Morrissey, Mollie
ca. 1891-?female piper (&c.) mentioned by name
According to O’Neill "one of the aptest learners on the Union pipes that Mr. Wayland [i.e. John Smithwick Wayland, of the Cork Pipers’ Club; ws] ever instructed, and in the matter of memorizing new strains she had no equal, it being nothing unusual for her to add 4 or 5 new tunes to her repertoire of an evening"; The "Ladies’ Pictorial" of June 10, 1905, describes her as a "fideogist [which appears to be a Flageolet player; Compare Feadóg (a tin whistle factory); ws], harpist, pianist, violinist, bagpiper and stepdancer, at the age of 14".
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, 334-336*.
ws (linguistics [➺ Dictionaries, &c.]: fideogist)