O’Mealy, Richard Lewis
1873-1947bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name
Born in a house called "Templecross cottage" [NE of Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath] in the townland of Tristernagh, parish of Kilbixy, near an old ruined chapel and burial ground that gave the cottage its name; He was the youngest of 9 children; His 8 siblings were Edward ("Ned", a piper), William and Johnny (fiddlers), Robert (who died a baby), Katie (a concertina and fiddle player), Letitia, Isabella and Louisa Annie; Most of his adult life he lived in Belfast, where he was renowned as a piper, broadcaster, piping teacher and pipe maker; NB: ➺ Francis McPeake.
Instrument: Uilleann pipe(s)
Airs du temps: cornemuses du monde, musiques des régions. Ploezal, 1996, p.37* (O’Meally).
O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.164-166* & passim.