Collection JMB-18628 - Jimmy McBride Collection

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JMB-18628

Title

Jimmy McBride Collection

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Collection

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10 boxes

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Name of creator

McBride, Jimmy

Biographical history

Jimmy McBride comes from Gaoth Dobhair in north-west Donegal but has spent his working life and still lives in Buncrana. A teacher by profession, he has spent many years collecting and recording songs from Inishowen and surrounding areas. It is this collection of recordings upon which the Inishowen Song Project is largely based. A fine singer himself, Jimmy's repertoire includes songs learned locally and many songs in Irish from his native west Donegal area.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by Jimmy McBride on 6 November 2013

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Scope and content

Collection comprises: audiovisual recordings (audio cassette, VHS, Video8) of the Inishowen International Folk Song and Ballad Seminar (IIFSBS) 1990-2004; Inishowen singers and Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle (ITSC) sessions recorded in public and private venues, 1980-2003, with occasional music and dance included; occasional recordings of other Irish singing festivals and singing sessions; radio programmes prepared by Jimmy McBride for local Inishowen radio, and song and music related broadcasts on Irish radio (1978?-1997). Other materials include images of singers and events, IIFSBS brochures, and manuscript indices prepared by Jimmy McBride.

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Conditions governing access

Users may not have access to original recordings, but may access digital surrogate onsite at ITMA, 73 Merrion Square.

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In copyright

Language of material

  • English
  • Irish

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IE ITMA

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2 nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000.
Irish Guidelines for Archival Description. Ireland: Society of Archivists, 2009
Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2nd ed., 1988 revision. Ottawa : Chicago: Canadian Library Association.

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Partial

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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Sources

Inishowen Song Project website, https://www.itma.ie/inishowen/singer/jimmy-mcbride (accessed 3 October 2019)

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