Garech Browne and Leo Rowsome.29/02/1959..Leo Rowsome (05/04/1903 - 20/09/1970) was the third generation of an unbroken line of uilleann pipers. He was performer, manufacturer and teacher of the uilleann pipes - the complete master of his instrument. He devoted his entire life to the uilleann pipes..Leo was born in Harold's Cross, Dublin in 1903. His father, William realised that his son had the ability to become a talented musician and craftsman. Constantly watching his father making and repairing instruments, Leo learned the art of pipe making and instrument repair. So rapid was his progress at piping that in 1919 at the age of sixteen he was appointed teacher of the uilleann pipes at Dublin's Municipal School of Music (now D.I.T. Conservatory of Music & Drama) for 50 years. He also taught at Dublin's Pipers Club of which he was President..His last commercial recording, CC1 ?Ri na bPiobairi? (King of the Pipers) was made for Claddagh Records in 1966..Leo Rowsome died suddenly whilst adjudicating 'The Fiddler of Dooney Competition' in Riverstown, Co. Sligo on 20 September 1970...The Hon. Garech Domnagh Browne, born 25 June, 1939, is a member of the titled family of Oranmore and Browne in the West of Ireland and is a wealthy patron of Irish arts, notably traditional Irish music. He is often known by the gaelic designation of his name, Garech de Brún, or alternately Garech a Brún especially in Ireland..He has been a leading proponent for the revival and preservation of traditional Irish music, through his record label Claddagh Records which he founded with others in 1959. His former house, Woodtown Manor, near Dublin was for many years a welcoming place for Irish poets, writers and musicians and which was associated with the folk-pop group Clannad, where they made many recordings of their music. When in Ireland, he lives at Luggala set deep in the Wicklow Mountains. The house has been variously described as a castle or hunting lodge of large proportio
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