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    October 2024 Drawing from the Well concert wrap up

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    ITMA hosts a suite of events for Heritage Week 2024

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    ITMA runs new Irish Music Tours as part of Turas Óir initiative

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    ITMA at SSWC 2024

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    ITMA Announces the Awarding of Heritage Council Funding for 2024

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    ITMA’s new TV series ‘Taoscadh ón Tobar’ to air on TG4 and TG4.ie starting Sunday 12 May

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    Sophie Ryan and Bridie Flaherty appointed as Administrative Assistant and Secretary at ITMA

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    Collectomania! Folk Song and Music Collectors and their Worlds

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    Drawing from the Well: Tommie Potts concert wrap-up

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    Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s screening at the Light House and Pálás cinemas starting Saturday 2nd March

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    ‘Seán Keane: A Portrait of an Artist’ screened to sold-out crowd at the IFI

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    ITMA documentary ‘Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s’ to screen at Dublin International Film Festival

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    A note from ITMA CEO Liam O’Connor – Reflecting on 2023 and Looking forward to 2024

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    Drawing from the Well Concert Tour wrap-up (videos included)

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    Sharing the Results of the Rights & Public Access Project

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    Sophie Ryan for Lá Na Cruite / Harp Day 2023

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    Corca Dhuibhne field recording project

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    The Cullen & O’Connell Collection of Irish Dance

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    ITMA receives new, state-of-the-art audio reel-to-reel machine

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    ITMA Launches Cullinane Archive Collection

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    ITMA Culture Night 2023 Recap

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    ITMA receives €1 million in funding for Shared Island Arts Investment project

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    ITMA and University Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway partner for concert

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    ITMA at the Smithfield Fleadh 2023

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    Sophie Ryan, Rónán Galvin appointed as Rights and Clearance Officers

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    Interns Jack Kavanagh and Niamh Galligan finish their placement

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    Willie Clancy Week Wrap-up 2023

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    Iarlaith Mac Gabhann appointed as Audio Digitisation Assistant at ITMA

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    New documentary highlights ITMA’s Inishowen collection

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    Reflecting Migrations at National Concert Hall

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    Dr Áine Hensey succeeds Brian Montague as ITMA Chairperson

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    ITMA Partners with TU Dublin for the Irish-American Music Cultures Symposium

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    Lucie Laigle finishes her internship in the archive

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    ITMA Attends Digital Preservation Collation’s (DPC) Annual Members Unconference

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    ITMA Announces the Awarding of Heritage Capacity Funding for 2023

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    Cullinane Archive Collection to be Preserved in ITMA

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    ITMA at the FIAT/IFTA Media Management Seminar 2023

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    ITMA supports Tonn Nua Festival in Berlin

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    ITMA welcomes seven summer interns

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    May 2023 recording projects

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    Chapter Seven: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials. Miscellaneous

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    Chapter Six: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials. Hornpipes

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    Chapter Five: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials. Polkas

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    Foreword: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials

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    Chapter One: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials. CICD Cards and Tune Data

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    Chapter Two: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials. Reels

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    Chapter Four: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials. Slides

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    Chapter Three: Denis Murphy | Breathnach Materials. Jigs

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    VHS to DigiBeta: Preserving Ireland’s Intangible Cultural Heritage through Video Digitisation

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    Stories and songs of the road

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    The Moynihan Dance Manuscript

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    Charlie Lennon (1938-2024)

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    Episode 5 | Muireann Nic Ambhlaoibh

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    Episode 4 | Seán McElwain

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    Episode 3 | Doireann Ní Ghlacaín

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    Episode 2 | Iarla Ó Lionáird

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    Episode 1 | Andrea Palandri

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    Seán Chon Johnny Byrne (1948-2023): Music and Conversation

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    Two performers and a musicologist: our experience preserving Micho Russell’s music

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    The Two “Holy Grounds”! A Musical Enigma

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    Shamrock Rose & Thistle: The singers and their songs

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    Rights and Public Access at ITMA

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    ITMA Podcast: Seán Corcoran Field Recordings (1994-2001)

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    Rights & Audio Reels: Heritage Week 2023 at the Irish Traditional Music Archive

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    Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA. Part 4 / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann. Uimhir 4

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    Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA. Part 3 / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann. Uimhir 3

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    Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA. Part 2 / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann. Uimhir 2

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    Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann

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    National Heritage Week 2022. Physical to Digital: A Complete Scanning Solution for ITMA

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    Aggie Whyte (1920–1979)

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    The Seller to the Fair

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    ITMA Pop‑up Archive at IWAMD, University of Limerick

