Tom Lenihan
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Biography
Tom Lenihan (1908â1990) was a well known Irish traditional singer from Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland. Tom and Margaret Lenihan (born Vaughan) lived in a farmhouse in Knockbrack, a few miles outside Miltown Malbay. He was a farmer and the local butcher. According to the sleevenotes of the CD Around the Hills of Clare:
Tom had a very large repertoire and positive ideas about singing. He insisted that the story was most important aspect; the singer's involvement with the song was paramount. To him it was vital that the singer used speech pat-terns, made sense of the words, singing them as close as possible to the way one would speak; to fit the tune to the words, not to make the words fit the tune. One can appreciate why Tom had so many narrative songs in his repertoire; his attitude to singing is illustrated on the two tracks of speech.
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Albums
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- Talk of Music at Lenihan's
- A Wintry Evening
- St. James' Hospital
- Talk: Garrett Barry And 'Hurry the Jug' (Lilted)
- The Lake of Coolfin
- Paddy's Panacea
- Talk of Thady Casey the Dancing Master
- Talk: Fair Days in Miltown Malbay
- Pat O'brien
- Paddy, The Cockney and the Ass
- Talk: Straw Boys
- The Holland Handkerchief
- The Bobbed Hair
- Fair London Town
