Writers
Writers contributing to the Companion to Irish Traditional Music, 3rd Edition
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NAME | ACRONYM | ABOUT |
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Ahern, Pat | [PAA] | Guitarist and former columnist; Cork |
Anderson, Gene | [GEA] | Concertina player, music promoter; Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim |
Berry, Phil | [PHB] | Singer, songwriter, Wexford, song authority |
Bicego, Daniele | [DAB] | Uilleann piper and pipe-maker living in Rome |
Bourke, Angela | [ABU] | Lecturer in modern Irish at UCD |
Boydell, Barra | [BAB] | Organologist, lecturer in music at NUIM |
Bradley, Harry | [HBR] | Flute and uilleann pipes player, from Belfast |
Bradshaw, Harry | [HAB] | Broadcaster; radio producer, researcher, recording technologist; Dublin |
Breathnach, Máire | [MBR] | Fiddle player, composer; Dublin |
Brennan, Helen | [HEB] | Dance authority, author of The Story of Irish Dance; Drogheda |
Browne, Peter | [PEB] | Uilleann piper, radio producer , Dublin |
Buckley, Angela | [AGB] | Researcher at WIT |
Buckley, Ann | [ANB] | Researcher in medieval and Renaissance Studies, TCD |
Burn, Sarah | [SAB] | Oboist, Co. Wexford, her doctoral research is on A.J. Potter |
Butler, Lisa | [LIB] | Fiddler and music teacher in Carlow, member of the band Caladh Nua |
Caldwell, Conor | [CCL] | Fiddle player, researcher and lecturer at UL; Belfast |
Callaghan, Paddy | [PAC] | Accordion, harp and concertina player; RCS, Glasgow |
Carolan, Nicholas | [NIC] | Founder and former director of the ITMA, Drogheda/Dublin |
Carroll, Barry | [BAC] | Hammer dulcimer player; Lisburn, Antrim |
Carroll, Paula | [PCA] | Oral historian, broadcaster with Clare FM radio |
Casey, Eimer | [EIC] | Fiddle player from Co.Wicklow |
Clarke, Tom | [TOC] | Uilleann piper, schools music organiser; Donegal/Belfast |
Coleman, Steve | [STC] | Piper, lecturer in social anthropology, NUIM |
Collins Tim | [TIC] | Concertina, Co. Limerick |
Comiskey, Glen | [GLC] | Piper, former archivist at the ITMA; Armagh/London |
Commins, Adele | [ADC] | Lecturer in music at DkIT, Dundalk |
Commins, Verena | [VEC] | Button accordion and piano player, researcher; Galway, Coventry/ NUIG |
Corcoran, Sean | [SCO] | Singer, song-collector, researcher, Drogheda |
Cotter, Geraldine | [GEC] | Piano and whistle player, tutor, editor, teacher; Clare |
Cranitch, Matt | [MAC] | Fiddle-player, lecturer, authority on music of Sliabh Luachra; Cork |
Crowley, Jimmy | [JIC] | Singer and songwriter; Cork |
Cullen, Catherine Ann | [CCU] | Poetry Ireland postdoctoral fellow, Dublin |
Cullinane, John | [JOC] | Dance researcher and archivist; Cork |
Cunningham, Eric | [ERC] | Flute and whistle player; director of the World Fleadh; Headford |
Cusack, Joanne | [JCU] | Accordion player, assistant lecturer, Music Department, NUIM |
Daly, Gregory | [GRD] | Flute player, archivist at Ceoláras Cholmáin; Co. Sligo |
De Grae, Paul | [PDG] | Guitarist, writer, researcher, author of the first guitar tutor in traditional music; Dublin/Kerry |
Delahaye, Emmanuel | [EMD] | Bouzouki player; Paris |
Desplanques, Marie-Annick | [MDE] | Singer, folklorist, specialist on Newfoundland; Brittany/Cork |
Dillane, Aileen | [AID] | Piano, flute-player, lecturer at UL |
Doherty, Liz | [LID] | Fiddle player, lecturer and teacher; Buncrana |
Dolan, Brendan | [BRD] | Flute and piano; New York; archivist at NYU |
Dowling, Christine | [CDO] | Flute player and singer, Chicago/Belfast |
Dowling, Martin | [MAD] | Fiddle player and historian; Chicago/Belfast |
Draisey Collishaw, Rebecca | [RDC] | Oboe; researcher, lecturer; Canada, Dublin, Sheffield University |
