{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"tunes-of-the-munster-pipers-volume-1-hardback","title":"Tunes of the Munster Pipers, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.itma.ie\/features\/discover\/canon-james-goodman\"\u003eJames Goodman\u003c\/a\u003e (1828-1896) from the Dingle area of West Kerry, a Canon of the Church of Ireland, Professor of Irish in Trinity College Dublin, and an accomplished performer on the Irish or uilleann pipes, compiled a highly important manuscript collection of Irish traditional music in the 1860s. Drawn to a great extent from the oral tradition of Munster, and partly from other manuscripts and printed sources, the collection has now been published for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first volume of over 500 song airs and dance tunes, edited by Dr Hugh Shields from the manuscripts, contains all the melodies which Goodman himself noted down from the pipers and other performers of his native province, together with an essay on his life and career based on new research. These tunes provide musicians and scholars with a unique body of Irish music from the south-west region and give unrivalled insights into the traditional music and song of Irish-speaking pre-Famine Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Hugh Shields (1929-2008), Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin and former Senior Lecturer in French in the college, collected and studied traditional music from the 1950s, especially in Ireland and with particular emphasis on Ulster. He published many articles and sound recordings on the subject, and his Shamrock, Rose and Thistle: Folk Singing in North Derry (1981) and Narrative Singing in Ireland: Lays, Ballads, Come-All-Yes and Other Songs (1993) are standard works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReprinted 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irish Traditional Music Archive","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":33162175884,"sku":"GOODMAN1HB","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":33162011852,"sku":"GOODMAN1PB","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1727\/7249\/products\/goodman_reprint_lowres.jpg?v=1499791790"},{"product_id":"tunes-of-the-munster-pipers-vols-1-2","title":"Tunes of the Munster Pipers Volumes 1 \u0026 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eTunes of the Munster Pipers, Volumes 1 \u0026amp; 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis two-volume book publication from the Irish Traditional Music Archive presents the manuscript collection of Irish music written by Canon James Goodman in the 1860s and preserved in the Library of Trinity College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.itma.ie\/features\/discover\/canon-james-goodman\"\u003eJames Goodman\u003c\/a\u003e (1828-1896) from the Dingle area of West Kerry, a Canon of the Church of Ireland, Professor of Irish in Trinity College Dublin, and an accomplished performer on the Irish or uilleann pipes, compiled a highly important manuscript collection of Irish traditional music in the 1860s. Drawn to a great extent from the oral tradition of Munster, and partly from other manuscripts and printed sources, the collection has now been published for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Hugh Shields (1929–2008), a native of Belfast, was Senior Lecturer in French in Trinity College Dublin and a Fellow of the college. He collected, studied and published traditional song and music from the 1950s. Lisa Shields, a player of concertina and uilleann pipes, is a graduate in modern languages from TCD. She is former Librarian of the Irish Meteorological Service.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irish Traditional Music Archive","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42095302796,"sku":"10","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1727\/7249\/products\/Goodman_2vols.jpg?v=1622106479"},{"product_id":"tommie-potts-the-sorrowful-and-the-great-limited-edition-signed-hardback","title":"Tommie Potts: The Sorrowful and the Great | Limited Edition Signed Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eSorrowful and the 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