Seán Keane

Seán Keane was born in Drimnagh, a Dublin neighborhood, into a family of traditional fiddlers. He studied at the Dublin School of Music and played in the ensemble Ceoltóirí Chualann before joining the Chieftains in 1968. With the group, he recorded albums that took Irish music to international stages; he also released his own work and recorded as a duo with Matt Molloy. Keane died in 2023, at 76.