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Taylor, [?]

?-?

bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name

Lived and worked in Drogheda, Co. Louth; Father of Charles and William, he built organs and manufactured bagpipes; He used to play the pipes, as well, but lost all taste for playing himself when he came to realise that he was excelled as a performer by his son Billy.

Instrument: Uilleann pipe(s)


Sources

O’Neill, Francis: Irish minstrels and musicians: the story of Irish music [Chicago, 1913]. Cork, 1987 [facsimile], p.160.