Ben Lennon, Charlie Lennon & Séamus Quinn | Droim Seanbhó, Co. Liadroma |Geantraí 2000

Corner House, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim : The late Leitrim fiddler, Ben Lennon, Charlie Lennon (fiddles) & Séamus Quinn (keyboards), playing Jackson's Reel (0:00), The Dublin Reel (1:09) & Rip The Calico (2:25), in a recording made for the Geantraí music series on TG4 in 2000.

I ndil chuimhne Ben Lennon : An laoch fidléara atá imithe ar shlí na fírinne : Anseo é i gcomhluadar
a dheartháir Charlie Lennon agus Séamus Quinn ar an méarchlár ins an Corner House, Droim Seanbhó, Co. Liadroma i 2000. Bronnadh Gradam Saoil TG4 ar Ben Lennon i 2011.

The eldest of four sons, Ben Lennon was born into a musical family in Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim in 1928 and began playing the fiddle at just 10 years of age.

He left Kiltyclogher for England in 1949 and following in his father’s footsteps he studied the clothing trade in London before returning to work in Limerick, Cork and later Donegal where he met and played with an interesting array of local musicians. He was awarded LifeTime Achievement Award at the TG4 Music Awards Ceremony in Wexford Opera House 2011.

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