Accordion players being recorded on stage in Halla an Phobail, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, 10 July 2003, at the thirty-first Willie Clancy Summer School. Leading exponents of fiddle, whistle & flute, uilleann pipes, accordion, concertina, singing in english & irish, and step & set dancing respectively feature at the seven annual specialist recitals of the school, as well as at general concerts and ceilis, lectures and classes, and a thousand sessions

From left to right: Mick Mulcahy, Limerick; Michelle Mulcahy, Limerick; Joe Searson, Clare; Anne Conroy-Burke, Galway; Timmy Connors, Cork; Charlie Harris (rear, partly obscured), Limerick/ Galway; Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, Kerry; Joe Burke, Galway; Jackie Daly, Cork; Martin Donohoe, Cavan (rear, partly obscured); Donie Nolan, Limerick (rear); Bobby Gardiner, Clare/ Tipperary; Conor Keane, Clare (rear); Paudie O’Connor, Kerry (rear); Josephine Marsh, Clare (obscured); Christy MacNamara, Clare. Photograph by Tony Kearns, a professional photographer from Dublin who specialises in Irish traditional music. The Archive holds reference copies of some 700 of his studies. A selection can be seen in the book A Touchstone for the Tradition: The Willie Clancy Summer School, Tony Kearns & Barry Taylor (Brandon, Dingle, 2003).

Photo © Tony Kearns. Courtesy Tony Kearns & Irish Traditional Music Archive