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Irish Folk Music (1500–1899) ...
Births and deaths Births * Francis O'Neill (1848–1936) Irish collector of tunes * John J. Kimmel (1866–1942) Irish musician * Elizabeth Cronin (1879–1956) Irish folk singer * Michael Coleman (1891–1945) Irish fiddler * James Morrison (1893–1947) Irish fiddler Collections of songs or music * 1796 "General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland" by Edward Bunting (1773–1843) * 1800 "Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes" by O'Farrell * 1831 "Irish Minstrelsy" by James Hardiman * 1840s, 1850s "''Manuscript Collection''" by Canon James Goodman * 1855 "Music of Ireland" by George Petrie See also * List of Irish music collectors {{DEFAULTSORT:Irish Folk Music (1500 - 1899) 1500s 1500s may refer to: * The period from 1500 to 1599, almost synonymous with the 16th century (1501–1600) * 1500s (decade), the period from 1500 to 1509 {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis O'Neill
Francis O'Neill (August 28, 1848 – January 26, 1936) was an Irish-born American police officer and collector of Irish traditional music. His biographer Nicholas Carolan referred to him as "the greatest individual influence on the evolution of Irish traditional dance music in the twentieth century". Life O'Neill was born in Tralibane (also Trawlebane), 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 became a cabin boy on an English merchant vessel and remained a seaman until 1869. On a voyage to New York, he met Anna Rogers, a young emigrant whom he later married in Bloomington, Illinois. The O'Neills moved to Chicago, and in 1873 O'Neill became a Chicago policeman. He rose through the ranks quickly, eventually succeeding Joseph Kipley as the Chief of Police from 1901 to 1905.To Serve and Collect, Richard Lindberg accessed 2 November 2018 He had the rare distinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John J
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Elizabeth Cronin
Elizabeth "Bess" Cronin ( ga, Eibhlís Uí Chróinín, italic=no; 29 May 18792 June 1956) was an influential singer of Irish traditional music in the sean-nós style. She sang hundreds of songs which she learnt as a youth, half of which were in the Irish language, which was her first language. She was visited and recorded by prominent collectors of traditional music including Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Peter Kennedy and Seamus Ennis. Some of her songs inspired popular recordings, such as her version of '' Siúil a Rún'', which was covered by Clannad and Celtic Women. Early life and family Elizabeth Cronin was born on 29 May 1879 in Ballyvourney, County Cork. Her name at birth was Eibhlis Ní Iarlaithe, but she was nicknamed ‘Bess’, and later ‘The Muskerry Queen of Song’ and 'The Queen of Irish Song'. Cronin was the eldest daughter of Maighréad Ní Thuama and Seán ‘Máistir’ Ó hIarlaithe, who was a village headmaster in a school of Barr d’Ínse (hence ‘Máis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Coleman (Irish Musician)
Michael Coleman (31 January 1891 – 4 January 1945) was a virtuoso Irish fiddler from County Sligo, and a major exponent of the Sligo fiddle style. Early years Michael Coleman was born in Knockgrania, in the rural Killavil district, near Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland. His father, James Coleman, was from Banada in County Roscommon, and a respected flute player. Michael was the seventh child of James and Beatrice, and the surviving half of a pair of twins. As a child he learned step dancing and fiddle playing, and performed at local houses. His elder brother Jim had a high reputation but was never recorded. In his formative years Michael was influenced by Uilleann pipers (a type of bagpipe), including Johnny Gorman. He left school in 1908, at the age of 17. He competed at the Sligo Feis Ceoil in 1909 and again in 1910, and was placed joint third on both occasions. In 1914 he moved to Manchester, England to live with his older brother Pat, but returned home after several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Morrison (fiddler)
James or Jim Morrison (3 May 1893 – 1947), known as "The Professor", was a notable South Sligo-style Irish fiddler. Life Morrison was born on 3 May 1893 near Riverstown, County Sligo at the townland of Drumfin. Morrison grew up in a community steeped in traditional Irish culture especially music and at the age of 17 he was employed by the Gaelic League to tutor the Connacht style of step dancing at the Gaelic League school in County Mayo. In 1915, at the age of 21, he emigrated to America and settled in New York City. In 1918, Morrison won the fiddle competition at the New York Feis. Morrison become associated with other leading Irish musicians such as Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran who were also from County Sligo. Morrison was one of the leading Irish music teachers in New York in the 1930s and '40s. In addition to the fiddle, he could play the flute, tenor banjo and button accordion A button accordion is a type of accordion on which the melody-side keyboard con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bunting
