Buildings - Monuments and Sculptures - Turlough OCarolan, Irish Harpist, Mohill
Title
Buildings - Monuments and Sculptures - Turlough OCarolan, Irish Harpist, Mohill
Description
Turlough OCarolan 1670-March 1738 was a Harpist who travelled around Ireland composing songs and tunes for people in exchange for their hospitality, he was born near nobber, Co meath and was blind from smallpox at the age of 18, At the age of 50 OCarolan married Mary Maguire and settled down on a farm near Mohill, Co Leitrim (where this statue stands today) they had 7 children 6 girls and 1 boy, he is buried in ODuignans Church of Kilronan, Co Roscommon
Rights
Leitrim County Library
Format
Colour
Identifier
112903
Coverage
Photograph Cabinet
Original Format
Positive
Notes
Turlough OCarolan, Irish Harpist
Files
Collection
Citation
“Buildings - Monuments and Sculptures - Turlough OCarolan, Irish Harpist, Mohill,” Leitrim County Library Local History Archive, accessed November 24, 2024, https://omeka-leitrim.interleaf.ie/items/show/28435.