History

We are the Irish chapter of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD), a non-governmental organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO.  Its aims are “to further the study, practice, documentation,  preservation and dissemination of music and dance of all countries.”

The Irish chapter was founded in 2005, and the first annual conference of ICTMD Ireland took place in 2006. An in-depth history of the Irish branch and its activities to date is published in Issue 10 of Ethnomusicology Ireland.

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Previous Committees of ICTMD Ireland

  • 2006-2009

    Chair: Thérèse Smith

    Secretary: Susan Motherway

    Treasurer: Colette Moloney

    Ordinary Member: Fintan Vallely

    Student Member: Anna Maria Dore

    Co-opted Member: Catherine Foley

    Co-opted Member: Aileen Dillane

    Co-opted Member: John M. O’Connell

  • 2009-2010

    Chair: Liz Doherty

    Secretary: Tony Langlois

    Treasurer: Breandán Ó Nualláin

    Ordinary Member: Helen Gubbins

    Student Member: Thomas Johnston

  • 2010-2011

    Chair: Liz Doherty

    Secretary: Tony Langlois

    Treasurer: Breandán Ó Nualláin

    Education Officer: Thomas Johnston

    Ordinary Member: Helen Gubbins

  • 2011-2012

    Chair: Liz Doherty

    Secretary: Tony Langlois

    Treasurer: Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain

    Education Officer: Thomas Johnston

    Membership Officer: Jaime Jones

    Communications Officer: Ioannis Tsioulakis

  • 2012-2013

    Chair: Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain

    Secretary: Jaime Jones

    Treasurer: Daithí Kearney

    Education Officer: Sheryl Lynch

    Membership Officer: Michael Hacket

    Communications Officer: Ioannis Tsioulakis

  • 2013-2014

    Chair: Jaime Jones

    Secretary: Ioannis Tsioulakis

    Treasurer: Daithí Kearney

    Education Officer: Sheryl Lynch

    Membership Officer: Michael Hacket

    Communications Officer: Ray Casserly

  • 2014-2015

    Chair: Daithí Kearney

    Secretary: Aoife Granville

    Treasurer: Michelle Finnerty

    Education Officer: Sheryl Lynch

    Membership Officer: Michael Hacket

    Communications Officer: Ray Casserly

  • 2015-2016

    Chair: Aoife Granville

    Secretary: Threase Finnegan-Kessie

    Treasurer: Lonán Ó Briain

    Education Officer: Michalis Poupazis

    Membership Officer: Conor Caldwell

    Communications Officer: Seán McElwain

  • 2016-2017

    Chair: Lonán Ó Briain

    Secretary: Éamonn Costello

    Treasurer: Aoife Granville

    Education Officer: Michalis Poupazis

    Membership Officer: Conor Caldwell

    Communications Officer: Seán McElwain

  • 2017-2018

    Chair: Lonán Ó Briain

    Secretary: Éamonn Costello

    Treasurer: Anaïs Verhulst

    Education Officer: Jack Talty

    Membership Officer: Conor Caldwell

    Communications Officer: John Millar

  • 2018-2019

    Chair: Éamonn Costello

    Secretary: Helen Lawlor

    Treasurer: Anaïs Verhulst

    Education Officer: Stephanie Ford

    Membership Officer: Jack Talty

    Communications Officer: John Millar

  • 2019-2020

    Chair: Helen Lawlor

    Secretary: Adrian Scahill

    Treasurer: Anaïs Verhulst

    Education Officer: Stephanie Ford

    Membership Officer: Jack Talty

    Communications Officer: John Millar

  • 2020-2022

    Chair: Adrian Scahill

    Secretary: Ann-Marie Hanlon

    Treasurer: Colm Kelly

    Education Officer: Christina Lynn

    Membership Officer: Ian O'Connor

    Communications Officer: John Millar

  • 2022-2023

    Chair: Adrian Scahill

    Secretary: Ann-Marie Hanlon

    Treasurer: Colm Kelly

    Education Officer: Christina Lynn

    Membership Officer: Anthony Cahill

    Communications Officer: Kaylie Streit

  • 2023-2024

    Chair: Ann-Marie Hanlon

    Secretary: Daithí Kearney

    Treasurer: Colm Kelly

    Education Officer: Darren Culliney

    Membership Officer: Anthony Cahill

    Communications Officer: Kaylie Streit

  • 2024-2025

    Chair: Ann-Marie Hanlon

    Secretary: Daithí Kearney

    Treasurer: Helen Gubbins

    Education Officer: Darren Culliney

    Membership Officer: Avril McLoughlin

    Communications Officer: Kaylie Streit

    Co-opted Member: Anna Falkenau

    Ordinary Member: Jack Talty

    Ordinary Member: Susan Motherway

  • 2025-2026

    Chair: Susan Motherway

    Secretary: Kayla Rush

    Treasurer: Helen Gubbins

    Education Officer: Darren Culliney

    Membership Officer: Avril McLoughlin

    Communications Officer: Anna Falkenau

    Postgraduate Officer: Obumneke Anyanwu

    Co-opted Member: Stephen Millar

    Ordinary Member: Joanne Cusack

    Ordinary Member: Ann-Marie Hanlon

    Ordinary Member: Jack Talty

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