Rowsome, Leo

Born in Harold’s Cross (Irish: Cros Araild), an urban village and inner suburb, South Dublin; He was the first uilleann piper to perform on Irish National Radio in the early 1920s, and the first Irish artist to perform on BBC TV (1933); In his »Irish minstrels and musicians« (1913) O’Neill mentions 5 members of the Rowsome family who were pipers and pipe makers: Samuel (ca.1824-?), Leo’s grandfather, and his sons John (ca.1865-?), Thomas ("Tom"; ca.1866-?), William (Leo’s father), and Samuel Jr. (1895-?), Leo’s brother; Leo’s oldest son, Leon (1936-1994), was also a pipe maker and piper; Leon’s son (Leo’s grandson) Kevin Rowsome is an accomplished 5th-generation uilleann piper; Leon’s grandson (Leo’s great-grandson) Mark Óg Lysaght (*2000) has continued the chain, being a 6th-generation uilleann piper; NB: ➺ Liam O’Flynn.