Tom Lenihan (1908–1990) was a well known Irish traditional singer from
Milltown Malbay
Milltown Malbay (), also Miltown Malbay, is a town in the west of County Clare, Ireland, near Spanish Point. The population was 829 at the 2016 Census.
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County Clare
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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'':
Recordings
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Unpublished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
Tom Munnelly (25 May 1944 – 30 August 2007) was an Irish folk-song collector.
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 ...
about folklore. Made on behalf of the
Department of Irish Folklore,
University College Dublin
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[Sleeve notes of the CD "Around the Hills of Clare", available at the site and archive fro]
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1908 births
1990 deaths
Musicians from County Clare
Irish folk singers
20th-century Irish male singers
People from Milltown Malbay
Topic Records artists