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Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 3, Containing the Original Volume XVI - The Costello Collection songs of Galway & Mayo

Date:1967 (reprint)

Creator: Milligan-Fox, C.; Hughes, Herbert

Oriel Connection: From collection of Seán Ó Baoill, Co. Armagh

RefOTMA 035

CollectionSeán Ó Baoill

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The Tinker's Wife

Date:26 October 2023

Creator: Quinn, Jimmy

Oriel Connection: Recitation: Jimmy Quinn, Co. Down

RefOTMA 261

CollectionJimmy Quinn

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An chóisir cheoil IX

Date:1969

Creator: Ó Tuama, Seán Óg

Oriel Connection: From collection of Seán Ó Baoill, Co. Armagh

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CollectionSeán Ó Baoill

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Interview

Date:26 October 2023

Creator: Quinn, Jimmy

Oriel Connection: Interviewee: Jimmy Quinn, Co. Down

RefOTMA 248

CollectionJimmy Quinn

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Recording of Paddy McCluskey, Clough Mills, Co. Antrim

Date:5 August 1953

Creator: McCluskey, Paddy

Oriel Connection: Collector: Seán Ó Baoill, Co. Armagh

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CollectionSeán Ó Baoill

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The True Lovers' Discussion

Date:22 February 2023

Creator: Ó Baoill, Cathal

Oriel Connection: Singer: Cathal Ó Baoill, Co. Down

RefOTMA 137

CollectionCathal Ó Baoill Collection

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Folk Music Time in Ireland

Date:1970

Creator: The Flying Column

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Bundle 2 - Item 9 - Script/talk - Traditional Singing in English

Creator: Ó Baoill, Seán

Oriel Connection: From collection of Seán Ó Baoill, Co. Armagh

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CollectionSeán Ó Baoill

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Patterson, Frank

Date:1977

Creator: Frank Patterson

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Folksongs of Britain and Ireland

Date:1984

Creator: Kennedy, Peter

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Interview with Paddy Mee, Dance Master - Part 2: Early yearly of dancing in Dundalk

Date:2024

Creator: OTMA

Oriel Connection: Interviewee: Paddy Mee, Dance Master, Co. Down; Subject: Irish dancing in Oriel area

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The Songman

Date:2006

Creator: Sands, Tommy

Oriel Connection: Author & Subject: Tommy Sands, Co. Down

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Margadh an Iúir

Date:2023

Creator: Mhic Cana, Blaithín

Oriel Connection: Singer: Bláithín Mhic Cana, Co. Armagh; Song subject: Newry, Co. Down

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CollectionPiaras Ó Lorcáin & Bláithín Mhic Cana

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Recording of Annie Jane Kelly, Keady, Co. Armagh

Date:14 July 1952

Creator: Kelly, Annie Jane

Oriel Connection: Singer: Annie Jane Kelly, Co. Armagh; Collector: Seán Ó Baoill, Co. Armagh

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CollectionSeán Ó Baoill

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The Keegan Tunes. Cuid a ceathair

Date:2012

Creator: Keegan, Josephine

Oriel Connection: Composer/musician: Josephine Keegan, Co. Armagh

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CollectionJosephine Keegan

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Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?

Date:1936

Creator: Kennedy, Jimmy & Carr, Michael

Oriel Connection: Undefined

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Pat McNulty, Uilleann Pipes – Traditional Music of Ireland

Date:1975

Creator: McNulty, Pat

Oriel Connection: Musician: Pat McNulty, Co. Monaghan heritage

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Interview with Paddy Mee, Dance Master - Part 3: Starting dancing, stolen medals and making the switch to set dancing

Date:2024

Creator: OTMA

Oriel Connection: Interviewee: Paddy Mee, Dance Master, Co. Down; Subject: Irish dancing in Oriel area

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Bundle 2, Item 3: Incomplete script -James McDonnell / Meeting of the Harpers 11 July 1791 / Ulster Folksongs

Date:1970s?

