Memories of Margaret Barry Print

Thanks to Gene Barry for sending in these great photos taken on a recent trip to Cork, home of his grandmother Margaret Barry Thomspon. They visited their great greatgrandfather's grave in Curraghkippane. He was Robert Bob Thompson, a famous Cork piper and it's lovely to see Gene's son Eoin carrying on the tradition of playing the uileann pipes. Click on the following link to read the fascinating article about the legend who was Margaret Barry.

"Cork's Greatest Records: Songs of an Irish Tinker Lady, by Margaret Barry"

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40330106.html

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Eugene's son Eoin with Ronan Barry and Margaret Barry-Mooney

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