Scans of John McCarthy manuscripts (3 items) of instrumental music from Cappamore, Co Limerick, 1876–1906; scanned by John McCarthy, Limerick.
Ephemera relating to uilleann piper, singer, collector and broadcaster Séamus Ennis, collected by his brother Cormac and consisting mainly of press clippings related to his life, death & funeral; loaned for scanning by Cormac Ennis’s daughter Anne Ennis-Kenny.
Moffat, Alfred, The minstrelsy of Scotland: 200 Scottish songs, London: Augener & Co, 1896; donated by Jane Hurley, originally owned by her grand-uncle Fr John Donnellan, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, & Shinrone, Co Offaly.
Large mixed-media collection of mainly Scottish material: manuscripts, songbooks, tunebooks, music studies, LPs, audio cassettes, and photographs; donated by John Loesberg, Killarney.
Digital photographs of uilleann piper Pat O’Neill (Cork/ San Francisco), playing an R.L. O’Mealy set of pipes as a young man and a Leo Rowsome set as an older man, and on stage as a member of a large traditional-music ensemble in (?) San Francisco; donated by Pádraig de Buitléar.
Various material relating to Cork-Chicago collector and publisher of traditional music Francis O’Neill (1848–1936); donated by Kevin Henry, Chicago.
Irish-published sheet music and song books (13 items), early 20th century; purchased.
We would also like to acknowledge with thanks donations and other help also from the following people and organisations: Claddagh Records, Paul Clements, Gerry Diver, Tommy Fegan, Adrian Gebruers, Herri Musikaren Txokoa, Nancy Hurrell, International Association of Music Libraries, Inishowen Traditional Singers’ Circle, Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, Lorcán Mac Mathúna, Terry Moylan, Tom Mulligan, Musical Traditions Internet Magazine, Dan Worrall, National Gugak Center (Korea), & Niall OCarroll.
