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.
Dal Riada. Dal Riada: live in Finland 1998. [Gavin Whelan], 2026. Digital download.
Donovan, John (singing in English). The John Donovan gramophone recordings: 1914—1949. Inishowen Traditional Singer’s Circle ITSCCD004, 2026. 1 CD.
Doyle, John (singing in English, guitar, keyboard) and Mick McAuley (singing in English, button accordion, low whistle). John Doyle & Mick McAuley. Doyle & McAuley, 2023. Digital download.
Conway, Brian (fiddle). Wallace avenue. Lisnafin Records LIS-1842, 2025. 1 CD.
Keers, Hazlett (mandola, mandolin, Greek bouzouki, Spanish guitar). Orange and blue: tunes and words from Ulster and Scotland. Hazlett Keers, [n.d]. 1 CD.
Finley, Caitlin (fiddle), and Will Woodson (uilleann pipes). Once through the hall. Caitlin Finley and Will Woodson, 2026. Digital download.
Flanagan, Laura (fiddle). The great Southern Ocean. Laura Flanagan, 2020. Digital download.
Flanagan, Laura (fiddle) and Evan Powell (piano, flute). Laura Flanagan & Evan Powell. Laura Flanagan, 2023. Digital download.
Glór na dTonn Céilí Band [various instruments]. Come west along the road = an bóthar siar. Glór na dTonn Céilí Band, 2026. 1 CD.
Goehring, Ella (fiddle) and Ben Goehring (fiddle). The wheat and the chaff. Ella and Ben Goehring, 2025. Digital download.
Hogan, Amelia (singing in English). Burnished. Amelia Hogan, 2025. Digital download.
Hynes, Michael (flute) and Kirsten Allstaff (flute). An turlár leice. Michael Hynes and Kirsten Allstaff, 2026. 1 CD.
Ishna. Slí amach = way out. Ishna, 2026. Digital download.
Jones, Liam F. (whistling, lilting, singing in English). Ionainn = within us: whistling, lilting and singing. Liam F. Jones, 2026. 1 CD.
McGovern, Pádraig (uilleann pipes) and Sabina McCague (fiddle; harp). Starry lane to Monaghan. Pádraig McGovern and Sabina McCague PS 2026, 2026. 1 CD.
McGrath, Keelan (button accordion). The reel road: traditional Irish music on the button accordion. Keelan McGrath, 2026. 1 CD.
Miller, Randy (fiddle). Joy of my life: contra dance music live from the music hall. Randy Miller, 2021. Digital download.
Ní Chonaill, Fiana (harp). Something old something new. Fiana Ní Chonaill FNCH002, 2026. 1 CD + Digital download.
O’Malley, Jillian (flute). An bhearna bhán. Jillian O’Malley, 2026. 1 CD + Digital download.
Ryan, Ciarán (tenor banjo). Kick up the dust. Ciarán Ryan, 2026. 1 CD + Digital download.
The Bog Band. Our voyage with Brendan. The Bog Band, 2020. Digital download.
Whelan, Gavin (whistle, uilleann pipes). Backtrakin. Gavin Whelan, 2026. Digital download.
Yeates, Macdara (singing in English). De may bush. Macdara Yeates, 2026. Digital download.
An píobaire. “The schools collection part 11: County Limerick.” An píobaire 22, no. 2 (2026): 41–45.
Benford, Steve and Peter Tolmie; Ahmed Y. Ahmed; Andy Crabtree; Tom Rodden. “Supporting traditional music-making: designing for situated discretion.” Conference paper at ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2012. Online article.
Butler, John J. “Developing a C bass regulator.” An píobaire 22, no. 2 (2026): 32–36.
Campos Ferreras, Rebecca. “El exilio histórico de Irlanda y su influencia en el folk.” Conference paper at Actas del Congreso Internacional “Espacios y escrituras del exilio”, 2010. Online conference paper.
Cawley, Jessica. “Supporting autistic children to learn & play traditional music: documenting our action research project.” The Urgency of Music (2024): 1-28. Online article
Clancy, Liam. The mountain of the women: memoirs of an Irish troubadour. New York: Broadway Books, 2002. 294 pp. ISBN 0385502044 (pbk).
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. Canaigí : 35 songs from the Comhaltas Archive with 2 CDs. Ennis: Cois na hAbhna Archive, 2026. 87 pp. ISBN 9781036950682 (hbk).
Coyne, Ellen. “How ‘feis-fixing’ scandal rocked the insular world of Irish dancing.” Irish Times, 12 April 2026. Online article.
Coyne, Ellen. Dirty dancing: the inside story of the Irish dancing cheating scandal. Dublin: Gill Books, 2026. 277 pp. ISBN 9781804582893 (pbk).
Cusack, Joanne. Women in Irish traditional music. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2025. 291 pp. ISBN 9781837652013 (hbk).
Discover Ulster-Scots. Get to grips with the fife and drums. Ulster: Discover Ulster-Scots, [n.d]. Online article.
