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Moloney, Thomas

?-?

maker of bagpipes (&c.) mentioned by name

Worked in Kilrush (Co. Clare), together with his brother Andrew; According to O’Neill they made, on the order of a Mr. Vandaleur, a local landlord, an instrument that is claimed to be "the most elaborate set of bagpipes in existence"; According to a Mr. Nolan they didn’t manufacture many sets, but mainly repairs.

Instrument: Uilleann pipe(s)


Sources

O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.157-158, 338.