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. 

Join Cathal Goan and Paddy Glackin this Friday, 17 July at 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm as they look back at some of the highlights over the last 30 years of their week-long class at SSWC, Dúchas an Cheoil / The Scope of Irish Music.

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.

Music Network and the Irish Traditional Music Archive announce the 2020 Bunting Commission

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 and events online.

ITMA is delighted to partner with RTÉ Culture to celebrate World Fiddle Day 2020.

The Board and Director of ITMA are delighted to announce the appointment of Iarfhlaith Ó Domhnaill as the new Finance Manager at ITMA.

ITMA shop order deliveries are now working in line with latest AN POST updates on postal delivery (see link below).