Doyle, Joe. The music of Leo Rowsome: music for the Irish pipes volume 6. Dublin: Na Píobairí Uilleann, 2026. ix, 224 pp. ISBN 9781916429758 (pbk).
Fegan, Tommy. The Cobblestone Irish traditional music joke book compiled by Tommy Fegan. Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 2025. Xi+51 pp. ISBN 9781843519515 (pbk).
Ferguson, Kenneth. “Who wrote Lillibullero? If not Tom Wharton what about Robert Ware and Henry Wharton?” The Irish sword: the journal of the Military History Society of Ireland 33, no. 131 (2021): 35—58.
Foley, Catherine E. “Cultural memory, step dancing, representation and performance: an examination of tearmann and the great famine.” Traditiones 44, no.2 (2015): 135—148. Online article.
Gill, Emmett. “Tarlach Mac Suibhne: “An píobaire mór” and his pipes.” An píobaire 22, no. 2 (2026): 18–26.
Somers, James J. (James Joseph). Jim’s western gems. Minneapolis: Library of Congress, 1913. 114 pp. (pbk) [reprint].
Lawlor, Helen. “Review: capturing O’Neill.” Reviews in Digital Humanities 7, no. 2/3 (2026): 1—4. Online review.
Lee, Lance L. “The historical connection between African Americans and Irish Catholics : an analysis of cross-cultural grief through Negro spirituals, Irish ballads and narratives produced during subjugation.” PhD thesis, Drew University, 2026.
McBride, Orlaith and John Gibney ed. The story of us: independent Ireland and the 1926 census. Kildare: Irish Academic Press, 2026. 220 pp. ISBN 9781788551816 (hbk).
McElligott, Gina (compilor). Ballads and poems of Castleisland and districts. Castleisland: Gina McElligott, 2026. 117 pp. ISBN 9781036957612
Miller, Rebecca S. Are you dancing?: showbands, popular music, and memory in modern Ireland. Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2025. [xi] 272 pp. ISBN 9780253072368 (pbk).
Motherway, Susan. “Harp studies: perspectives on the Irish harp.” Ethnomusicology Forum 26, no.2 (2017): 279—280. Online review.
O’Brien, Bill (ed.). Lost songs of Tipperary: an anthology of forgotten ballads from the premier county. Tipperary: Bill O’Brien, [n.d]. 119 pp. (pbk).
O’Donoghue, Michelle and Aileen Corrigan, Laura DeThorne, Michele Pye, Eleanor McSherry, Roisin Cahalan. “Dancing to a different beat: supporting neuroinclusivity in Irish dance education.” Research Square, (2026): 1—29. Online article.
Rowan, Diana. “Harp as Living Myth: how mythology resurrected the Celtic harp, reviving and reconnecting the ancient healing art of harp music worldwide.” Conference paper at 2nd International Aksit Göktürk Conference ‘Myths Revisited’ (peer reviewed academic conference), Istanbul University, Turkey November 2011. Online conference paper.
Ryan, Shannon and Larry Small. Haulin’ rope and gaff: songs and poetry in the history of the Newfoundland seal fishery. Toronto: Breakwater Books Limited, 1978. 176 pp. ISBN 0919948537 (hbk).
Sexton, Ciara. My first book of Irish dance: a magical introduction to Irish dance for little ones. [United Kingdom]: Ciara Sexton, 2025. [43] pp. ISBN 9798305873719 (pbk).
[Unidentified author]. “Archbishop John MacHale: the lion of the west.” The North Mayo Heritage Centre, 5, issue 46 (2024): Online article
Susan Gedutis Collection. 39 digital images and two archival boxes of manuscript and typescript material relating to research undertaken for the publication See You at the Hall: Boston’s Golden Era of Irish Music and Dance, 2000s. Donated by Susan Gedutis.
Doreen Clancy Collection. 12 reel-to-reel tapes and 3 cassette tapes comprising recordings made in Co. Clare and Dublin primarily between 1960 and 1973, featuring Bobby Casey, Willie Clancy, and others. The tapes originated in the home of Willie and Doreen Clancy (née Healy) and were subsequently given to Phil O’Connor. It is unclear whether all recordings were made by the same person. Donated by Phil O’Connor.
Tom Mulligan Collection. 27 reel-to-reel tapes comprising recordings collected by Tom Mulligan, believed to date from the 1960s and early 1970s. Some tapes appear to have been recorded by Mulligan himself, while others were given to him by friends or family. The collection includes private recordings made by Louis Quinn and family for Tom Mulligan, as well as private recordings of Séamus Ennis. Donated by Néillidh Mulligan.
Cyrill O’Donoghue Collection. 11 archival boxes comprising entirely of audio recordings, including a mix of commercial, non-commercial, and radio materials. Donated by Cathy O’Donoghue.
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: Matt Cranitch, Gerald Culhane, Tommy Fegan, Des Gallagher, Tony Kearns, Hazlett Keers, Gina McElligott, Eva McRory, Michelle Mulcahy, Ferdia Ó Cairbre, Mick O’Connor, Cathal Poirteir, Aoife Sheridan and Grace Toland.
