List of Irish Music Collectors
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- Breandan BreathnachBreandán BreathnachBreandán Breathnach was an Irish music collector and Uilleann piper.Breathnach worked as a civil servant with the Department of Education and was responsible for collecting music from around Ireland. By the time of his death he had collected over 7,000 tunes published from 1963...
(1912-1985) - collected over 7000 tunes, published from 1963 - Edward BuntingEdward BuntingEdward Bunting was an Irish musician and folk music collector.-Life:Bunting was born in County Armagh, Ireland. At the age of seven he was sent to study music at Drogheda and at eleven he was apprenticed to William Ware, organist at St. Anne's church in Belfast and lived with the family of Henry...
(1773-1843) - Mrs. Costello - Amhrain Mhuighe Seola, 1923, 80 songs from Co. Galway and Co. Mayo
- Seamus EnnisSéamus EnnisSéamus Ennis was an Irish piper, singer and folk-song collector.- Early years :In 1908 James Ennis, Séamus's father, was in a pawn-shop in London. Ennis bought a bag of small pieces of Uilleann pipes. They were made in the early nineteenth century by Coyne of Thomas Street in Dublin. James worked...
(1919-1982) - with BBC/Irish Folklore Commission, 1952-57 - Aloys Fleischman (1910-1992)
- William Forde (c1759-1850)
- A. Martin FreemanA. Martin FreemanA. Martin Freeman was a scholar of medieval Irish texts and collector of Irish Music.He Collected the songs of the older generation of singers in the West Cork Gaeltacht in 1913/14 which became Ballyvourney Collection.-Works:*nos 23,24 and 25 of vol 6 of the journal of the folk song society,...
(1878-1959) - important collector of songs from West CorkWest CorkWest Cork refers to a geographical area in south-west Ireland, lying within Ireland's largest county, County Cork. Traditionally a popular tourist destination, the area is seen as being distinct from the more populated northern or eastern parts of the county, as well as the more urban area of... - Canon James GoodmanCanon James GoodmanCanon James Goodman was a collector of Irish music. Raised in Ventry, County Kerry, a Gaeltacht area, he was a native Irish language speaker.-As a cleric:Goodman studied at Trinity College, Dublin, having gained a scholarship in 1847...
(1828-1896) - collected over 2000 tunes - Hardbeck - Seoda Ceoil, c1909
- Carmel GunningCarmel GunningCarmel Gunning is an Irish composer and musician, from Sligo, Ireland. Gunning is one of Ireland's most accomplished tin whistle players who is also known for her singing and flute playing. Gunning's rich stylised form of whistle playing and tradition stems from her homeland of Geevagh in South...
- Singer, flute and tin whistle player and collector of songs and ballads. Author of The Mountain Top (2006) which contains over sixty tunes focusing on tunes popular in South SligoSligoSligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...
. - Frank HarteFrank HarteFrank Harte was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born and raised in Dublin. His father Peter Harte who had moved from a farming background in Sligo owned 'The Tap' pub in Chapelizod...
(1934-2005) - collector of songs and ballads from Dublin and the countryside - Sam HenrySam Henry (musicologist)Sam Henry was an Irish folk-song collector, photographer and folklorest, best known for his collection of ballads and songs in Songs of the People...
- contributor to the Coleraine newspaper 'Northern Constitution', through which he published his 'Songs of the People' in the 1920s and '30s, featuring songs collected in North Antrim, often on his travels as an exciseman. - Holden - Collection of Old Established Irish Slow and Quick Tunes, Dublin, 1810s and Collection of the Most Esteemed old Irish Melodies
- Henry Elliott Hudson Henry Elliott HudsonHenry Elliott Hudson was an Irish Music collector.-Life:Hudson was born the son of the eminent dentist Edward and during adulthood practiced as surgeon / dentist at 71 Patrick Street, Cork, though his main interest lay in Irish Music....
(1798-1889) - Herbert HughesHerbert Hughes (musicologist)Herbert Hughes was an Irish composer, music critic and collector of folk songs.He was born and brought up in Belfast, Ireland, but completed his formal music education at the Royal College of Music, London, graduating in 1901...
