Background
Ó Canainn was born in Pennyburn, Northern Ireland on the outskirts of Derry but he later moved to Cork where he became Dean of Engineering at the University.
Ó Canainn was born in Pennyburn, Northern Ireland on the outskirts of Derry but he later moved to Cork where he became Dean of Engineering at the University.
They gained considerable popularity and recorded several albums. He also took over the Irish music lectures from Seán Ó Riada at the College after his death in 1971 and taught music at the Cork School of music Ó Canainn"s daughters also play, violin, viola and cello and all 3 three appear with him on his last solo release.
Tomás died in The Mercy Hospital in Cork City on 15 September 2013.
He was 82.