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Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

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E:deirdre.m.nichonghaile@dcu.ie

Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile (Comhalta taighde): Tá céimeanna sa Cheol aici ó Ollscoil Oxford agus Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh. D’fhoilsigh sí Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: A Century of History and Practice (Preas Ollscoile Wisconsin, 2021). Ó 2012 i leith, bhí comhaltachtaí taighde aici in Ollscoil Notre Dame, Leabharlann na Comhdhála, Ollscoil Nua-Eabhrac, agus Ollscoil na Gaillimhe. D’oibrigh sí ar an suíomh Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann. Spéis aici i bhforbairt na gcartlann, i gcomhoibriú le pobail agus le healaíontóirí, agus i stair chultúrtha na nGael i gcéin.

Dr Deirdre Ní Chonghaile (Research fellow) has degrees in Music from Oxford University and University College Cork. She published Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: A Century of History and Practice (University of Wisconsin Press, 2021). Since 2012, she has held research fellowships in the University of Notre Dame, Library of Congress, New York University, and the University of Galway. She worked on the website Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann. Interested in developing archives, collaborating with communities and artists, and in the cultural history of the Irish diaspora.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2021	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile (2021) Collecting Music in the Aran Islands: A Century of History and Practice. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. [Link]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2015	(2015) '‘Sagart gan iomrádh’: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Philadelphia' In: Litríocht na Gaeilge ar fud an Domhain.
	2014	(2014) ''An tráth seo thiar níor chualas’: ciúnas, coimhthíos, agus imeallú cheol Árann' In: Mo Ghnósa Leas an Dáin: In Omós do Mháirtín Ó Direáin.
	2012	(2012) 'Broadcasting Bailiúchán Bhairbre: Recordings and Radio, Ethnomusicology and Impact' In: Ancestral Imprints: Histories of Irish Traditional Music and Dance.
	2009	(2009) 'Séamus Ennis, W.R. Rodgers and Sidney Robertson Cowell on the traditional music of the Aran Islands' In: Anáil an Bhéil Bheo: Orality and Modern Irish Culture.
	2008	(2008) 'Ceoltóireacht Oileánda: Scéal Thrí Oileán Árann' In: Ceiliúradh an Bhlascaoid 11: Cuisle Ceoil na nOileán.

