Consairtín, the national concertina convention, invites research project proposals from registered third-level students (undergraduate or postgraduate) in any part of Ireland to engage with concertina-related material in the Irish Traditional Music Archive.

ITMA is delighted to join with Harp Ireland / Cruit Éireann and harpers around the world to celebrate the sound of Ireland's national emblem, the harp.

ITMA welcomes the announcement of the launch of the SAFE TO CREATE - a Dignity at Work programme.

ITMA is launching its exhibition of Irish music and its unique relationship with New York City – From the Bridge – at the Irish Arts Center in New York on Tuesday 15 November 2022.

Recently Adam Girard, ITMA’s Digital Archivist was awarded a scholarship to attend a workshop at Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, near Berlin, Germany.

During September, ITMA presented a national tour featuring artists from its popular archival series Drawing from the Well. Tour Manager Declan McCarthy shares some behind-the-scenes stories of a week on the road with the Drawing from the Well Quartet.

During September, ITMA presents a national tour featuring artists from its popular archival series Drawing from the Well. The tour celebrates the power of archives to inspire new art among Ireland's leading contemporary traditional musicians, singers and dancers,

ITMA's Photographer-in-Residence 2022 Christy McNamara was invited backstage to capture the mood and preparations for the ITMA Drawing from the Well Liam O'Flynn Collection Concert held last March in the National Concert Hall.

ITMA was delighted with the premiere screening of the film Seán Keane: The Portrait of an Artist at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy earlier in July.

ITMA is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephanie Marbach to the role of Project Cataloguer for the Cullinane Archive Collection (CAC). Stephanie takes up the position in September 2022 and will work with ITMA for three months.

The Beat Cop: Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the creation of Irish music was launched in ITMA on Tuesday.

ITMA is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dublin flute, whistle and piano player Mick Hand.