Colm O'Lochlainn

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Colm O'Lochlainn was a traditional Irish musician and most notably the author of 'Irish Street Ballads' published in 1962 and 'More Irish Street Ballads' in 1968. A list of the songs that appear on 'Irish Street Ballads' can be found here

O'Lochlainn gave the aspiring piper Seamus Ennis his first job at the Three Candles Press in Dublin.^[1].

His son Ruan and grandson Fionn O Lochlainn were also musicians.

[edit] Publications

'Irish Street Ballads', Three Candles Press, 1939/1952; Irish Book Centre, 1962,
'More Irish Street Ballads', Three Candles Press, Dublin 1968, ISBN-10: 0330253166