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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.
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)
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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
Three Score & Ten - A Journey Back In Time
Beginners Guide To Ireland
Irish Music in London Pubs
Music In Ireland
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