John Egan (1840–1897) was an Irish piper. Egan, known as ''The Albino piper'' was a native of

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, County Galway. Like his countryman Patsy Touhey, he was lefthanded. His tutor in pipe music as Liam Dáll Connolly, and his grandson, John Burke (piper). He emigrated to the

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and spent much of his subsequent life in

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, barring tours with John Cronan and Patsy Touhey across eastern states.

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preserves a comment by Nicholas Burke on Egan, who stated that Egan "was a grand player and very powerful in his music." Egan died in New York in 1897.

References

* ''Famous Pipers who flourished principally in the second half of the nineteenth century'' Chapter 21 in ''Irish Minstrels and Musicians'', by Capt.

, 1913.

External links

* http://billhaneman.ie/IMM/IMM-XXI.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Egan, John 1840 births 1897 deaths Musicians from County Galway Musicians from New York City Irish expatriates in the United States Irish male uilleann pipers 19th-century Irish uilleann pipers 19th-century Irish male musicians