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Joe Heaney
12+ albums
irishfolksean-noscelticgaelic
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Joe Heany was an Irish singer, born in 1919 in Áird Thoir, Cana in the Gaeltacht (Irish speaking community). After a difficult life travelling back and forth Ireland and UK, he emigrated to Manhatten after getting in contact with singers such as Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, and with them he prerecordet "The Road from Connemara". In America, he worked as a gatekeeper, until being introduced to the Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut by Mick Moloney. At last he worked at a university in Seattle, where he lived and continued to work until his death in 1984. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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The Rocks Of Bawn
1,7052Suantraí
8903The Valley of Knockanure
7784The West of Ireland
5935Oro, Se do Bheatha 'Bhaile!
5826The Wife Of The Bold Tenant Farmer
4967The Glen of Aherlow
4778Bean An Leanna (The Woman With The Beer)
4629Song of the Drowning
45110Caoineadh Na Tri Mhuire (The Lament of the Three Marys)
384albums
The Road from Connemara
Irish Traditional Songs in Gaelic & English
Say a Song
Say a Song: Joe Heaney in the Pacific Northwest- Irish Songs in the Old Style
From My Tradition: The Best Of Joe Heaney
Classic Celtic Music From Smithsonian Folkways
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Three Score & Ten - A Journey Back In Time
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Beginners Guide To Ireland
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Irish Music in London Pubs
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Music In Ireland
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Voice of the People 08: A Story I'm Just About To Tell
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The Voice Of The People Vol. 8: A Story...