{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=August 2020}} '''Tom Lenihan''' (1908–1990) was a well known Irish traditional singer from Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland. __NOTOC__ thumb|right|The house where Tom Lenihan has lived in Knockbrack, Milltown Malbay. Anno 2011 the house is renovated and extended. Tom and Margaret Lenihan (born Vaughan) lived in a farmhouse in Knockbrack, a few miles outside Miltown Malbay. He was a farmer and the local butcher.

According to the sleevenotes of the CD ''Around the Hills of Clare'':<ref>Sleeve notes of the CD "Around the Hills of Clare", available at the site and archive from [http://www.oac.ie Oidhreacht an Chláir Teo]</ref> {{cquote|Tom had a very large repertoire and positive ideas about singing. He insisted that the story was most important aspect; the singer's involvement with the song was paramount. To him it was vital that the singer used speech pat-terns, made sense of the words, singing them as close as possible to the way one would speak; to fit the tune to the words, not to make the words fit the tune. One can appreciate why Tom had so many narrative songs in his repertoire; his attitude to singing is illustrated on the two tracks of speech.}}

==Recordings==

===Solo albums=== * ''Paddy's Panacea'', 1978, Topic Records<ref>Sleeve notes of the CD "Around the Hills of Clare", available at the site and archive from [http://www.oac.ie Oidhreacht an Chláir Teo]</ref> * ''The Mount Callan Garland: songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, county Clare. ''1994. Collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy.Double cassette, accompanied by a book.<ref>[http://homepage.eircom.net/~shields/fmsi/publs/mempubs.htm Recent publications, recordings, compositions etc. by FMSI members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011075859/http://homepage.eircom.net/~shields/fmsi/publs/mempubs.htm |date=2011-10-11 }}</ref>

===Anthologies=== * Irish Voices, 1997, Topic<ref>[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/db3/UKItoL/Mfle112_.htm Tom Lenihan (1905 - 1990) Irish singer of traditional songs]</ref> * Hurry The Jug, 1996, Globestyle<ref>[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/db3/UKItoL/Mfle112_.htm Tom Lenihan (1905 - 1990) Irish singer of traditional songs]</ref> * Come All My Lads that Follow The Plough (Voice of the People Vol 5), 1998, Topic<ref>[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/db3/UKItoL/Mfle112_.htm Tom Lenihan (1905 - 1990) Irish singer of traditional songs]</ref> * They Ordered Their Pints of Beer and Sherry, 1998, Topic (only one song)<ref>[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/db3/UKItoL/Mfle112_.htm Tom Lenihan (1905 - 1990) Irish singer of traditional songs]</ref> * As Me and My Love Sat Courting: Songs of Love (Voice of the People Vol 15), 1998, Topic (only one song)<ref>[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/prescotj/db3/UKItoL/Mfle112_.htm Tom Lenihan (1905 - 1990) Irish singer of traditional songs]</ref> * ''Around the Hills of Clare''<ref>[http://www.oac.ie/site/content/around-hills-clare Around the Hills of Clare]</ref>

===Unpublished=== * Recordings made by Tom Munnelly about folklore. Made on behalf of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin.<ref>Sleeve notes of the CD "Around the Hills of Clare", available at the site and archive from [http://www.oac.ie Oidhreacht an Chláir Teo]</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://oac.ie/site/media-gallery/detail/2002/9790 Photo] * [http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/songs/cmc/tom_lenihan.htm Recordings of Tom Lenihan from the Carroll Mackenzie Collection on the Clare County Library website]

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