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

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

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. ↑ O'Neill, Francis (1913). "Chapter XIX - Famous performers on the Irish or Union Pipes in the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth centuries". Irish Minstrels and Musicians. Chicago: Regan Printing House. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Descriptive Piece: 'Drunken Kelly'" (PDF). Eprints.dkit.ie. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ↑ O'Neill, Francis (18 November 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". Thesession.org. 22 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Morton, David C. (18 November 1993). DeFord Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9780870497926 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ The Irish Times (Thursday, 1 April 1971), page 15.
  9. ↑ Flood, William Henry Grattan. The story of the bagpipe. Рипол Классик. ISBN 9781176344228 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Ginna, Robert Emmett (18 November 2003). The Irish Way: A Walk Through Ireland's Past and Present. Random House. ISBN 9780375504303 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Ayers, Lynne (20 January 2016). "Statues & Sculptures/3".
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