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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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- Hi Christy Totally agree about the mighty Guestbook and links that are made...it's great to be connected Story telling is the essence of folk music...and today's music choice has surprised me...earlier,I was in...
- Hi Christy, I like this guestbook so much. It's such a positive platform for recommendations and connections. So thank you for this! @Matthias and Günter: I'll let you know! But the...
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- the guestbook has delivered everything everything I hoped ....a place for songsters to share and swap....to read of German songsters gathering to sing some of the songs is such a buzz.......
- Hello Christy, I hope all our 4711ers who are close enough together in Germany, get together for a sing and a play. I can't find a recording of Rocks of Bawn either, thankyou...
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- I discovered the song in a little red book in London....I had no idea who wrote it...I described it as Traditional until , 25 years on, I met the man who wrote...
- Dear Christy. For sure the ITMA is now one more reason to visit Dublin. I want to come over next year. I hope it will fit with another gig as I do...
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- good man Gunter...I dont know how to get those two dots over the u...
- To Birgit, you have to tell me, when there you got your next stage experience. So far I only sang Ordinary man in the pub where my favourite Dublin pub singer Billy...
- As Rebecca mentioned the Rocks of Bawn. Unfortunately I haven’t found a recording by you. But as there are some “Oysterheads” here in the guestbook, too: I like John Jones’ version of...
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