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Collection of domestic recordings on reel-to-reel and cassette tapes featuring Catherine Foley and her father, Patrick Foley, performing tunes and dances on a variety of instruments.

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.

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.

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.