COMPOSERS
Miss Davis
Composer
(c. 1726 – after 1755)
Irish singer, musician, and composer, born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father was a harpsichord player, and her mother was a singer.
Date of birth: 1726
Date of death: 1755
Age: 28 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Fanny Arthur Robinson
Composer
(September 1831 – 31 October 1879)
English pianist, music educator and composer. She spent most of her active career in Dublin.
Date of birth: 1831
Date of death: 31 October 1879
Age: 48 (age at death)
Nationality: British
Bettina Walker
(1837 – 4 February 1893)
Irish pianist and composer.
Date of birth: 1837
Date of death: 4 February 1893
Age: 55 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Female
Augusta Holmès
(18 December 1847 – 28 January 1903)
French composer of Irish descent.
She published under the pseudonym
Hermann Zenta ...
Date of birth: 18 December 1847
Age: 55 (age at death)
Nationality: French
Gender: Female2.
Hope Temple
Composer
"Dotie" (27 December 1859 – 10 May 1938)
Irish songwriter and composer.
She was also known as Mrs André Messager.
Date of birth: 1859
Date of death: 1938
Age: 78 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Female
Alicia Adélaide Needham
Composer
(31 October 1863 – 24 December 1945)
Irish composer of songs and ballads.
A committed Suffragette, she was the first woman to conduct at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Date of birth: 31 October 1863
Date of death: 24 December 1945
Age: 82 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Female
Charlotte Milligan Fox
Composer and author
(17 March 1864 – 25 March 1916)
Irish composer, folk music collector
and writer.
Date of birth: 17 March 1864
Date of death: 25 March 1916
Age: 52 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Female
Mary Dickenson-Auner
(24 October 1880 – 25 May 1965)
Irish violinist, composer, and music teacher. She wrote symphonies, oratorios, operas, and chamber works.
Date of birth: 24 October 1880
Date of death: 25 May 1965
Age: 84 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Ina Boyle
Composer
(8 March 1889 – 10 March 1967)
An Irish composer:
The most prolific and significant female composer from Ireland before 1950.
Her compositions encompass a broad spectrum of genres.
Date of birth: 8 March 1889
Date of death: 10 March 1967
Age: 78 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Rhoda Coghill
Composer
(14 October 1903 – 9 February 2000)
Irish pianist, composer, and poet.
Date of birth: 1903
Date of death: 2000
Age: 96 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Occupation: Writer
Gender: Female
Dorothy Parke
Composer
(29 July 1904 – 5 February 1990)
Composer from Northern Ireland,
noted for children's works.
Date of birth: 29 July 1904
Date of death: 5 February 1990
Age: 85 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Joan Trimble
Composer
(18 June 1915 – 6 August 2000)
Irish composer and pianist.
Date of birth: 18 June 1915
Date of death: 6 August 2000
Age: 85 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Jane O'Leary
Composer
(born 13 October 1946)
American-born Irish musician and composer
who has been living in Ireland since 1972.
Date of birth: 1946
Nationality: American
Eibhlis Farrell
Composer
(born 27 July 1953)
Northern Irish composer.
Date of birth: 27 July 1953
Nationality: Irish
Denise Kelly
Harpist and composer
(born 24 April 1954)
Irish harpist and composer. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was educated at the Royal Irish Academy and at Trinity College, Dublin.
Date of birth: 24 April 1954
Nationality: Irish
Gráinne Mulvey
Composer
(born 10 March 1966)
Irish composer.
Date of birth: 1966
Nationality: Irish
Elaine Agnew
Composer & music facilitator.
Elaine Agnew is a She is highly experienced
at facilitating groups of all ages in collective
music-making.
Date of Birth: 1967
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Annie Patterson
Composer and organist
(27 October 1868 – 16 January 1934)
Irish organist, music educator, writer,
composer, and arranger.
Date of birth: 27 October 1868
Date of death: 16 January 1934
Age: 65 (age at death)
Nationality: Irish
Deirdre Gribbin
Northern Irish composer
(born 24 May 1967)
Composer from Northern Ireland.
Date of birth: 1967
Nationality: Irish
Siobhán Cleary
Composer
(born 10 May 1970)
Irish composer. Her most successful compositions have been her orchestral works Alchemy and Cokaygne and her choral piece Theophilus Thistle
Date of birth: 10 May 1970
Nationality: Irish
Jennifer Walshe
Composer
(born 1 June 1974)
Irish composer, vocalist and artist.
Date of birth: 1 June 1974
Nationality: Irish
Ailís Ní Ríain
Composer and playwright
(born 15 June 1974)
Date of birth: 15 June 1974
Nationality: Irish
Karen Power
Karen Power is a composer whose work spans compositions for orchestras, to sound installations. Power has been known to incorporate everyday sounds into her works.
Born: 1977
Nationality: Irish
Linda Buckley
Composer and musician
Overview: Linda Buckley (born 4 April 1979) is an Irish art music composer and musician. Her work has been performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Icebreaker and ...
Date of birth: 1979
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Female
Ann Cleare
Composer
Overview: Ann Cleare (born 1983 in County Offaly) is an Irish composer. She is Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin. In 2019 she won the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize, sharing it with ...
Date of birth: 1983
Nationality: Irish
Gender: Female
Judith Ring
Composer/Musician/Performer/Artist
Ring has been writing music for over 20 years and has been greatly inspired by living in such places as Berlin, London, York, Paris and Dublin. In general Rings music stems from the electro-acoustic world.
Date of Birth: 1976
Nationality: Irish
June Armstrong June Armstrong is a piano teacher living and working in Belfast. She studied music at Queen’s University Belfast, graduating with a BMus in 1974 and an MA in composition and 20th century analysis in 1975. She holds an LTCL in piano (1993) and an ATCL in violin (1970).
June began composing piano music for her students in 2009, specialising in educational music. Her compositions range from complete beginner standard to diploma level. Much of the music is inspired by the landscape, seascape and the wildlife of Northern Ireland, as well as its historical heritage. Created music for RIAM, ABRSM & LCM.
This is a non-exhaustive list.
I have not researched these composers in detail at this stage.