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Elizabeth Cronin Career:

Elizabeth Cronin, who sang Irish traditional Music in Sean Nos, was described as a noted singer and also she was known as The Queen of Irish Song for her extraordinary talent. . Her career started from when she was a youth, she would sing everywhere she went, she would sing at weddings, parties even when she was milking the cows. Elizabeth's life was very ordinary she didn’t get prizes or recording contracts from her career in Irish traditional music. Elizabeths Irish language caught interest from many collectors. Elizabeth hand wrote many of her songs as well as singing them in two languages which were Irish and English. .

A number of collectors recorded Elizabeth Cronin, Seamus Ennis who worked for BBC was the first person to record Elizabeth so she sang in English. She was recorded in 1940 by Alan Lomax as well as Marie Slocombe who were not Irish speakers so Elizabeth sang in English. Elizabeth was an exceptionally phenomenal Irish singer. Elizabeth was brought up around Irish traditional music and this gave her the passion to make music. At a young age, Elizabeth was taught songs by her mother, which gave her an influence in music that she has sung.

Elizabeth made her first public appearance in 1899 which was in Feis in Macroom. When she made this public appearance she sang two songs that wherein Irish, the songs showed how much she loved music. From 1947 throughout to 1950 Elizabeth became well know and many collectors wanted to hear her sing such as Seamus Ennis, Brian George, Diane Hamilton, Peter Kennedy, Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie and George Pickow, and Robin Roberts. Elizabeth produced over eighty songs on tape, however, many of her songs are not available to the public. Her grandson, Daithi O'Cronin has contributed a book to her which has over 200 songs that belong to Elizabeth. . Elizabeth kept a lot of songs to herself. She has produced different types of a genre such as, Nil Mo Shlainte ar Fonamh, to the melancholic tinge to her drinking song Nil Se 'na La; from lullabies like Cuir a Chodladh an Seanduine to the keening of Sweet Boney, or the probing melodic lines of Cois Abhainn na Sead. aim Cortha o Bheith im' Aonar im' Lui, or An Binsin Luachra which nearly plaits two entirely different songs together.