memory, he is naturally the life of every gathering which he attends. With such attractions, not to mention his qualifications as a prize-winning piper, we can understand how he won the heart and hand of a buxom young colleen half his age, it being his second matrimonial venture." "The jolly Denis, having "seen" to the burial of an old friend and brother piper, naturally "came in" for his beautiful set of pipes. He disposed of his own superannuated set, made by the elder Kenna in 1781, to Mr. Wayland, the irrepressible enthusiast and untiring promoter, of Cork, he being the fifth proud possessor of this specimen of Kenna's handiwork." "The first owner after coming from the hands of the maker was a Mr. Burke of Tyquin, near Athenry, County Galway, and their cost ten pounds. By bequest they became the property of Mr. Burke's nephew, Mr. C. Natton, of Kingstown. Dublin, from whom Denis Delaney purchased them in 1873." Delaney died of pneumonia on 29 November 1919 in the infirmary of Ballinasloe Workhouse. According to his death certificate, he was 78. He was married twice: in 1869 to Catherine Coleman and in 1904 to Maria Flannery. Legacy The Dinny Delaney Festival is an annual three day long traditional music festival, celebrating the traditions of uilleann pipes, in commemoration of Delaney, it is held in his native Ballinasloe. The festival includes concerts, masterclasses, sessions and livestreams. See also Uilleann Pipes Ballinasloe References External links http://billhaneman.ie/IMM/IMM-XXII.html Irish pipers of distinction, Chapter XXII, Irish Minstrels and Musicians, by Capt. Francis O'Neill, Chicago, 1913. 1841 births 1919 deaths 19th-century Irish people Musicians from County Galway People from Ballinasloe Blind musicians Irish uilleann pipers Deaths from pneumonia in the Republic of Ireland