McGuckin, Barton

McGUCKIN, Barton, born July 28, 1852, at Dublin, began his career as a chorister at Armagh Cathedral. He received instruction from the late R. Turle, then organist there, in singing, organ, violin, and pianoforte. He became first tenor at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in 1871, and was for a time a pupil of Joseph Robinson. He sang at one of the Philharmonic concerts in Dublin in 1874, and in the following year made his début at the Crystal Palace Concerts...