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Catherine Martin (piper)

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Catherine "Kate" Martin (fl. 18th-century, born Lurgan, Co. Cavan) [1] was an Irish harper. W. H. Grattan Flood described Catherine Martin as a native of Co. Meath.[1] She especially performed airs by Edward Sterling, the parson of Lurgan. She attended the Harp Festivals at Granard in the 1780s and Belfast in 1792.

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  1. ^ a b "Ceol na hEireann". Na Píobairí Uilleann. p. 23. Retrieved 7 August 2013.[dead link]
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