Kitty Hayes
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Kitty Hayes was a well-known concertina
-player in Shanaway, Milltown Malbay, County Clare
, Ireland.
Kitty Smith was born in the townland of Fahanlunaghta, close to Lahinch
. She was the daughter of Peter Smith, a locally well-known concertina player. Kitty started playing at a young age, attracted to the music played by her father. When she mastered the basics, Peter Smith bought her her own concertina. She started playing at local dances.
On one these local dances she met the whistle
and flute
player Josie Hayes, who played in the Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band. They later married and raised seven children. Josie died in 1992.
Kitty Hayes often played in the now closed Gleeson's Pub in Coore
, with musicians as Junior Crehan
, Paddy Galvin and Michael Downes.
Compilation:
As a remembrance
Concertina
A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It has a bellows and buttons typically on both ends of it. When pressed, the buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows, unlike accordion buttons which travel perpendicularly to it...
-player in Shanaway, Milltown Malbay, County Clare
County Clare
-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...
, Ireland.
Kitty Smith was born in the townland of Fahanlunaghta, close to Lahinch
Lahinch
Lahinch or Lehinch is a village on Liscannor Bay, on the northwest coast of County Clare, in northern Munster, Ireland. It lies on the N67 national secondary road....
. She was the daughter of Peter Smith, a locally well-known concertina player. Kitty started playing at a young age, attracted to the music played by her father. When she mastered the basics, Peter Smith bought her her own concertina. She started playing at local dances.
On one these local dances she met the whistle
Whistle
A whistle or call is a simple aerophone, an instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means...
and flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
player Josie Hayes, who played in the Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band. They later married and raised seven children. Josie died in 1992.
Kitty Hayes often played in the now closed Gleeson's Pub in Coore
Coore
Coore is a village that is in fact consisting out of two communities: Coore East and Coore West. It is located in the parish of Kilmurry Ibrickane, close to Mullagh and Milltown Malbay, in County Clare, IrelandCoore West is split into two parts:* Coore West is the place where the local church is...
, with musicians as Junior Crehan
Junior Crehan
Junior Crehan was an Irish fiddle player who composed a number of tunes that remain popular within the Irish Traditional Music community.-Biography:...
, Paddy Galvin and Michael Downes.
CDs
- Kitty Hayes: A touch of Clare
- Kitty Hayes and Peter Laban: They'll be good yet
Compilation:
- Around the Hills of Clare
- Keepers of Tradition Concertina players of County Clare
As a remembrance
- Kitty Hayes Remembered