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The archive has published two major printed publications deriving from historical manuscript collections of Irish traditional music: Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts, 500 pre-Famine melodies edited by Dr Hugh Shields from a Trinity College Dublin collection; and The Irish Music Manuscripts ...
Plaque commemorating Liam de Noraidh This is a list of notable collectors of Irish traditional music: Collectors Breandan Breathnach (1912–1985) – collected over 7,000 tunes, published from 1963 Edward Bunting (1773–1843) – collected tunes from the harpers at the Belfast Harp Festival ; made extensive collections of tunes which he published in three collections of The Ancient Music of ...
Hugh Shields (ed.), Tunes of the Munster Pipers: Irish Traditional Music from the James Goodman Manuscripts, vol. 1, volume 1 Archived 21 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Dublin: Irish Traditional Music Archive, 1998). ISBN 0-9532704-0-8 (hardback), 0-9532704-1-6 (paperback).
The Folk Music Society of Ireland published a facsimile edition in 1986, edited by Nicholas Carolan, and this was republished with additional notes and illustrations in 2010 by the Irish Traditional Music Archive in association with the Folk Music Society of Ireland. The next collection was Wright's Aria di Camera (1730). It contained Scottish ...
Irish Traditional Music Archive; A History of Irish Music, by W. H. Flood; Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin – national resource and archive centre for contemporary Irish classical music; Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann – global movement promoting Irish traditional music and culture; TheSession.org – an online tune database and discussion ...
In 1978, he relocated from Dublin to County Clare with his wife Annette and their two sons, Colm and Tara. He was chairman of the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin from 1987 to 1993. On 19 June 2007, he received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland, Galway for services to Irish traditional music. [4]
Liam O'Connor (Irish: Liam Ó Conchubhair; born 1984) is an Irish fiddler, collector, researcher and teacher from County Dublin. He is the current director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA). O'Connor has been described by The Journal of Music as "one of the outstanding fiddle-players of his generation". [1]
James Kelly (Irish: Séamus Ó Ceallaigh; born 1957) is an Irish fiddler, composer, collector, researcher and teacher from Dublin. [1] [2] He is the son of County Clare fiddler, John Kelly, and has played with various groups including Patrick Street and Planxty. [1]