Our next Saturday opening is 16 October 2018. And it's looking to be a busy day at ITMA! Reading facilities will be available all day as usual, but requests for materials will need to be made a specific times to accommodate a packed schedule of events.

Our next Saturday opening will be held on 22 September 2018, from 10am to 5pm.

In August, ITMA travelled to Newfoundland to launch A Grand Time, a new digital exhibition about the songs, music, and dance of an Irish enclave in Newfoundland. Collector Aidan O'Hara and ITMA researcher Rebecca Draisey-Collishaw stopped into the CHMR Radio Station in St John's, Newfoundland, to discuss the origins of the project. 

Fresh from its premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh, the Irish Film Institute (IFI) will screen Lomax in Éirinn on Saturday, 8 September 2018 at 18.30. ITMA is thrilled to feature as one of the production locations for this compelling documentary about the life and influence of American song collector Alan Lomax. 

For his final episode of The Rolling Wave, broadcaster Peter Browne listened back over some of his favourite music and songs—including recordings of whistle player Joe Cuneen from the Pete Shepheard Collection at ITMA.

Featuring archival recordings, images, interviews and more, ITMA's latest digital exhibition bridges trans-Atlantic and multi-generational traditions.

Lynnsey Weissenberger, ITMA’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, is headed to Leipzig, Germany this July to spread the word about LITMUS (Linked Irish Traditional Music).

Explore ITMA and TG4's new digital archive of all of the gala Gradam Ceoil programmes.

The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) and the Arts Office of Clare County Council are offering an exciting opportunity for an emerging or established artist from any artistic genre. Artists (musicians, visual artists, dancers, writers, performers, etc.) are invited to reflect /respond creatively to the collections and materials that are of relevance or reference County Clare, which are held in ITMA.

ITMA Director Grace Toland is delighted to attend the world premiere of Lomax in Éirinn at the Galway Film Fleadh on 11 July 2018. 

‘A Grand Time: The songs, music, and dance of Newfoundland’s Cape Shore’ is ITMA’s newest digital resource. With the support of Culture Ireland and local partners in Newfoundland, ITMA is unveiling the project at a series of events scheduled for 1–4 August 2018.

ITMA's Linked Irish Traditional Music (LITMUS) project is getting noticed. This July, Lynnsey Weissenberger has been invited to speak about the project at a conference addressing the digitisation and dissemination of musical heritage.