Cathal Hayden

{{Short description|Irish musician}} {{Multiple issues| {{External links|date=July 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2020}} {{More footnotes|date=July 2020}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cathal Hayden | image = Cathalhayden.png | image_size = 300 px | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1963}} | birth_place = Rock, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | death_date = | origin = | instrument = Fiddle, tenor banjo | genre = Irish traditional music | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1970–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = }}

'''Cathal Sean Hayden''' is a Northern Irish musician, acclaimed for his skilled style of Irish fiddle and tenor (four-stringed) banjo. He was born on 13 July 1963, in the village of the Rock, County Tyrone<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trad/Roots: How Tyrone musician Cathal Hayden got Hooked on Banjo|url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2016/09/16/news/trad-roots-how-tyrone-musician-cathal-hayden-got-hooked-on-banjo-695609/|access-date=2020-07-04|website=The Irish News|language=en}}</ref> (outside Pomeroy), an area immersed in traditional music.

The third of eight children, Hayden was born into an environment steeped in traditional Irish music; his father and both of his grandfathers all played the fiddle, with his father playing tenor banjo as well, inspiring Hayden as a boy to learn both instruments. Additionally, his mother was a pianist, often accompanying traditional musicians. As a young man, Hayden competed in the '''Fleadh Cheoil''' ([[Help:IPA/Irish|[ˌfʲlʲaː ˈçoːlʲ]]]; English: "music festival"), Ireland's yearly international music competition-festival, winning the category of All-Ireland Champion on both banjo and fiddle. He is an original member of the group Four Men and a Dog, whose debut album, ''Barking Mad'' (1991), won ''Folk Roots''<nowiki/>' Best New Album award the year of its release.

==Discography== * ''Handed Down'' (1988)

* ''Barking Mad'' (1991)

* ''Shifting Gravel'' (1993)

* ''Doctor A's Secret Remedies'' (1995)

* ''Long Roads'' (1996)

* ''Cathal Hayden'' (1999)

* ''Maybe Tonight'' (2002)

* ''Live in Belfast'' (2007)

* ''Crossroads'' (2008) <small>(with Máirtín O'Connor and Seamie O'Dowd; for details, see [http://www.irishtune.info/album/MOCCH+1/ irishtune.info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825211254/http://www.irishtune.info/album/MOCCH+1/ |date=25 August 2012 }})</small>

* ''Hooked on Banjo'' (2016)

==See also== *Four Men and a Dog

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.cathalhaydenmusic.com Cathal Hayden's Site] * [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p33929/biography|pure_url=yes}} Four Men and a Dog] at Allmusic * [http://www.fourmenandadog.net/ Four Men and a Dog's Official Site]

==Reviews== *[http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/hayden.htm Review by Geoff Wallis of the album ''Cathal Hayden''] *[http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/hook001.htm folkmusic.net review of the album ''Cathal Hayden''] *[http://www.folkworld.de/14/e/cds2.html folkworld.de review of the album ''Cathal Hayden''] *[http://www.irishmusicreview.com/hayden.htm Review by Geoff Wallis of the album ''Live in Belfast''] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181245/http://www.tradheads.com/articles/live_in_belfast.html Eddie Creaney's review of the album ''Live in Belfast''] *[http://www.irishmusicreview.com/erne.htm Review of ''Erne'']

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