The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159372   Message #4120748
Posted By: keberoxu
23-Sep-21 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: 'All the dear Spinning Eileens' (Irish harpists)
Subject: RE: 'All the dear Spinning Eileens' (Irish harpists)
Well, I wonder if a lady named Elsie Thomas Davies
is similar or relatable to those who make music on the Irish harp
or any other harp for that matter.

What gives me pause is that Elsie Thomas -- maiden name --
is Welsh, not Irish.
Her dates were
1923 - 1993.

And she married an Australian, William (sometimes, Williams) Davies.
In 1983 she was interviewed in Swansea; and it appears she was a widow at that point.

Take a look at this photograph.
photograph of 'Telynores Tawe' in her 'national Welsh harpist' garb