Interactive Music Archive 2021

Utilising the music from our existing archive and combing this with additional new compositions from Inishowen composers, Paul Harrigan on behalf of ITMP has worked with Andy Linton from Wellington Faculty of Engineering, New Zealand, to develop this Interactive Music Archive.

Andy Linton is a computer engineer and lecturer, and a pioneer in deployment. He is one of fourteen globally trusted community representatives tasked with keeping the internet secure.

Andy is also a keen musician and came to Letterkenny to attend Ceol na Coille Summer School of Traditional Music. Through his admiration of the work of Ceol Na Coille and ITMP he offered to assist us in our ongoing work. Andy has acted as an advisor to this project and shared his knowledge on how to develop a software solution to make the ITMP archive more interactive.

The result has been the development of a new user interface, providing the opportunity for students to read notation, listen to audio recordings and interact with the tunes and the recordings in the archive. Students can use the embedded online tools, to loop sections of the music, or slow the music down to assist with learning.

The traditional mode of transmission of our music is normally person to person, however with the pandemic this has been interrupted and this project assists with access to the music and the development of tools for learning. With the difficulties in providing one to one tuition during the restrictions imposed, as a result of the pandemic, this resource will be a huge asset for music teachers and students alike.

This is an invaluable asset for students of music, academics, and researchers, and to anyone interested in the valuable cultural heritage of Inishowen.

This project was funded by the Development Initiative Fund, Donegal County Council

• An Bóithrín Buí
• An Comhra Donn
• An Fhuiseogain Rua
• Ballymagan Fairies – Reel
• Barney Brallaghan’s – Slip Jig
• Carraig Chaoin – Air
• Catriona and Anne – Jig
• Charlie O’ Neil’s – Highland
• Comb your hair and curl it – Slip Jig
• Daniel Sarah’s Jig
• Derek McGinley’s Barndance
• Down by the Sally Gardens – Air
• Dublin Streets – Slip Jig
• Dúlaman na Binne Buí – Highland
• Dunphy’s Hornpipe
• Fanny Power’s – Air
• Father Kelly’s – Reel
• Father O’ Flynn’s – Jig
• Fig for a Kiss – Slip Jig
• Francie Mooney’s Highland
• Freedom’s Hill – March
• George Owen’s – Highland
• Gillen’s Apples – Jig
• Hardiman the Fiddler – Slip Jig
• If there weren’t any women in the world – Barndance
• Inishowen Waltz
• Jackie Donnan’s Mazurka
• James Byrne’s Mazurka
• Jimmy Ward’s – Jig
• Joe Byrne’s Barndance
• Kilcausey – Reel
• Lannigan’s Ball – Single Jig
• Let Erin Remember – March
• Mac Farlane’s Lament – Air
• Madame Bonaparte – Set Dance
• Mary’s Spinning Wheel – Single Jig
• Miss McLeod’s – Reel
• Morrison’s – Jig
• Muckin O’ Geordie’s Byre – Jig
• My Darling Asleep – Jig
• My mind will never be easy – Slip Jig
• Paddy Byrne’s Barndance
• Paddy, John, Tom and Colm – Jig
• Palmer’s Gate – Reel
• Pat Tamroe – Jig
• Pigeon on the Gate – Reel
• Planxty Irwin
• Rolling in the Rye Grass – Reel
• Round the Rock – Reel
• Scotsman over the Border – Jig
• Sgt. Cahill’s Favourite – Single Jig
• Shoe the Donkey
• Sliabh Bán Waltz
• Smash the Windows – Single Jig
• Sonny Brogan’s Mazurka
• South Winds – Air
• St. Anne’s Reel
• St. Patrick’s Day – Set Dance
• Strike the Gay Harp – Jig
• The Bayfield – Jig
• The Boys of Bluehill – Hornpipe
• The Boys of Malin – Reel
• The Boys of the Town – Jig
• The Castle Jig
• The Centenary March
• The Creel of Turf – Jig
• The Cup of Tae – Reel
• The Derry Hornpipe
• The Dusty Millar – Slip Jig
• The Fairies’ Hornpipe
• The first year in Buncranna – March
• The Foggy Dew – March
• The Fox Hunters – Slip Jig
• The Frost is all over – Jig
• The Geese in the Bog – Jig
• The Greencastle Hornpipe
• The Harvest Home – Hornpipe
• The Hills of Tipperary – Slip Jig
• The Honeysuckle – Hornpipe
• The Humours of Glendart – Jig
• The Hunt – Set Dance
• The Keel Row – Barndance
• The Kid on the Mountain – Slip Jig
• The Knights of St. Patrick – Jig
• The Lilting Fisherman – Jig
• The Liverpool Hornpipe
• The Luck Penny – Jig
• The Maid behind the Bar – Reel
• The Malin Head Hornpipe
• The Malin Jig
• The Merry Blacksmith – Reel
• The Plains of Boyle – Hornpipe
• The Priest in his Boots – Jig
• The Priest’s Leap – Jig
• The Primrose Lass – Reel
• The Rambling Pitckfork – Jig
• The Rights of Man – Hornpipe
• The Rolling Wave – Jig
• The Salamanca – Reel
• The Sally Gardens – Reel
• The Shandon Belles – Jig
• The Silver Spear – Reel
• The Stack of Barley – Hornpipe
• The Stack of Wheat – Hornpipe
• The Tailor’s Twist – Hornpipe
• The Three Sea Captains – Set Dance
• Tobin’s Favourite – Jig
• Willie Coleman’s – Jig
• Young Man’s Dream – Air