title: Irish folk music (1500–1899)
text: # 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
  