The concertina player's journey of archival discovery to find out more about how tunes evolve over time & dist…
Brenda Castles: A Tune Blog / The concertina player's journey of archival discovery to find out more about how tunes evolve over time & dist…
New collection of 2 CDs + 68-page booklet published by ITMA
Alan Lomax in Ireland, 1951 / New collection of 2 CDs + 68-page booklet published by ITMA
Laoch mór an cheoil as Gleann na nGleanntaí i dTír Chonaill, imithe ar shlí na Fírinne.
Jimmy Campbell (1937–2022) / Laoch mór an cheoil as Gleann na nGleanntaí i dTír Chonaill, imithe ar shlí na Fírinne.
Seamus Gibson Compositions
Saothar December 2021 / Seamus Gibson Compositions
ITMA Celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Arts Council
#ArtsCouncilat70 / ITMA Celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Arts Council
ITMA Videos
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Sighle Ní Chonnolláin from Tunes of the Munster Pipers 1
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Ireland's Hornpipe from Joyce’s Final Manuscripts
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The maid of Ballymore, song / Roisín White, singing in English
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James Keane / Peter Laban
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Cooke’s collection of favorite country dances for the present year 1797
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Pat Mitchell / Peter Laban
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The farmer and the piss pot, song / Frank Harte, singing in English
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Róisín Gaffney and others / Colm Keating
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Folk magazine vol. 1, no. 6 (1968), cover
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Fiddle tuning, speech ; Black mountain rag, old-time tune / Tim O’Brien, speech, fiddle
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Hag You've Killed Me from Early Joyce Manuscript
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On the release of Fitzharris (cabman), Skin the goat, the true son of Erin’s Isle
exhibitions & microsites
Dusty Bluebells / Children's Songs and Rhymes Collected by Hugh Shields
19th Century Leitrim Music Manuscripts
Stephen Grier Manuscripts / 19th Century Leitrim Music Manuscripts
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Learn about the history of ITMA from inception to the present day
History / Learn about the history of ITMA from inception to the present day
The Archive understands ‘Irish traditional music’ as a broad term which encompasses oral-tradition song, instrumental music and dance of many kinds and periods.
Definitions / The Archive understands ‘Irish traditional music’ as a broad term which encompasses oral-tradition song, instr…
