Research

Tommy Peoples: A Portrait of an Artist

Online Exhibition

Tommy Peoples: A Portrait of an Artist is a substantial online exhibition, hosted by the Irish Traditional Music Archive, which offers a retrospective on the life’s work of one of Ireland’s most important musicians and composers. The exhibition is divided into chapters, each of which offer insight into various aspects of Peoples’ life.

Beart Bunting

(TG4/BBC)

‘BeartBunting’ (‘Bunting’s Gift’) is a television documentary commissioned jointly by the BBC and TG4 and produced by Dearcán Media. It was developed from my historical research in Irish music. It focusses on musicological, sociological and political research inspired by Manuscript 4.6 of the Edward Bunting Collection, arguably the most important collection ever made of music…

The Oxford Handbook of Irish Song, 1100–1850

Conor Caldwell (ed.), Moyra Haslett (ed.), Lillis Ó Laoire (ed.)

A landmark publication, encompassing the work of more than thirty experts on various aspects of singing culture in Ireland from the middle-ages to the dawn of the recording era.

The Irish Song Project

The Irish Song Project is the first ever attempt to undertake a systematic survey of the history of song in Ireland. ‘Irish song’ here refers to songs composed or performed in Ireland, thus not only songs in Gaelic and English but also, for the medieval period, Latin and French in addition.

Dancing in Southwest Donegal

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives - by Conor Caldwell

This essay examines the practice of country dancing in Donegal from both an historical and a contemporary perspective, while exploring the nature of musical experience for those involved in the current revival.