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1940s

A smiling Seamus Ennis sitting on a stool playing the pipes.

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

The cover of the 1936 book Leo Rowsome's Tutor for the Uileann Pipes

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

Black and white photo of Kathleen Harrington playing the fiddle

Kathleen Harrington (1897–1984) #IWD2022

A colourised photo of Elizabeth Cronin taken in 1951

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

Notated Collections

An Claisceadal Leaflets

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Competitive Dancers from the Irish Examiner Archives, 1920s–1940s

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Leo Rowsome on the Bill: Concert Posters, 1940s–1950s

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Some Collectors of Irish Traditional Music

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A Flutter of Flutes: Images of Flute Players and their Instruments

Audio Playlists

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Irish-American Bands & Electric Recording, 1920s–1940s

Audio Playlists

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Barndance Selections from 78s, 1920s–1940s

Audio Playlists

10

Irish-American Acetate Discs, 1940–50s

Audio Playlists

14

Leo Rowsome King of the Pipers, 78 rpm Disc Recordings 1926–1944

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Fiddle & Accordion Manuscripts of Pádraig O’Keeffe, 1940s–1960s

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Colm Ó Lochlainn’s Claisceadal Songsheets, 1940s

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Who Took Home the Prize? Feis Programmes, 1898–1943

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Songsters by Nugent of Dublin, 20th Century