Irish Traditional Music Archive

 Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann

SongMusicDance  

Publications and Sales

Publications
The Irish Traditional Music Archive is a publisher in its own right with an on-going programme of publication. To date, the Archive has published two major printed publications deriving from historical manuscript collections of Irish traditional music.

Tunes of the Munster Pipers front cover  

 

Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts

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The Irish Music Manuscripts of Edward Bunting front cover  

 

The Irish Music Manuscripts of Edward Bunting (1773-1843): An Introduction and Catalogue

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The Archive has also published to date a series of six information leaflets on different aspects of the tradition. These are now available online:

What is Irish Traditional Music Learning Irish Traditional Music
Getting to hear Irish Traditional Music
  Studying Irish Traditional Music The Fiddle in Irish Traditional Music The Uilleann Pipes in Irish Traditional Music  

Other significant publications are in active development: sound recordings of historic Irish concertina playing, of Traveller music and Irish-Newfoundland music; books of the first published collection of Irish music in facsimile, of the complete instrumental collections of Capt Francis O'Neill, of the music and song collected by Edward Bunting, and of the comparative music collections made by William Forde around the time of the Famine.

In addition, the Archive is pleased to cooperate with other organisations in the publication of Irish traditional music. These publications include books, sound recordings and DVDs.

  Cooperative Books Cooperative Sound Recordings Cooperative DVDs

Sales
The Archive sells:

  • its own publications
  • publications by other publishers with which the Archive has cooperated
  • the available publications of the voluntary society the Folk Music Society of Ireland.

Items may be ordered by phone, fax or email. Visa and Mastercard credit cards are accepted. Secure online payment may also be made via PayPal.