Music and Songs of County Clare

Traditional Music of Clare: Live Recordings

Live recordings from the 1960's through to the 1990's including the BR Taylor Collection, the John Joe Healy Collection and the Carroll Mackenzie Music Collection.

Traditional Music of Clare

Listen to traditional tunes associated with County Clare, played by musicians who are from the county or who have lived in it for many years. Included are transcriptions of the featured tunes,which are simply designed to help anyone who wishes to learn the basic notes of a tune so as to be able to play it.

Singers and Songs of County Clare from the Carroll Mackenzie Collection

Recordings of Irish singers from the early 1970s to the present day made by Pat Mackenzie and Jim Carroll. This collection presents a selection of songs sung by Clare singers, with transcriptions of song lyrics accompanying each recording, and various playlists for easy listening.

Dúchas is Dóchas: Amhráin Ghaeilge an Chláir

Renditions of songs ‘as gaeilge’ from County Clare by contemporary and traditional singers from Clare. These songs were discovered by Diarmuid de Faoite, through the Duala Creator in Residence Scheme, a partnership between Clare Arts Office and the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA), which supports the development of new work by artists of all disciplines, that is relevant to Clare and inspired by, or created with, the content from ITMA.