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Biographical note
Originally from Limerick, Mick Moloney was a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, folklorist, educator, and producer. After moving to the U.S. in the 1970s to study, he helped establish performing groups such as Green Fields of America and Cherish the Ladies. He earned a doctorate in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 with a research focus on Irish music in America. He received a National Heritage Fellowship from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts in 1999, a Presidential Distinguished Services Award in 2013 from the President of Ireland, a Gradam Comaoine from TG4 in 2014, and a Pew Fellowship. He taught at New York University, where he was named a global distinguished professor, as well as at Georgetown University, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston College, Villanova University, and the University of Limerick, who conferred on him a posthumous honorary doctorate. In his later years he divided his time between New York and Thailand, volunteering as a music therapist and teacher for abandoned children in Bangkok.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates:
1998 June 27
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Includes two sets of audio recordings of the four weekday recitals. The first set of recordings are the performances only, and the second set includes the performers' remarks as well as the music.
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates:
1998 June 22-26
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival is primarily documented through audio and video recordings of music and dance performances and lectures. There are also extensive color snapshot photographs of the festival, and these include classes and workshops as well as concerts and lectures. A smaller amount of paper and born-digital files from Séamus Connolly and Chrysandra Walter capture event planning through correspondence, class descriptions, evaluations, press releases, artist schedules,...
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates:
1998 June 23
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Performers identified on the original media differ from those in the program and include Randal Bays, Kathleen Conneely, Ged Foley, Alan Kelly, Dana Lyn, John McCusker, Catherine McEvoy, Antoinette McKenna, Joe McKenna, Mel Mercier, and Mick Moloney. Includes video recordings from two cameras in different locations (A and B).
Access Note
Collection is open for research. Audiovisual recordings have been digitally copied; all original media were retained, but may not be played due to format. Multitrack audio recordings (DTRS and ADAT) cannot be reformatted by Burns Library at this time and are not available for playback due to format impermanence. In a few instances for which audio was exclusively recorded in one of these formats, migration was outsourced.Original digital text and image files in this...
Dates:
2002 June 18
