Tom Lenihan


Tom Lenihan was a well known Irish traditional singer from Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland.
Tom and Margaret Lenihan lived in a farmhouse in Knockbrack, a few miles outside Miltown Malbay. He was a farmer and the local butcher.
According to the sleevenotes of the CD Around the Hills of Clare:

Recordings

Solo albums

  • Paddy's Panacea, 1978, Topic Records
  • The Mount Callan Garland: songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, county Clare. 1994. Collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy.Double cassette, accompanied by a book.

    Anthologies

  • Irish Voices, 1997, Topic
  • Hurry The Jug, 1996, Globestyle
  • Come All My Lads that Follow The Plough, 1998, Topic
  • They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Sherry, 1998, Topic
  • As Me and My Love Sat Courting: Songs of Love, 1998, Topic
  • ''Around the Hills of Clare''

    Unpublished

  • Recordings made by Tom Munnelly about folklore. Made on behalf of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin.