Edmund Keating Hyland

Edmund Keating Hyland (Irish: Éamonn Céitinn Ó Haoláin; 1780 – 1845) was an Irish uilleann piper of the early 19th century.[1][2]

Edmund Keating Hyland
Born1780
Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died1845 (age 65)
Dublin, Ireland
GenresIrish traditional music
Occupation(s)Piper
Instrumentsuilleann pipes
Years active1799–1845
Keating Hyland plaque, Cahir

Biography

Keating Hyland was born in Cahir around 1780. At 15, he was blinded by smallpox. At 20, he studied music theory under John Andrew Stevenson in Dublin.[3]

He composed the famous jig entitled "The Fox Chase" (based on an earlier eight-bar work, Maidrin Ruadh),[4] and performed it before King George IV in 1821.[5][6][7] The king awarded him new pipes worth fifty guineas.[8]

He died in Dublin in 1845, aged 65.[9]

Commemoration

A statue in bronze of Keating Hyland stands in Cahir's main square, sculpted by Mona Croome Carroll and paid for by Lady Margaret Butler-Charteris.[10][11]

References
  1. Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - The plaque to Edmund Keating Hyland who was a distinguished Piper in Cahir Ireland 14 08 06". Alamy.
  2. "Comhaltas: Forgotten Pipers of Tipperary". comhaltas.ie.
  3. http://billhaneman.ie/IMM/IMM-XIX.html
  4. http://eprints.dkit.ie/383/1/Fiddler%20Magazine%20-%20Descriptive%20Piece%20-%20Drunken%20Kelly.pdf
  5. O'Neill, Francis (November 18, 1913). "Irish Minstrels and Musicians: With Numerous Dissertations on Related Subjects". Regan Printing House – via Google Books.
  6. "The Fox Chase (jig) on The Session" – via thesession.org.
  7. Morton, David C. (November 18, 1993). "DeFord Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music". Univ. of Tennessee Press – via Google Books.
  8. The Irish Times (Thursday, April 1, 1971), page 15.
  9. Flood, William Henry Grattan. "The story of the bagpipe". Рипол Классик – via Google Books.
  10. Ginna, Robert Emmett (November 18, 2003). "The Irish Way: A Walk Through Ireland's Past and Present". Random House – via Google Books.
  11. Ayers, Lynne (January 20, 2016). "Statues & Sculptures/3".
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