Carolan, Michael

Carolan, MichaelCarolan, MichaelMichael Carolan »For many years there lived at No. 842 Greenwich Street, New York City, a good performer on the Union pipes [i.e. uilleann or Irish bagpipes], named Michael Carolan. A native of County Louth, he was born about 1810, and learned the art of pipe- making in his youth... Long past his eightieth milestone, he died in 1894, in comparative obscurity.« (O'Neill 1973:160) The only Michael Carolan listed in the NYCD during this period was a shoe and boot…