ITMA will close to the public from 6 pm, Thursday, 12 March 2020 until further notice.

ITMA and Clare Arts Office will premiere, online and offline, a newly commissioned audio-visual film installation, Duala, by Jack Talty and Maurice Gunning to mark Culture Night 2020.

The 15th Frank Harte Festival will take place over the weekend of the 25-27 September. This year, due to Covid-19 restrictions, all events will take place online. ITMA, who have a long standing relationship with the Festival, will be assisting by live streaming two events on Facebook and YouTube in addition to preparing an online virtual walking tour.  

The Irish Traditional Music Archive was saddened to hear of the death of fiddle player and composer John Dwyer on 18 August 2020. 

ITMA is marking Heritage Week by focusing on a new collaborative project with the Heritage Council - mapping a selection of traditional music tunes on the Heritage Maps website www.heritagemaps.ie

Listings of the latest publications and items of interest received in the ITMA collection in the last two months.

Recent allegations of sexual abuse and harassment within the Irish traditional music community, revealed through the Mise Fosta movement, are a subject of grave concern to the Irish Traditional Music Archive. 

ITMA is delighted to present a special reflective documentary on Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy (SSWC) that shines a light on the impact and value of this special summer school. 

Following the lamented cancellation of the 48th Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, we are pleased to announce that ITMA and the Summer School are collaborating to share a series of recordings and events online.

Music Network and the Irish Traditional Music Archive announce the 2020 Bunting Commission: Oblivion / Seachmalltacht / ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᓐᓃᖅᑐᑦ A multi-media work by Aideen Barry in collaboration with Inuit throat singer and electronic musician RIIT, with Irish harper Elaine Hogan and artist Margaret O'Connor.

Listings of the latest publications and items of interest received in the ITMA collection in the last two months.

Following the lamented cancellation of the 48th Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy, we are pleased to announce that ITMA and the Summer School are collaborating to share a series of recordings & events online.