Biography:James Sheedy
James Sheedy
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| Given name: | James |
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| Family name: | Sheedy |
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| Profile: | Musician |
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Biographical notes
JAMES SHEEDY was a celebrated Munster piper about whom little is known. Joyce obtained the tune
N:in 1852 from the whistling of farmer Dineen, who had learned it from Sheedy in his youth.
N:Joyce noted Sheedy had "died a very old man, more than thirty years ago," making the probable
N:hey-day of Sheedy in the late 18th century.