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.
Coakley, Alan (fiddle), Aengus Kirakowski (guitar) and Pat Coakley (singing in English, singing in Irish). Throwing time. 2024. Digital download
Caldwell, Conor (fiddle) and Ryan Molloy (piano). Oh, listen to the band! Caldwell and Molloy CC02, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Cummins, Paahto (banjo). Irish traditional music from South-West Drimnagh. Patrick “Paahto” Cummins PC01, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Geraghty, Holly (harp). Musical musing from Mayo. Holly Geraghty HGPCD01, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
The Harvey Brothers (flute, banjo). The lads of Laois. Roundwood Records, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Howley, Tara (uilleann pipes). Take 2. Tara Howley, 2024. 1 CD
Marsh, Josephine (accordion). Josephine Marsh. Josephine Marsh, 2024. Digital download [Reissue of 1995 recording]
Mac Diarmada, Oisín (fiddle), Daithí Gormley (accordion) and Samantha Harvey (piano). Lane to the Glen. Ceol Productions CPCD007, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
The McGoldrick Family (instrumental music). One For The Road. Boxroom music BRM003CD, 2024. 1 CD
McKenna, Sinéad (fiddle). Faoi Lán Ceoil. Sinéad McKenna, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Mulholland, Brendan (flute). Bartins Bay. Brendan Mulholland BM005, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Ó Loingsigh, Seánie (uilleann pipes). Chongie Road. Seán Lynch, 2023. 1 CD + digital download
Ó Meachair, Diarmuid (accordion). Diarmuid Ó Meachair. Diarmuid Ó Meachair, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Reilly, Elaine (banjo, guitar). Epiphany: Irish traditional music on the tenor banjo. Elaine Reilly, 2024. 1 CD + digital Download
Various (instrumental music, singing in Irish, singing in English). The old reels of the world: selections from Tom Davis, Tony MacMahon & Larry Redican Collections. Irish Traditional Music Archive ITMACD103, 2024. 1 CD
Various (instrumental music). The Queen of Mayo. The Piper’s Cross Céilí Band, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Viscardi, Tara (harp) and Robert Harvey (flute). Beara. Roundwood Records, 2024. 1 CD + digital download
Wynne, John (flute) and John McEvoy (fiddle). The Dancer at the Fair. Wynne & McEvoy, 2024. 1 CD
Blackenhorn, Virginia. “ Reitricí fhilíochta na mban i nGaelige na hEireann agus na hAlban.” Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53. Léann feimineach agus inscne na Gaeilge 53 (2023): 12– 41.
Carroll, Jim. “Songs and history: who we were and where we’ve been.” The Other Clare 48 (2024). Online article.
Crotch, Wm. Specimens of various styles of music referred to in a course of lectures read at Oxford and London and adapted to keyed instruments. Vol. I & II. London: [s.n.], [1808]. 165 pp. (hardbound).
Denvir, Gearóid, ed. Oidhreacht Sheáin Uí Riada. Baile Átha Cliath: An tOireachtas, 2022. 99 pp. ISBN 9781739714000 (pbk).
Denvir, Síle. “An chuisle ealaíonta: ó shuantraí go goltraí: leiriú ar ghlór na mban sna hamhráin dhúchasacha Gaelige.” Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53. Léann feimineach agus inscne na Gaeilge 53 (2023): 95– 105.
Foley, Catherine E. “Situating the choreographer in Irish traditional step dancing,” In The choreography of traditional dance on stage: crises, perspectives and global dialogues, ed. Prof. Dr. Dunja Njaradi, Fmu Dr. Miloš Rašić, Ei Sanu, Dr. Krešimir Dabo, Imin, 71–89. Belgrade: Ensemble of Traditional Dances and Songs of Serbia, Kolo, 2024. ISBN 9788675871217.
Hough-Gormley, Ursula. “Lily Foley: unsung heroine.” Sound post 22, no. 2 (2024). Online article.
Hunt, Una. The Thomas Moore songbook. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2022. 128 pp. ISBN 9781789979763 (pbk).
Jiménez-Bravo, Diego M. Álvaro Lozano Murciego , Juan José Navarro-Cáceres, María Navarro-Cáceres, And Treasa Harkin. “Identifying Irish traditional music genres using latent audio representations.” IEEE Explore 12 (2024): Online article.
