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Finbar Boyle Collection

  • FBO-258269
  • Collection
  • TBC
Collection comprises manuscript material and a reel-to-reel tape recording.

Boyle, Finbar, 1951-2018

Geordie McIntyre Collection

  • GMI-18734
  • Collection
  • 1963 - 1965
Collection of reel-to-reel tapes featuring traditional musicians and singers recorded in Donegal and Scotland. Includes performances recorded in Hughie McGovern's Pub in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal; performances recorded in Hugh Gillespie's home in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal; and performances by Geordie McIntyre (singing), Joe Heaney (singing)and Pat McNulty (pipes) recorded in Scotland.

McIntyre, Geordie

Gerry O'Donnell Collection

  • GOD-258270
  • Collection
  • [1970s]
Collection comprises a single reel-to-reel tape featuring commercial recordings compiled by Gerry O'Donnell for a thesis on Irish traditional music completed in 1978 and live recordings of Fermanagh music. The live music was not recorded by Gerry O'Donnell.

O'Donnell, Gerry

Guinness Tour Collection

  • GTO-256549
  • Collection
Collection comprises live recordings on compact disc of traditional music performances in Sydney, Australia as part of the Guinness Tour in 1987. Performers include Christy Moore, Liam O'Flynn and Arty McGlynn.

Hugh Shields Collection

  • HSH-18739
  • Collection
  • 1946 - 2003
Collection of audio recordings, personal papers, manuscripts, ephemera, music transcriptions and notation, news cuttings and photographs, relating to the life and work of the collector Hugh Shields. The sound recordings were made chiefly across Ulster in the period 1966–81.

Shields, Hugh, 1929-2008

ITMA Field and Studio Recordings

  • IFSR-257210
  • Collection
  • 1992 - 2014
The ITMA Field and Studio Recordings fonds comprises audio and video recordings taken by ITMA staff since the founding of the archive in 1987. ITMA actively seeks to record traditional music and dance in the field in order to be able to trace how it has developed across the country. Recordings include annual music festivals and conferences, one-off events, concerts and sessions, and interviews and studio recordings taken onsite at ITMA's premises on Merrion Square. It is expected that this is collection will expand continually over the coming years.

Irish Traditional Music Archive

Jim Hunter Collection

  • JHU-18750
  • Collection
  • 1974
Collection of two audio recordings made by Jim Hunter in Perthshire, Scotland. The recordings feature fiddle player Alex Young playing a variety of dance tunes.

Hunter, Jim

Jimmy McBride Collection

  • JMB-18628
  • Collection
Collection comprises: audiovisual recordings (audio cassette, VHS, Video8) of the Inishowen International Folk Song and Ballad Seminar (IIFSBS) 1990-2004; Inishowen singers and Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle (ITSC) sessions recorded in public and private venues, 1980-2003, with occasional music and dance included; occasional recordings of other Irish singing festivals and singing sessions; radio programmes prepared by Jimmy McBride for local Inishowen radio, and song and music related broadcasts on Irish radio (1978?-1997). Other materials include images of singers and events, IIFSBS brochures, and manuscript indices prepared by Jimmy McBride.

McBride, Jimmy

J.J. Logan Collection

  • JLO-18743
  • Collection
  • n.d.
Collection of off-air radio dubs recorded onto reel-to-reel tapes and audio cassettes by Tom Logan. Recordings, often featuring St Brendan's Céilí Band, include RTÉ radio programs such as Céilí House, and programmes from Tipperary's Suirland Radio. Speech by Tom Logan about the recordings also features on some of the tapes.

Logan, J.J.

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