McCarthy, May
?-?female piper (&c.) mentioned by name
Born "within earshot of the far-famed Bells of Shandon" (in Cork), she was a pupil of John Smithwick Wayland, and a member of the "Cork Pipers’ Club" (founded 1898); She won 1st prize at Munster Feis "in recent years" [i.e. before 1912], also played the Irish Warpipes and was a step dancer, as well; NB¹: ➺ Survey of female pipers; NB²: In "Ethnomusicology Ireland" 2/3 (July 2013), p.1-21, the American author Tes Slominski gives a critical analysis of descriptions, by O’Neill and others, regarding female musicians.
Instrument: Uilleann pipe(s)
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.330, 332-334*, 483*.