Frank Harte
Singer Frank Harte dies aged 72
27 June 2005 18:58
The renowned Dublin singer and record maker Frank Harte has died at the age of 72.
Born in Chapelizod, he was well known for his rendition of songs and produced a book on ‘Dublin Street Songs’.
Mr Harte, a retired architect, was also a great collector of songs, from Dublin and Northern Ireland.
He also has a string of recordings to his name, most notably ‘Through Dublin City’, ‘Daybreak’, ‘A Candle End’ and his most recent production about the famine entitled ‘Great Hunger’.
Mr Harte had a particular fondness for the late 18th Century French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, and wrote a number of songs about him.
The death of Frank Harte is a great loss for this Country.
Comment by harry oreilly — 29/6/2005 @ 8:44 am
this world was made a richer place
for the life of our man Frank Harte.
he and his music are much loved and revered.
may he rest in peace.
Comment by molly andrews — 1/7/2005 @ 12:55 am
So sad to hear he drank his final parting glass.
I’ll cherish the memories from the porch at Elkins with Molly there too and we swopping songs. I’ve always carried the memory of him crying when I sang him Kevin Evans “The Orchard”
I was moved to tears myself at Garrison Keillors tribute to him this evening. Gabriel Donohue N.Y.
July 2 20005
Comment by Gabriel Donohue — 3/7/2005 @ 1:21 am
This is an extremely sad loss for Ireland, especially Dublin people who remember him greatly. A man who cherished so much and adored Ireland for what it was and is now. Very few people are left in Ireland now who loved his country as much as he did.Frank had no reluctancy in writing songs about politics, he just wrote what he felt strong about.
Comment by Victoria Ni Thuarisc — 21/7/2005 @ 4:58 pm