ITMA - Irish Traditional Music Archive
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ITMA is home to the largest, most comprehensive collection of Irish traditional music, song, and dance in the world.
Next stop on our Drawing from the Well Tour: London. This will be the first time we're taking our tour outside of Ireland. We hope to see some of you there!
🎟️ Tickets: londonirishcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
🎟️ Tickets: londonirishcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Next stop on our Drawing from the Well Tour: London. This will be the first time we're taking our tour outside of Ireland. We hope to see some of you there!
🎟️ Tickets: londonirishcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
🎟️ Tickets: londonirishcentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
The Drawing from the Well Tour continues this Wednesday in The Sugar Club, featuring special guest Seán McKeon. Tickets: tickets.thesugarclub.com/events/thesu...
Join us for a night of outstanding music, song and dance in Dublin. Thanks to everyone who's supported thus far!
Join us for a night of outstanding music, song and dance in Dublin. Thanks to everyone who's supported thus far!
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Drawing from the Well Tour continues this Wednesday in The Sugar Club, featuring special guest Seán McKeon. Tickets: tickets.thesugarclub.com/events/thesu...
Join us for a night of outstanding music, song and dance in Dublin. Thanks to everyone who's supported thus far!
Join us for a night of outstanding music, song and dance in Dublin. Thanks to everyone who's supported thus far!
ITMA & EA-DIGIFOLK are putting on a FREE lunchtime lecture tomorrow, 4th November at 13:00 in 73 Merrion Square. Join ITMA staff to learn how interviewees are chosen, how interviews are managed and what happens to the recording afterwards.
Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
ITMA & EA-DIGIFOLK are putting on a FREE lunchtime lecture tomorrow, 4th November at 13:00 in 73 Merrion Square. Join ITMA staff to learn how interviewees are chosen, how interviews are managed and what happens to the recording afterwards.
Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
Our concert tour continues this weekend - Saturday in Seanscoil Sailearna, Connemara and Sunday in the Miltown Malbay Community Centre. We hope some of you can come out and join us! Every ticket purchased helps to support the archive.
Tickets: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
Tickets: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our concert tour continues this weekend - Saturday in Seanscoil Sailearna, Connemara and Sunday in the Miltown Malbay Community Centre. We hope some of you can come out and join us! Every ticket purchased helps to support the archive.
Tickets: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
Tickets: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
Our Drawing from the Well Concert Tour continues Sunday 2nd November in Miltown Malbay Community Hall. We are delighted to announce our special guests for the evening: Liam O’Brien, Sorcha Costello, Killian Shannon, and Damien O’Reilly.
Join us: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
Join us: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our Drawing from the Well Concert Tour continues Sunday 2nd November in Miltown Malbay Community Hall. We are delighted to announce our special guests for the evening: Liam O’Brien, Sorcha Costello, Killian Shannon, and Damien O’Reilly.
Join us: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
Join us: www.tickettailor.com/events/irish...
Our Drawing from the Well Concert Tour is officially underway! Next stop, Connemara.
Bígí linn: buytickets.at/irishtraditi...
Tickets to the rest of the tour: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
Bígí linn: buytickets.at/irishtraditi...
Tickets to the rest of the tour: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our Drawing from the Well Concert Tour is officially underway! Next stop, Connemara.
Bígí linn: buytickets.at/irishtraditi...
Tickets to the rest of the tour: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
Bígí linn: buytickets.at/irishtraditi...
Tickets to the rest of the tour: www.itma.ie/events/dftw-...
ITMA is currently undergoing a digitisation programme for our poster collection, which contains 4,015 posters. So far we have 2,554 posters digitised. Here are some of the results so far – recognise any of these?
September 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ITMA is currently undergoing a digitisation programme for our poster collection, which contains 4,015 posters. So far we have 2,554 posters digitised. Here are some of the results so far – recognise any of these?
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall this Sunday, 19th October, featuring Piaras Ó Lorcáin and many more. Tickets: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to traditional Irish music.
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to traditional Irish music.
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall this Sunday, 19th October, featuring Piaras Ó Lorcáin and many more. Tickets: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to traditional Irish music.
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to traditional Irish music.
Thank you to all our staff, artists and everyone who came to our Culture Night concerts this past Friday. A special thanks as well to all the guests who donated to our Tommie Potts biography. We are now a third of the way to our target. Find out more: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts/
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thank you to all our staff, artists and everyone who came to our Culture Night concerts this past Friday. A special thanks as well to all the guests who donated to our Tommie Potts biography. We are now a third of the way to our target. Find out more: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts/
We are over a quarter of the way to target on our
Spacehive crowdfunding campaign, supported by
Dublin City Council.
Thanks to all who have given to ITMA's Tommie Potts publication. If you'd like to make a donation visit: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts...
Spacehive crowdfunding campaign, supported by
Dublin City Council.
