Tomás Mac Eoin
Tomás Mac Eoin | |
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| Birth name | Tomás Mac Eoin |
| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) An Cheathru Rua, Ireland |
| Genres | Sean-nós |
| Occupations | Farmer, writer, composer |
| Awards: Best sean-nós singer in Ireland in 1967 at the Oireachtas competitions and won the Ó'Riada Trophy | |
Tomás Mac Eoin (born 1937) is an Irish
Conamara, Galway
, Ireland.
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.[1]
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
The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne
several times.
Appeared on the Fisherman's Blues album with the Waterboys
See also
References
- ^ The Wayfarer December 1988 Archived 7 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Waterboys Fisherman Blues review
- Rolling Stone Review
- Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2002 recorded material
- Interview with Máirtín Tom Sheáinín on Ardtráthnóna with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta
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