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Christy Moore Exhibition Opens at the Irish Traditional Music Archive
Christy Moore: How Do Songs Live? was unveiled at the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Merrion Square, Dublin on October 6th 2026.
The exhibition is now open to the public and will run on a weekly basis from Monday – Friday, 11am-5pm in bookable, one-hour time slots.
Tickets can be bought via the ITMA website HERE
ITMA writes:
Visit the archive and explore this unique collection, which spans over six decades and includes lyric notebooks, correspondence, recordings, setlists, photographs and more.
Listen to the 188 recordings Christy Moore made in ITMA’s studio, accompanied by stories and handwritten lyric books.
Further information available HERE
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September 2025
It’s hard to believe it’s almost a year since my last chat. I played in Sligo last week in the Knocknarea Arena – a great venue. The gig was promoted by Rob McNabb who goes way back. Sligo is always a great gig town. I first played there with Planxty in 1972. Pumpkinhead and Joe
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- Our first collaboration was 64 years ago.....with the PW Joyce collection before us Donal and I strummed "The Curragh Of Kildare" into shape...a year later I got my hands on the...
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