Creator: Ó Baoill, Seán

Oriel Connection: From collection of Seán Ó Baoill, Co. Armagh

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CollectionSeán Ó Baoill

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Dance to The Eamonn Ceannt Ceili Band

Date:1975

Creator: The Eamonn Ceannt Ceili Band

Oriel Connection: Recording Location: Derryhale Hotel, Dundalk, Co. Louth; Image of Dancers: Ruddy School of Dancing, Dundalk; Tune Reference: The Girls from Banbridge, Co. Down

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Porter For Me Tay

Date:15 March 2023

Creator: Ó Baoill, Cathal

Oriel Connection: Composer: Joe Marks, Co. Down, Singer: Cathal Ó Baoill, Co. Down

RefOTMA 139

CollectionCathal Ó Baoill Collection

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Recording of Pat Kelly, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Date:31 July 1953

Creator: Kelly, Pat

Oriel Connection: Singer: Pat Kelly, Co. Louth; Collector: Seán Ó Baoill, Co. Armagh

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CollectionSeán Ó Baoill

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Memories of Willie McSherry by His Nephew, Danny Johnston

Date:19 April 2024

Creator: Johnston, Danny

Oriel Connection: Interviewee: Danny Johnston, Co. Down; Interview Subject: Willie McSherry, Co. Down

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CollectionWillie McSherry

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The Convalescent

Date:26 October 2023

Creator: Quinn, Jimmy

Oriel Connection: Recitation: Jimmy Quinn, Co. Down

RefOTMA 243

CollectionJimmy Quinn

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Profile Benny McKay / Tí Chulainn Night of Traditional Music, Storytelling and Song / Paddy Keenan

Date:7 February 2008

Creator: Fegan, Tommy

Oriel Connection: Author: Tommy Fegan, Co. Armagh

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CollectionThe Pure Drop – Newry Reporter

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The First Turn

Date:2009

Creator: Farrell, Daoirí

Oriel Connection: Song Reference: Creggan, Co. Armagh

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Ómos do Jackie Hearst, Oíche Chultúir, 2021 - Reels with Attending Musicians

Date:2023

Creator: Foster, Mick; Fraser, Moyra; O'Connor, Gerry; Mag Aoidh; O'Connell, Oliver; Mag Aoidh, Déaglán

Oriel Connection: Event: Tribute to Jackie Hearst, Musician, Co. Down; Musicians: Gerry O'Connor, Co. Louth, Darren & Déaglán Mag Aoidh, Co. Down

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CollectionJackie Hearst

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Billy Jones: A Newry Man’s rambles

Date:23 November 2007

Creator: Fegan, Tommy

Oriel Connection: Author: Tommy Fegan, Co. Armagh

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CollectionThe Pure Drop – Newry Reporter

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The Bottle

Date:30 August 2023

Creator: Quinn, Jimmy

Oriel Connection: Composer & recitation: Jimmy Quinn, Co. Down, Recitation reference: Annacloy, Co. Down

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CollectionJimmy Quinn

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Seal ag Gabhail don cheol; Jimmy Dinny O’Gallchóir / Trad on the Web / Eileen Donaghy / Seán Donnelly and Brendan Monaghan / Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland

Date:November 2008

Creator: Fegan, Tommy

Oriel Connection: Author: Tommy Fegan, Co. Armagh

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CollectionThe Pure Drop – Newry Reporter

Cathal Ó Baoill Collection

Cathal Ó Baoill, son of Seán Ó Baoill (better known as Sean O’Boyle - see dedicated collection) was born in Armagh and from early childhood was exposed to traditional songs and tunes that his father collected and brought home. Following his father’s footsteps, Cathal has researched and collected Songs of Co. Down and published them in a book of the same name. Cathal was recorded by the OTMA team in his home in Newcastle Co. Down singing most of the songs he collected. This collection includes all the songs recorded in 2022-2023 as well as an interview and a video the collection launch event.

