The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) is committed to providing free, universal access to the rich cultural tradition of Irish music, song and dance. If you’re able, we’d love for you to consider a donation. Any level of support will help us preserve and grow this tradition for future generations.
Manuscript notebook, an index to the Tom O’Beirne tape collection, donated by Dr Tom O’Beirne, Leitrim;
Nineteenth-century song manuscript, donated by Dr John C. Sherlock, High Wycombe, Bucks;
Printed collection of tunes & songs composed by Brian Lawler, with sound recordings of the Ardellis Ceili Band and Brian Lawler, donated by Brian Lawler, Dublin;
Printed copies of local songs collected in Westmeath, and three reel-to-reel tapes of London-Irish musicians recorded in the 1970s, donated by Larry Masterson, Dublin;
Digitised posters and flyers of Irish musicians and singers in the United States in the 1980s, donated by Dan Milner, New York;
Thirty-eight CDs of Irish instrumental and vocal music, donated by Alan Corsini, Dublin;
Twelve reel-to-reel tapes of musicians and singers in the Church Street Club, mid-1960s, donated by Ita Gannon, Dublin;
Thirty-five 78s of Irish vocal and instrumental music, donated by Liam English, Dublin;
Family collection of thirty Irish vocal and instrumental 78s, early record catalogues and ephemera, loaned for digitising by Paul Gilgunn, Dublin;
Printed and digital photographs of Irish singers & musicians appearing at English festivals, donated by Malcolm Storey, Yorkshire;
Set of greeting cards featuring uilleann pipers, pubished and donated by Na Píobairí Uilleann, Dublin;
Financial donation by O’Carolan Harp, Cultural and Heritage Festival 2012, Nobber, Co Meath.
ITMA would also like to acknowledge with thanks donations and other help from the following people and organisations: Archives & Records Association UK & Ireland, Paul Armstrong, Jimmy Carolan, Simon Chadwick, Dance Ireland, Ashley Davis, Kavan Donohoe, Paul Eliasberg, Emmett Gill, Michael Greaney, Herri Musikaren Txokoa, Carlotta Hester, John Howson, Irish Music Magazine, Dáithí Kearney, Edel McLaughlin, Tony Mac Mahon, Feargal Ó Béara, Jerry O’Reilly, Dermot Power, Marie Reilly, Fergus Russell, Tom Sherlock, Lisa Shields, Tony Small, Jesse Smith, Hugh Verling, Maureen Kane Wade, Niall Wall, and Niall Walton.