Séamus Ennis Ireland
Biography
In 1908 James Ennis, Séamus's father, bought a bag of small pieces of Uilleann pipes in a London pawn shop. They were made in the early nineteenth century by Coyne of Thomas Street in Dublin. James worked as a civil servant in Naul, Co Dublin. In 1912 he came first at the Oireachtas competition for warpipes, second at Uilleann pipes. He was also a prize-winning dancer. He married Mary McCabe in 1916. They had six children, including Séamus, who was born on May 5th 1919 in Jamestown in Finglas, North County Dublin.