The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) is committed to providing free, universal access to the rich cultural tradition of Irish music, song and dance. If you’re able, we’d love for you to consider a donation. Any level of support will help us preserve and grow this tradition for future generations.
Danú (instrumental music, singing in English, singing in Irish). The pearl album: live in celebration. Danú DANU2025, 2025. 1 CD + digital download
Donegan, Mary (tin whistle). Notes from Beara. Mary Donegan, 2025. 1 CD + digital download
Breaking Trad (fiddle, accordion, guitar). Drive. 2024. Breaking Trad. 1 CD + digital download
Finn, Alan (fiddle), Joanne Quirke (flute), Paul Clesham (concertina) and Fionn O’Hanlon (bouzouki). ‘Twas many a wild night. Finn, Quirke, Clesham and O’Hanlon TWAWN00321, 2025. 1 CD
Garry, Sheila (fiddle), and Elaine Hogan (harp). Two for joy. Garry and Hogan, 2025. 1 CD
Kerr, Barry (instrumental music). Fuascail. Barry Kerr, 2022. Digital download
Jimmy&Scots Folk Band (instrumental music, singing in English). Beers & reels. Maxy Sound, 2025. 1 CD
Jimmy&Scots Folk Band (instrumental music, singing in English). The Viking Irishman. Maxy Sound, 2024. 1 CD
Mallon, Conor (uilleann pipes). Unearthed. Conor Mallon, 2023. 1 CD
Moore, Christy (singing in English). Christy Moore: the early years 1969–81. Tara Music 3512347, 2020. 2 CDs + 1 DVD
Mulvey, Mick (flute), Shane Meehan (fiddle). The missing guest. Mulvey and Meehan Coolathuma CD3, 2025. 1 CD + digital download
O’Flaherty, Emer (singing in Irish, singing in English). Go dtí seo. Emer O’Flaherty, 2025. 1 CD + digital download
Ryan, Torrin (uilleann pipes). From the ‘Boros. Torrin Ryan, 2024. 1 CD + 1 digital download
Tempest (instrumental music, singing in English, singing in Irish). Tempest. Tempest Ceol TC001, 2024. 1 CD
Various (singing in English). McCarthy’s Bar: songs & stories. n.d. 1 CD
Various (instrumental music). The devil’s dream: chamber music by Seán Doherty. Divine Art Records MEX77135, 2025. 1 CD
An píobaire. “Photographs from Seamus Mac Mathúna’s collection.” An píobaire 21, no. 2 (2025): 22–26.
An píobaire. “Seanchas: a piper in Lucan, Co. Dublin in 1825.” An píobaire 21, no. 1 (2025): 31–33.
An píobaire. “The Schools Collection part 7: County Galway.” An píobaire 21, no. 1 (2025): 40–46.
An píobaire. “The Schools Collection part 8: County Kerry (part 1).” An píobaire 21, no. 2 (2025): 44–46.
An píobaire. “Seanchas: some account of James Spence, the celebrated Munster piper.” An píobaire 21, no. 2 (2025): 26–36.
Bateson, Catherine V. “The culture and sentiments of Irish American Civil War songs.” PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018.
Butler, Jean. “Irish dance: history, form, and freedom.” Dance index 16, no.1 (2025): 1–26.
Carolan, Nicholas. “Ceol: the cat’s bagpipes.” An píobaire 21, no. 2 (2025): 36–39.
Duffy, Rachel. “Insights from the Gráinne Yeats reel-to-reel collection.” Irish Traditional Music Archive. Posted 14 April 2025. Blog post.
Fagan, Paul. ‘Groves of Blarney: fake songs, mock-hoaxes, and stage Irish identity in William Maginn and Francis Sylvester Mahony,’ In Stage Irish: Performance, Identity, Cultural Circulation, 25-44 (Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2021). Online article.
Glaveanu, Vlad, Penny Hay, Hannah McDowall, Tom Doust, Shannon Welles, Goldie Chaudhuri, Anne Pender and Mairead Hurley. “Ecologies of collective imagination.” International Journal of Art & Design Education (2025). Online article.
