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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

Our planned Pop-Up Archive at World Fiddle Day Scartaglin 2020 was to feature a presentation by Paudie O’Connor on his detailed research on Sliabh Luachra resources in ITMA Collections.

Undaunted by circumstances, we are delighted we have been able to get some recording equipment to Paudie.

So by blog and video, we join Paudie at home with his wife Aoife NÍ Chaoimh and daughter Róisín. Big shout out to Róisín who got the video looking great!

Jimmy Doyle's polka; Knocknagree polka / Aoife Ní Chaoimh, Róisín O'Connor & Paudie O'Connor

“What I found during my research and review of the Sliabh Luachra material, was a wide range of artefacts that will be of immense interest to the people of Sliabh Luachra.”

Paudie O'Connor, May 2020
Tony MacMahon, accordion / [unidentified photographer]
Johnny O’Leary and Denis Doody/ [unidentified photographer]
Mikey Duggan and Denis McMahon / John Reidy, photographer

“To have access to such a wide range of artefacts at the same time was of immense value and illustrated what a valuable resource the ITMA and its staff can be for the hundreds of musicians that prepare presentations and articles for local féilte cheoil, lectures, journals and other publications.”

Paudie O'Connor, May 2020

“In one instance she refused to stop playing her fiddle when the parish priest raided their hall when hosting an outlawed dance during the period of lent.”

Paudie O'Connor, May 2020

“While people in Sliabh Luachra and beyond will miss the many events cancelled during the current crises, the ITMA’s online resource can keep us connected with the ‘sup ón dtobar’ until we meet again in person in the brighter days that lie ahead.”

Paudie O'Connor, May 2020
Sample page from Pádraig O'Keeffe Manuscript Collection at ITMA

Ducks and the oats, jig; Tom Billy's jig / Aoife Ní Chaoimh, Róisín O'Connor & Paudie O'Connor