Collection of original and photocopied music manuscripts, set lists, correspondence, and songs dating primarily from the mid-1980s. The majority of the material is in Tommie Potts' hand, but also includes correspondence from Míchéal Ó Súilleabháin and Paddy Dooley of The Welsh School of Violin-making. Two copybook pages with tune written in 1930s, written by John Gadge of Co. Tyrone. One photograph of Tommie Potts at a céilí included, taken 1935.
The Cathal McConnell Collection comprises 700+ cassette tape recordings and dates from the 1960s up to the early 2010s. The non-commercial audio material was recorded both in Ireland and abroad in a range of settings including field recordings in houses, informal sessions, concerts, outtake studio recordings, music classes and workshops. Also featured are both domestic recordings of radio programmes including 'The Long Note', 'Airneáin' and 'The Irish Phonograph' among others, along with cassette recordings of various commercial LP, cassette tape and CD releases.
First minute book of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) Co. Sligo Executive Committee and the Ballymote CCÉ Branch. Inserted into the book are receipts, newspaper clippings, event flyers and correspondence relating to events and meetings organised by the Ballymote CCÉ branch.
CD-R dubs of reel-to-reel recordings made by Cairbre McCann in NYC, 1957. Letters from Cairbre McCann to Elaina Solon containing background information and comments on the recordings.
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.
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.
A collection of prints and negatives from Drogheda professional photographer Joe Dowdall taken in the 1970s at two Co. Louth music festivals, Féile na Bóinne, the Drogheda Folk Festival and the Drogheda Mummers and Wren Boys Festival.