title: Irish folk music (1900–1949)
text: # Irish folk music (1900–1949)
  
  ## Births and deaths
  
  ### Births
  
  * John Doherty (1900–1980)
  * Johnny Doran (1907–1950)
  * Seamus Ennis (1919–1982)
  * Felix Doran (c. 1915–1972)
  * Margaret Barry (1917– c. 1989 or 1990)
  * Willie Clancy (1918–1973)
  * Joe Heaney (1919–1984)
  * Joe Cooley (1924–1973)
  * Andy Irvine (1942)
  * Christy Moore (1945)
  * Van Morrison (1945)
  * Matt Molloy (1947)
  * John O'Conor (1947)
  * Davy Spillane (1948)
  * Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946)
  
  ### Deaths
  
  * John J Kimmel (1866–1942)
  * Michael Coleman (1891–1945)
  
  ## Collections of songs or music
  
  * 1907 "The Dance Music Of Ireland" by Francis O'Neill (1848–1936)
  * 1909 Old Irish Folk Music by Patrick Weston Joyce (1827–1949
  
  ## Recordings
  
  * 1907–1929 "Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Music" by John J Kimmel
  * 1936 Michael Coleman's final recordings
  * 1937–1939 "Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Music" by Hugh Gillespie
  * 1920s–1944 "Classics of Irish Piping" by Leo Rowsome (1907–1970)
  * 1947 "The Bunch of Keys" by Johnny Doran (1907–1950)
  