Dromey, Paul | [PAD] | Music columnist with Cork newspapers |
Duffy, Paddy | [PDU] | Professor of geography, NUIM; Castleblayney/Kildare |
Duggan, Bryan | [BDU] | Flute player, music-software developer; deviser of the Tunepal music-search app, TU Dublin |
Farrell, Eibhlís | [EIF] | Composer; former head of Music and Creative Media, DkIT; Co. Down |
Fegan, Tommy | [TOF] | Uilleann piper and community music worker; Camlough, Co. Armagh |
Flood, Pauline | [PAF] | CCÉ organiser and teacher, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford |
Foley, Catherine | [CAF] | Dancer, musician, collector, choreographer, writer, Ethnochoreology & Irish traditional dance lecturer, UL; Cork/Limerick |
Garvin, Wilbert | [WIG] | Uilleann piper and bagpiper; author of The Irish Bagpipe; Co. Antrim |
Gebruers, Maeve | [MAG] | Harp player; archivist with the ITMA |
Glasgow, Dick | [DIG] | Fiddle player and teacher based in north Co. Antrim |
Goan, Cathal | [CAG] | Broadcaster, researcher; traditional song and singing authority; Belfast/Donegal/Dublin |
Graham, Len | [LEG] | Singer and song collector; Antrim/Armagh |
Granville, Aoife | [AOG] | Flute and fiddle player, ethnomusicologist; Dingle |
Gunn, Douglas | [DOG] | Recorder, writer, broadcaster, composer; Dublin/Cork |
Hall, Reg | [REH] | Melodeon and piano; historian of Irish dance music in London |
Hamilton, Colin | [HAH] | Flute player and maker, researcher and writer; Coolea |
Hammond, David | [DAH] | Singer, raconteur, film producer; Co. Antrim |
Hannan, Robbie | [ROH] | Uilleann piper, formerly of Ulster Folk Museum, Hollywood, |
Harbison, Janet | [JAH] | Harp researcher and teacher, initiator of harp initiatives in Belfast, and harp school at Castleconnell, Co. Limerick |
Harte, Frank | [FRH] | Singer, collector, song authority; Dublin |
Harvey, Robert | [RHA] | Flute player, lecturer, authority on mouth-whistling |
Hastings, Gary | [GAH] | Flute player, author of With Fife and Drum; Belfast/Connacht |
Hatton, Freda | [FHA] | Harp/concertina player, arts administrator, Irish-language translator; Westmeath/Galway |
Hayes, Martin | [MAH] | Fiddle, Co. Clare |
Henigan, Julie | [JUH] | Singer and researcher, specialist in traditional Irish song and southern American folk music; Missouri |
Hessian, Carl | [CAH] | Pianist and keyboard player; Co. Galway |
Heymann, Ann | [ANH] | Wire-strung harp performer, writer and researcher; Minneapolis |
Hitchner, Earle | [EAH] | Writer and radio broadcaster, Wall Street Journal and Irish Echo; authority on Irish music in the USA |
Holohan, Michael | [MIH] | Composer of orchestral music involving traditional-music and ancient horns; Drogheda |
Johanssen, Mats | [MAJ] | Fiddle; music researcher, teacher; Telemark University College, Norway |
Johnston, Thomas | [THJ] | Uilleann piper; research at UL; Monaghan |
Kearney, Daithí | [DAK] | Banjo, dancer, music geographer; lecturer at DkIT; Louth |
Keegan, Niall | [NIK] | Flute player, lecturer at UL; St Albans/Limerick |
Keller, Thomas | [THK] | Journalist, Editor of FolkWorld webzine |
Kelly, Ita | [IKE] | Journalist, Galway |
Kelly, Michael | [MKE] | Local historian, Mayo |
Kinnaird, Alison | [ALK] | Harper, teacher, lecturer and writer; Scotland |
Kinsella, Mick | [MIK] | Harmonica player; Dublin |
Kjeldsen, Svend | [SVK] | Bodhrán; music researcher and promoter; Denmark/Galway |
Lalor, Helen | [HEL] | Harper, researcher, music lecturer at TUD; Dublin |
Langan, Julie | [JUL] | Fiddle player, teacher; Co. Mayo |
Lanier, Sara | [SAL] | Harper, writer, neo-antiquarian; Co. Antrim |
