Background
A native of Derroe-Rossaveel, County Galway, Mícheál Ó hEidhin was born into a musical family.
A native of Derroe-Rossaveel, County Galway, Mícheál Ó hEidhin was born into a musical family.
Graduating in science, he studied music at University College Cork under Aloys Fleischmann, choral development with Pilib Ó Laoghaire, worked as a music inspector in Galway VEC, and initiated Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann"s teaching diploma in 1980.
He died on 29 January 2012. He was music director for Raidió Teilifís Éireann promgrammes Bring down the Lamp and Comortas – Cabaret"In song and in seory", "Comórtas" and an adjudicator for Oireachtas and Slogadh competitions since 1969. He was instrumental in setting up a grades syllabus in traditional music for Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann and the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 1998.