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Armbruster. Half my house. Armbruster, 2026. Digital download.
Botzer, Dennis (singing in English) and friends. The Americana set. Sodaspeak Records, 2025. 1 CD.
Brady, Gráinne (fiddle). Back and forth. Gráinne Brady, 2026. 1CD + Digital download.
Clark, Patricia (fiddle), Paul Finn (button accordion) and Cillian Doheny (guitar). Come what may. Clark, Finn and Doheny, 2025. 1 CD.
Cullen, Lottie (uilleann pipes), Colleen Shanks (uilleann pipes), Louise Mulcahy (uilleann pipes), Deb Quigly (uilleann pipes), Jane Walls (uilleann pipes) and Shelia Friel (uilleann pipes). Mná na bpíob uilleann. Vol. 2. Na Piobairí Uilleann NPUCD029, 2025. 1 CD.
Curley, Gary (button accordion), and Stephen McKee (banjo). Chunky business. Gary Curley and Stephen McKee CB101, 2025. 1 CD.
Diamond Danny (fiddle), and Brian Miller (vocals, bouzouki). Northern shores. Danny Diamond & Brian Miller, 2026. Digital download.
Faerie Folk. Faerie folk. Faerie Folk, 2025. Digital download.
Fiárock. An tús. Fiárock, 2026. Digital download.
Gibbs, John. To all those little darlings 2. John Gibbs, [2025]. Digital file.
Kerr, John (flute) and friends. Two old black sticks. John Kerr, 2015. 1 CD.
McGoldrick, Michael. Michael McGoldrick 50 original tunes and chords. Michael McGoldrick, 2025. Digital download.
McGoldrick, Michael (flute), and Tim Edey (guitar). Jamland. Michael McGoldrick & Tim Edey, 2024. Digital download.
McKenna, Seán (guitar, vocals, accordion). Old rover E.P. Seán McKenna, 2025. Digital Download.
Mercier, Mel and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Soloists. First conviction. RTÉ, 2026. 1 LP.
My Irish Books (publisher). Mo chéad seinnteoir ceirníní = My first record player. My Irish Books, 2025. 36 audio discs + 1 child–friendly mini–record player + 10 bonus Christmas Songs.
Nic Dhomhnaill, Aoife (fiddle), and Liam Lonergan (concertina). Mullach a’tsí. Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill and Liam Lonergan, 2025. 1 CD.
North by Northwest. Junction. NxNW nxm01, 2025. 1 CD.
O’Brien, Laoise (recorder, spoken word). Boyne. Laoise O’Brien LOB005, 2026. 1 CD.
O’Gorman, Bríd (flute). The idle road. Bríd O’Gorman, 2025. 1 CD.
Peter Street. Peter Street. Peter Street, 2026. 1 CD + Digital download.
Various artists. No go!: from the motion picture soundtrack ‘songs of trouble and hope from the people of Northern Ireland’. Island Records SMAS-9333, 1973. 1 LP.
Amerotti, Marco. “TradJockey: live remixing a performance system for traditional music.” Conference paper, Springer Nature 2865, (2026): 98–106. Online conference paper.
An píobaire. “The schools collection part 10: County Leitrim.” An píobaire 22, no. 1 (2026): 44–45.
Brennan, Colm. Going to the well: 30 newly composed songs by traditional singer, songwriter. [Gorey]: [Colm Brennan], 2023. 58 pp. + 2 CDs. (pbk).
Brennan, Colm. The hare in the heather: 20 newly composed songs by traditional singer, songwriter. [Gorey]: [Colm Brennan], 2023. 45 pp. + 2 CDs. (pbk).
Brennan, Colm. Ó fhonadóireacht go greanadóireacht: from sean-nós to woodcut prints. [Barr na Coille]: [Colm Brennan of Barr na Coille Press], 2024. [70] pp. ISBN 9780957000711 (pbk).
Burke, Mary. “Mad Irish fiddlers in Paris: music and wandering musicians in Irish revival writing.” In Ireland and Europe in the nineteenth century, ed. Leon Litvack and Colin Graham. 160–172. Dublin: Fourt Courts Press, 2006.
Carroll, Liz. Collected II. [S.l]: Liz Carroll, 2020. Online book.
Carroll, Liz. Collected III. [S.l]: Liz Carroll, 2026. Online book.