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    Bright Young Things: Transition Year 2020 at ITMA

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    The Pennyburn Piper: the Tomás Ó Canainn Collection at ITMA

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    St. Patrick’s Day: the Tune

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    I gcuimhne ar Shéamus Mac Aonghusa | In memory of Séamus Ennis

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    A Saint Patrick’s Day 2020 Sampler

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    Poetry Day Ireland 2020: Mary O’Malley & Tommy Keane

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    The Stephen Grier Manuscripts

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    Finding a tune in a haystack: Preparing the Gradam Ceoil archival website

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    Duala: the making of a film

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    Ben Lennon (1928–2020) : The Grand Gentleman of Irish Traditional Music

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    Archiving in a Time of Covid

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    Andrea Palandri performs Pádraig O’Keeffe tunes for World Fiddle Day 2021

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    Mapping the tunes: A Journey through Placenames in Irish Music

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    Domhnall Ó Máirtín Collection at ITMA

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    The wire strung harp and the pedal harp / Emmanuel Rivera Angel

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    The Terry Rafferty Recording Collection

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    A Stone Upon a Stone

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    Robin Morton: an appreciation

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    Earliest Origins of the Piano Accordion in Irish traditional music / Sophie Cahalane

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    Paudie O’Connor & Family Popping-up for World Fiddle Day Scartaglin 2020

    Paudie O’Connor & Family Popping-up for World Fiddle Day Scartaglin 2020

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    Liam O’Flynn (1945–2018) : a tribute by Neil Martin

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    Michael Tubridy’s life in music and Irish traditional step dance

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    Leo Rowsome’s 1936 Uilleann Pipes Tutor now freely available online

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    Kathleen Harrington (1897–1984) #IWD2022

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    Getting to Know the Collector: Processing the Cullinane Archive Collection

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    The humours of cocoon: topical tunes to while away the quarantine with sanguinity

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    Emer Ní Scolaí, the harper bringing Grier to a new generation

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    Elizabeth (Bess) Cronin, ‘The Queen of Irish Song’

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    Eithne, ceoldráma

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    The Donegal Song Tradition: Delving Deeper

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    Derek Bell’s Receipt: Discovering the Composer behind the Mystic Harp

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    Examining the classical accomplishments of Chieftains’ harper Derek Bell

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    Deirdre McGrory, ITMA/University of Limerick Intern

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    Traditional Irish classical guitar?

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    A ‘Dark Man’ of Dublin Songs: Finding Joseph Sadler

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    Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry: a musical armchair journey

    Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry: a musical armchair journey

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    Ciarán O’Reilly (1938–2020)

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    Brendan McGlinchey (1940–2020): a Tribute

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    Brenda Castles: The Light Side of the Tune

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    Rehousing the Breandán Breathnach Reel‑to‑Reel Collection

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    From Berlin to Ballyliffin: a Journey in Song

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    Listening to Paddy Canny

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    Sidney Robertson Cowell records in the Aran Islands and Conamara, 1955‑56

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    Seán Fegan, 1938–2022

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    St Brigid’s Day / Lá Fhéile Bríde 2023

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    The bridal jig, port

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    The bridal jig

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    An cóta mór stróicthe, amhrán

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    An cóta mór stróicthe, song

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    Cailín deas crúite na mbó, amhrán

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    Cailín deas crúite na mbó, song

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    The angry peeler, port

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    The angry peeler, jig

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    Dónall Ó Dálaigh, amhrán

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    Dónall Ó Dálaigh, song

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    Castlefinn, ríl

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    Castlefinn, reel

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    The Curragh races, ríl

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    The Curragh races, reel

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    The blackbird among the berries, ríl

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    The blackbird among the berries, reel

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    The morning dew [Rí na bpíobairí], port

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    The morning dew [The king of the pipers], jig

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    The connaughtman’s rambles, port

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    The connaughtman’s rambles, jig

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    Australian waters, port

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    Australian waters, jig

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    The silvermore, port

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    ITMA Culture Night 2024

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    Irish Music Tours at ITMA le Gaeilge

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    Heritage Week 2024

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    Drawing from the Well in the National Concert Hall | October 2024

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    Drawing from the Well Concert Tour 2024

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    Launch of Capturing O’Neill Website

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    Concert | Drawing from the Well: Tommie Potts

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    Book Launch: Sparks from the Flagstones by Edwina Guckian

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    TradFest 2024 | Sean Keane: A Portrait of an Artist special screening at the IFI

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    Drawing from the Well 2023 Concert Tour

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    Recent Publications & Acquisitions

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    Recent Publications & Acquisitions, November 2024

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