Edmund Keating Hyland

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

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

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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