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Category Archives: Irish Music Archives
New Blog for Irish Music Archives
For readers who have been enjoying our Irish music blog posts, we are happy to announce the launch of a new blog and website dedicated to Burns Library’s Irish Music Archives. The new blog at bcirishmusic.wordpress.com will feature content that reflects the vibrant tradition of Irish music and dance at BC. Continue reading
Interview with “Historian of Memory” Guy Beiner, New BC Irish Studies Director
As frequent readers of our blog may know, Burns Library holds the most comprehensive collections pertaining to modern Irish history, literature and culture outside the island of Ireland, and we enjoy working with Irish Studies scholars from around the world. … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Studies
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Remembering Brian Burns: A Lasting Legacy at Burns Library
As we begin this new academic year, we are saddened by the recent loss of our primary benefactor, Brian P. Burns, and fondly recall his warm friendship and the vital roles he played in establishing Burns Library and providing ongoing … Continue reading
Posted in BC History, Irish Studies
Tagged boston college, brian burns, burns library
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Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 112
Audio in reel 112 includes Owen Frain on flute; Jimmy Kelly on piano; and Paddy Cronin on fiddle/flute. Continue reading
Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 2 Side 1
Audio in reel 2, side 1 includes Hugh Gillespie, Patrick Cawley, Tim Fitzpatrick, and more. Continue reading
The Allure of Sea Shanties
Everyone is suddenly talking about sea shanties. With COVID-19, work from home has become the reality for many people; isolation and disconnection from the outside world resulting. Perhaps that is why sea shanties, songs meant to be sung in groups … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Music Archives
Tagged irish music archives, sea chanteys, sea shanties, whaling
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Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 4
Streaming audio: reel 4 from the James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings includes Paddy Cronin, Frank Neylon, Gene Preston, and probably Mike McDonough. Continue reading
An Early Jack B. Yeats Stenciled “Broad Sheet”
Anyone who has seen one of Jack B. Yeats’s later paintings can easily recognize others. Same for his earlier watercolor work and his pen-and-ink sketches. The distinctiveness of Yeats’s style, along with his characteristic choice of subjects, have made him … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Press, Irish Studies, Rare books
Tagged broadsides, illustration, Irish, Irish Art, irish literature, Yeats
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Streaming Audio: James W. Smith Irish Music Recordings, Reel 47
Audio in reel 47 of the Smith collection features the New State Ceili Band of Boston. Continue reading
Streaming Audio: Joe Lamont Irish Music Recordings, Reel 9, Side 2
Audio in reel 9, side 2 includes Sean Quinn, Louis Quinn, Sean McGuire, Paddy Killoran, Pete Reilly, Paddy O’Sullivan (Baltygarron), and the Paddy Killoran Club of New York City.
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