Kitty Hayes
Kitty Hayes | |
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| Born | Katharine Smith 1928 Fahanlunaghta, County Clare, Ireland |
| Died | 17 May 2008 |
| Occupation | Musician |
Kitty Smith Hayes (1928 – 17 May 2008) was a well-known concertina-player in Shanaway, Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland. She came from a musical family, played music as a young woman, and married a musician; but she only found her own fame as a musician in her seventies.[1]
Biography
[edit]Hayes was born in the townland of Fahanlunaghta, close to Lahinch. She was the daughter of Peter Smith, a locally well-known concertina player.[2] Hayes 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.[3]
On one these local dances she met whistle and flute player Josie Hayes, who played in the Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band. They married in 1948 and had seven children; she rarely performed while she was raising her family and caring for her father and husband in their last years.[2]
After Josie Hayes died in 1992, one of her sons encouraged her to return to her concertina.[3] Hayes often played at Gleeson's Pub in Coore.[4] She recorded two albums, the first recorded in the kitchen of her daughter Angela Connaughton.[5]
Hayes died at home in 2008, at about eighty years old.[2]
CDs
[edit]Compilations
[edit]Tribute
[edit]- Kitty Hayes Remembered [10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Songs of Clare - Kitty Hayes". Clare County Library. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Clare People: Kitty Hayes". Clare County Library. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ a b Wallis, Geoff. A Touch of Clare: Traditional Irish Concertina Music,Musical Traditions, accessed 3 January 2017.
- ^ Sleeve notes of the CD "Around the Hills of Clare", available at the site and archive from Oidhreacht an Chláir Teo
- ^ Ducke, Stephen (9 October 2022). "Kitty Hayes - Irish Concertina Player". Trad School. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Kitty Hayes: A Touch of Clare". Celtic Grooves. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Kitty Hayes & Peter Laban: They'll Be Good Yet". Celtic Grooves. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ Around the Hills of Clare, oac.ie; accessed 3 January 2017.
- ^ Keepers of Tradition Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, oac.ie; accessed 3 January 2017.
- ^ allcelticmusic.com -Kitty Hayes Remembered
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