Lad O'Beirne
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Fiddler James "Lad" O'Beirne (1911–1980) James “Lad” O’Beirne, born in 1911 in Bellanalack (a townland adjoining Killavil), was a son of fiddler Philip O’Beirne, one of Michael Coleman (4)’s chief influences. His style, accordingly, was closer to Coleman’s than that of any of the other Sligo fiddle greats. Lad arrived in New York in 1928 and soon became a close friend of Coleman’s, a connection later cemented when he married the older fiddler’s niece Mary. Arriving on the eve of the Depression, Lad missed out on the Golden Age of Irish music recording and never made a solo commercial disc of his own. He did cut a handful of 78-rpm sides, including one fantastic hornpipe duet, with a band led by Armagh-born fiddler Louis E. Quinn, and also made private recordings on home-made disc-cutting machines. But Lad’s reputation as one of the greatest of Sligo fiddlers is largely based on the impression he made on fellow musicians at house parties, private sessions and on trips back to Ireland. Paddy Reynolds (2), Andy McGann, Vincent Harrison, Louis E. Quinn, Ed Reavy and Sligo brothers Séamus McGuire and Manus McGuire are among the many musical associates who attested to Lad’s genius as fiddler and composer. Several of Lad’s unnamed compositions are now in general circulation among traditional players the world over. When he passed away in 1980, Lad, like Michael Coleman (4), James Morrison (8), and Patrick Killoran, was laid to rest in St. Raymond’s cemetery in the Bronx.