Catherine Martin (piper)

Catherine "Kate" Martin (fl. 18th-century, born Lurgan, Co. Cavan) [1] was an Irish harper. W. H. Grattan Flood described Catherine Martin as a native of Co. Meath.[1] She especially performed airs by Edward Sterling, the parson of Lurgan. She attended the Harp Festivals at Granard in the 1780s and Belfast in 1792.

References
  1. "Ceol na hEireann". Na Píobairí Uilleann. p. 23. Retrieved 7 August 2013.


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