Recordings of sean-nós songs from Co Cork discovered on Scottish island 

Alexander Martin Freeman had visited Múscraí in 1913/14, but hadn't been recorded singing some of the tunes he collected until decades later 

Alexander Martin Freeman on a visit to the Hebridean island of Canna, where the recordings of the Múscraí songs were recently unearthed. (Picture courtesy of Irish Traditional Music Archive)

Recordings giving a rare soundbite of Ireland’s sean-nós singing tradition dating back more than a century have been brought to light thanks to a remarkable series of English, Scottish, and American connections.

Songs collected by Alexander Martin Freeman in Co Cork in the early 1900s, sung by the renowned English collector himself, and recorded on a Hebridean island have been unearthed and are being heralded as a valuable resource for researchers and future generations of singers.