Honorees to the CCE Northeast Region Hall of Fame from the Tom Finucane Branch
1998
1999
2000
2003
2007
2016 (biographies of honorees)
1998
- Jack O'Keefe
- Martin O'Keefe
1999
- Jim Finucane
- Tom Finucane (read a tribute to Tom Finucane by Ted McGraw, published in Treoir)
2000
- Frank Murphy
- George Walker
- Sean Walker
2003
- Ted McGraw
2007
- Helen Doherty
2016 (biographies of honorees)
- Cathy McGrath (individually and as part of Cuisle Mo Chroí)
- Pat Carey (individually and as part of Cuisle Mo Chroí)
- Mary Lester (individually and as part of Cuisle Mo Chroí)
- Lynn Pilaroscia
- Arlene Miller
- Harold Murphy
- Jim Kimball
A tribute to the late Sean Walker- by Rick Muir, fellow musician
On March 20, 2006, a great sadness befell the Irish community of Rochester,
NY -- that was the day our beloved Sean Walker lost his battle with cancer.
For decades Sean (also known as John) had shone as the beacon of Irish
music in this corner of America: our finest Irish fiddler, a member of our
Tom Finucane Branch of the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, and one of our very
few direct links to traditional music back in Ireland itself.
Sean Walker was born in October of 1934 in the hills of Rooskagh East, not
far from the town of Newcastle West, in the County Limerick, Ireland, the
youngest of four children in a strong, loving farm family, where hard work,
faith, and music played central roles in their rural surroundings. read more.....
On March 20, 2006, a great sadness befell the Irish community of Rochester,
NY -- that was the day our beloved Sean Walker lost his battle with cancer.
For decades Sean (also known as John) had shone as the beacon of Irish
music in this corner of America: our finest Irish fiddler, a member of our
Tom Finucane Branch of the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, and one of our very
few direct links to traditional music back in Ireland itself.
Sean Walker was born in October of 1934 in the hills of Rooskagh East, not
far from the town of Newcastle West, in the County Limerick, Ireland, the
youngest of four children in a strong, loving farm family, where hard work,
faith, and music played central roles in their rural surroundings. read more.....
