Gerald Haugh RIP

[Stephen Chambers]

Sad news from County Clare: Gerald Haugh, who was recorded in his house in 1974 for Irish Traditional Concertina Styles (released by Topic in 1977), and All-Ireland Concertina Champion 1975 (I was at the Fleadh competition, in Buncrana, when he won), died on Sunday. 

 

His Death Notice is here on RIP.ie

 

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by Stephen Chambers
Edited to correct link.

[Stephen Chambers]

 

 

[Geoff Wooff]

Oh, that is  sad.  I  enjoyed  a short  chat  with  Gerald  at  last  year's  Willie  Clancy  summer  school  and  he  was  in fine playing form  then.

[PaddyLosty]

We're losing too many great ones lately. May their music live on. 

[Peter Laban]

 

I just saw the news when checking the obits at Clare fm. Very sorry to hear. One of the last of the old style players from that corner of the county. I hadn't seen him for a while, between the lockdown and everything else but he was always ready for a chat or to play a tune, if he had the concertina handy.

 

 

 

Here's the deathnotice on Clare FM : https://www.clare.fm/obituaries/gerald-haugh-lissycasey/

 

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by Peter Laban

[Leonard]

9 hours ago, Peter Laban said:

... Steve's link above seems to go back to this thread for some reason...

Problem fixed now.

Edited August 25, 2020 by Leonard