Aidan O’Hara describes his first visit to the Cape Shore, meeting John Keefe in Placentia, and the way that Ireland was remembered by the people whom he encountered. This conversation is excerpted from a longer interview that focused on Aidan’s years in Newfoundland, work as a broadcaster in Newfoundland, and relationship with the people of the Cape Shore.
| ITMA Reference | 255533 |
| Creator | Doyle, Brian, field recording ; Draisey-Collishaw, Rebecca, interviewer |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 29 November 2017 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | O'Hara house, Longford, Co Longford, Ireland |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Collecting, Cape Shore, Song in English |
| Language | English, Irish |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Video |
| Extent | 00:04:51 |
| Copyright | Performer and Irish Traditional Music Archive |
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Aidan O'Hara plays the guitar while Joyce O'Hara sings. Their three sons play in front of the stage (Conor, Brian, and Sean). Several singers and musicians sit at the back of the stage (left to right): John Joe English, Anita Best, Caroline Brennan, John ‘Skinny’ White, Joe Byrne, Pius Power Snr, Pius Power Jnr.
| ITMA Reference | 255650 |
| Creator | Penton, Len, photographer |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan, collector |
| Date | July 1978 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Bannerman Park, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Ireland: Singing in English ; Newfoundland: Singing in English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Len Penton |
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A portrait of a young Aidan O'Hara in his role as director of the Newfoundland Folk Festival, 1978.
| ITMA Reference | 255653 |
| Creator | Penton, Len, photographer |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan, collector |
| Date | August 1978 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Bannerman Park, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Folklife & Culture |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Len Penton |
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Aidan O’Hara describes some of the people from the Cape Shore who feature in his recordings, including Albert Roche, Frankie Nash, Anthony Power, and Caroline Brennan. He discusses the different types of songs that he heard on the Cape Shore and the sources of those songs, including radio and time spent overseas during the First World War. This conversation is excerpted from a longer interview that focused on Aidan’s years in Newfoundland, work as a broadcaster in Newfoundland, and relationship to the Cape Shore.
| ITMA Reference | 255535 |
| Creator | Doyle, Brian, field recording ; Draisey-Collishaw, Rebecca, interviewer |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 29 November 2017 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | O'Hara house, Longford, Co Longford, Ireland |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Song collecting |
| Language | English, Irish |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Video |
| Extent | 00:05:50 |
| Copyright | Performer and Irish Traditional Music Archive |
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An article on the songs of Carrie Brennan written by Aidan O'Hara and Kenneth Goldstein which appeared in The Livyere, the journal of the Folklore Studies Association of Canada, in 1983.
| ITMA Reference | 255732 |
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Contributor | Goldstein, Kenneth ; Silverberg, Lore |
| Date | June 1983 |
| Publisher | Leeward Publishing Ltd. |
| Location | Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Music Studies, General |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Text |
| Extent | 8 p. |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara and Kenneth Goldstein |
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Aidan O’Hara describes a “time” and other occasions for recording songs, music, and stories. This conversation is excerpted from a longer interview that focused on Aidan’s years in Newfoundland, work as a broadcaster in Newfoundland, and relationship to the Cape Shore.
| ITMA Reference | 255535 |
| Creator | Doyle, Brian, field recording ; Draisey-Collishaw, Rebecca, interviewer |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 29 November 2017 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | O'Hara house, Longford, Co Longford, Ireland |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Song collecting |
| Language | English, Irish |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Video |
| Extent | 00:05:50 |
| Copyright | Performer and Irish Traditional Music Archive |
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A typed transcript of a conversation between Aidan O'Hara and Mick Nash. Mick Nash describes a competition between a dance master from Ireland and a dance master from Angel's Cove.
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 5 October 1975 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance ; Newfoundland: Speech in English |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Text |
| Extent | 3 p. |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
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