Dympna O'sullivan Rip

[ceemonster]

Dympna O'Sullivan of Lisseycasey, one of Clare and Ireland's loveliest concertina players, has passed away. She was beautiful inside and out.

Edited November 20, 2015 by ceemonster

[Stephen Chambers]

Very sad news indeed.

 

Danny O'Mahony broke the news on his Facebook page, and posted a clip of Dympna and himself playing together at Feakle in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAuq06RaiSo&feature=share

Edited November 20, 2015 by Stephen Chambers

[Greg Jowaisas]

No! No! This is so sad and the news has taken me by surprise. Dympna was an instructor at Irish Arts Week in the Catskills and I truly enjoyed her class and getting to know her a little bit.

 

She made fine music and her willingness to share how to make it made her extra special. She will be missed.

 

Greg

[Geoff Wooff]

Oh, this is very very sad. Such a sweet person and fine player... an ambassador for Irish Concertina , she will indeed be missed !

RIP Dympna,

 

Geoff.

[Takayuki YAGI]

Very sad indeed. May she rest in peace.

[Richard Hukins]

This is awful news, she was much to young, she was a proper player, i loved her style, i had no idea she was ill, so so sad. RIP lovely lady.

[Peter Laban]

Very sad, although perhaps not unexpected

 

 

 

 

 

Death notice and funeral details

Edited November 20, 2015 by Peter Laban

[chas]

So sorry to hear this sad news. I met her just once when she came to teach in Bath some years ago. As others have said, she was indeed a lovely lady and a fine player.

[Dan Worrall]

Very sad news. I had the pleasure of meeting her in Clare on two occasions, and she was gracious enough to play Mrs. O'Dwyer's old German concertina for the CD that I helped produce for the OAC in Milltown Malbay two years ago, Tripping to the Well. A lovely player and a lovely person.

[tomo]

Although I haven't met her, I love her CD and music. May her soul rest in peace.

Edited November 21, 2015 by tomo

[ceemonster]

[[[Very sad, although perhaps not unexpected]]]

 

I think many folks did not know of her illness the past few years, particularly lovers of Clare and/or Irish concertina music on the US side of the pond. Out there in the TIM social media sphere, there have been expressions of shock and inquiries as to what happened.

Edited November 21, 2015 by ceemonster

[Roger Digby]

I had the pleasure of hearing Dympna play in Ennis earlier in the year. As many have said, she was a fine musician and she had the rare gift of being able to play with individuality and imagination without stepping away from the pure traditional style.

The strength and determination with which she faced her illness is encapsulated in the brief personal statement on her last CD 'Enriched'.

 

'Life can throw strange Events across our paths

Moments wheN all appears lost

When all we've been taught and know falls apaRt

It is but a valuable chance to vIew things differently

A Chance to turn things around

To hear sounds afresh and to sHare them with those who understand

To savour and chErish what is important and deep

In short, it is a time to be enricheD'

 

Who among us would not wish to face uncertainty with such dignity?

 

 

[SusanW]

I had signed up to take a class with her a few years ago at the Northeast Concertina Workshop (Button Box). Sadly, she couldn't come due to medical issues and I'm so sorry to have never met her. She was one of my favorite players. RIP.

[maki]

Deepest sorrow and grief....

[Peter Laban]

Rest well D.

 

Edited November 23, 2015 by Peter Laban

[John Moran]

Hello

 

Very sad news about Dympna. My youngest lad attended classes with her at the Mrs Crotty event and got on very well with her.

 

On another, not unconnected, note another person from that parish passed away at the same time. Mrs Margaret (Maggie) Hill, mother of Noel Hill, passed away aged 98 and was buried close to where Dympna was buried.

 

John

[Peter Laban]

Article in this week's Clare Champion : Remembering An Bean Chairdín

[tomo]

I joined a session last Wednesday. We talked about her and played these sets, which are from her CD "Bean Chairdin."

 

(Jigs) Princess Nancy, Young Tom Ennis, Paddy McMahon's

https://youtu.be/X2OaefTyUaM

 

(Reels) Shaskeen, Lady of the Island, Hare's Paw

https://youtu.be/knhT0bUlNX4

 

May she rest in peace.