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Rónán was born on 1 January 1970 and grew up as the second youngest of six boys in an Irish-speaking family in Sandymount, Dublin. He attended Scoil Lorcáin in Monkstown and at the age of 12 got his first bodhrán as a present from his mother, who thought that this might help him join the rest of his brothers who were excelling in singing and whistle playing.
The bodhrán (/ ˈ b aʊ r ɑː n, b aʊ ˈ r ɑː n, ˈ b ɔːr ɑː n, ˈ b ɔːr ə n /, [1] [2] Irish: [ˈbˠəuɾˠaːnˠ]; plural bodhráin) is a frame drum [3] used in Irish music ranging from 25 to 65 cm (10–26 in) in diameter, with most drums measuring 35–45 cm (14–18 in).
Christopher James Weddle (born 1983) is a bodhrán player and instructor. He has taught workshops nationwide including Mountain View Arkansas, the Dublin Irish Festival, SE Missouri State University, Westminster College and in his home town of St. Louis Missouri.
Greta began to take classical violin lessons when she was five years old, followed by Willow and then by Solana, when they reached the same age. [5] One day their mother brought home a video of the theatrical show Riverdance , which inspired the girls to enroll in Irish dance classes, and they also became fond of Celtic music.
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A crowdy-crawn is a wooden hoop covered with sheepskin used as a percussion instrument in western Cornwall at least as early as 1880. [1] It is similar to the Irish bodhrán. [2]
Steáfán Hannigan is an Irish musician, author, composer, audio engineer, musicologist [1] and instrument maker. [2] Since 2008, he has made his home in Canada. Hannigan is a multi-instrumentalist.
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