The Irish Traditional Music Archive is delighted to have been chosen by the International Association of Music Libraries (UK & Ireland) as one of the 2014-15 winners of its prestigious Excellence Award for Music Libraries, recently presented at a ceremony in Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Comhghairdeas ó Thaisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann do Mick O’Brien, Emer Mayock & Aoife Ní Bhriain as an nGradam Comharcheoil atá bronnta orthu ag Gradam Ceoil TG4 2014. 

7 January 2014 marked the centenary of the death of Patrick Weston Joyce (1827–1914), the Co Limerick educationalist, popular historian and writer on Irish placenames, and one of the great collectors of Irish traditional music.

As part of the Explore Your Archive campaign, ITMA invites you to discover some of the remarkable material in its collection.

ITMA Online Catalogue Reaches 900,000+ Content Items with the Addition of Non-Commercial Materials ITMA Interactive Music Scores Reach 3,000+ with the Addition of Historic Galway-Mayo Song Collection

Is méala mór do Thaisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann bás Phroinsias Uí Chonluain, iar-bhall de Bhord na Taisce, sa bhaile i gCluain Tarbh, Baile Átha Cliath, in aois 93. B’as an mBinn Bhorb, Co Thír Eoghain, é ó dhúchas. The Irish Traditional Music Archive greatly regrets the death of Proinsias Ó Conluain, a former member of the Board of the Archive, at his home in Clontarf, Dublin, at the age of 93. He was originally from Benburb, Co Tyrone. read more

BREITHLÁ SONA 60 DO GHAEL LINN Happy 60th Birthday to Gael Linn Tréaslaíonn Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann le Gael Linn a bunaíodh i 1953 agus atá 60 bliain ar an bhfód díreach inniu!

The Inishowen Song Project is an integrated microsite of some 2,000 connected items all related to the English-language song traditions of the Inishowen peninsula, Co Donegal. It is a collaborative project between the Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle and the Irish Traditional Music Archive.

It has been the tradition in ITMA since 2008 to upload a new selection of digitised materials every two months. But now it is time for us to pause, as we prepare for the launch of the fourth ITMA website.This is an exciting and busy time for ITMA staff and we are really looking forward to sharing the new platform with you.

Is méala mór do Thaisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann bás Éamoin de Buitléar, iar-bhall de Bhord na Taisce, i nDeilgne, Co Chill Mhantáin, in aois 83.

The Irish Traditional Music Archive greatly regrets the recent death after a long illness of Gerry O’Hanlon of Mullaghbawn, Co Armagh, a singer, social worker, and former Board member of the Archive.

TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: KIST O RICHES Special lecture on an online initiative based on one of the world's most important archives of traditional culture