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Author: Elizabeth Sweeney

Irish Music Librarian, John J. Burns Library

Egan Irish Harps: Neoclassical Art Meets Traditional Music

by Christian DupontPosted onJune 6, 2019August 15, 2019

Burns Library helped to sponsor the publication and first American launch of Nancy Hurrell’s groundbreaking study The Egan Irish Harps: Tradition, Patrons and Players in conjunction with the Irish Georgian Society.

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Irish Music Archives Acquires Joe Derrane’s Accordion

by Elizabeth SweeneyPosted onMay 30, 2018
Photo of Gaillard accordion.

Accordion donated by Derrane’s family to Burns Library is on view in the Irish Room.

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CLIR/Mellon Grant Awarded to Boston College Libraries Will Preserve Historic Music Recordings

by Elizabeth SweeneyPosted onJanuary 18, 2018January 22, 2018
An audio reel

News on recent funding secured to make Irish and Irish-American cultural heritage available.

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Irish Music Archives Events, Fall 2017

by Elizabeth SweeneyPosted onSeptember 1, 2017September 6, 2017
Book cover reads Harp Studies

Boston College Irish Music Archives announces fall events highlighting Library collections.

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Music to Our Ears: The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music

by Elizabeth SweeneyPosted onSeptember 14, 2016September 16, 2016
Thumbnail of the Thirteen archway bridge

Irish music followers worldwide will soon be able to stream and download hundreds of newly-released music tracks in The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, a digital collection that will be published by the Boston College Libraries on October 11.

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