Recent Publications & Acquisitions, January 2023

Commercial Sound Recordings

Faulkner, John (singing in English, guitar). Storm in my heart. Faulkner, 2022. 1 CD.

Hickey, Derek (accordion). Derek Hickey. Hickey, 2022. 1 CD.

Lí Ban (various instruments, singing in Irish, singing in English). Rud nach léir. Lí Ban, 2022. 1 CD.

O’Connor, Gerry (fiddle) and Gilles le Bigot (guitar). Live in Oriel. Lughnasa Music, LUGCD967, 2022. 1 CD.

Rosenstock, Sadhbh (singing in Irish, piano). Teach teidí. Gael Linn, CEFCD219, 2022. 1 CD.

Shannon, Mick (fiddle). Irish life & lore: Sligo heritage collection first series. Irish Life and Lore, 2012. 1 CD.

UCC Department of Music (various instruments, singing in Irish, singing in English). Celebrating 100 years of Irish traditional music at University College Cork. UCC Department of Music, 2022. 1 CD.

Vance, Cullen (singing in Irish, singing in English) & Madelyn Monaghan (various instruments). Éist. Cullen, 2022. 1 CD.

Various Musicians (various instruments). Let her go boys!. Old Time Records, OTR19, 2022. 1 CD.

Printed Materials

Allan, Sue. Review of Folklore and nation in Britain and Ireland, edited by Matthew Cheeseman and Carina Hart (New York: Routledge, 2021). Folk music journal: the journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
12, no. 3 (2022): 139–141.

Alt, Alfonso. Cabaret de L’exil: Irish Travellers. [Paris]: Zingaro, 2023. 35 pp.

Butler, John. “The town I loved so well.” Birr year review 22 (2022): 67–73.

Caldwell, Conor, Moyra Haslett, and Lillis Ó Laoire, eds. Oxford handbook of Irish song, 1100–1850. London: Oxford University Press, 2021. ISBN 9780190859701 (online) [new chapter added in January 2023]:

• Sinéad
  Sturgeon.
  “Collecting Irish song, 1797–1855.”

Fogarty, Philip, Tiber Falzett and Lillis Ó Laoire, eds. Dhá leagan déag: léargais nua ar an sean-nós, An Spidéal, Co na Gaillimhe: Cló Iar-Chonnacht. 405 pp. ISBN 9781784442378.

• Antaine Ó Faracháin. “Ag lorg áit don amhránaíocht dhúchasach.”

• Éadaoin Ní Mhuircheartaigh. “Though it be unpleasant to their ears”: contrárthachtaí agus coimhlintí ag na feiseanna luatha – scéal na n-amhrán.”

• Éamonn Costello.
  “Sean-nós, réigiúnachas, agus Oireachtas na Gaeilge: tionchar an réigiúnachais ar na comórtais amhránaíocht.”

• Griogair Labhruidh.
  “Traidisean seinn ath-chruthaichte nan Gàidheal Albannach.”

• Lillis Ó Laoire. “Cá bhfuil an sean-nós? an miotas, an réaltacht agus an spás idir eatarthu.”

• Máirín Nic Eoin. “Athbheatha na n-amhrán: an amhránaíocht thraidisiúnta i nuaphrós na Gaeltachta.”

• Odí Ní Chéilleachair. “RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta: slánaitheoir an tsean-nóis?”

• Pádraig Ó Cearbhail. “An nóta rífhada agus gnéithe eile d’amhránaíocht thraidisiúnta na Mumhan.”

• Philip Fogarty agus Lillis Ó Laoire. “Réamhrá.”

• Róisín Nic Dhonnacha. “Cothú na féiniúlachta pobail: fianaise na hamhránaíochta.”

• Seamus Watson. “Ag éirigh air òrain na Albainn Nuaidh: suas e!”

• Seosamh Mac Donnacha. “An sean-nós: báite ag an traidisiún?”

• Síle Denvir.
  “Fíor na fiar? Ceist na barántúlachta in amhránaíocht dhúchasach na Gaeilge.”

• Tiber Falzett. “Tighinn o’n cridhe: sùil air seinn, seanchas agus meatafor am measg an t-sluaigh.”

• Tríona Ní Shíocháin. “Eispéireas, brí agus machnamh: an smaointeoireacht agus an amhránaíocht.”

• Virginia Stevens Blankenhorn. “Ó Chalifornia go Conamara ar lorg an tsean-nóis.”

Fahey, Hannah. “Take it away, sure ’tis your own’: negotiating authoritative voice in Irish traditional song performance through autoethnography.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies 7, no. 2 (2022): Online article.

Harkin, Treasa. “Compositions by Michael Hurley.” Irish Traditional Music Archive. 30 January 2023. Blog post.

Harbison, Janet. “An introduction to diversity in Irish harping: a memoir.” Harp perspectives (December 2022). Online article.

Kearney, Daithí. “Advancing music in Ireland as religious and social practice: the experience of Pat Ahern.” MUSICultures 49 (2022): 193–217.

Mac Aoidh, Caoimhín. “The hidden note: the real time machine.” Fiddler magazine 29, no. 4 (2022/23). 31.