Larson Sky, Cathy | [CAL] | Fiddle; writer, folklore researcher; Rhode Island/North Carolina |
Lawler, Brian | [BRL] | Céilí band founder, composer, archivist; Kildare/Cork/Dublin |
Lethert, Nick | [NIL] | Artist, designer, compere; St Paul/Minneapolis |
Leyden, Maurice | [MAL] | Journalist, writer, singer; Belfast |
Loughnane, Kathleen | [KAL] | Harper, composer, harp music research; Nenagh/Galway |
Lynch, Cathal | [CLY] | Singer, teacher; Tyrone |
Mac Aoidh, Caoimhín | [CMA] | Fiddle player, writer; CNF, Donegal; Ballyshannon |
Mac Con Iomaire, Liam | [LIM] | Singer, journalist and broadcaster; Casla, Connemara |
Mac Diarmada, Oisín | [OIM] | Fiddle and piano player; plays with Téada; Sligo |
Mac Gabhann, Antóin | [AMG] | Fiddler, music organiser; from Cavan; Meath |
Mac Mánúis, Clem | [CLM] | Researcher; Dundalk/Belfast |
Madden, Angela | [AMA] | Orchestral administrator; research at QUB |
Maguire, Cyril | [CYM] | Flute player, editor of Hidden Fermanagh; Co. Fermanagh |
McBride, Jimmy | [JIM] | Singer, collector, lnishowen Singers' Circle, Buncrana |
McCann, Anthony | [ANM] | Writer, singer; research on copyright; lecturer at UU, Co. Down |
McCarthy, Johnny | [JMC] | Flute and fiddle player, music teacher; Cork |
McCreanor, Brendan | [BMC] | Uilleann piper; Dunleer, Co. Louth |
McCullough, Laurence E. | [LEM] | Tin whistle, writer, researcher and composer; Pittsburgh |
McDermott, Joan | [JMD] | Singer, archivist with ITMA; Wexford/Dublin |
McElwain, Seán | [SME] | Musician, PhD researcher at DkIT in the music of north Monaghan |
McEniry, Caitríona | [CME] | Piano and flute player, formerly lecturer in music at DkIT |
McEvoy, Jacinta | [JAM] | Concertina player and dance tutor compiler; Meath |
McGettrick, Paul | [PMG] | Flute player; lecturer in music technology at DkIT |
McGrath, Vincent | [VIM] | Accordion player; biographer of John McGrath; Mayo |
McGrattan, Paul | [PGR] | Flute player, course director on Ceoltóir, Ballyfermot |
McKerrell, Simon | [SIM] | Piper; prof. of media & music, Glasgow Caledonian University |
McLeod, Ken | [KML] | Uilleann piper, pipes researcher, Belfast |
McNamara, Brian | [BRM] | Uilleann piper, flute player and specialist in the music of Leitrim |
Meade, Don | [DOM] | Harmonica player, fiddler, organiser, writer; New York |
Meek, Bill | [BIM] | Singer, journalist, traditional music commentator; Co. Down |
Melin, Mats | [MME] | Dancer, ethnochoreologist, lecturer; Sweden/Scotland/Limerick |
Mercier, Mel | [MEM] | Bodhrán and bones player; lecturer, UCC and UL |
Mitchell, Mary | [MMI] | Uilleann piper, lecturer at UCC, music collector; Cork |
Mitchell, Pat | [PMI] | Uilleann piper, specialist on pipes music; Dublin |
Moloney, Colette | [COM] | Musician, researcher, author, lecturer at SETU; Charleville/Tramore |
Moloney, Mick | [MIM] | Singer, banjo, lecturer and researcher; Limerick/New York |
Moran, Angela | [AMO] | Musician and researcher; Birmingham |
Morrissey, Lisa | [LMO] | Musician, researcher at WIT; Tramore |
Morton, Frances | [FRM] | Flute player, traditional music researcher; Glasgow |
Motherway, Susan | [SUM] | Concertina and flute player; lecturer at MTU, Tralee |
Moulden, John | [JOM] | Singer, researcher, lecturer and writer; Co. Derry/Donegal |
Moylan, Terry | [TEM] | Uilleann piper, set dancer, song researcher, publisher; Dublin |
Mulcahy, Louise | [LOM] | Uilleann pipes and flute player; Co. Limerick |
Mulkere, Brendan | [BMU] | Fiddle player, lecturer, writer and teacher, Galway/London |
Mulvey O'Leary, Maureen | [MOL] | Céilí, set and step dance teacher and caller of céilís in Ontario |
Munnelly, Tom | [TOM] | Singer, song collector, commentator; Dublin/Clare |
