Tomás Mac Eoin

Tomás Mac Eoin
Tomás Mac Eoin
Born	1937 (age 86–87); An Cheathru Rua, Ireland
Genres	Sean-nós
Occupations	Farmer, writer, composer
	Awards: Best sean-nós singer in Ireland in 1967 at the Oireachtas competitions and won Corn Uí Riada

Tomás Mac Eoin (born 1937) is an Irish sean-nós singer, actor, songwriter and poet. Also known as Tomás McKeown, he is from An Bóthar Buí in An Cheathrú Rua, Conamara, Galway, Ireland.

Known for his old-style or sean-nós singing, he was voted the best sean-nós singer in Ireland in 1967 at the Oireachtas competitions and won Corn Uí Riada.^[1] He appeared on The Waterboys's Fisherman's Blues album (1988).^[2]^[3]

He was a regular singer on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and also performed on The Late Late Show several times.^{[citation needed]} Some of his best known material include:^{[citation needed]}

The Stolen Child ** (Tomás Mac Eoin / Mike Scott)
An Cailín Álainn
Bleán na Bó
Amhrán an Bhingó
An Rock an' Roll

References

^ The Wayfarer December 1988 Archived 7 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Last.fm review of Waterboys "Fisherman Blues" album
^ Rolling Stone review of Waterboys "Fisherman Blues" album

External links

Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2002 recorded material Archived 22 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Interview with Máirtín Tom Sheáinín on Ardtráthnóna with RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta

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[1] The Wayfarer December 1988 Archived 7 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Last.fm review of Waterboys "Fisherman Blues" album

[3] Rolling Stone review of Waterboys "Fisherman Blues" album

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Studio albums	The Waterboys (1983) A Pagan Place (1984) This Is the Sea (1985) Fisherman's Blues (1988) Room to Roam (1990) Dream Harder (1993) A Rock in the Weary Land (2000) Universal Hall (2003) Book of Lightning (2007) An Appointment with Mr Yeats (2011) Modern Blues (2015) Out of All This Blue (2017) Where the Action Is (2019) Good Luck, Seeker (2020) All Souls Hill (2022)
Live albums	The Live Adventures of the Waterboys (1998) Karma to Burn (2005)
Compilations	The Best of the Waterboys 81–90 (1991) The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85 (1994) The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys (1998) Too Close to Heaven (2001) In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea (2011)
Singles	"A Girl Called Johnny" "December" "The Big Music" "The Whole of the Moon" "Don't Bang the Drum" "Fisherman's Blues" "And a Bang on the Ear" "How Long Will I Love You?" "The Return of Pan" "Glastonbury Song" "Everybody Takes a Tumble"
Other songs	"World Party" "A Life of Sundays"
Related articles	List of Waterboys members World Party