Ben Lennon

Ben Lennon (1928–2020) The eldest of fours sons, Ben Lennon was born in the village of Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim in 1928. There was music on both sides of the family. His father, Jim Lennon, played the fiddle and his mother Sally Lennon (née McGriskin) played piano and sang. A second cousin of Sally’s, Willie Ferguson, a fiddler, would later have a strong influence on Ben’s learning of music. Brother to Charlie Lennon