Murphy, Pat | [PAM] | Set dancer and teacher; Co. Tipperary |
Neely, Daniel T. | [DAN] | Ethnomusicologist, journalist and musician; New York |
Ní Chonaráin, Siobhán | [SIN] | Flute player, staff worker with CCÉ; Co. Limerick |
Ní Chormaic, June | [JUN] | Flute player and teacher; Co. Sligo |
Ní Fhloinn, Bairbre | [BNF] | Lecturer in Irish folklore at UCD |
Ní Chathasaigh, Máire | [MAN] | Harp player, singer; from Bandon, Co. Cork |
Ní Fhuartháin, Méabh | [MNF] | Flute; Lecturer in Irish studies, UG, Galway |
Ní Shúilleabháin, Eilís | [EIN] | Singer, from Cil Aodha, Co. Cork |
Ní Uallacháin, Padraigín | [PAN] | Singer and researcher, author of Hidden Ulster; Co. Louth |
Nic Fhinn, Máire | [MAF] | Concertina player and researcher, Dublin |
Nugent, Mary | [MNU] | Fiddle player, researcher and lecturer; Co. Clare |
Ó Conluain, Proinsias | [PRO] | Broadcaster, radio producer and scriptwriter; Co. Armagh/Dublin |
Ó Muimhneacháin, Colmán | [CMU] | Son of CCÉ's first chairperson, Cáit Bean Uí Mhuimhneacháin; Co. Westmeath |
Ó Riada, Peadar | [PEO] | Concertina, singer, composer; director of Cóir Chúil Aodha, Co. Cork |
Ó Snodaigh, Pádraig | [PAO] | Irish language activist and former uachtarán of Conradh na Gaeilge |
Ó Baoill, Colm | [COO] | Singer; professor of Celtic studies at the University of Aberdeen |
Ó Bróithe, Éamonn | [EAB] | Uilleann pipes, singer; Dublin/Galway |
Ó Callanáin, Niall | [NIO] | Bouzouki player; Dublin |
Ó Dubháin, Siubhán | [SID] | Choral conductor, writer and lecturer at DkIT; Co. Down |
Ó Dubhghaill, Aodán | [AOO] | Fiddler; producer and sound engineer with RTÉ, Dublin |
Ó hAllmhuráin, Gearóid | [GEO] | Concertina player, historian, lecturer; Clare/Canada |
Ó hÉanaigh, Seán | [SEO] | Singer, songwriter, producer; RnaG |
Ó Laoire, Lillis | [LIO] | Singer, lecturer at NUI Galway, writer; Co. Donegal |
Ó Liatháin, Dónal | [DOL] | Singer and songwriter, an authority on music of west Cork |
Ó Muirithe, Diarmuid | [DIO] | Lecturer, writer on dialectology |
Ó Murchú, Marcas | [MOM] | Flute player and researcher; Belfast/Derry |
Ó Nualltáin, Breandán | [BRK] | Flute; projects officer at CCÉ; USA/Dublin |
Ó Rócháin, Muiris | [MUO] | Organiser; director SSWC at Miltown Malbay |
O'Brien-Moran, Jimmy | [JIO] | Uilleann pipes, saxophone, lecturer in music at WIT/SETU |
O'Brien, Eileen | [EIO] | Fiddle player, teacher, composer, Tipperary |
O'Connell, Bridget | [BRO] | Fiddle, from Thurles, Co. Tipperary; lecturer at SETU |
O'Connell, Roxanne | [ROO] | Singer, associate professor; Massachusetts/Rhode Island |
O'Connor, Gerry | [GOC] | Fiddle player, maker and teacher; Dundalk |
O'Connor, Mick | [MIO] | Uilleann pipes, flute; book research, publishing; Dublin |
O'Doherty, Eamonn | [EOD] | Flute player, architect, sculptor; Derry/Dublin |
O'Dwyer, Simon | [SIO] | Ancient Irish horn player, researcher and innovator; Dublin/Galway |
O'Hanlon, Gerry | [GOH] | Singer; an organiser of the Forkhill Singers festival, 1980s and 1990s |
O'Keeffe, Máire | [MAO] | Fiddle player, from Co. Kerry; her PhD research is on the accordion |
O'Regan, John | [JOR] | Journalist specialising in Irish music, Irish Music magazine |
O'Shea, Helen | [HEO] | Fiddle player, researcher; Melbourne |
Ochs, Bill | [BIO] | Tin whistle; author of whistle tutors and an authority on the Clarke whistle; New York |
Olsen, Ian | [IAO] | Singer and lecturer, editor of the Aberdeen University Review |
Quinn, Seán | [SEQ] | Accordion player; a founder of the Glens of Antrim Traditions Group |
Quinn, Toner | [TOQ] | Fiddle player; founder and editor of the Journal of Music; Dublin/Galway |
