repertoire he acquired a tape recorder. In 1965 Munnelly met an Irish Traveller...
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