Charzynska-Wójcik, Magdelena, and Edward Corp. “A recently discovered volume of Irish carols to be sung at the exiled Stuart court in France.” Archivium Hibernicum 78 (2025): 102–113.
Cody Delaney Richardson, Erin. “The impact of Irish immigrants on the music of the American civil war.” M.Mu thesis, Research Gate, 2013. Online article.
Connolly, Claire. Irish romanicism: a literary history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026. viii+247 pp. ISBN 978-1-107-13161-3 (hbk).
Connolly, Colman. “Michael Coleman & Irish music’s early cultural & sonic fidelity: a creative remix.” Thesis, Middle Tennessee State University, 2025. Online article.
Collins, Derek. “Concert life in Dublin in the age of revolution [vol. 1 + 2].” PhD thesis, Queen’s University Belfast, 2001. Online article.
Crean, Éilís. This is your life: a tribute to Eddie Kelly, revised and expanded edition. [Tennessee]: [Éilís Crean], 2025. 115 pp. ISBN 9798993081618 (pbk).
Daly, Raymond. Ten faithful years (1913–1923) in song and story. Tullamore: Raymond Daly, 2025. 512 pp. ISBN 9781036934767 (hbk).
de Brún, Fionntán. An Ghaeilge agus lár Bhéal Feirste : the Irish language and central Belfast. Maynooth: An Sagart, 2025. 103 pp. ISBN 9781911330493 (pbk).
Dugan Cavanagh, Kathleen, John Donnelly and Gary White. “The Taylor brothers memorial: the final resting place of William and Charles Taylor.” An píobaire 22, no. 1 (2026): 36–37.
Feeney, Tatyana, and Risteard Mac Liam. Mo chuid amhráin Ghaeilge 3. Meath: My Irish Books, 2024. [14] pp. ISBN 9781739528362 (hbk).
Feeney, Tatyana, and Risteard Mac Liam. Mo chéad rainn Ghaeilge. Meath: My Irish Books, 2024. [14] pp. ISBN 9782919958948 (hbk).
Harvey, Robert. “The Japanese hornpipe: creative alteration and palimpsestic identity in the whistling tradition of Ireland.” Arts 15, no. 40 (2026): Online article.
Hegarty Dave. “32 east Essex street 1977.” An píobaire 22, no. 1 (2026): 42–43.
Kelly, Michael. “Michael Deegan (1883–1960): distinguished civil servant and piping enthusiast.” An píobaire 22, no. 1 (2026): 30–35.
Kerr, John. Music in the glen: The Washington DC Irish folk festival 1977–2000. [Washington DC]: [John Kerr], 2018. 254 pp. ISBN 9781721817894 (pbk).
Kinsella, Shay. “Cathal Mac Dubhghaill and ‘The soldier’s song’: The Carlow link to Ireland’s national anthem”. Carloviana 74, (2026), pp. 164–71.
Mac Peaircín, Liam. The poet, the peeler and the goat: Darby Ryan, the bard of Ashgrove. Thurles: An Droichead Miotail, 2026. 260 pp. (pbk).
Mac Peaircín, Liam. Dunaire chlann Domhnaill. Thurles: An Droichead Miotail, 2026. 263 pp. (pbk).
Mac Peaircín, Liam. An stoc agus an cearnóg (1917–1931). Thurles: An Droichead Miotail, 2026. ix+259 pp. (pbk).
McLauchlan, Richard. “Piping in Jacobite times: the sound of divided loyalties, 1700-46.” In The bagpipes: a cultural history, by Richard McLauchlan, 45–56. London: Hurst Publishing, 2025.
Mollenhauer, Jeanette. “Women take the lead: the feminisation of Irish dance in Australia.” In Irish Women in the Antipodes: Foregrounded, ed. Susan Arthure, Stephanie James, Dymphna Lonergan and Fidelma McCorry, 152–166. Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2024. Online article.
Molloy, Kevin. “Helen O’Shea, no better boy : listening to Paddy Canny.” The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies 25, (2025): 149–50. Review.
My Irish Books. Luaschártaí ceol: flashcard games in Gaeilge, English et Français. Meath: My Irish Books, 2025. 50 playing cards. ISBN 9789998778849.
Ní Scolaí, Emer, and Anne O’Hara. Mo chuid rincí Gaelacha. Meath: My Irish Books, 2023. [14] pp. ISBN 9781739528317 (hbk).
