Identity area
Reference code
POL-18787
Title
Peadar O'Loughlin Collection
Date(s)
- [1960s] (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 audio recordings
Context area
Name of creator
(1929-2017)
Biographical history
Peadar O’Loughlin was a musician who played the fiddle, uilleann pipes and flute. He was born at Cullen, Kilmaley, Co. Clare. Influenced by his father, who played fiddle, flute and concertina, his growing up was among local and visiting musicians, including fiddler Ellen Galvin. Beginning on whistle, he moved to flute, then fiddle, then pipes. Solo playing for set dancers was common practice in his youth, making his first experience of attempted group playing odd enough to be memorable. He joined the Fiach Roe Céilí Band in 1948, in later years played with the Tulla and Kilfenora, and recorded with Aggie White, Willie Clancy and Elizabeth Crotty, and with Paddy Canny, Bridie Lafferty and P. Joe Hayes he recorded All-Ireland Champions. Much local music was originated in O’Neill’s collection (learned and transmitted by fiddler Hughdie Doohan), but travelling players were also a major source: Jerry O’Shea introducing ‘The Blooming Meadows’, dancing master Paddy Barron (who taught regularly in Peadar’s home) bringing ‘The Drunken Gauger’. Seán Reid introduced him to piping – via the Tulla Céilí Band – and gave him Bro. Gildas O’Shea’s Egan set of flat pipes as a wedding present. From the early 1950s O’Loughlin was best known for his playing in Fleadh and Oireachtas competitions with concertina player Paddy Murphy. He played much with Paddy Canny and Ronan Browne, with whom he has recorded. He teaches at the Willie Clancy Summer School.
Repository
Archival history
Original reel-to-reel tape and original audio cassette were loaned to ITMA for copying by Peadar O'Loughlin. Both sound recordings were digitised to CD-R in 2011. The CD-Rs were transferred to Broadcast WAV files by Memnon Archiving Services, Brussels in 2019
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection comprises recordings compiled by Peadar O'Loughlin and loaned to ITMA for copying. The cassette tape features Paddy Murphy on concertina and the reel-to-reel tape features Séamus Ennis on the pipes along with various other performers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Users may not have access to original recordings, but may access digital surrogate onsite at ITMA, 73 Merrion Square.
Conditions governing reproduction
In copyright
Language of material
- English
- Irish
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Access points
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Name access points
- Murphy, Paddy, 1913-1992 (Subject)
- Ennis, Séamus, 1919-1982 (Subject)
- Canny, Paddy, 1919-2008 (Subject)
- Hayes, PJ, 1921-2001 (Subject)
- O'Loughlin, Peadar, 1929-2017 (Subject)
- McMahon, Robbie, 1926-2012 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2 nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Irish Guidelines for Archival Description. Ireland: Society of Archivists, 2009
Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2nd ed., 1988 revision. Ottawa : Chicago: Canadian Library Association.
Irish Guidelines for Archival Description. Ireland: Society of Archivists, 2009
Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2nd ed., 1988 revision. Ottawa : Chicago: Canadian Library Association.
Status
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Fintan Vallely, ed., The companion to Irish traditional music. 2nd ed. Cork University Press, 2011