Collected Songs – important collections

There are many significant song collections within the Irish tradition – among some of the important Northern collections of the 20th century are:

• Sam Henry’s Songs of the People (1923-39);
• Father Lorcán O Muireadhaigh’s Amhráin Chúige Uladh (1927);
• Seán Ó Baoill’s Cnuasacht de Cheoltaí Uladh (1944); and
• Hugh Shields’ Shamrock, Rose and Thistle (1981).

Other important collectors include Luke Donnellan, Enrí Ó Muiríosa and Peadar Ó Dubhda.