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One of Irelands’ leading bronze sculptors
- Seamus Connolly is one of Irelands’ leading bronze sculptors, living and working in Kilbaha in West Clare. He is most well known for his highly acclaimed real-life commissions such as that of Richard Harris as a young man in Kilkee – which was opened by Hollywood star Russell Crowe - and that of John B Keane in Listowel, Co. Kerry.
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Séamus Connolly has the distinction of being one of just five fiddlers (as of 2016) ever to win two All-Ireland senior solo championships and the only fiddler ever to win both the under-age-18 solo title and the senior solo title in the same year, 1961, before the rules were changed.
Musician, teacher, and scholar, Séamus Connolly is recognized worldwide as a master traditional Irish musician. Born in Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland, into a musical family where both his parents and two brothers played instruments, he began playing the fiddle at age 12.
Seamus Connolly is one of Irelands’ leading bronze sculptors, living and working in Kilbaha in West Clare. He is most well known for his highly acclaimed real-life commissions such as that of Richard Harris as a young man in Kilkee – which was opened by Hollywood star Russell Crowe - and that of John B Keane in Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Sep 4, 2018 · Fiddler Séamus Connolly was born in Killaloe, Clare, in 1944. He’s Ten times All-Ireland champion. In his earlier days in Ireland he was fortunate to play with many of the giants in the world of music, men and women who kept traditional music alive through difficult periods of change.
Séamus Connolly was born into a musical family in Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland. He started playing fiddle at age 12, teaching himself by listening to 78-rpm records that he played at a slower speed.
The collection will feature traditional tunes and songs collected by master fiddle player Séamus Connolly, who was Sullivan Family Artist-in-Residence at Boston College from 2004 to 2015.
http://at.bc.edu/afiddlersfarewell/ The winner of 10 all-Ireland fiddle championships—the first when he was 13 years old—Séamus Connolly began teaching Irish...
