Irish folk music (1900–1949)

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)