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Job Posting: Administrative Assistant at ITMA

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Job posting: Secretary at ITMA

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Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s screening at the Light House and Pálás cinemas starting Saturday 2nd March

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‘Seán Keane: A Portrait of an Artist’ screened to sold-out crowd at the IFI

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ITMA documentary ‘Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s’ to screen at Dublin International Film Festival

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A note from ITMA CEO Liam O’Connor – Reflecting on 2023 and Looking forward to 2024

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Drawing from the Well Concert Tour wrap-up (videos included)

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Sharing the Results of the Rights & Public Access Project

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Sophie Ryan for Lá Na Cruite / Harp Day 2023

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Corca Dhuibhne field recording project

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The Cullen & O’Connell Collection of Irish Dance

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ITMA receives new, state-of-the-art audio reel-to-reel machine

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ITMA Launches Cullinane Archive Collection

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ITMA Culture Night 2023 Recap

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ITMA receives €1 million in funding for Shared Island Arts Investment project

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ITMA and University Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway partner for concert

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ITMA at the Smithfield Fleadh 2023

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Sophie Ryan, Rónán Galvin appointed as Rights and Clearance Officers

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Interns Jack Kavanagh and Niamh Galligan finish their placement

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Willie Clancy Week Wrap-up 2023

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Iarlaith Mac Gabhann appointed as Audio Digitisation Assistant at ITMA

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New documentary highlights ITMA’s Inishowen collection

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Reflecting Migrations at National Concert Hall

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Dr Áine Hensey succeeds Brian Montague as ITMA Chairperson

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ITMA Partners with TU Dublin for the Irish-American Music Cultures Symposium

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Lucie Laigle finishes her internship in the archive

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ITMA Attends Digital Preservation Collation’s (DPC) Annual Members Unconference

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ITMA Announces the Awarding of Heritage Capacity Funding for 2023

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Cullinane Archive Collection to be Preserved in ITMA

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ITMA at the FIAT/IFTA Media Management Seminar 2023

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ITMA supports Tonn Nua Festival in Berlin

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ITMA welcomes seven summer interns

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May 2023 recording projects

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Séamus Ó Beaglaoich 1949‑2023

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Recipient of Consairtín Research Bursary 2023 Announced

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Cathal McConnell Collection

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Des Gallagher, ITMA photographer‑in‑residence 2023

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Thomas McCarthy at the Théâtre Equestre Zingaro

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Taisce Ceoil Dúchais Éireann ag Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh 2023

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Robert Mackenzie appointed as Digital Communications and Engagement Officer at ITMA

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The Two “Holy Grounds”! A Musical Enigma

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Shamrock Rose & Thistle: The singers and their songs

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Rights and Public Access at ITMA

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ITMA Podcast: Seán Corcoran Field Recordings (1994-2001)

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Rights & Audio Reels: Heritage Week 2023 at the Irish Traditional Music Archive

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Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA. Part 4 / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann. Uimhir 4

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Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA. Part 3 / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann. Uimhir 3

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Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA. Part 2 / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann. Uimhir 2

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Séamus O’Mahony: A Hidden Gem in ITMA / “Caill-taisce’ sa Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann

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National Heritage Week 2022. Physical to Digital: A Complete Scanning Solution for ITMA

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Aggie Whyte (1920–1979)

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The Seller to the Fair

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ITMA Pop‑up Archive at IWAMD, University of Limerick

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Bright Young Things: Transition Year 2020 at ITMA

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The Pennyburn Piper: the Tomás Ó Canainn Collection at ITMA

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St. Patrick’s Day: the Tune

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I gcuimhne ar Shéamus Mac Aonghusa | In memory of Séamus Ennis

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A Saint Patrick’s Day 2020 Sampler

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Poetry Day Ireland 2020: Mary O’Malley & Tommy Keane

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Patrick Weston Joyce (1827–1914)

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The Stephen Grier Manuscripts

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Finding a tune in a haystack: Preparing the Gradam Ceoil archival website

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Duala: the making of a film

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Ben Lennon (1928–2020) : The Grand Gentleman of Irish Traditional Music

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Archiving in a Time of Covid

