Irish Music

Irish music that can be borrowed / checked out from O'Neill Library includes books, sheet music, and videos. Irish music CDs can be borrowed / checked out from the main lobby of Bapst Library. Portable DVD drives for playback can be checked out from O'Neill Library.

The Irish Music Archives at Burns Library specializes in documenting Irish music in America. Manuscript collections include recordings, photographs, correspondence, and more. Published materials include sheet music, books, audio, and video.

This digital collection published in October 2016 features traditional tunes and songs collected by master fiddle player Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist in Residence in Irish Music at Boston College (2004 to 2015) and National Heritage Fellow (2013). Freely available, the collection at connollymusiccollection.bc.edu offers over 330 audio recordings featuring more than 130 musicians via SoundCloud, with accompanying stories, transcriptions, and introductory essays.

A project of BC's History Dept. Includes audio examples from Burns Library collections.

A digital exhibit based on the 2010 "Dear Harp of My Country" physical exhibit at Burns Library.

Exhibit on view in the John J. Burns Library, January 25 through May 23, 2013. The exhibit highlights influences and milestones in Connolly’s music career, along with his teaching role on and off campus. As Sullivan Artist-in-Residence in the Center for Irish Programs, Connolly teaches fiddle; directs Irish music and dance instruction on campus; and curates the Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Concert and Lecture Series.

The 2009-2010 exhibit, marked the donation of the Mary O’Hara Papers to the Irish Music Archives of the John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Multimedia highlights from the fall 2009 exhibition, "John McCormack, Tenor: Celebrating 125 Years."

"Father of the American Concert Band." Supplement to the John J. Burns Library exhibit, fall 2004.