Frank Harte was an architect and lecturer by profession and the great champion of the Dublin street ballad, which he sang unaccompanied. He built a vast archive of songs and recordings and shared it freely with Christy Moore, Andy Irvine and many others. He made albums on the 1798 Rebellion and the Famine, and was TG4 Traditional Singer of the Year in 2003.
Frank Harte
Singer and collector of Dublin street songs
- Born
- 14 May 1933, Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- 27 June 2005, Chapelizod, Dublin
Further reading: Wikipedia · Dictionary of Irish Biography