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John Sheahan

Traditional Irish musician
Person human Q693584

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
May 19, 1939
Place of birth
Dublin
Country of citizenship
Ireland[8]
Occupation
composer, fiddler, guitarist, singer, musician
Educated at
Dublin Institute of Technology[9]
Genre
Irish folk music[12]
Family name
Sheahan[13]
Given name
John[14]
Instrument
violin, fiddle, whistle, mandolin[16][17][18][19]
Member of
The Dubliners[10]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[21]
P14750
08F2-086F-CB25-69D2-4358[22]
Relative
Patrick Sheahan[15]
Start of work period
1940[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Sheahan ko 존 시헌
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000371828529
VIAF cluster ID
6364149296247280670004
Library of Congress authority ID
no2013117049
GND ID
112383296X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
FiS 2010 1043.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14054639d
Carnegie Hall agent ID
106074
Discogs artist ID
281918
Europeana entity
agent/base/77852
Freebase ID
/m/087j83
IMDb ID
nm1725829
IdRef ID
157332985
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Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
29274
MusicBrainz artist ID
72ac9287-b447-486a-801d-027ef4cebee7
SecondHandSongs artist ID
254192
Songkick artist ID
2125742
Yale LUX ID
person/a2761a30-b96b-4b12-b91d-e47b95666ec9
Yandex Music artist ID
232000

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Instrument 4
violin, mandolin, whistle, fiddle
Occupation 3
composer, singer, guitarist
Mb:writer 2
Seven Drunken Nights, Seven Drunken Nights
Belongs to 1
The Dubliners
Country of citizenship 1
Ireland
Educated at 1
Dublin Institute of Technology
Genre 1
Irish folk music
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Mb:member of band 1
The Dubliners
Place of birth 1
Dublin
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Sheahan was born on May 19, 1939[1], in Dublin[2]. He has worked as a composer[3], fiddler[4], guitarist[5], singer[6], and musician[7].

FAQs

Where was John Sheahan born?

John Sheahan's place of birth was Dublin[2].

What did John Sheahan do for work?

John Sheahan worked as a composer[3], fiddler[4], guitarist[5], singer[6], and musician[7].

Where did John Sheahan go to school?

John Sheahan was educated at Dublin Institute of Technology[9].

Related Entities

Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . limerickcity.ie. Retrieved . limerickcity.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 08F2-086F-CB25-69D2-4358
    Member of → The Dubliners
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Given name → John
    Family name → Sheahan
    Country of citizenship → Ireland
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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