School: Gallach (roll number 16464)
- Location:
- Gallagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoiléidigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)and dances in the country houses around Ballinasloe. He was at all the Feiseanna in the small towns round Ballinasloe. Any Feis or wedding was not considered any good if Denny Delaney was not present. He did not play any musical instrument only the bag-pipes. He was an expert piper and he was brought over to England every year to play at an Irish concert which was held in London on Saint Patricks day the 17th March and his son used to accompany him in England. One year he won a gold cup in England and he was the best piper in England, Ireland and Scotland. I read in a book that Denny Delaney made pieces of his own and then he played them and also no matter how many times he went to Ballinasloe in the day he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Kilgannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greenville, Co. Galway
