Patrick Cummins, aka Cummings (
fl.
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1820s) was an Irish piper and tutor.
Cummins was a native of or near Athenry, where his family had kept a 'college' for pipers for generations. He himself taught many pipers, such as
Owen Cunnigam,
Michael Kenny (piper),
Patsy Mullin,
Michael Touhey (grandfather of
Patsy Touhey), and his own son,
Professor John Cummings (1828-after 1913).
References
* ''Irish pipers of distinction'', Chapter XXII, ''Irish Minstrels and Musicians'', by Capt.
Francis O'Neill
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,
Chicago
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, 1913.
External links
* http://billhaneman.ie/IMM/IMM-XXII.html
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Musicians from County Galway
Irish male musicians
18th-century Irish uilleann pipers
19th-century Irish uilleann pipers