Tomás Mac Eoin

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Tomás Mac Eoin
Birth nameTomás Mac Eoin
Born1937 (age 83–84)
An Cheathru Rua, Ireland
GenresSean Nós
Occupation(s)Farmer, writer, composer
Associated actsThe Waterboys

Tomás Mac Eoin (born 1937) is an Irish sean-nós singer, actor, songwriter and poet. He is best known as Tomás 'Jimmy' Mac Eoin from An Bóthar Buí in An Cheathrú Rua, Conamara, Galway, Ireland.

Renowned for his old-style or sean-nós singing, he was voted the best sean-nós singer in Ireland in 1967 at the Oireachtas competitions and won the Ó'Riada Trophy.[1]

Some of Tomás's best known material include

  • The Stolen Child ** (Tomás Mac Eoin / Mike Scott)
  • An Cailín Álainn
  • Bleán na Bó
  • Amhrán an Bhingó
  • An Rock an' Roll

Regular singer on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, he also performed on The Late Late Show with Gay Byrne several times.

Appeared on the Fisherman's Blues album with the Waterboys

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