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Andrea Palandri performs Pádraig O’Keeffe tunes for World Fiddle Day 2021

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Mapping the tunes: A Journey through Placenames in Irish Music

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Domhnall Ó Máirtín Collection at ITMA

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The wire strung harp and the pedal harp / Emmanuel Rivera Angel

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The Terry Rafferty Recording Collection

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A Stone Upon a Stone

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Robin Morton: an appreciation

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Earliest Origins of the Piano Accordion in Irish traditional music / Sophie Cahalane

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Paudie O’Connor & Family Popping-up for World Fiddle Day Scartaglin 2020

Paudie O’Connor & Family Popping-up for World Fiddle Day Scartaglin 2020

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Liam O’Flynn (1945–2018) : a tribute by Neil Martin

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Michael Tubridy’s life in music and Irish traditional step dance

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Leo Rowsome’s 1936 Uilleann Pipes Tutor now freely available online

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Kathleen Harrington (1897–1984) #IWD2022

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Getting to Know the Collector: Processing the Cullinane Archive Collection

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The humours of cocoon: topical tunes to while away the quarantine with sanguinity

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Emer Ní Scolaí, the harper bringing Grier to a new generation

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Elizabeth (Bess) Cronin, ‘The Queen of Irish Song’

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The Donegal Song Tradition: Delving Deeper

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Derek Bell’s Receipt: Discovering the Composer behind the Mystic Harp

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Examining the classical accomplishments of Chieftains’ harper Derek Bell

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Deirdre McGrory, ITMA/University of Limerick Intern

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Traditional Irish classical guitar?

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A ‘Dark Man’ of Dublin Songs: Finding Joseph Sadler

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Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry: a musical armchair journey

Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry: a musical armchair journey

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Ciarán O’Reilly (1938–2020)

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Brendan McGlinchey (1940–2020): a Tribute

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Brenda Castles: The Light Side of the Tune

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Rehousing the Breandán Breathnach Reel‑to‑Reel Collection

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From Berlin to Ballyliffin: a Journey in Song

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Listening to Paddy Canny

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Sidney Robertson Cowell records in the Aran Islands and Conamara, 1955‑56

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Seán Fegan, 1938–2022

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St Brigid’s Day / Lá Fhéile Bríde 2023

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The bridal jig, port

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An cóta mór stróicthe, amhrán

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An cóta mór stróicthe, song

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Cailín deas crúite na mbó, amhrán

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Cailín deas crúite na mbó, song

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The angry peeler, port

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The angry peeler, jig

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Dónall Ó Dálaigh, amhrán

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Dónall Ó Dálaigh, song

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The Curragh races, ríl

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The Curragh races, reel

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The blackbird among the berries, ríl

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The blackbird among the berries, reel

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The morning dew [Rí na bpíobairí], port

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The morning dew [The king of the pipers], jig

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The connaughtman’s rambles, port

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The connaughtman’s rambles, jig

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Australian waters, port

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Australian waters, jig

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The silvermore, port

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Mo chúranán, amhrán

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Hardiman the fiddler, port

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Hardiman the fiddler, jig

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Fuígfidh mise an baile seo, amhrán

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Fuígfidh mise an baile seo, song

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Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh, amhrán

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Amhrán Pheadair Bhreathnaigh, song

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An cailín rua, amhrán

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An cailín rua, song

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Art Ó Ceallaigh, amhrán

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Art Ó Ceallaigh, song

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Tiúin bháthadh Phrochlais, port

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Tiúin bháthadh Phrochlais, jig

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Tóg do chionn, fonn

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‘Tóg do chionn’, air

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Dó dú ó deighdil ó, amhrán

Events

Events

Concert | Drawing from the Well: Tommie Potts

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Book Launch: Sparks from the Flagstones by Edwina Guckian

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TradFest 2024 | Sean Keane: A Portrait of an Artist special screening at the IFI

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Drawing from the Well 2023 Concert Tour

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ITMA Culture Night 2023

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Concert | Drawing from the Well: Tommy Peoples

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Jigs and Audio Reels: Workshop in the use of an audio reel-to-reel machine

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