Dancing master from Dunragit operating prior to WW1. For a short while in partnership with one of his pupils, Thomas Shanks , but this ceased in 1914.
The solo dances he taught were
Clog Dance
Gille Calum
Highland Fling – partial notation provided by Thomas Shanks
Irish Jig
Liverpool Hornpipe – full notation provided by Thomas Shanks
Sailors’ Hornpipe
Seann Truibhas
Information derived from an interview by Tom Flett with Thomas Shanks on 28/8/1959.