A. Martin Freeman

Alexander Martin Freeman (1878 in Tooting, London – 18 December 1959) was a scholar of medieval Irish texts and collector of Irish music.[1][2]

For other people named Martin Freeman, see Martin Freeman (disambiguation).

He collected traditional songs from older generation of singers in the West Cork Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) of Ballyvourney, County Cork during 1913/14, which became the Ballyvourney Collection.[2][3]

His other works of scholarship are varied, and includes his edition of Annals of Connacht (1944), his magnum opus.[1]

He was also on the Publication Committee for the Irish Folk Song Society from 1920 until 1939, when the society was dissolved.[2]

A lecture was given by Iarla Ó Lionáird on his Muskery Collection in Cork University on 30 January 2014.

Works
  • Freeman, A. Martin (1920–1921). "Ballyvourney Collection (Irish songs)". Journal of the Folk-Song Society. 6 (23, 24, 25): xiii–xxvii, index, p. 355. JSTOR 4434091

References
  1. O'Sullivan, Donal (December 1960), "A. Martin Freeman, 1878-1959", Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, 9 (1): 60, JSTOR 4521610
  2. O'Sullivan, Donal (1961), "Alexander Martin Freeman", Journal of the International Folk Music Council, 13: 94, doi:10.1017/S0950792200015337, JSTOR 835310, S2CID 251354954
  3. Freeman (1920–1921).


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