Images from the Recording Age

Kathleen Greene ; Hugh Gillespie ; Kathleen Monahan / Unidentified photographer

Unidentified man ; Kathleen Greene, fiddle ; Hugh Gillespie, fiddle ; Kathleen Monahan, fiddle

Eddie Burke / Unidentified photographer

Eddie Burke, uilleann pipes

Eddie Burke / The Advocate newspaper

Eddie Burke, uilleann pipes

Michael Carney / Unidentified photographer

Michael Carney, uilleann pipes

John Dowd Benefit Concert, ad

Ad for benefit concert in aid of Sligo fiddle player John Dowd in The Advocate, 25 December 1915. The concert featured John Dowd, fiddle ; Michael Anderson, uilleann pipes ; Michael Carney, uilleann pipes ; Redie Johnston, fiddle ; Ed McLoughlin ; Myles McLoughlin ; John Crowley ; William McGonagle, dancer ; James Egan, dancer ; Thomas Hill, dancer ; John Thompson, dancer ; James Maher, dancer ; Michael Cannon, dancer ; Margaret McLoughlin, dancer

Jim Clarke's Orchestra from the Smiles and Tears of Erin Programme / Unidentified photographer

The "Smiles and Tears of Erin" program aired weekly on various nights from 1934 - 37 on radio station WLWL ("We Listen, We Learn"), run by the Paulist Fathers, a missionary order based in a church on West 59th Street near Donovan's Halls, one of New York's most important Irish dance halls. Standing: Paddy Sweeney, fiddle ; Tommy Cawley, fiddle ; ? Kenny, announcer ; ? O'Brien, programme director ; Patsy Cawley, fiddle ; J Flood, drums ; Jim Clarke, fiddle. Sitting: Paulie Ryan, clarinet ; Jimmy Ryan, saxophone ; Tim Fitzpatrick, accordion ; P Drohan, piano ; Jim McGowan, flute

Michael Coleman, 78rpm label

Michael Coleman, fiddle ; John Muller, piano

Michael Coleman / Unidentified photographer

Michael Coleman, fiddle. Coleman had a very brief career with the Keith vaudeville circuit. Louis Quinn told Mick Moloney that he went to Chicago on the start of a tour and quit, breaking his contract. The pose suggests that his act was that of a dancing fiddler, and Quinn's account was that a vaudeville producer had seen Coleman doing this on the liner in which he emigrated to New York in 1914, and signed him to a contract.

Irish music club members / Unidentified photographer

Back row: Jack Murray, flute ; Dan Flood, fiddle ; James Hayden, flute ; Frank O'Neill, fiddle ; Dan Campbell, flute. Midde row: Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Barney Griffin, fiddle ; John Creamer, flute ; Peter Flynn, fiddle. Front row: Jack Brady, uilleann pipes ; Jack Crowley, uilleann pipes ; Michael Gallagher, uilleann pipes ; Peter Gallagher, uillean pipes ; Ed Crowley, uilleann pipes

Peter Conlon / Unidentified photographer

Peter Conlon, melodeon

Packie Dolan / Unidentified photographer

Packie Dolan, fiddle

Packie Dolan and his Melody Boys / Unidentified photographer

Richard Curran, banjo ; Hugh Gillespie, fiddle ; unidentified, accordion ; Packie Dolan, fiddle

Hugh Gillespie / Unidentified photographer

Hugh Gillespie, fiddle

Tom Ennis / Unidentified photographer

Tom Ennis, uilleann pipes

Tom Ennis / The Advocate newspaper

Tom Ennis, uilleann pipes

The Flanagan brothers / Unidentified photographer

Mike Flanagan, banjo ; Joe Flanagan, accordion

John Gerrity, 78rpm label

Paddy Killoran / Unidentified photographer

Paddy Killoran, fiddle

Paddy Killoran, Paddy Sweeney and Harry Carroll / Unidentified photographer

Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; Paddy Sweeney, fiddle ; Harry Carroll, accordion

Paddy and Betty Killoran with Louis Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; Betty Killoran ; Louis Quinn, piano accordion

Paddy Killoran's Pride of Erin Orchestra / Unidentified photographer

Back row: unidentified, drums ; Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; Paddy Sweeney, fiddle. Front row: Michael Whitey Andrews, banjo ; Jack Healy, saxophone ; Tommy Flanagan, melodeon ; Jimmy, McGinn, piano Paulie Ryan, clarinet

The Turlough O'Carolan Irish music club / Unidentified photographer

Back row, 3rd from left: Andy Conroy, flute ; Middle row, extreme right: Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Front row: Martin Wynne, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; Vincent Harrison, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; Paddy Reynolds, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle, Seán Quinn, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; Paddy Killoran, fiddle ; unidentified, fiddle ; James Lad O'Beirne, piano

John McGrath and others, Advocate 1931 / Unidentified photographer

John McGrath, fiddle ; Hugh Murphy, accordion ; Scotty Watson, T Cawley

Group photograph of The Emerald Isle Orchestra / Unidentified photographer

Mike McGrath, banjo ; Bernard McVey, fiddle ; John McGrath, fiddle ; Jimmy Cunningham, accordion ; Jim McGrath, drums

Louis Quinn and James Lad O'Beirne / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn ; James Lad O'Beirne

Louis Quinn and James Lad O'Beirne / Unidentified photographer

Louis Quinn ; James Lad O'Beirne

Redie Johnston, 78rpm label

Redie Johnston, fiddle ; Harry Pace, piano

Jim McLaughlin / Unidentified photographer

Jim McLaughlin, uilleann pipes

Jim McLaughlin / The Advocate newspaper

Jim McLaughlin, uilleann pipes

Margaret McNiff-Locke / Unidentified photographer

Margaret McNiff-Locke, melodeon

James Morrison and Jackie Roche / Unidentified photographer

James Morrison ; Jackie Roche

James Morrison and Jackie Roche / Unidentified photographer

Middle: Jackie Roche ; Right: James Morrison

James Morrison and The Emerald Isle Ballroom Orchestra / Metrolpolitan Studio, Brooklyn, New York

Back row: James Morrison, fiddle ; George Gates ; Tommy Moran, fiddle. Front row: Denis Casey, melodeon ; Richard Curran, banjo ; George Larner, melodeon

William Mullaly / Unidentified photographer

William Mullaly, concertina

James Lad O'Beirne / Unidentified photographer

James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle

James Lad O'Beirne / Unidentified photographer

James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle

The Irish music and social club of greater New York / Unidentified photographer

Middle row: unidentified, fiddle ; James O'Beirne ; James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle ; Tom Busby, uilleann pipes ; Louis Quinn fiddle. Front row, 7th from left: Andy McGann, fiddle

Various New York and Philadephia musicians / Unidentified photographer

Unidentified ; Andy McGann, fiddle ; James Lad O'Beirne, fiddle ; unidentified, banjo ; Neil Doherty, fiddle ; Louis Quinn, fiddle ; Ed Reavy, fiddle ; Martin Kelly, piano

Frank Quinn / Unidentified photographer

Frank Quinn