Tom Lenihan

Tom Lenihan (1908–1990) was a well known Irish traditional singer from Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland.

The house where Tom Lenihan has lived in Knockbrack, Milltown Malbay. Anno 2011 the house is renovated and extended. Tom and Margaret Lenihan (born Vaughan) lived in a farmhouse in Knockbrack, a few miles outside Miltown Malbay. He was a farmer and the local butcher.

According to the sleevenotes of the CD Around the Hills of Clare:

Recordings

Solo albums Paddy's Panacea, 1978, Topic Records The Mount Callan Garland: songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, county Clare. 1994. Collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy.Double cassette, accompanied by a book.

Anthologies Irish Voices, 1997, Topic Hurry The Jug, 1996, Globestyle Come All My Lads that Follow The Plough (Voice of the People Vol 5), 1998, Topic They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Sherry, 1998, Topic (only one song) As Me and My Love Sat Courting: Songs of Love (Voice of the People Vol 15), 1998, Topic (only one song) Around the Hills of Clare

Unpublished Recordings made by Tom Munnelly about folklore. Made on behalf of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin.