Fintan O'Carroll explained

Fintan Patrick O'Carroll (Irish: Fiontán Padraig Ó Cearbhaill) was an Irish composer. He was born in Wexford, Ireland on 31 July 1922. His family later moved to Waterford and this is where he spent the rest of his life. He died in July 1981 and is survived by his wife and six of his seven children.

He composed mostly church music for the Roman Catholic Church, and is most well known for his "Celtic Alleluia" which was later re-arranged by Christopher Walker. It was published also with texts in several other languages: Swedish,^[1] and French ^[2]

The Gloria from his Mass of the Annunciation was included in A historical anthology of Irish church music published in 2001,^[3] and included in an companion recording.^[4] His masses were published in an updated collected edition in 2012, adapted for use with the new Roman Missal.^[5]

Major works

• Mass of the Immaculate Conception,^[6]
• Responsorial psalms for Sundays and major feast days of the three-year lectionary cycle.^[7]
• Aifreann in onóir Muire, Máthair Dé : eagrán do phobal agus/nó cór (Mass in honor of Mary, Mother of God) ^[8]
• Celtic alleluia : for SATB choir, descant, assembly, organ, guitar, solo instrument, trumpet or clarinet ^[9]

Sources

• Waterford People: A Biographical Dictionary By T. N. Fewer. Ballylough Books, Callaghane, Co Waterford,,

Notes and References

1. translated by Johan-Magnus Sjöberg, Halleluja Celtic alleluja : sv. ps. 923. Slite: Wessmans musikförl, 1996. WorldCat
2. O'Carroll, Fintan. Louez Dieu, tous les peuples, alleluia. Chants De Lourdes, Volume 3, Alleluia, Chantez Pour Le Seigneur. WorldCat
3. Gillen, Gerard, and Andrew Johnstone. A historical anthology of Irish church music. Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press, 2001. WorldCat
4. Bourke, Eamonn, et al. Sing the Mass Anthology of Music for the Irish Church. Dublin, Ireland: Veritas Publications, 2011. WorldCat
5. O'Carroll, Fintan P., and Kevin O'Carroll. The collected masses of Fintan P. O'Carroll. Dublin, Ireland: Veritas Publications, 2012. WorldCat
6. Ó Cearbhaill, Fiontán P. Mass of the Immaculate Conception. [Dublin?]: Irish Commission for Liturgy (Music Panel), 1977.https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/810566469
7. Ó Cearbhaill, Fiontán P., ed. by Paul Kenny. Responsorial Psalms for Sundays and Major Feast Days of the Three-Year Lectionary Cycle. Maynooth: Irish Church Music Association, 2006. WorldCat
8. Ó Cearbhaill, Fiontán P. Aifreann in onóir Muire, Máthair Dé: eagrán do phobal agus/nó cór : (1973). Baile Átha Cliath: Cumann Ceol Eaglasta na hÉireann, 1973 WorldCat
9. O'Carroll, Fintan, and Christopher Walker. Celtic Alleluia: For SATB Choir, Descant, Assembly, Organ, Guitar, Solo Instrument, Trumpet or Clarinet. Portland, Or: OCP Publications, 1985. WorldCat