Sean O’Boyle

Seán Ó Baoill, better known as Sean O’Boyle was a collector from Armagh, with a passion for traditional songs which he collected all his life. The OTMA collection includes vinyl records, typescripts and manuscripts relating to Seán’s research and radio programmes, correspondence and books donated by the Ó Baoill family. The records are non-commercial records used for the radio programme broadcast by the BBC in the ‘50s, reproducing edited material collected by Seán Ó Baoill and Peter Kennedy from 1952 to 1954. These records have been digitised and made available to the public with videos which display all the details available on the record labels. The remainder of the collection is not yet fully available online as the digitisation process is ongoing.

Gerry O'Connor

Gerry O'Connor

Gerry O’Connor, a fiddle player from Dundalk, Co. Louth, has been involved in researching, teaching and performing for over 50 years, focussing on the music of Oriel. He holds a MA in research on Rev. Luke Donnellan's "Dance Music of Oriel", a collection of local traditional music, part of which was first printed in the Louth Archaeological Journal in 1909, publishing the full collection in book format in 2018. During his professional career, beginning with Comhaltas Seisún performances in 1971, he has released twelve albums as a founder member with bands Skylark, Lá Lugh and Oirialla. He presently tours with legendary folkgroup The Irish Rovers and performs internationally as a solo artist.

Jackie Hearst

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Jackie Hearst was an influential Irish traditional musician from Newry. As a virtuosic accordion player, Hearst helped popularize Irish folk music locally, and throughout Ireland in the mid-20th century. His dynamic and nuanced playing style inspired many younger musicians to take up the accordion and other instruments. His International Céilí Band, probably the best known céilí band in Ireland and Britain during the late 1950s and early 1960s, achieved the ultimate accolade by being chosen to perform the closing ceremony at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann held in Gorey in 1962. They were occasionally billed as Jackie Hearst and his All Star Céilí Band – “The Boys from the County Armagh”. Though he remained based in Newry, Hearst's recordings and live performances elevated the profile of Irish traditional music nationally, cementing the accordion’s role as a central instrument in the genre.

The Pure Drop, Newry Reporter (2006-10)

The Pure Drop was a weekly column in the Newry Reporter newspaper that focused on Irish traditional music in the south Down and Armagh areas. The column was written by Tommy Fegan, a local author and documentary film and radio producer on Irish traditional music. It provided information and commentary on performances, musicians, and developments in the Irish traditional music local and national scene. The late Mickey Cinnanne said his mother bought the paper ever week just to read the column’s killer two liner music jokes!

The Long Kesh Ramblers/Crubeen

In August 1971, a group of singers and musicians (Eddie Ruddy, Benny McKay, Billy Fegan, Tommy Hollywood and Paddy Clerkin) from Newry came together to perform at concerts to raise funds for the families of men interned by the Stormont regime that month. Due to their popularity, the individuals coalesced into a group appropriately named the Long Kesh Ramblers. They produced 2 LP's and one single . As the “Troubles” deteriorated and deaths became a daily occurrence, the group felt it was too dangerous to be travelling through British Army and UDR checkpoints as The Long Kesh Ramblers .They relaunched in 1978 as Crubeen. The group continued performing , with changing memberships, up to 2014. Successful tours followed throughout Britain, Ireland, USA, France and Estonia, releasing a further three LPs. They regrouped in 2022 for a special performance for the Oriel Traditional Music Archive, back at the Shamrocks GAA Social Club, where it all started.

Jimmy Quinn

Jimmy Quinn is from Drumaness in Co. Down and has been singing and composing songs all his life. His ability to sing was impacted by health issues and he has since been reciting instead. Jimmy holds no written records of his recitations and his exceptional memory has been the only repository until OTMA recorded him in his home in 2023. The collection includes Jimmy’s own compositions and locally composed songs which have become part of the local tradition.