Gandsey, James
ca. 1767-1857piper (&c.) mentioned by name
Born in Killarney; Almost blind from smallpox; Long distinguished as "Lord Headley’s piper"; According to O’Neill, he "appears to have been unrivalled in his day, at least as far as musicians of his class had come within the scope of Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Hall’s observation in their comprehensive travels throughout Ireland in the 1830s".
Instrument: Uilleann pipe(s)
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.205-206.
Airs du temps: cornemuses du monde, musiques des régions. Ploezal, 1996, p.37*.