Thanks to all who have given to ITMA's Tommie Potts publication. If you'd like to make a donation visit: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts...
September 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are over a quarter of the way to target on our
Spacehive crowdfunding campaign, supported by
Dublin City Council.
Thanks to all who have given to ITMA's Tommie Potts publication. If you'd like to make a donation visit: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts...
Spacehive crowdfunding campaign, supported by
Dublin City Council.
Thanks to all who have given to ITMA's Tommie Potts publication. If you'd like to make a donation visit: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts...
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall on 19th October, featuring Diarmuid Ó Meachair and many more. Tickets from €25: nch.ie/all-events-l...
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to the tradition.
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to the tradition.
September 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall on 19th October, featuring Diarmuid Ó Meachair and many more. Tickets from €25: nch.ie/all-events-l...
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to the tradition.
Purchasing a ticket helps to support the archive and our mission to democratise access to the tradition.
Want to work with ITMA? We're hiring a Clare Digital Access and Development Officer to digitise, catalogue and make digitally accessible the majority of the ITMA's Clare-related materials.
Deadline: Monday, 8th September at 5.00pm
Details: www.itma.ie/news/job-pos...
Deadline: Monday, 8th September at 5.00pm
Details: www.itma.ie/news/job-pos...
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Want to work with ITMA? We're hiring a Clare Digital Access and Development Officer to digitise, catalogue and make digitally accessible the majority of the ITMA's Clare-related materials.
Deadline: Monday, 8th September at 5.00pm
Details: www.itma.ie/news/job-pos...
Deadline: Monday, 8th September at 5.00pm
Details: www.itma.ie/news/job-pos...
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall Sunday October 19, featuring Johnny Óg Connolly, Clíodhna Costello, Pádraig Ó Dubhghaill & more. Tickets from €25: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
Every ticket sold helps to support ITMA and our mission to democratise access to traditional music!
Every ticket sold helps to support ITMA and our mission to democratise access to traditional music!
August 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall Sunday October 19, featuring Johnny Óg Connolly, Clíodhna Costello, Pádraig Ó Dubhghaill & more. Tickets from €25: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
Every ticket sold helps to support ITMA and our mission to democratise access to traditional music!
Every ticket sold helps to support ITMA and our mission to democratise access to traditional music!
ITMA is excited to be partnering with Dublin City Council and the Spacehive platform to initiate a community fundraising campaign in support of an upcoming biography on Tommie Potts - one of the most unique Irish artists of the 20th century. Support the project: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts
August 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ITMA is excited to be partnering with Dublin City Council and the Spacehive platform to initiate a community fundraising campaign in support of an upcoming biography on Tommie Potts - one of the most unique Irish artists of the 20th century. Support the project: www.spacehive.com/tommie-potts
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall Sunday, 19th October, featuring AAlannah Thornburgh and many more. Tickets from €25: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
August 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall Sunday, 19th October, featuring AAlannah Thornburgh and many more. Tickets from €25: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
The Irish Traditional Music Archive was saddened to learn of the death on 4 August 2025 of musician and music scholar Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh (Kathleen Hegarty, née Gallagher, 1934–2025).
Read a full obituary for Caitlín written by Nicholas Carolan: www.itma.ie/blog/caitlin...
Read a full obituary for Caitlín written by Nicholas Carolan: www.itma.ie/blog/caitlin...
August 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Irish Traditional Music Archive was saddened to learn of the death on 4 August 2025 of musician and music scholar Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh (Kathleen Hegarty, née Gallagher, 1934–2025).
Read a full obituary for Caitlín written by Nicholas Carolan: www.itma.ie/blog/caitlin...
Read a full obituary for Caitlín written by Nicholas Carolan: www.itma.ie/blog/caitlin...
With the kind permission of Francy Devine, ITMA has published the booklet 'Songs for Union Maids' on our website as an educational resource for singers and researchers. It was produced by Francy for SIPTU's National Women’s Forum held in 2003. Explore: www.itma.ie/texts/songs-...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
With the kind permission of Francy Devine, ITMA has published the booklet 'Songs for Union Maids' on our website as an educational resource for singers and researchers. It was produced by Francy for SIPTU's National Women’s Forum held in 2003. Explore: www.itma.ie/texts/songs-...
@siptu.bsky.social
@siptu.bsky.social
On 19th October, Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall stage featuring Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Mick O'Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Piaras Ó Lorcáin, Alannah Thornbugh and many more. Tickets on sale Tuesday, 5th August at: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
August 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
On 19th October, Drawing from the Well returns to the National Concert Hall stage featuring Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Mick O'Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Piaras Ó Lorcáin, Alannah Thornbugh and many more. Tickets on sale Tuesday, 5th August at: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...
An Mála Fataí: Ar fáil ar shuíomh ITMA anois 🥔
Ceannaigh: www.itma.ie/shop/itma-ma...
