Born: Jan­u­ary 19, 1834, Can­ter­bu­ry, Kent, Eng­land.

Died: June 29, 1905, Not­ting­ham, Eng­land.

Irons was a ne­phew of the bro­thers Ste­phen & George El­vey. He be­came a chor­is­ter at Can­ter­bu­ry Ca­thed­ral un­der T. E. Jones. Af­ter stu­dy­ing mu­sic un­der Ste­phen El­vey at Ox­ford, he was ap­point­ed or­gan­ist at St. Co­lum­ba’s Coll­ege, a large pub­lic school at Rath­farn­ham, near Dub­lin, Ire­land. He stayed there on­ly a few months be­fore be­ing of­fered the po­si­tion of or­gan­ist at South­well Min­is­ter. From South­well, he went to Ches­ter as as­sist­ant or­gan­ist to Fred­er­ic Gun­ton. Three years lat­er, he ac­cept­ed an ap­point­ment at St. An­drew’s Church, Not­ting­ham where he re­mained un­til his death.

Sources

Music

1. As on the Night Be­fore
2. Hark! The Full-Voiced Choir Is Sing­ing
3. Hope
4. How Blest Were They on Beth­le­hem’s Plain
5. Irons
6. Long Mott
7. Magi
8. Newport News
9. Southwell
10. St. Columba
11. St. Leo­nard
12. St. Os­mund