Ó Baoighill, Pádraic S., ed. Scríbhneoirí, filí agus ceoltóirí as gaeltacht láir Thír Chonaill. Baile na Finne: Foilseacháin Chró na mBothán, 2025. 300 pp. ISBN 9781739841157.
O’Beirne, Colm. The Dubliners: a fan’s view. [Dublin]: [Colm O’Beirne], 2025. [162] pp. (hbk).
Ó Cathain, Diarmaid. “Dr John Fergus M.D. (d. 1761) of Dublin and the cultural afterlife of a learned kindred.” Archivium Hibernicum 78, (2025): 126–60.
Ó Tiarnaigh, Pádraig. Cloch in áit an charnáin. Seán Ó hEochaidh: Bailitheoir béaloidis. Gaoth Dobhair: Éabhlóid, 2025. 440 pp. ISBN 9781914482021 (hbk).
Rooney, Ray. The spirit of the reels: the story of the famous Liverpool céilí band. Liverpool: RayRoo Press, 2019. 208 pp. ISBN 9781916188501 (hbk).
Peter Hannaway Collection. Six mp3 files featuring recordings made by Peter Hannaway in July 1974 of fiddle player Séamus Connolly at the Balloon Tavern, Fulham, London. At the time the Balloon Tavern was run by fiddle player Con Curtin. Donated by Peter Hannaway.
Mary and Des Bowe Collection. Non-commercial audio cassette recordings made in and around London and various locations in Ireland by Mary Bowe and friends. The recordings feature a wide variety of musicians, 1972–1995. Donated by Mary and Des Bowe.
John Leahy Collection. Commercial and non-commercial audio recordings including 21 reel-to-reel tapes and 16 audio cassettes made by John Leahy primarily in and around Woodford, Co. Galway, 1960s–1980s. Donated by John Leahy.
John Kerr Collection. Non-commercial and commercial audio recordings including 52 audio cassettes and 59 MiniDiscs primarily made by John Kerr in the north-eastern United States and Ireland, 1984–2002. The recordings feature a wide range of performers including Matt Molloy, Kevin Burke and De Dannan, and include original recordings from Irish music festivals from the mid-1990s to the 2000s. Donated by John Kerr.
Bridie and Cyril O’Donoghue Collection. A collection of commercial and non-commercial audio recordings, 1,000+ audio cassettes, LPs and MiniDiscs. Includes field recordings made by Bridie O’Donoghue, dating from the early 1960s to the 2000s, primarily recorded in Co. Clare, particularly in Doolin. The recordings feature the Russell brothers, Peadar O’Loughlin, Willie Clancy, Paddy Killoughery, the O’Donoghue family and the Kilfenora Céilí Band, among others. Donated by Cathy O’Donoghue.
Claire Loughran Collection. Photographs of Birmingham Trad Fest, 2022–2024. Donated by Claire Loughran.
Jennie Madden Collection. Dancing medals and photographs relating to the Tara School of Irish Dance, Cork, run by Jennie Madden, 1960s–1980s. Donated by Mary and Susan Hegarty.
Richie Piggott Collection. WAV file digitised from 16-inch disc of Tommie Potts playing ‘The bunch of keys’, recorded by Bill Stapleton at the Irish Recordings Company (IRC), Dublin, 1949. Donated by Richie Piggott.
Richie Piggott Collection. 19th cent. (?) music manuscript titled ‘Melanges’ contains some Irish and Scottish tunes. Loaned for copying by Richie Piggott.
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Music manuscript titled ‘An Láimhscríbhinn de Ceol rince na hÉireann le Breandán Breathnach’, 1965. Loaned for copying by Éadaoin Bhreathnach.
ITMA would also like to acknowledge donations of materials (CDs, printed items, visual items, etc.), and other help and information from the following people and organisations: Dennis Botzer, Jim Boyle, Colm Brennan, Timmy Casey, Philip Doyle, Des Gallagher, John Gibbs, Tony Kearns, John Kerr, Féilim Mac Donncha, Liam Mac Peaircín, John Mackel, Pádraig McEneany, Mel Mercier, John Morrissey, Terry Moylan, Laoise O’Brien, Pat O’Brien, Jane O’Flynn, Fr John Quinn, Ray Rooney and Maureen Vize.