Ceannaigh: www.itma.ie/shop/itma-ma...
July 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
An Mála Fataí: Ar fáil ar shuíomh ITMA anois 🥔
Ceannaigh: www.itma.ie/shop/itma-ma...
Ceannaigh: www.itma.ie/shop/itma-ma...
Now live on ITMA's website is an accompanying podcast for Pádraic Mac Mathúna's June playlist. The podcast features Brendan Dolan and Brian Conway fondly remembering Felix as a person, musician and supporter of Irish music. Listen to the full podcast and playlist: www.itma.ie/playlists/pa...
July 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Now live on ITMA's website is an accompanying podcast for Pádraic Mac Mathúna's June playlist. The podcast features Brendan Dolan and Brian Conway fondly remembering Felix as a person, musician and supporter of Irish music. Listen to the full podcast and playlist: www.itma.ie/playlists/pa...
*Use code REEL for 20% off*
ITMA's album 'The Old Reels of the World' is now digitally available purchase on Bandcamp. Use the code REEL for 20% off your purchase. Offer ends Sunday, 27 July: irishtraditionalmusicarchive.bandcamp.com/album/the-ol...
ITMA's album 'The Old Reels of the World' is now digitally available purchase on Bandcamp. Use the code REEL for 20% off your purchase. Offer ends Sunday, 27 July: irishtraditionalmusicarchive.bandcamp.com/album/the-ol...
July 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
*Use code REEL for 20% off*
ITMA's album 'The Old Reels of the World' is now digitally available purchase on Bandcamp. Use the code REEL for 20% off your purchase. Offer ends Sunday, 27 July: irishtraditionalmusicarchive.bandcamp.com/album/the-ol...
ITMA's album 'The Old Reels of the World' is now digitally available purchase on Bandcamp. Use the code REEL for 20% off your purchase. Offer ends Sunday, 27 July: irishtraditionalmusicarchive.bandcamp.com/album/the-ol...
On 11 September 2022, ITMA returned to the National Concert Hall stage for the second edition of the Drawing from the Well Concert Series in collaboration with the NCH. The full concert is now available to view on our website and YouTube: www.itma.ie/playl.../dft...
July 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
On 11 September 2022, ITMA returned to the National Concert Hall stage for the second edition of the Drawing from the Well Concert Series in collaboration with the NCH. The full concert is now available to view on our website and YouTube: www.itma.ie/playl.../dft...
ITMA was delighted to welcome a group of students from the School of Journalism and Media - University of Texas at Austin yesterday, along with Associate Professor Donna DeCesare. A few steps and tunes by ITMA staff Bridie Flaherty, Seán Potts, Sophie Ryan, Iarlaith Mac Gabhann, and Andrew Caden.
May 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
ITMA was delighted to welcome a group of students from the School of Journalism and Media - University of Texas at Austin yesterday, along with Associate Professor Donna DeCesare. A few steps and tunes by ITMA staff Bridie Flaherty, Seán Potts, Sophie Ryan, Iarlaith Mac Gabhann, and Andrew Caden.
In his latest playlist curated from the Caoimhín Mac Aoidh Collection at ITMA, Rónán Galvin focuses on Donegal fiddle player Eddie Keeney, who emigrated to America in 1948. Listen to the full playlist: itma.ie/playlists/se...
The pet of the pipers, jig / Eddie Keeney, fiddle
The pet of the pipers, jig / Eddie Keeney, fiddle
May 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In his latest playlist curated from the Caoimhín Mac Aoidh Collection at ITMA, Rónán Galvin focuses on Donegal fiddle player Eddie Keeney, who emigrated to America in 1948. Listen to the full playlist: itma.ie/playlists/se...
The pet of the pipers, jig / Eddie Keeney, fiddle
The pet of the pipers, jig / Eddie Keeney, fiddle
Study Zone 📚
With the busy exam period on the horizon, ITMA is offering a quiet space for leaving certificate and third-level students to study in our lovely Readers Room: a distraction-free zone with free wifi!
To book a space please contact Róisín Conlon our Librarian: [email protected]
With the busy exam period on the horizon, ITMA is offering a quiet space for leaving certificate and third-level students to study in our lovely Readers Room: a distraction-free zone with free wifi!
To book a space please contact Róisín Conlon our Librarian: [email protected]
May 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Study Zone 📚
With the busy exam period on the horizon, ITMA is offering a quiet space for leaving certificate and third-level students to study in our lovely Readers Room: a distraction-free zone with free wifi!
To book a space please contact Róisín Conlon our Librarian: [email protected]
With the busy exam period on the horizon, ITMA is offering a quiet space for leaving certificate and third-level students to study in our lovely Readers Room: a distraction-free zone with free wifi!
To book a space please contact Róisín Conlon our Librarian: [email protected]