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Ward Irish Music Archives Blog
Read articles about Irish and Irish-American music, recent donations and contributions to the Archives, and follow us as we travel the globe. Established in 1992, the Ward Irish Music Archives houses the largest public collection of Irish music in America. The archive currently consists of more than 40,000 Irish recordings and pieces of music memorabilia. Search or filter subjects at right.
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Patsy Touhey Cylinders in the Dunn Family Collection
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Bagpipes
- Cylinder
- Irish Traditional
- 2026

Michael J. Egan: The Pioneer Fifer of Milwaukee County
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- Musician Stories
- 2025

Kevin Burke and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill at the 1983 Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Festival
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- Musician Stories
- 2024

Charlie Lennon: 1996 Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School Tea n' Talk
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Festival
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- Musician Stories
- Summer School
- 2024

Joe Burke and Anne Conroy Burke at the 2004 Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Festival
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- 2022
Irish Dancing with the Eileen Ivers Band at the 2001 Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Dance
- Festival
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- 2022
The Erin and Irish Recording Company 78rpm Mystery
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- 2019

Ceoltoiri na Gael Ceildhe Band
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Irish Traditional
- 2020

John Kelly: Irish Recording Company 78 rpm Disc
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- 2019

Jack Healy: Irish Tenor and Saxophonist
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Irish American Hall of History
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Irish Traditional
- 2017

The Real MacNamara's Band
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Irish Traditional
- 2016

Tannahill Weavers: The Flowers of Bermuda at 1983 Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Festival
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- Musician Stories
- 2024

Tommy Peoples at the 2003 Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Festival
- Fiddle
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- Musician Stories
- 2025

The Scattering at the 2000 Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Festival
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- 2021

WIMA Work from Home Playlist of 78rpm Discs
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Irish Traditional
- 2020

Patrick Fitzpatrick: Uilleann Piper on Edison Diamond Disc Recording
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Irish American Hall of History
- Track of the Month
- Edison Diamond Disc
- Irish Traditional
- 2017

The Story of the Magnificent Flanagan Brothers
- Mick Moloney
- Irish American Hall of History
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- History
- Irish Traditional
- 2017

New Acquisitions - June 2017
- Jeff Ksiazek
- New Acquisitions
- CD
Tom Ennis: Uilleann Piper
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Chicago
- Irish Traditional
- 2017

William Quinn - 1930s Irish American Accordion Player
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Irish Traditional
- 2013

Patrick Lynch: 1920s Irish American Accordion Player
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- Edison Diamond Disc
- Irish Traditional
- 2013

Micheal O Domhnaill at 1981 Milwaukee Irish Fest
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- Festival
- Irish Traditional
- Milwaukee
- 2013

Myles O'Malley, The Tin Whistle King
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Irish Traditional
- 2015

Thomas MacDonagh's Court-Martial Speech Read By Paul Farrell
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 1916
- 78rpm
- 2016

Welcome to the new Ward Irish Music Archives site
- Barry Stapleton
- Jeff Ksiazek
- News
- 2017

78 rpm Selections from the Maureen O'Looney Collection
- Jeff Ksiazek
- Track of the Month
- 78rpm
- Chicago
- Folk & Ballad
- Irish Traditional
- Singers
- Tenors
- 2016
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Jack Healy: Irish Tenor and Saxophonist
One of Paddy Killoran's band members and collaborators, Jack Healy had one foot in the jazz world and the other in the 1930s New York Irish music scene. Read more...

















