Tears of Sorrow (Live) ­· Uilleann Pipes

Composed (2011) & performed (2012) by Jim McKenna.
Kindred Spirits Sculpture (Alex Pentek) commemorates
the 1847 donation by the Choctaw Nation
(Trail of Tears) to Irish famine relief during the
Great Hunger (An Gorta Mór).
• Sculpture by Alex Pent...
Native News Online, March 17, 2023. nativenewsonli... Neely Bardwell.
Melville Park Studio, Boston.
Steve Friedman, Engineer.
• Jim McKenna is a multi-instrumentalist & composer. Members of Jim's family, Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan, had emigrated to Boston during the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) in 1850 (Armagh) and 1852 (Cork) respectively. Daniel McKenna and Ann Callahan were married in Boston (Charlestown) on October 1, 1854. Daniel and his brother Neil were two of the five founding members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Boston (American Society of Hibernians) on March 17, 1857 (Incorporated March 27, 1861). This organization was formed "for the purpose of rendering assistance to the sick and disabled members of their society, and also of providing for the decent burial of the dead". Jim's great great uncle from Drumkeeran Ireland, Thomas McPartlin, performed traditional music on the banjo in Boston during the late 1800's. Jim great great aunt, from County Cork, Bridget married Callahan Daniel Murphy in Boston Nov 5, 1876 at Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston.
* UNESCO has designated the uilleann pipes on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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