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1950s

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An audio reel, with a piece of tape on it that has Ciarán Mac Mathúna's name written on it.

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Pádraic Mac Mathúna’s Monthly Picks | July 2023

A young Séamus O'Mahony standing playing fiddle

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

Séamus O'Mahony and Leo Rowsome sitting next to each other in a back garden, with Séamus holding his fiddle and Leo his pipes. Three girls are in the background playing.

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

A young Séamus O'Mahony and Leo Rowsome standing in Phoenix Park

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

A young Séamus O'Mahony standing playing fiddle

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

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’

Video Playlists

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Irish Music in London: A Talk by Dr Reg Hall

Notated Collections

Allan’s Irish Fiddler

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Sidney Robertson Cowell collects music in Ireland

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Heritage Week 2022. LP Sleeves, 1960s–1980s

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Quinn Family Photographs, London, 1950s

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Playing in the Pub: Snapshots and Studies

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

Audio Playlists

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Anne Gannon Irish/Argentine Music Collection, 1950s

Audio Playlists

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Irish-American Acetate Discs, 1940–50s

Audio Playlists

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Medley of Musicians and Singers, 1950s

Audio Playlists

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Singers & Ceili Bands on 1950s EPs

Audio Playlists

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The Orange Standard: 78s by Richard Hayward

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

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Songsters by Nugent of Dublin, 20th Century

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

Sidney Roberston Cowell

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