Tomás Mac Eoin
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Tomás Mac Eoin (born 1937) is an Irish sean-nós singer, actor, songwriter and poet. He is best known as Tomás 'Jimmy' Mac Eoin from An Bóthar Buí in An Cheathrú Rua,
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, 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.The Wayfarer December 1988
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
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, he also performed on '' The Late Late Show'' with
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several times. Appeared on the
Fisherman's Blues ''Fisherman's Blues'' is a 1988 album by The Waterboys. The album marked a change in the band's sound, with them abandoning their earlier grandiose rock sound for a mixture of traditional Irish music, traditional Scottish music, country music, a ...
album with the
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Waterboys Fisherman Blues reviewRolling Stone ReviewCló Iar-Chonnachta 2002 recorded materialInterview with Máirtín Tom Sheáinín on Ardtráthnóna
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1937 births 20th-century Irish male singers Living people Musicians from County Galway Sean-nós singers {{Ireland-singer-stub