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Paddy Keenan

Irish musician
Person human Q570437

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
January 30, 1950
Place of birth
Trim
Country of citizenship
Ireland[5]
Occupation
street artist, musician
Educated at
De La Salle College Dundalk[6]
Genre
music of Ireland[8]
Described by source
The Companion to Irish Traditional Music[13]
Family name
Keenan[9]
Given name
Paddy[10]
Instrument
bagpipe, uilleann pipes[11][12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[18]
Significant person
Ted Furey, Finbar Furey, Liam Weldon[15][16][17]
Start of work period
1964[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Paddy Keenan ja パディ・キーナン ru Пэдди Кинэн
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000025592760
VIAF cluster ID
70351329
Library of Congress authority ID
n85038294
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Paddy Keenan ACF.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
1031674
DBC author ID
87097991191407
Discogs artist ID
918801
Europeana entity
agent/base/72543
Freebase ID
/m/05xjc2
Grove Music Online ID
A2262563
IdRef ID
261861093
MusicBrainz artist ID
f38f017f-f1d6-4668-ad1a-442316fc43d2
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000098142
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:bfO;=Bn
RILM ID
117872
Songkick artist ID
167814
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdcyC99Ytc3wQRKrxHBfq

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Instrument 2
bagpipe, uilleann pipes
Occupation 2
musician, street artist
Country of citizenship 1
Ireland
Genre 1
music of Ireland
Given name 1
Paddy
Instance of 1
human
Mb:member of band 1
The Bothy Band
Mb:performer of 1
Poirt An Phiobaire
Place of birth 1
Trim
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Bielany Duże
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Summary

Born in Trim[1], he… he was born on January 30, 1950[2]. He worked as a street artist[3] and musician[4].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[19]

  • Country: IE[20]

  • Began / founded: 1950-01-30[21]

  • Genre(s): irish folk[22]

  • Community tags: irish folk[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f38f017f-f1d6-4668-ad1a-442316fc43d2[24]

FAQs

Where was Paddy Keenan born?

Paddy Keenan's place of birth was Trim[1].

What did Paddy Keenan do for work?

Paddy Keenan worked as street artist[3] and musician[4].

Where did Paddy Keenan go to school?

Paddy Keenan was educated at De La Salle College Dundalk[6].

Related Entities

Ireland

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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Sukkoria · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Paddy
    Country of citizenship → Ireland
    Instance of → human
    Educated at → De La Salle College Dundalk
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ BIBSYS ID: 1031674, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
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