Eoghain Ó Cianáin
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Eoghain Ó Cianáin, alias Owen Keynan, is listed as of Cappervarget,
County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...
in a
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of 1540, which states he was a
harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or ...
er and a servant of
Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare Gerard FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1487 – 12 December 1534; Irish: ''Gearóid Óg Mac Gearailt'', meaning "Young Gerald FitzGerald"), was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish history. In 1513 he inherited the title of Earl of Kildar ...
. Captain
Francis O'Neill Francis O'Neill (; August 28, 1848 – January 26, 1936) was an Irish-born American police officer and collector of Irish traditional music. His biographer Nicholas Carolan referred to him as "the greatest individual influence on the evolution ...
notes that he was also term a rymour, a poet, and apparently was blind. He had a son, Cornelius Ó Cianáin, known as Cornelius the Bard. The
Ó Cianáin Ó Cianáin was the name of a Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish Brehon family. They were originally erenaghs of the parish of Cleenish, Lough Erne, but who had served for several centuries as historians to McGuire (disambiguation), Mag Uidir of Fer ...
family included people such as the historian/genealogist Adhamh Ó Cianáin (died 1373) and the travel writer,
Tadhg Og Ó Cianáin Tadhg, also Taḋg ( , ), (pronunciations given for the name ''Tadhg'' separately from those for the slang/pejorative ''Teague''.) commonly anglicized as "Taig" or "Teague", is an Irish and Scottish Gaelic masculine name that was very common ...
(died c. 1614).


See also

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Clàrsach The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as in Irish, in Scottish Gaelic, in Breton and in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring gr ...
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Amhlaeibh Mac Innaighneorach Amhlaeibh Mac Innaighneorach, Chief Harper of Ireland, died 1168. Mac Innaighneorach is one of the earliest recorded Irish professional musicians. The Annals of the Four Masters call him the ''chief ollamh of Ireland in harp-playing'' but provide ...
, Chief Harper of Ireland, died 1168 *
Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill Maol Ruanaidh Cam Ó Cearbhaill, otherwise ''An Giolla Caoch'' and ''Cam Ó Cearbhaill'', sometimes anglicised as Cam O'Kayrwill (died 10 June 1329) was a notable Irish harpist and player of the tiompan, murdered with many others at the Bragan ...
, tiompanist, murdered Saturday 10 June 1329 *
Donell Dubh Ó Cathail Donell Dubh Ó Cathail aniel Duff O'Cahill(c.1580–c.1660) was an Irish musician, a performer on the Irish harp. Family Ó Cathail was the son of a Cormac Ó Cathail, and a nephew or close relative of the Donell Óge Ó Cathail, harper to E ...
, harper to
Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudo ...
, c. 1560s-c.1660 *
Thomas Connellan Thomas Connellan ( – 1698) was an Irish harp player and composer. Life Connellan was born about 1625 at Cloonmahon, County Sligo. Both he and his brother William Connellan became harpers. Thomas is reputed to have composed between 700 and ...
(c. 1640/1645 – 1698), composer and harpist *
Turlough O'Carolan Turlough O'Carolan ( ; 1670 – 25 March 1738) was a blind Celtic harper, composer and singer in Ireland whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. Although not a composer in the classical sense, Carolan is considered by som ...
(1670-1739), harpist *
Mary O'Hara Mary O'Hara (born 12 May 1935) is an Irish soprano and harpist from County Sligo. She gained attention on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her recordings of that period influenced a generation of Irish female singer ...
(1935), harpist


References

* Page 26, ''Irish Minstrels and Musicians'', by Capt.
Francis O'Neill Francis O'Neill (; August 28, 1848 – January 26, 1936) was an Irish-born American police officer and collector of Irish traditional music. His biographer Nicholas Carolan referred to him as "the greatest individual influence on the evolution ...
, 1913. * "The Learned Family of Ó Cianáin/Keenan",
Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Life and career A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó Muraíle ...
, in ''Clougher Record'', pp. 387–436, 2005. {{DEFAULTSORT:OCianain, Eoghain 16th-century Irish male musicians Musicians from County Kildare Irish male harpists Irish blind musicians Irish harpists 16th-century Irish harpists