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Gráinne Yeats (14 April 1925 – 18 April 2013) was an Irish harpist and singer, and also a historian of the Irish harp.
Apr 27, 2013 · Gráinne Yeats was a harpist, singer and historian of the Irish harp, and is credited with the revival of the traditional wire-strung harp.
Apr 4, 2021 · Yeats, Gráinne (1925–2013), harpist, singer, teacher and historian, was born on 14 April 1925 in Dublin, the youngest child of Patrick Sarsfield ('P. S.') O'Hegarty (qv) and Wilhelmina (Mina) Rebecca (née Smyth).
Gráinne Yeats retired from her international concert career, but still taught in workshops, master classes, courses and festivals. She was married to Michael Yeats and they lived mainly in Dublin.
Gráinne Yeats died on 18 April 2013 in Dublin and was buried in Shanganagh cemetery. In a filmed interview with singer Mairéid Sullivan in October 2000 she expressed one of her few regrets: never hearing the harp as it might have been played in the halls of the great Gaelic lords.
May 7, 2013 · She was wife of the late Michael Yeats, son of Nobel poet, W.B.Yeats, and a Freeman of Sligo. Born in Dublin, Gráinne was a renowned harpist, singer and historian of the Irish harp.
Gráinne Yeats was the first professional musician to revive and make recordings of the wire-strung harp. She has a special interest in the traditional harp of Ireland and has done extensive research on the Irish harper-composers and their repertoire, and on the history of the instrument itself.
