If you would like a friend or family member included in the series, please email liveslost@irishtimes.comSheamus Heneghan1944-2021Sheamus Heneghan was a fisherman and an accordion player. well, who would be anywhere else?”Sheamus was a very happy man – a quiet man, an uncomplicated man at ease with life and with his surroundings. Sheamus, he was christened Eric James but preferred the Irish Sheamus, was one of six children and from an early age, he took to music, liking classical, jazz, country and western but, above all, traditional Irish. Sheamus provided for his family by running a small fishing boat from Old Head pier, and catching salmon, mackerel, pollock and lobster. In New York, he played for a time in a loose-knit group named The Hillsiders and worked with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

Source: The Irish Times May 06, 2021 12:00 UTC