Robb, Martha | [MAR] | Researcher; author of Irish Dancing Costumes; Co. Antrim |
Robinson, Andrew | [ANR] | Baroque musician, former director Maoin-Cheoil an Chláir |
Ryan, Karen | [KAR] | Fiddle player, organiser of Return to Camden Town festival, London |
Scahill, Enda | [ENS] | Banjo player; east Co. Galway |
Schiller, Rina | [RIS] | Bodhrán, born Berlin, research at QUB on gender; author of The Lambeg and the Bodhrán |
Sheridan, Dave | [DSH] | Fiddle player and CCÉ music organiser; Carlow |
Sherlock, Tom | [TOS] | Promoter of Traditional music; Dublin |
Shields, Hugh | [HUS] | Singer, song collector and researcher; Antrim/Dublin |
Sky, Patrick | [PAS] | Uilleann piper, researcher, publisher; USA |
Slattery, Alison | [ALS] | Musician, teacher, researcher on the Plunkett/O'Daly MSS; Tipperary |
Small, Jackie | [JAS] | Uilleann pipes, accordion; archivist, editor of CRÉ 4 and 5; Mayo |
Smith, Graeme | [GRS] | Accordion; ethnomusicologist, Latrobe University Melbourne |
Smith, Jesse | [JES] | Fiddle player and Coleman researcher; USA/Dublin |
Smith, Jimmy | [JIS] | Ballad singer, from Co. Clare, specialising in sporting songs |
Smith, Peter | [PES] | Singer, song-collector, authority on Tyrone songs in Irish; Omagh/Derry |
Smith, Therese (Prof.) | [THS] | School of Music at UCD and leading voice in ICTM Ireland |
Somers, Ciarán | [CIS] | Flute player and teacher; Carlow |
Sommers-Smith, Sally | [SAS] | Fiddle player; history and growth of Irish music, Michigan |
Sproule, Dáithí | [DAS] | Singer and guitarist, performer with Altan; Derry/Minneapolis |
Stradling, Rod | [RST] | Singer, melodeon; record producer, web editor of Musical Traditions; England |
Sweeney, Beth | [BES] | Librarian, Burns Library Irish Music Archives, Boston College |
Trew, Joanne | [JOT] | Fiddle; from Montreal, of Irish parents, former lecturer at UU, Belfast |
Tubridy, Michael | [MIT] | Flute player, set dancer; formerly with The Chieftains and Ceoltóirí Chualann; Co. Clare/Dublin |
Ua Súilleabháin, Seán | [SEU] | Irish lecturer, UCC; the traditions of the Muskerry Gaeltacht |
Uí Ógáin, Ríonach | [RIU] | Researcher, writer, former director, National Folklore Collection, UCD |
Vallely, Caoimhín | [CAV] | Fiddle and piano; North Cregg and Buille; Armagh/Cork |
Vallely, Eithne | [EIV] | Fiddle player and teacher, author of the Armagh Pipers' Club tutors |
Vallely, Fintan | [EDI] | Editor, CITM; musician, writer, lecturer, researcher; Armagh/Dublin |
Vallely, Niall | [NIV] | Concertina player and composer; Cork |
Vignoles, Julian | [JUV] | Television and radio producer; Wicklow/Dublin |
Viitanen, Johanna | [JOV] | Traditional musician and journalist; Finland |
Webb, Peta | [PEW] | Singer, folk club organiser; former librarian at Cecil Sharp House, London |
Wilkinson, Desi | [DEW] | Flute, fiddle and bagpipes; lecturer; authority on Breton music, Belfast/Newcastle on Tyne/Limerick |
Williams, Sean | [SEW] | Ethnomusicologist, singer, fiddle; Evergreen State College, Washington State |
Worrall, Dan | [DAW] | Concertina; author of The Anglo-German Concertina: A social history; Texas |
Wright, Michael | [MIW] | Trump/Jew's harp player, authority and researcher; Oxford |
Wulff, Helena | [HEW] | Dance researcher; prof. of social anthropology, Stockholm University |
Wynne, John | [JOW] | Flute player and founder of Roscommon Traditional Arts Forum |
Yamamoto, Takuji | [TAY] | Dance; step and set dancer, researcher in body culture; Keio University, Japan |
Yamashita, Rieko | [RIY] | Dancer, lecturer, writer, translator (English/Japanese); Tokyo/Shiga |
Yeats, Gráinne | [GRY] | Wire-strung harp player, harp authority and researcher, Dublin |