Birthdays

Harvey Andrews (7th May 1943)
Frankie Armstrong (13th January 1941)
Steve Ashley (3rd September 1946)
Roy Bailey (30th October 1935)
Joan Baez (9th January 1941)
Paddie Bell (8th April 1931 to 3 Aug 2005)
Eric Bogle (23rd September 1943 or 44)
Moya Brennan (1952)
Anne Briggs (29th September 1944)
Martin Brinsford (17th August 1944)
Kate Bush (30th July 1958)
James Byrne (1st Jan 1946 - 7th Nov 2008)
Paddy Canny (1919 - 28rd June 2008)
Eliza Carthy (23rd August 1975)
Eva Cassidy (2nd Feb 1963)
Johnny Collins (10th May 1938)
Judy Collins (1st May 1939)
Harry Cox (27th March 1885 - 6th May 1971)
Andrew Cronshaw (18th April 1949)
Johnny Cunningham 27th Aug 1957 to 16th Dec 2003)
Erik Darling (25th Sept 1933 to 3rd Aug 2008)
Joe Derrane (16th Mar 1930)
Hazel Dickens (1st June 1935)
Lonnie Donegan (29th April 1931 - 2002)
Troy Donockley (30th May 1964)
Donovan (10th May 1946)
Sue Draheim (August 1949, Oakland, California)
Nick Drake (19th June 1948 - 25th November 1974)
Ronnie Drew (18th September 1935 - 16th Aug 2008)
Bob Dylan (24th May 1941)
Seamus Egan (1st July 1969)
Seamus Ennis (5th May 1919 to 5th Oct 1982)
Enya (17th May 1961)
Alasdair Fraser (14th May 1955)
Eddie Furey (23rd December 1944)
Finbar Furey (28th September 1946)
Davy Graham (29th Nov 1940 - 15th Dec 2008)
Tommy Gunn (d 2001)
Woody Guthrie (14th July 1912 to 3rd October 1967)
Owen Hand (28th December 1938 to 16th February 2003)
Roy Harris (15th June 1933)
Sue Harris (17th May 1949)
Tim Hart (9th January 1948 - 24th Dec 2009)
Carolyn Hester (28th January 1937)
Sam Hinton (31st March 1917 to 10th September 2009)
Jerry Holland (23rd July 1955 to 16th July 2009)
Stan Hugill (19th Nov 1906 - 13th May 1992)
Ian and Sylvia (Ian Tyson 25th Sept 1933, Sylvia 19th Sept 1940)
Bert Jansch (3rd November 1943)
Sean Keane (fiddler) (12th July 1946)
Sean Keane (singer) (26th July 1946)
Luke Kelly (17th Nov 1940 - 30th Jan 1984)
Rick Kemp (15th November 1941)
Sandra Kerr (14th Feb 1942)
Peter Knight (27th May 1947)
Alison Krauss (23rd July 1971)
Jim Kweskin (18th July 1940)
Cathal McConnell (8th June 1944)
John McCutcheon (14th August 1952)
Shane MacGowan (25th December 1957)
Barney McKenna (16th December 1939)
Don McLean (2nd Oct 1945)
Buddy MacMaster (18th October 1924)
Mary MacMaster (22nd November 1955)
Natalie McMaster (13th June 1972)
Alison McMorland (b 12th Nov 1940)
Miriam Makeba (4th March 1932 - 9th November 2008)
Tommy Makem (4th Nov 1932 - 1st Aug 2007)
John Martyn (11th September 1948)
Melanie Safka (3rd Feb 1947)
Natalie Merchant (26th Oct 1963)
Christy Moore (7th May 1945)
Robin Morton (24th December 1939)
Liam O'Flynn (1950)
Odetta (31st December 1930 - 2nd December 2008)
Mike Oldfield (15th May 1953)
Tom Paley (19th March 1928)
Walter Pardon (4th March - 9th June 1996)
Maddy Prior (14th Aug 1947)
Dave Richardson (20th August 1948)
Jean Ritchie (8th December 1922)
Kate Rusby (1st December 1973)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (20th February 1941)
Patsy Seddon (12th May 1949)
Peggy Seeger (17th June 1935)
Pete Seeger (3rd May 1919)
Sharon Shannon (8th June 1968)
Spider Stacey (14th December 1958)
Cat Stevens (21st July 1947)
Belle Stewart (18th July 1906)
James Gideon Tanner (6th June 1885 - 13 May 1960)
Ciaran Tourish (27th May 1967)
Mike Waterson (1941)
Doc Watson (3rd March 1923)
Eric Weissberg (16th August 1939)
Hedy West (6th April 1938 - 3rd July 2005)
Robin Williamson (24th November 1943)
Gay Woods (b 1948)
Terry Woods (4th December 1947)
John Wright (1947 - 7th Feb 2008)
Martyn Wyndham-Read (23rd August 1942)
Peter Yarrow (31st May 1938)