Music of Ireland
Edward Bunting (1773–1843) collected tunes from the harpers at the Belfast Harp Festival. He made extensive collections of tunes which he published in "The Ancient Music of Ireland". George Petrie (1790–1866) was an antiquarian, artist and important collector of Irish airs and melodies. John Edward Pigot (1822–1871) collected over 2,000 airs. Canon James Goodman (1828–1896), a Church of Ireland clergyman, collected over 2,000 tunes and songs, mainly from the south-west of the country.