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Sean McAloon (1923 – 1998) was a piper and pipe maker from Ireland. Originally from the Roslea area of County Fermanagh, McAloon played music on the fiddle. However, he is best known as a master of the Uillean pipes. He emigrated to the United States in 1964, but after a year he returned to Ireland. He spent eight months working as a builder's laborer in Dublin, but moved to Belfast in 1966 to be closer to his family. There, he got a job working for the Corporation Parks Department.

His major inspirations as a piper were Phil Martin, who he saw playing at a feis in Roslea, and Leo Rowsome. In addition to being a fine player, McAloon eventually became a respected pipe repairer and a highly regarded reed-maker. He produced about twenty sets of the instrument in his lifetime.

John McSherry owns a McAloon half-set.

Discography

John Rea
& Sean McAloon, Drops Of Brandy, Topic 12TS287, 1976
Various artists, Irish Traditional Music, Temple COMD2079, 2000 (compilation culled from three Topic releases, including 12TS287)
Sean McAloon, Stor Piobaireachta (Piping from the Archives), Na Píobairí Uilleann, 2004

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