Carolan, Michael
ca. 1810-1894bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name
Native of Co. Louth; Learned the art of pipemaking in his youth; Emigrated to New York; Also a piper, he played the old close-fingering or staccato style; According to O’Neill "his training must have been very thorough, for he could play off the printed page with the greatest facility" (Seemingly a rather rare phenomenon, in his days).
Instrument: Uilleann pipe(s)
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.160.