Mac Con Iomaire, Máirtín. “Food as ‘motif’ in the Irish song tradition.” Conference paper at Dublin Gastronomy Symposium, [Dublin], 3 June 2014. Online article.

Mac Gabhann, Risteard. Claisceadal cois baile: singing Irish songs at home : bailiúchán de 121 amhrán as ciste ceoil na Gaeilge arna roghnú agus arna léiriú = 121 songs from the treasure store of the Gaelic song tradition. Derry: Colmcille Press, 2022. 329 pp. ISBN 9781914009310 (pbk).

McSweeny, Conor, ed. Songs of the Irish. I-VII. Dublin: S.J. Macken, 1843.

Mollenhauer, Jeanette. Cultural dance in Australia: essays on performance contexts beyond the Pale. S.l.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. ISBN 9789811959004. Online book.

• “Riverdance and the dissolution of cultural boundaries in Australian Irish dancing.”
• “The need for an archive of cultural dance.”

Morton, Robin. Folksongs sung in Ulster. 2nd ed. Midlothian, Scotland: Kinmor Music, 2022. ix+108 pp. ISBN 9780954016098. (pbk + 1 CD).

Moylan, Terry. “John De Jean Frazer: the forgotten poet of Birr.” Birr year review 22 (2022): 45–51.

Newton Creasey, Sharon, Kenny Hadden, and Gordon Turnbull. The flute fling collection: traditional and original tunes from Scotland’s flute and whistle gathering. Edinburgh: Orra Press, 2022. 64 pp. ISBN 9781739728304 (pbk).

Ó Drisceoil, Prionsias. “Conchúr Mac Suibhne agus léann na Gaeilge.” Ossory, Laois and Leinster 2 (2006): 123–139.

O’Regan, Susan. Review of ‘The Forde collection: Irish traditional music from the William Forde manuscripts, edited by Nicholas Carolan and Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh. (Dublin: Irish Traditional Music Archive / Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann, 2021). Journal of the Cork Archaeological and Historical Society 2, no. 127 (2022): 165–166.

Ranson, Joseph. “The Kilmore carols.” The past: the organ of the Uí Cinsealaigh Historical Society 5 (1949): 61–102.

Risk, Laura. Review of Trad nation: gender, sexuality, and race in Irish traditional music, by Tes Slominski (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2020). MUSICultures 49 (2022): 316–319.

Roud, Steve. Review of An American singing heritage : songs from the British-Irish-American oral tradition as recorded in the early twentieth century, edited by Norm Cohen, Carson Cohen and Anne Dhu McLucas (Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions , [2021]). Folk music journal: the journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library 12, no. 3 (2022): 141–142.

Sanger, Keith. “Harping on the past.” Harp perspectives (January 2023). Online article.

Toland, Grace. Review of Geordie Hanna: the man and the songs, by Martin J. McGuinness. (Tyrone: Geordie Hanna Singing Society, 2021). Folk music journal: the journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library 12, no. 3 (2022): 137–139.

Topper, Julia. “When an Irish dancer has the aux: Feis music as the heart of modern competitive Irish dance”. New Hibernia review 26, no. 3 (2022): Online article.

Turley, Pádraig, Terry Moylan and Laurel Grube. The complete poems of John De Jean Frazer: the workman poet from Birr. Tullamore: Esker Press, 2022. xxii+458 pp. ISBN 9781909822306. (pbk).

Wilkinson, Desi. Review of ‘The Forde collection: Irish traditional music from the William Forde manuscripts, edited by Nicholas Carolan and Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh. (Dublin: Irish Traditional Music Archive / Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann, 2021). Folk music journal: the journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library 12, no. 3 (2022): 124–126.

Acquisitions

Bailiúchán Phádraigín Ní Uallacháin. Manuscripts, ephemera (posters, flyers, programmes etc.), printed material, photographs, sound recordings, including reel-to-reel tapes and correspondence. Donated by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

Cathal McConnell Collection. 668 commercial & non-commercial cassettes. This collection contains a wealth of significant private recordings that capture prominent figures in traditional music from the north of Ireland, 1940s–1990s. Donated by Cathal McConnell

Len Graham Collection. Further accrual of materials from this collection including photographs, ephemera (posters, programmes, flyers, etc), printed material (periodicals). Relating to band Skylark, John Campbell and Cathal McConnell. Donated by Len Graham

Seán Fegan Collection. An extensive collection of Irish dancing medals won mainly in Ireland and England by Seán Fegan, 1940s–1960s. Donated by the Fegan Family to CLRG and is becoming part of the Cullinane Archive Collection which is housed in ITMA. With thanks to Kevin McCormack, Carol Joyce & Máire Mhic Aogáin.

With thanks

ITMA would also like to acknowledge donations of materials (CDs, printed items, visual items, etc.), and other help and information from the following people and organisations: J. S. Clark, Gerry Kavanagh, Terry Moylan, Gerry O’Connor, Pronsias Ó Drisceoil, Niamh Parsons and Sadhbh Rosenstock.