Hesburgh Library
1201 Hesburgh Library
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-1703
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JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland was founded in 2000 by Toner Quinn, and recently made a transition to an online-only publication, The Journal of Music. It features articles, reviews and news on all kinds of musical events, people, publications and recordings.
Treoir
The magazine of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. Bound editions of Treoir are in the Hesburgh Library at ML5 .T79. A selection of articles and musical scores are available in digital scans on the website of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.
Winner of the "Best [bilingual] Blog in the Irish Language" award for 2013, Deirdre Ní Chonghaile seeks to publish an edition of songs composed in Aran, and ultimately to "enable the people of Aran to create easy access to these endangered songs, to preserve them, and to present them to communities beyond Aran".
Donegal Fiddle Music: The Home of Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí
Website of Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí, an organization of Donegal fiddle players. It includes information on musicians and recordings and a set of online video fiddle lessons.
Website of Na Píobairí Uilleann (the Uilleann Pipers) which includes information on the instrument as well as the music.
The website of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the major organization promoting Irish traditional music.
Irish Studies at the Hesburgh Library
This blog has occasional notes on Irish music books, collection or resources:
The Francis O'Neill Collection
Music and the Library Collection
Dublin Music Trade: The historic music trade in Dublin: a database of people in the music trade in Dublin between 1515 and 1850.
Aloys Fleischmann (1910-1992), UCC website including digitized scores and audio recordings.
The following is a list of places to look for programs. This list may become dated very quickly, and we would appreciate comments and corrections.
TG 4 (Irish language television)
The Rolling Wave - program on RTÉ Radio 1.
Traditional music is often played on the Irish Language radio station, Raidio na Gaeltachta.
ThistleRadio: The official onlin home for The Thistle & Shamrock, ThistleRadio, Thistlepod, Fiona Ritchie.
Information on the broadcast schedule and stations on this page.
The Pure Drop: Every Sunday at 6 p.m. on WMUK.