Kelly, Seamus & Aileen Saunders. A biography of Chicago patrolman John Ennis: and his piper son Tom, 1847 – 1931: music makers from Kildare to America. [Kildare]: [s.n.], 2022. 304 pp. ISBN 9781399925648 (pbk).
Loughnane, Kathleen, arr. Patrick O’Neill’s manuscripts. Volume 2. Galway: Reiskmore Music, 2023. 37 pp. ISMN 9790900201355 (pbk).
Marsh, Josephine. Josephine Marsh: 111 original Irish music compositions. [S.l.]: Josephine Marsh, 2024. 109 pp. ISBN 9781838255145 (pbk).
Mayhue, Terence. “Pedagogical approaches to Irish bones and bodhran and their function in traditional folk music.” PhD thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024. Online thesis.
McLeod Hill, Anne. “Biodh ur Mnathan ‘n Tosd: the irrepressible voice of Gaelic Women’ spiritual song.” Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53. Léann feimineach agus inscne na Gaeilge 53 (2023): 242– 259.
Milligan, Katy. “Music collections in Ireland – 10: UCD’s cultural heritage collections.”Sound Post 22, no. 2 (2024). Online article.
Moloney, Seán. Compositions of Tommy Whelan: traditional Irish music dance tunes. [S.l.]: MOL Publications, 2024. 20 pp. (pbk).
Ní Chéileachair , Máire, Gormflaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin agus Tríona Ní Shíocháin. “An chuisle ealaíonta: Iarmhachnamh ar ‘Caoineadh na dTrí Muire.” Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53. Léann feimineach agus inscne na Gaeilge 53 (2023): 285– 288.
Ní Chuirrín, Nada. “An chuisle ealaíonta: Machnamh mna ar an damhsa ar an sean-nós: Ionchollú na cruthaitheachta agus na béarlaireachta.” Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53. Léann feimineach agus inscne na Gaeilge 53 (2023): 105– 112.
Ní Fhuartháin, Méabh. “Irish Music in America” In The Routledge history of Irish America, ed. Cian T. McMahon, Kathleen P. Costello-Sullivan. New York: Routledge, 2024. ISBN 9781003278153 (eBook).
Ní Shíocháin, Tríona. “Tost schríbhinne agus glór an bhéil beo: iscne, béalaireacht agus ceist na cumhacta i dTraidisiún na Gaelainne.” Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53. Léann feimineach agus inscne na Gaeilge 53 (2023): 48– 64.
O’Connell, Roxanne M. “Critical essay– Your Granny’s gramophone: the cultural impact of 78 rpm recordings on Ireland and Irish America.” Technoculture 13 (2013). Online article.
O’Donnell, Mary Louise. “A harp, or an ‘old high heeled shoe’: the colourful history of Ireland’s oldest harp.” Sound post 22, no. 2 (2024). Online article.
Ó Laoire, Lilis. “Nil Dónall Óg’ ann. Roghnú na hamhrán don Chnuasach Cnamh agus Smior: Guth na mBan a leiriú.” Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53. Léann feimineach agus inscne na Gaeilge 53 (2023): 82– 95.
Ó Monacháin, Ailbhe. “Liam Ó Maoilíosa.” Macallaí na Cásca 15 (2016): 20– 21.
Sehman, Steven, and Niall Ó Murchú. “Scoring the nation: audio-visual affect in Irish history films.” Music, sound and the moving image 18, no. 1 (2024). Online article.
Sound post. Obituary of Shiela Conroy. Sound post 22, no. 2 (2024). Online article.
Vesey, Lawrence. Spink Comhaltas: music, dance, song & storytelling, 1983 – 2023. [S.l.]: Comhaltas, 2024. 338 pp. ISBN 9781399968539 (pbk).
Two original songs written by Deasun O’Seanáin: “MacCarthy the Ballybunnion Piper” & “The Ballad of Francis Barrett”. Donated by Deasun O’Seanáin
Three black & white photographs relating to Margaret Barry, 1960s. Donated by Marie Creighton
Photographs and photocopied manuscript material related to Dan Cleary. Donated by Ursula Harte
ITMA would also like to acknowledge donations of materials (CDs, printed items, visual items, etc.), and other help and information from the following people and organisations: Nicholas Carolan, Ursula Harte, Eoghan Hughes – Piper’s Cross Céilí Band, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Fintan Vallely and Lawrence Vesey.
