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Special Collections / Bailiúcháin Speisialta
- RTÉ Radio Collection (see Broadcasting Partnerships)
- RTÉ Television Collection (see Broadcasting Partnerships)
- BBC Radio Collection (see Broadcasting Partnerships)
- Breandán Breathnach Collection, the Archive's foundation collection, made by the great expert in Irish traditional music who died in 1985. It contains sound recordings, music manuscripts, printed items, a thematic index of dance tunes, and personal papers.
- Hugh Shields Collection: Sound recordings made chiefly across Ulster 1966–81
- Diane Hamilton Collection: Sound recordings made throughout Ireland 1955–62
- Prionsias Ó Conluain Collection: Printed items and sound recordings, mainly in Irish, made throughout Ireland 1963–82
- Aidan O'Hara Collection: Sound recordings made in 1975–79 in areas of Irish settlement on the south shore of Newfoundland
- Alun Evans Collection: Sound recordings made 1968–74 of the Donegal fiddle player John Doherty
- Jimmy McBride Collection: Sound recordings and videos made 1983–96 of singers from the Inishowen peninsula, Co. Donegal
- Na Piobairí Uilleann Collection: Sound recordings made 1970–90 at annual meetings of uilleann pipers, chiefly by Tom Munnelly
- Folkmusic Society of Ireland Collection: Printed reports and sound recordings of lectures and recitals organised by the Society in Dublin 1973–97
- National Library of Ireland Collection: Some 2,000 photocopies of the main ballad-sheet collection of the Library, 18th–20th century
- Tony Kearns Collection: Photographs taken 1990s and 2000s
- Leslie Shepard Collection: Ballad sheets, chapbooks, and books, originals and copies, 18th–20th century
- Robert Van Dyk Collection: Dubs of 78s, 1920s–50s
- Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill Collection: Sound recordings made of the Donegal traditional singer, mostly in Irish, made 1973–78
- Folklore and Folkmusic Society of Co Clare Collection: Sound recordings of lectures and recitals organised by the Society 1982–89
- Johnny O'Leary Collection: Sound recordings and music transcriptions of the Kerry accordion player Johnny O'Leary made by Terry Moylan 1981–95
- Jim Carroll – Pat Mackenzie Collection: Sound recordings made in West Clare and among Irish travellers in London 1973–91
- Alen MacWeeney Collection: Sound recordings of traveller singers, musicians and storytellers made in Dublin 1965–71
- Harding Collection of Sheet Music (Irish and Irish-American items only): Some 1,500 photocopies of originals in Bodleian Library, Oxford, 18th–20th century
- Willie Clancy Summer School Collection: Sound recordings, photographs and videotapes, etc., made at the school in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
- Mike Casey Collection: Sound recordings of flute music made in East Galway, with thesis and transcriptions, 1989–92
- Bernard Croke Collection: Commercial sound recordings and printed music collected in Philadelphia, 1950s–90s
- Nellie Walsh Collection: Music manuscripts, sheet music and books, correspondence of Wexford singer and song columnist of Ireland's Own, 1950s–90s
- Seamus Ó Raghallaigh Collection: Sound recordings including off-air recordings, 1960s–90s
- Sean Ó Riada Collection: Sound recordings relating chiefly to Ó Riada's radio and concert work, 1960s
- Stray Leaf Folk Club Collection: Sound recordings of performers appearing at a Mullaghbawn, Co. Armagh club, 1990s
- Éamon de Buitlear Collection: 78s and other sound recordings, 1930s–70s
- Máire Áine Ní Dhonnchadha Collection: Sound recordings of Connemara singer, 1950s–70s
- PJ McCall Collection: Songs and articles about songs photocopied from original scrapbooks held in the National Library of Ireland
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