Edward Bunting (1773–1843) 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 Joy McCracken. At nineteen he was engaged to transcribe music from oral-tradition harpists at the Belfast Harp Festival in 1792. As Bunting was a classically trained musician, he did not understand the unique characteristics of Irish music, such as modes, and when transcribing tunes he 'corrected' them according to Classical music rules. One proof of this is that some tunes published by him were in keys that could not have been played by the harpists. His notes on the harpists, how they played and the terminology they used is however invaluable, and also many tunes would have been lost if he had not collected them. Bunting's arrangement of the festival melodies for the pian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Farrell
O'Farrell is an anglicised form of the Old Irish patronym ''Ó Fearghail''. People with the surname * Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician * Bernadette O'Farrell (1924–1999), Irish actress * Bob O'Farrell, American baseballer * Brett O'Farrell (other), several people ** Brett O'Farrell (Australian rules footballer) (born 1978), Australian footballer ** Brett O'Farrell (rugby league) (born 1980), Australian footballer Broderick O'Farrell * Derek O'Farrell (born 1983), Canadian rower * Elizabeth O'Farrell (1884–1957), Irish revolutionary * Emer O'Farrell (born 1981), Irish athlete * Finola O'Farrell, British judge * Francis Fergus O'Farrell, Irish soldier * Frank O'Farrell, Irish footballer * Henry O'Farrell, Australian assassin * Jasper O'Farrell, American politician * John O'Farrell (other), several people **John O'Farrell (author) (born 1962), British writer and political activist ** John O'Farrell (politician) (1826–1892), Canadian politician ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hardiman
James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the first published collections of Irish poetry and songs. The National University of Ireland, Galway (formerly Queen's College Galway) library now bears his name. Hardiman Road in Drumcondra, Dublin is named after him. Biography Hardiman was born in Westport, County Mayo, in the west of Ireland around 1782. His father owned a small estate in County Mayo. He was trained as a lawyer and became sub-commissioner of public records in Dublin Castle. He was an active member of the Royal Irish Academy, and collected and rescued many examples of Irish traditional music. In 1855, shortly after its foundation, Hardiman became librarian of Queen's College, Galway. Eponyms The National University of Ireland, Galway (formerly Queen's College Galway) lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon James Goodman
Canon James Goodman (22 September 1828 – 18 January 1896) was a Church of Ireland clergyman, a piper and a collector of Irish music and songs. Life As a cleric Goodman was born in Ballyameen, Dingle, County Kerry and was raised in Ventry, County Kerry, a Gaeltacht area, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, having gained a scholarship in 1847. He was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1851 (his father the Reverend Thomas Chute Goodman had been rector of Dingle). He married Charlotte King in 1852. They had three sons, one of whom later drowned while a student, the other two set up a medical practice in Brigg, Lincolnshire. Goodman's first clerical appointment was to Creagh parish in West Cork in 1852. In 1859, he moved to Killaconagh, on the Beara peninsula, where he preached in Irish. He was posted to the parish of Abbeystrewry in Skibbereen in 1866 as a Canon of Ross, remaining there until his death in 1896. In 1867 he self-financed the rebuilding of the local church wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Petrie (artist)
George Petrie (1 January 1790 – 17 January 1866) was an Irish painter, musician, antiquarian and archaeologist of the Victorian era who was instrumental in building the collections of the Royal Irish Academy and National Museum of Ireland. Personal life George Petrie was born in Dublin, Ireland, and grew up there, living at 21 Great Charles Street, just off Mountjoy Square. He was the son of the portrait and miniature painter James Petrie, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who had settled in Dublin. He was interested in art from an early age. He was sent to the Dublin Society's Schools, being educated as an artist, where he won the silver medal in 1805, aged fourteen. Career After an abortive trip to England in the company of Francis Danby and James Arthur O'Connor, both of whom were close friends of his, he returned to Ireland where he worked mostly producing sketches for engravings for travel books – including among others, George Newenham Wright's guides to Killarney, Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Irish Music Collectors
This is a list of notable collectors of Irish traditional music: Collectors * Breandan Breathnach (1912–1985) – collected over 7,000 tunes, published from 1963 * Edward Bunting (1773–1843) – collected tunes from the harpers at the Belfast Harp Festival; made extensive collections of tunes which he published in three collections of ''The Ancient Music of Ireland'' * Séamus Clandillon – ''see'' Maighréad Ní Annagáin * Eileen Costello – ''Amhrain Mhuighe Seola'', 1923, 80 songs from Co. Galway and Co. Mayo * Seamus Ennis (1919–1982) – uilleann piper; collected for the BBC/Irish Folklore Commission, 1952–57 * William Forde (c.1759–1850) * A. Martin Freeman (1878–1959) – important collector of songs from West Cork * Canon James Goodman (1828–1896) – collected over 2000 tunes and songs, mainly from the south-west of the country. * Carmel Gunning – a singer, flute and tin whistle player and collector of songs and ballads; author of ''The Mountain T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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