I’d like to thanks my family especially my grandfather Jimmy O’Donoghue who this project wouldn’t have been done without his input. And my mother Mary Kelly who sat with me for hours checking things and helped in many ways. And my husband Charlie Le Brun for all the support.

Thanks to the Arts Council for giving me the grant in order to be able to spend time doing this project.

And huge thanks to Liam O’Connor, Iarlaith MacGabhann, Adam Girard & Róisín Conlon at the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) for all their help. Iarlaith did a huge amount of work for me digitizing lots of recordings.

This could also not have been done without the help of Garry Shannon, John Lynch, Judith O’Donoghue, Anne Rynne and Noel O’Donoghue.

Shaun Jordan, JJ Regan, Brigid Conway, Joe Organ, John Morgan for giving me recordings.

Thanks to Noel and everyone involved with the Kilfenora Trad Fest for letting me launch my project during the festival.

Thanks to John Howard and everyone involved with the community hall for letting me host the exhibition there all weekend.

Enda Byrt for all his help and research.

To Rogier Brinkman and Olga Van Der Kooi for helping me set up. Charlie Le Brun for doing the sound.

I have many more thanks to give so I will update this shortly.

Thanks so much,

Aoife