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. Name There is a townland on the southern edge of the town called Poulawillin or Pollawillin ...

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,81 ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. __NOTOC__ 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'':

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Unpublished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 University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ...

.Sleeve notes of the CD "Around the Hills of Clare", available at the site and archive fro
Oidhreacht an Chláir Teo
/ref>

References

External links

Photo

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenihan, Tom 1908 births 1990 deaths Musicians from County Clare Irish folk singers 20th-century Irish male singers People from Milltown Malbay Topic Records artists