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Colm Ó Lochlainn (1892 - 26 June 1972) was a printer, typographer, collector of Irish ballads and traditional Irish Uilleann piper. He was notably the author of ''Irish Street Ballads'' published in 1939 and ''More Irish Street Ballads'' in 1965. ==Life== A native of Kilkenny, Ó Lochlainn was a member of the Irish volunteers in 1916. He established the Candle Press in 1916. It was the winner of a bronze medal for bookbinding in 1924. He founded his own press, At the Sign of the Three Candles Press, in 1926. He gave the aspiring piper Seamus Ennis his first job at this press,〔(Piper and collector Seamus Ennis )〕 and Ennis collaborated with him on the ''Irish Street Ballads'' books. He succeeded Seamus Ó Casaide as volunteer editor of ''Irish Book Lover'' in 1930. He was an assistant in the Faculty of Modern Irish at University College Dublin from 1933–1943, where he later became professor of Irish Language and Literature. He was also associated with the founding of An Óige. He died in a nursing home in Dublin and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colm Ó Lochlainn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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