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Alen MacWeeney Collection

  • AMW-18694
  • Collection
  • 1965 - 1971
This collection focuses primarily on music and song from the Irish Traveller community recorded around County Dublin between 1965 and 1971. Materials in this collection include reel-to-reel tapes, 1 commercial LP, and notes about recordings in two jotter notebooks and loose-leaf paper.

MacWeeney, Alen

Andrew Mac Intyre music and song manuscript

  • AMI-276290
  • Item
  • 25 February 1920-25 May 1944
Copy of a handwritten music and song manuscript compiled by Andrew Mac Intyre in Co. Donegal in the 1920s and 1940s from local musicians including a "Mr Kelly in Killybegs, Stationmaster, Lifford", a "B. Quinn, Castlefin" and a "Dilla Mac Intyre" who was Andrew's daughter. Also included is a handwritten letter from Eamon Mac Intyre with biographical information about his paternal grandfather Andrew Mac Intyre.

Mac Intyre, Andrew, 1877-1959

Boys of Ballisodare Folk Festival Collection

  • BBFF-256548
  • Collection
  • [1970s]
Collection of field recordings from an unspecified edition of the Boys of Ballisodare Folk Festival in Sligo. Includes performances by Christy Moore, Liam O'Flynn and Paul Brady.

Boys of Ballisodare Folk Festival

Breandán Breathnach Collection

  • BBR-18712
  • Fonds
  • 1911 - 1985
These fonds were largely created by Breandán Breathnach while he was chairman of the uilleann piping society, Na Píobairí Uilleann, from its establishment in 1968, right through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. The majority of the material dates from the decade 1968-1978. The first series contains letters from Francis O'Neill (O'Neill, Francis, 1848-1936) to William Halpin and letters from various individuals to Seán Reid (Reid, Seán, 1907-1978), mostly dating from the 1930s. It is most likely that the Seán Reid and Francis O'Neill letters were purchased by, or donated to, Breandán Breathnach in 1973 by Seán Reid after a request by Breathnach to deposit the originals in his newly established 'National Archives'. Breathnach wrote 'I am making so bold as to suggest you should donate these & other papers you might have to the National Archives new established in this Department or perhaps you would not mind offering them for sale' (M/187/3/3/2, 30 Oct 1973). These fonds also contain papers relating to Seán Ó Riada (Ó Riada, Seán, 1931-1971) from Len Clifford who seemed to be acting as an agent for ÓRiada during the early 1970s. It is not known how Breathnach came to be in possession of these papers, it is most likely that they were given to him as part of his national music archive project. The last series in this collection relates to the organisation Na Píobairí Uilleann. It includes correspondence and papers of a financial and administrative nature, as well as, documents relating to the organisation's various activities i.e. exhibitions, concerts, and pipe making.

Breathnach, Breandán, 1912-1985

Cairbre McCann Collection

  • CMC-18856
  • Collection
  • 1957
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.

McCann, Cairbre

Caitlín Ní Dhomhnaill Collection

  • CND-18701
  • Collection
  • n.d.
Collection of reel-to-reel tapes donated to ITMA by Caitlín Ní Dhomhnaill featuring performances of traditional songs and dances. The original reels contain a mixture of non-commerical material and dubs of commerical and radio material. When the reels were transferred to CD-R the off-air dubs and commerical material were not transferred over. Recordings include performances by Joseph McCafferty, Eibhlin Ni Bheaglaoich and Neili Ni Dhomhnaill.

Ní Dhomhnaill, Caitlín

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Collection

  • COR-258377
  • Collection
  • 1997
Collection comprises cassette tape recording of performance at Na Píobairí Uilleann on Henrietta Street in Dublin. Performers include Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle and Mikey Smith and Ronan Browne on pipes.

Ó Raghallaigh, Caoimhín

Caroline Crowley Collection

  • CCR-18703
  • Collection
  • 1964
Collection comprises reel-to-reel tape recording of the procedings of the wedding of David Crowley and Eileen Hurley. It includes the wedding speeches and a number of musical performances.

Crowley, Caroline

Catherine Foley Collection

  • CFO-18704
  • Collection
  • [1980s]
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.

Foley, Catherine

Charlie McGeown Collection

  • CMG-18705
  • Collection
  • n.d.
Collection comprises a single cassette recording featuring Willie and Michael Coleman and John Joe Gardiner.

McGeown, Charlie

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