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About William Eveleigh
- William George Eveleigh (11 May 1868 - 13 January 1950) was an English organist known for his remarkable work at Saint Finbarre's Cathedral in Cork, Ireland.
- Eveleigh was born in Meerut, India, the son of F.C.
- Henry Eveleigh, a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery.
- Educated at Cranleigh and Peterhouse Cambridge, he gained his doctorate in music at Queen's College, Oxford in 1895.
- In 1894, he married Louise, daughter of Major F.
- Goldhurst, of Upton Park, Slough.
- They had four children.
- He held appointments at Bramley, Hampshire; Holywell, North Wales; and the Holy Trinity Episcopal church, Ayr Scotland, before being appointed choirmaster and organist at St.
- Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork in 1903., succeeding John Christopher Marks.
- He remained in Cork until 1922, being succeeded by his pupil Jonathan Thomas Horne who continued in the post until 1977.
- In addition to church music and instrumental pieces, Eveleigh composed a five-act opera entitled The Valkyrie.
- He retired to England in 1922, and died at the Rosehill Nursing Home in Bristol in 1950.
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