Jackson, Walker
1716-1798piper (&c.) mentioned by name
One of the 13 "Gentlemen pipers", mentioned in O’Neill (Chapter XVIII: p.180-193 [in which his first name is incorrectly spelt Walter]), he was "the most celebrated Irish piper of the 18th century, or perhaps of any age, taking all things into consideration"; and a gentleman […] who "won undying fame not alone for his skill as a performer on the Union pipes, but [also] for his versatility as a composer of music suitable for that instrument".
Instrument: Uilleann pipe(s)
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.182-183 & passim.