The Archive’s foundation collection, made by the great expert in Irish traditional music who died in 1985. It contains sound recordings, music manuscripts, printed items, a thematic index of dance tunes, and personal papers

Sound recordings made chiefly across Ulster 1966–81

Sound recordings made throughout Ireland 1955–62

Printed items and sound recordings, mainly in Irish, made throughout Ireland 1963–82

Sound recordings made in 1975–79 in areas of Irish settlement on the south shore of Newfoundland

Sound recordings made 1968–74 of the Donegal fiddle player John Doherty

Sound recordings and videos made 1983–96 of singers from the Inishowen peninsula, Co. Donegal

Sound recordings made 1970–90 at annual meetings of uilleann pipers, chiefly by Tom Munnelly

Printed reports and sound recordings of lectures and recitals organised by the Society in Dublin 1973–97

Some 2,000 photocopies of the main ballad-sheet collection of the Library, 18th–20th century

Photographs taken 1990s and 2000s

Ballad sheets, chapbooks, and books, originals and copies, 18th–20th century

Dubs of 78s, 1920s–50s

Sound recordings of the Donegal traditional singer, mostly in Irish, made 1973–78

Sound recordings of lectures and recitals organised by the Society 1982–89

Sound recordings and music transcriptions of the Kerry accordion player Johnny O’Leary made by Terry Moylan 1981–95

Sound recordings made in West Clare and among Irish travellers in London 1973–91

Sound recordings of traveller singers, musicians and storytellers made in Dublin 1965–71

Some 1,500 photocopies of originals in Bodleian Library, Oxford, 18th–20th century

Sound recordings, photographs and videotapes, etc., made at the school in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s

Sound recordings of flute music made in East Galway, with thesis and transcriptions, 1989–92

Commercial sound recordings and printed music collected in Philadelphia, 1950s–90s

Music manuscripts, sheet music and books, and correspondence of the Wexford singer and song columnist of Ireland’s Own, 1950s–90s

Sound recordings including off-air recordings, 1960s–90s

Sound recordings relating chiefly to Ó Riada’s radio and concert work, 1960s

Sound recordings of performers appearing at a Mullaghbawn, Co. Armagh club, 1990s

78s and other sound recordings, 1930s–70s

Sound recordings of Connemara singer, 1950s–70s

Song scrapbooks copied from originals in the National Library of Ireland, 19th–20th century

Sound recordings of music, made mainly in Co Galway by Patrick Melvin

Sound recordings made in the midlands by Patrick ‘Master’ Greene, donated by Tom Greene

Sound recordings of interviews with Séamus Ennis

Sound recordings made in west Co Clare, including piping by Willie Clancy

Sound recordings made in counties Mayo and Galway

Sound recordings made mainly in Galway city

Sound recordings from family, made by Catherine Foley

Sound recordings made by flute player Mick O’Connor, mainly in Dublin city

Sound recordings made by Paddy Boyle, mainly in London

Sound recordings made by the Corlett family, mainly in Dublin city

Sound recordings of the uilleann pipes

Sound recordings made by Josephine Keegan, partly in London

Sound recordings made chiefly in the Munster Gaeltacht, 1950s–60s

Sounds recordings made chiefly across Ulster, 1960s–70s

Sound recordings made in north Connemara by Tony Knowland, including the Rainey brothers

Sound recordings made on trips to Ireland by the Armagh / New York musician Louis Quinn

Photographs of the William Kennedy Piping Festival, Armagh, 2004–10

‘The Singing’ an exhibition containing 70 portraits of traditional singers taken at festivals in Derry City; Slieve Gullion, Co Armagh; Inishowen and Fahan, Co Donegal, 1999

Publicity photographs from the Sunday Tribune newspaper, 1980s–1990s

Photographs taken by Danny Diamond while recording at various events on behalf of the Archive, 2010s

Some 100 cylinder recordings from early 20th century with particular representation of uilleann piper Patsy Touhey, 1900s

Commercial recordings, books and magazines, scrapbooks, 1960s–80s

Commercial recordings with particular representation of ethnic fiddle styles, 1960s–80s

Commercial sound recordings, books, magazines and manuscripts, 1960s–2000s

Books and sheet music, with a particular representation of Irish-language material, early 20th century

Non-commercial sound recordings, 1960s–80s

Music manuscripts and early printed music, 19th–20th centuries

Commercial sound recordings, 1990s–2000s

Commercial sound recordings, 1950s–80s

Scrapbooks, ephemera, photographs and slides, music manuscripts, 1930s–70s

Sheet music, manuscripts, mainly mid-20th century

Books, manuscripts, digital music files, 1960s–2000s

Non-commercial sound recordings with particular representation of Donegal fiddle playing, 1960s–90s

Commercial and non-commerical discs, 1920s–50s

Non-commercial sound recordings with particular representation of folk-club performances, 1960s

Programmes, brochures, posters, etc., with particular ongoing donations from Peter Browne, John Moulden, Fintan Vallely and Judy Walsh

Manuscripts, photographs, non-commercial video tapes, 1940s–1990s

Research notes on English language traditional song, 1960s–1990s

Manuscripts, books

An extensive multi-media collection created by Derek Bell, 1935–2002, harpist, oboist, arranger, composer, researcher, recorded artist and member of the Chieftains. Made during his lifetime this collection includes music manuscripts, sound recordings, printed items, photographs, personal papers, artefacts, musical instruments, 1940s-2000s

An extensive multi-media collection created by Gráinne Yeats, 1925–2013 a professional harper, singer, teacher, arranger, historian and recorded artist. Made during her lifetime this collection includes printed books, music manuscripts, photographs, slides, lecture scripts, diaries, music arrangements (mostly for the Irish harp), research notes, ephemera, artefacts, and commercial & non-commercial sound recordings, 1950-2013

Audiovisual Archive 1998-

Sound recordings

Sound recordings, non-commercial video and ephemera, 1960s–2010s

Extensive multimedia collection created by Liam O'Flynn, 1945–2018 uilleann piper and recorded artist. Made during his lifetime the collection includes published books and periodicals, commercial and non-commercial sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, original and photocopied music scores, correspondence, newspaper clippings, reviews, ephemera (event programmes, posters, flyers etc.), business related papers (contracts etc.) and research notes, 1970s-2010s

Extensive multimedia collection created by Tomás Ó Canainn, 1930-2013 uilleann piper, accordion player, singer, poet, writer, composer, researcher, broadcaster and lecturer. Made during his lifetime the collection includes manuscripts, printed items, ephemera (posters, flyers, programmes etc.), photographs, film reels, research papers, lecture scripts, scrapbooks, commercial/non-commercial sound and video recordings (LPs, audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes etc.), 1970s–2010s

Extensive multimedia collection of material relating to the history of Irish dance compiled by Dr John Cullinane over his lifetime. The collection includes: published books and periodicals, academic theses, non-commercial sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, historical documents, newspaper clippings, ephemera (event programmes, posters, flyers etc.) and artefacts (including costume items, medals, etc.).