- Songs of Uladh, 1904, Irish Country Songs, 1909 - Patrick Weston JoycePatrick Weston JoycePatrick Weston Joyce was an Irish historian, writer and music collector, known particularly for his research in local place names of Ireland.-Biography:...
(1827-1914) - Fionan MacColuim - Amhrain na nGleann, Cosa Bui Arda (children's songs), 1922-24
- John McCreery, compiled a book of Irish airs with American Lyrics by John Daly Burk, published Petersburg USA 1824. 'A selection from the ancient music of Ireland, arranged for the flute or violin, some of the most admired melodies, adapted to American poetry. Chiefly composed by John McCreery to which is perfixed historical and critical observation on ancient Irish music'
- Ciaran MacMathunaCiaran MacMathunaCiarán Mac Mathúna, was an Irish broadcaster and music collector. He was a recognised authority on Irish music and lectured extensively on the subject...
- broadcaster and collector of music from mid 20th century - John Mulholland - Collection of Ancient Airs, two volumes, 80 airs noted, BelfastBelfastBelfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, 1810. Mulholland's father started to collect in the mid 1700 century. - Tom MunnellyTom Munnelly-Early years:Tom Munnelly was born in Rathmines in Dublin, and went to Clogher Road technical college. He took up factory work at the age of 15. At a scout camp he became intetersted in folk songs. To enlarge his own repertoire he acquired a tape recorder. In 1965 Munnelly met an Irish Traveller...
- (1944-2007). Worked in the Department of Irish Folklore at University College DublinUniversity College DublinUniversity College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
, and was chairman of the Irish Traditional Music Archive. Estimated to have collected around 1,500 tapes' worth of material. - Maighread Ni Annagain and Seamus Clandillon - Londubh an Chairn, 1927 MunsterMunsterMunster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
songs - Liam de Noraidh - Ceol o'n Mumhain, MunsterMunsterMunster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
songs, 1965 - Sean O Baoighill - Cnuasacht de Cheoltai Uladh, c 1948, DonegalDonegalDonegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....
GaeltachtGaeltachtis the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, the Gaeltacht, or an Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...
- O'Farrell - Uilleann piper, published the following (containing some 300 tunes):
- Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes c1800.
- O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes 1806-11
- Francis O'NeillFrancis O'NeillFrancis O'Neill was an Irish-born American police officer and collector of Irish traditional music.O'Neill was born in Tralibane, near Bantry, County Cork. At an early age he heard the music of local musicians, among them Peter Hagarty, Cormac Murphy and Timothy Dowling. At the age of 16, he...
(1848-1936) - Fr. L. O Muiri - Amhrain Chuige Uladh, 1927, songs from Omeath and Tyrone GaeltachtGaeltachtis the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, the Gaeltacht, or an Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...
- Donal O Sullivan - Songs of the Irish, 1960
- George Petrie (1790-1866) - Antiquarian, artist and important collector of Irish airs and melodies.
- John Edward PigotJohn Edward PigotJohn Edward Pigot was an Irish music collector.Pigot was born in Kilworth, Co. Cork and became friendly with Thomas Davis of the Young Ireland movement. They published advertisements in The Nation asking those who had Irish tunes to send them in. This started the Pigot Collection. He studied...
(1822-1871) - collected over 2000 airs - Frank Roche (1866-1961) - born in Knocklong, Co. Limerick, his father was a dancing master. His first collection of two volumes was published in 1912 and revised to three volumes in 1927. The last collection in 1931 Airs and Fantasied. His works were re-issued by Ossian Publications in 1982 and consist of 566 tunes.
- Micho RussellMicho RussellMicho Russell was an Irish musician and author best known for his expert tin whistle performance. He also played the simple-system flute and was a collector of traditional music and folklore.-Biography:...
(1915-1994) - musician, folklorist and collector. - William Bradbury Ryan - 1050 Reels and Jigs hornpipes and Clogs, BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, 1883
Significant Irish music collections by unknown authors
- Poets and Poetry of Munster, 1849.