Michael o suilleabhain biography books

Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin pictured at the National Gallery of Ireland in when he became the inaugural chair of Culture Ireland, a national agency responsible for promoting Irish arts overseas.

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By Daniel Neely

The world of Irish music lost one of its most prominent leaders last Wednesday in the passing of pianist, composer, and academic Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.

Michael o suilleabhain biography books

A champion of the serious study of traditional music who merged elements of classical and traditional musics in his own compositional work, he was the Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Limerick. He was 67 years old.

President Higgins, an old friend, attended the funeral with hundreds of others on Monday at St.

Senan’s Church, Kilrush, Co. Clare.

Ó Súilleabháin came from an impressive academic background. He earned both h