Gildea, Connie. “My life with trad.” Annagh (2021): 100–101.
Hegarty, Dave. “Buying and selling a set of pipes or a chanter. “ An píobaire 21, no. 2 (2025): 39–42.
Kearns, Kevin C. ‘Singing pubs,’ In Dublin pub life & lore: an oral history, 61–63. (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1997).
Kelly, Michael. “The Ballyhaunis Feis of 1922.” Annagh (2022): 98–103.
Kelly, Seamus. Bernard ‘Barney’ Delaney (1854 – 1923): Offaly and Chicago piper. [Kildare]: [ShayKelly Productions], 2024. xii+111 pp. ISBN 9781399986342 (pbk).
Marnane, Denis C. “John Davis White’s sixty years in Cashel.” Tipperary Historical Journal (2004). 169–205.
McKinney, Terence. “Al Purcell: a tribute.” Wandering piper. Posted n.d. Online article.
McCabe, Mary Diane. “A critical study of some traditional religious ballads.” MA thesis, Durham University, 1980. Online thesis.
Moylan, Terry. “Irish music collections online.” An píobaire 21, no. 1 (2025): 28–31.
O’Flynn, John. “From Celtic rock heyday to “extended family”: changing legacies and identities for Horslips and their fans.” Rock music studies (2025) Online article.
O’Hare, Kieran. Obituary of Kirk Lynch. An píobaire 21, no. 2 (2025): 16–20.
Rosyanova, Tatiana S. “Specificity of the semantic category of graduality in Irish folk dance terminology.” London journal of research in humanities & social science 25, no. 6 (2025).89–96.
Roud, Steve, and David Atkinson, eds. Collectomania!: revisiting the folk song collectors. London: The Ballad Partners, 2024. x+189 pp. ISBN 9781068640629 (pbk).
Rowsome, Helena. “Hugh Quinn.” An píobaire 21, no. 1 (2025): 14–16.
Russell, Maureen. “The Irish Traditional Music Archive/ Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann.” Music reference services quarterly (2025): 82–96.
Slattery, Bill. “The piper’s chair. “ An píobaire 21, no. 2 (2025): 42–44.
Soussana, Nathalie, Jean-Christophe Hoarau, John Spilliane, Ríoghnach Connolly, and Deirbhile Ní Bhroclcháin. Berceuses et comptines d’Irelande. Paris: Didier Jeunesse, 2025. 46 pp. ISBN 9782278098149 (hbk).
Waldron, Paul. “The celebrated piper Groarke.” Annagh (2021): 56–67.
Wells Scott, Jane. Tallahassee Irish tune book: traditional tunes: jigs, slip jigs, reels, barndances, highlands, hornpipes, polkas, waltzes, marzurkas, airs. Tallahassee, Fla.: [Jane Wells Scott], 2024. 145 [9] pp. (ring-bound).
Whitmer, Nick. “Seanchas: Irish Music Club of Chicago court cases 1909.” An píobaire 21, no. 1 (2025): 33–40.
Seán McNamara Collection. Four archival boxes containing audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, and VHS tapes. Includes recordings of the Liverpool Céilí Band and other musicians made in Liverpool, 1990s. Donated by Máire McNamara
Nancy Berry Collection. Irish dancing trophies and medals won by Dublin dancing teacher Nancy Berry, 1950s–1980s. Donated by Shay Berry
Mercedes Garvey Collection. 3 archival boxes of manuscript music, ephemera and printed books belonging to harpers Mercedes Garvey (née Bolger) (1925–2013) and Mercedes Bolger (née McGrath) (1894-1980), 1910s–1990s. Donated by Mercedes Garvey
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: Conor Arkins, Des Broderick, Seán Doherty, Edwina Guckian, Nora Hickey M’Sichili, Barry Kerr, Titi Massimiliano, Terry Moylan, Brendan Mulholland, Jane Scott Wells, TG4 and Micheal Tubridy.
