Tomás Ó Cainann is Unwell
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Tomás Ó Cainann is Unwell
A close friend writes that the great poet, teacher, writer, and piper Tomás Ó Canainn is in very poor health and is hospitalized in Cork. Word is that he may be moved into hospice care very soon; I won't speculate on this but I don't have a good feeling.
I'll never forget meeting him when he came to my friend's wedding here in Kentucky. He carried his pipes in a duffel bag because the case wouldn't fit on the plane. He was the first uilleann piper I met in the flesh, and in some ways I have him to blame for everything.
Please send your thoughts and prayers for the universe to be as decent to Tomás as he has been to all the souls he's met in his travels on this old earth. He is truly one-of-a-kind.
I'll never forget meeting him when he came to my friend's wedding here in Kentucky. He carried his pipes in a duffel bag because the case wouldn't fit on the plane. He was the first uilleann piper I met in the flesh, and in some ways I have him to blame for everything.
Please send your thoughts and prayers for the universe to be as decent to Tomás as he has been to all the souls he's met in his travels on this old earth. He is truly one-of-a-kind.
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Here is a nice interview with the man himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoOjfdQcGyY
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I just bought and am enjoying his slow airs book. Prayers for him and his family.
Deartháir don phaidir an port.
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A few years back a guy at a Language Institute here in Japan surprised me when he said
there was an piper studying Japanese there.
It turned out to be Tomás Ó Cainann.
http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/engl ... nt_42.html
I hope everything goes well with him.
there was an piper studying Japanese there.
It turned out to be Tomás Ó Cainann.
http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/engl ... nt_42.html
I hope everything goes well with him.
'The people who play the flat pipes usually have more peace of mind. I like that.'
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Tomás Ó Canainn passed away this morning.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
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Sorry to hear this. A very nice fellow.
Tomas was one of the first pipers I ever met, when he was with Na Fili and playing in London in the early '70's.
Tomas was one of the first pipers I ever met, when he was with Na Fili and playing in London in the early '70's.
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I'm so very sorry to hear this. What a remarkable man.PadraigB wrote:Tomás Ó Canainn passed away this morning.
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My condolences to his family and friends. I never met Tomás, but I liked his music. I met Tomás daughter one rainy night in Miltown Malbay, in a shop doorway back in 2001. She played the fiddle and talked about her dad.
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Condolences to his family.
Not only a piper but a man of many talents.
Wasn't he in the famous 1968 Bettystown photo?
Not only a piper but a man of many talents.
Wasn't he in the famous 1968 Bettystown photo?
'The people who play the flat pipes usually have more peace of mind. I like that.'
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I met him some years back, he took a class I was in, his humor had us all crying with laughter. A great scholar great musician, and a gentleman, I am very sad to hear this news. RIP Tomás and thank you for all you have done for the music and language.
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Peace to you and healing to your family, Tomás. I know there will be many, many fond memories.
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Obituary in the Irish Times : Pennyburn's Polymath Piper.
My brain hurts
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Alas. And I just received in the mail today his book "Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland".
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. (Anything is more impressive if you say it in Latin)