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![A young Vincent Broderick playing flute / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/10151750/289136_01_25.jpg)
The photographs in this gallery were donated to ITMA by Des Broderick, one of Vincent Broderick’s three sons. They show his life from the early years in Galway; his move to Dublin in the 1950s; performing with various céilí bands and musical collaborators, and the awards that recognise his achievements in Irish music.
This gallery is part of a larger collection, The Compositions of Vincent Broderick
![The Broderick family at the unveiling of a plaque in Loughrea, 2008 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_01.jpg "The Broderick family at the unveiling of a plaque in Loughrea, 2008 / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick, Antóin Mac Gabhann, Peter Browne, Nicholas Carolan and others at a recording of Céilí House / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_02.jpg "Vincent Broderick, Antóin Mac Gabhann, Peter Browne, Nicholas Carolan and others at a recording of Céilí House / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick and family at a recording of Céilí House / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_03.jpg "Vincent Broderick and family at a recording of Céilí House / [unidentified photographer]")
![Dolly, Peter Broderick, uilleann pipes, and Vincent Broderick, flute / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_04.jpg "Dolly, Peter Broderick, uilleann pipes, and Vincent Broderick, flute / [unidentified photographer]")
![Éamonn Ceannt Céilí Band, featuring Vincent Broderick on fife / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_05.jpg "Éamonn Ceannt Céilí Band, featuring Vincent Broderick on fife / [unidentified photographer]")
![Kincora Céilí band onstage at An tOireachtas / [unidenfitied photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_08.jpg "Kincora Céilí band onstage at An tOireachtas / [unidenfitied photographer]")
![Rosemount Céilí Band / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_11.jpg "Rosemount Céilí Band / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent and Peter Broderick / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_12.jpg "Vincent and Peter Broderick / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick as a child with his family / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_13.jpg "Vincent Broderick as a child with his family / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick at TG4 Gradam Ceoil awards 2003 where he received the award for Cumadóir na Bliana, standing with Bernie and Antóin Mac Gabhann / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_14.jpg "Vincent Broderick at TG4 Gradam Ceoil awards 2003 where he received the award for Cumadóir na Bliana, standing with Bernie and Antóin Mac Gabhann / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick at musical wall plaques / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_15.jpg "Vincent Broderick at musical wall plaques / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick on his retirement from his role as caretaker in Stanhope Street Primary School at the age of 76 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_16.jpg "Vincent Broderick on his retirement from his role as caretaker in Stanhope Street Primary School at the age of 76 / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick with Comhaltas tour group / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_17.jpg "Vincent Broderick with Comhaltas tour group / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick performing with the Éamonn Ceannt Céilí Band / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_18.jpg "Vincent Broderick performing with the Éamonn Ceannt Céilí Band / [unidentified photographer]")
![Team from St Killian's junior hurling club, East Galway champions with Vincent Broderick as vice captain, 1950 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_19.jpg "Team from St Killian's junior hurling club, East Galway champions with Vincent Broderick as vice captain, 1950 / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick with his sons, Larry, Des and Vincent / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_20.jpg "Vincent Broderick with his sons, Larry, Des and Vincent / [unidentified photographer]")
![Matt Molloy and Vincent Broderick / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_21.jpg "Matt Molloy and Vincent Broderick / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick, 1996 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_22.jpg "Vincent Broderick, 1996 / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick, 2001 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_23.jpg "Vincent Broderick, 2001 / [unidentified photographer]")
![A young Vincent Broderick playing flute / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_25.jpg "A young Vincent Broderick playing flute / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick, Peter Broderick and Peter Horan / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_26.jpg "Vincent Broderick, Peter Broderick and Peter Horan / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick at the unveiling of a wall plaque / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_27.jpg "Vincent Broderick at the unveiling of a wall plaque / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick playing the flute, early 1950s / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_28.jpg "Vincent Broderick playing the flute, early 1950s / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_29.jpg "Vincent Broderick / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent with his wife Phyllis, 1955 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_30.jpg "Vincent with his wife Phyllis, 1955 / [unidentified photographer]")
![Vincent Broderick with two of his sons, Larry and Des, at the Broderick Carty festival 2005 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_31.jpg "Vincent Broderick with two of his sons, Larry and Des, at the Broderick Carty festival 2005 / [unidentified photographer]")
![Larry Broderick, flute ; Vincent Broderick, flute ; Antóin Mac Gabhann, fiddle ; Des Broderick, fiddle, on stage, 1980s / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_33.jpg "Larry Broderick, flute ; Vincent Broderick, flute ; Antóin Mac Gabhann, fiddle ; Des Broderick, fiddle, on stage, 1980s / [unidentified photographer]")
![Larry Broderick at the wedding of his daughter Lauren and Dylan Mc Carthy, Greece 2023 / [unidentified photographer]](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.itma.ie/vincent_broderick/289136_01_35.jpg "Larry Broderick at the wedding of his daughter Lauren and Dylan Mc Carthy, Greece 2023 / [unidentified photographer]")
