Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
|
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born | May 28, 1955 Ennis, County Clare, Ireland
|
| Nationality | Irish |
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (born May 28, 1955) is an expert from Ireland. He studies music, history, and culture, especially Irish music. He is also a writer and a musician. He focuses on how Irish music and culture have spread around the world.
Contents
Meet Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin was born in Ennis, a town in County Clare, Ireland. He used to be a member of The Kilfenora Céilí Band. This is a famous traditional Irish music group.
He is a very talented musician. He has won the All Ireland Champion title five times! He plays the uilleann pipes, the concertina, and performs in a céili band. He learned to play the concertina from a master musician named Paddy Murphy.
Gearóid has played and recorded music with many well-known Irish fiddlers. These include Paddy Canny, Peadar O'Loughlin, and Martin Hayes. He has also played with Patrick Ourceau and Pierre Schryer.
His Education and Work
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin went to several universities. He studied at University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. He also studied in Paris, France, at Université de la Sorbonne. Later, he earned a PhD in 1990. His PhD was in social anthropology and ethnomusicology from Queen's University Belfast. Ethnomusicology is the study of music from different cultures.
From 2000 to 2009, he was a special professor at the University of Missouri–St. Louis in the United States. He taught about Irish culture and music there.
Since 2009, he has held an important position at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the first person to hold the Johnson Chair in Quebec and Canadian Irish Studies. This university is one of the few that offers special courses in Irish Studies. These courses teach about Ireland's history, culture, and how Irish immigrants have helped shape Canada.
Books and Films by Gearóid
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin has created many interesting works. He has written books and made films about Irish music and history.
- Filmmaker: He made a documentary film called Lost Children of the Carricks in 2019. This film was produced by Celtic Crossings Productions.
- Author: He wrote A Short History Of Irish Traditional Music in 2017. This book tells the story of traditional Irish music.
- Author: Another book he wrote is Flowing Tides–History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape (2016).
- Author: He also wrote A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music in 1998.
- Producer: He helped create The Paddy Murphy Memorial Project. This project helps keep the music of Paddy Murphy alive. Paddy Murphy was a pioneer of the Irish concertina.
- Consultant: He was a consultant for Photos to Send. This is a documentary about a photographer named Dorothy Lange's trip to Ireland.
His Music Recordings
Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin has also released several music recordings.
- Traditional Music From Clare and Beyond (1996): He recorded this album with famous Irish fiddlers like Paddy Canny, Peader O'Loughlin, and Martin Hayes.
- Tracin' (1999): This is a classic duet album with fiddler Patrick Ourceau.
- The Independence Suite (2004): This recording features traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton.
- Paddy Murphy: Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina (2007): This recording helps preserve the music of his teacher, Paddy Murphy. It was also released as a digital archive in 2008.
