Career
Egan, known as The Albino piper was a native of Dunmore, County Galway. Like his countyman Patsy Touhey, he was lefthanded. He emigrated to the United States and spent much of his subsequent life in New York City, barring tours with John Cronan and Patsy Touhey across eastern states.
Francis O"Neill preserves a comment by Nicholas Burke on Egan, who stated that Egan "was a grand player and very powerful in his music"
Egan died in New York in 1897.
