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