There's a real pity!

Hopefully his son, Brendan - now famous/infamous in his own right as a dialogue coach to the stars (e.g. Brad Pitt and Mickey Rourke in their "Northern Irish" movies) - will keep the Gunn fiddlin' tradition alive

(Brendan used to teach me phonetics as part of my degree course at the University of Ulster and I remember one drunken rake where the pair of us and two frolicsome dames went on a bit of a spraoí. I didn't know at the time - and probably didn't care much - but Brendan is a bit of a dab hand at the fiddlin' himself.)

Anyway ... by way of a tribute, here's a link to Jim Maginn's site, which has an animation of Tommy Gunn steppin' it on the index page. Jim Maginn's photos of Irish musicians.

Here's a health, to you, Tommy! You kep' 'er lit!

I hope the big fella's waitin for you with open arms.