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2017	(2017) Public Musicology International Symposium, National Concert Hall, Dublin (invited roundtable) *‘Amhráin Árann – Aran Songs’: history, repatriation, empowerment and the digital frontier*
	2016	(2016) Ireland 1916-2016: The Promise and Challenge of National Sovereignty *Gaillimh agus an Éirí Amach*
	2016	(2016) Irish Maritime History Conference, UCC *Greim an fhir bháite: song and narratives of decline and defiance in Irish islands*
	2015	(2015) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Scoil na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *Amhrán Shéamuis Uí Chonchbhair: dúshaothrú agus géarleanúint in Árainn agus i gConamara*
	2015	(2015) An Droim Deileoir, The Great Famine and Language, Irish & Celtic Studies Research Institute, University of Ulster, Belfast *Amhrán Shéamuis Uí Chonchbhair: dúshaothrú agus géarleanúint in Árainn agus i gConamara*
	2015	(2015) Scholarfest at the Library of Congress 2015 *ScholarFest: public conversation with Dr Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Professor of Ethnomusicology, Harvard University*
	2015	(2015) INISH: Island Conversations *INISH Festival: Island Conversations, Inishbofin, Co. Galway. Joint presentation with Dr. Jackie Uí Chionna*
	2015	(2015) ICTM Ireland annual conference, Dundalk Institute of Technology *Róisín Dubh: Anthem of Insurrection*
	2015	(2015) Atlantic Archipelagos Research Consortium Conference, Somerville College, University of Oxford *Aran on film, 1934: Robert Flaherty's Oidhche Sheanchais & Norris Davidson's Damhsa Árann*
	2015	(2015) Atlantic Archipelagos Research Consortium Conference, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool *The cultural lives of Irish migrants in the transatlantic fin de siècle: music, language, and preliteracy*
	2015	(2015) 'Yeats & the West' for Yeats2015, Moore Institute, NUI Galway *‘listening to this rude and beautiful poetry’: John Millington Synge as song collector in the Aran Islands*
	2014	(2014) ICTM Ireland, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway *Sean-nós song in Philadelphia, 1884-1935: the Murphy-Lyons Collection*
	2014	(2014) New Voices Conference, NUI Galway *Embodying homage and outrage: Máirtín Ó Direáin’s Ómós do John Millington Synge*
	2014	(2014) Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland, UCC *Merging media, music, and memory: Rev. Daniel J. Murphy and An Gaodhal/The Gael (1881-1904)*
	2014	(2014) The Emotional Life of Ireland, Merriman Summer School, Ennis, Co. Clare *Sean-nós song in Philadelphia, 1884-1935: the Rev. Daniel J. Murphy Collection*
	2014	(2014) American Conference for Irish Studies/Canadian Association of Irish Studies joint conference, UCD *Panel convenor for Digitizing dúchas: reappraising the global history of the Irish language*
	2014	(2014) Lifeworlds: Space, Place and Irish Culture, 1st Ómós Áite: Space/Place Research Network International Conference, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway *Stoite: Tí Chreig and traditional arts practice in Árainn*
	2014	(2014) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Scoil na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *Urraim agus uafás ionchollaithe: Ómós do John Millington Synge le Máirtín Ó Direáin*
	2013	(2013) Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI Galway *‘bhíodh muid ag damhsa go maidin’: dance, music, and community in Árainn*
	2013	(2013) International Council for Traditional Music, Ireland/British Forum for Ethnomusicology joint conference, Queen’s University, Belfast *Amhráin Árann – Aran Songs: collaborating to create a music resource*
	2013	(2013) European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies, NUI Galway *Róisín Dubh: mar a chruthaigh Seán Ó Riada aintiún an Éirí Amach*
	2013	(2013) American Conference for Irish Studies, Chicago *‘Gabh’ Tí Phlunkett más maith leat country’: Tradition and Hybridization in Contemporary Conamara Music*
	2013	(2013) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Roinn na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *‘Sagart gan iomrádh’: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Philadelphia*
	2013	(2013) Scoil Gheimhridh Mherriman, Westport, Co. Mayo *Amhráin Árann - Aran Songs: aisdúichiú, aiséirí agus ardáin úra*
	2012	(2012) American Conference for Irish Studies, New Orleans *‘listening for landfall’: how silence and fear marginalized the music of the Aran Islands*
	2012	(2012) North Atlantic Fiddlers’ Convention, University of Ulster, Derry, Northern Ireland *‘bhíodh muid ag damhsa go maidin’: dance, music, and community in Árainn*
	2012	(2012) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Roinn na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *‘An tráth seo thiar/Níor chualas’: ciúnas, coimhthíos, agus imeallú cheol Árann*
	2012	(2012) Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Rochester NY *The collector and the recordist: a new theoretical framework for methodologies of sound recording*
	2012	(2012) Hybrid Irelands, College of Arts & Letters, University of Notre Dame *‘Gabh’ Tí Phlunkett más maith leat country’: Tradition and Hybridization in Contemporary Conamara Music*
	2012	(2012) Society for Music Education in Ireland conference, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick *Amhráin Árann – Aran Songs: collaborating to create a music resource*
	2011	(2011) American Folklore Society, Indiana University, Bloomington IN *‘The Yank with the Box’: Sidney Robertson Cowell Collects Music in Ireland in 1955-56*
	2010	(2010) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Scoil na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *An Piarsach, an mairnéalach, an Dane agus an dall*
	2010	(2010) British Forum for Ethnomusicology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London *Broadcasting Bailiúchán Bhairbre: on the potential of radio to impact on recordings and on ethnomusicological research*
	2010	(2010) American Conference for Irish Studies, State College, Pennsylvania *‘listening to this rude and beautiful poetry’: John Millington Synge as song collector in the Aran Islands*
	2009	(2009) International Council for Traditional Music, Ireland *Recording on Islands – The Final Frontier?*
	2009	(2009) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Scoil na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *‘listening to this rude and beautiful poetry’: John Millington Synge mar bhailitheoir amhrán in Árainn*
	2009	(2009) International Council for Traditional Music, Ireland *Broadcasting Bailiúchán Bhairbre: researching and representing recordings via radio*
	2008	(2008) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Scoil na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *Ní neart go cur le chéile: lámhscríbhínní ceoil a chruthaigh Petrie agus Ó Comhraí in Árainn in 1857*
	2008	(2008) International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, UCD *Ní neart go cur le chéile: the Petrie and O’Curry 1857 music manuscripts from the Aran Islands*
	2007	(2007) American Conference for Irish Studies, CUNY, New York *‘The Yank with the Box’: The Soundscape of the Aran Islands in the 1950s from the Recordings and Fieldwork of the American Collector Sidney Robertson Cowell*
	2006	(2006) Society for Musicology in Ireland, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick *Reverberations: Ennis, Rodgers & Cowell on Aran’s traditional music*
	2006	(2006) First Galway Conference of Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway *Reverberations: Ennis, Rodgers & Cowell on Aran’s traditional music*
	2006	(2006) Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus Cultúr na Gaeilge, Scoil na Gaeilge, NUI Galway *An Teach Ósta: Tinteán an Cheoil Thraidisiúnta?*
	2005	(2005) Society for Musicology in Ireland, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick *The Pub: The Home of Irish Traditional Music?*
	2004	(2004) Society for Musicology in Ireland, Queen’s University, Belfast *Bailiúchán Bhairbre: Uncovering an Island Collection*

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2017	(2017) Sagart gan iomrádh’: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Pennsylvania.
	2017	(2017) The Rev. Daniel J. Murphy Collection: Reconfiguring the Cultural History of Irish-speakers in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
	2017	(2017) ‘Greim an fhir bháite’: song and narratives of decline and defiance in Irish islands.
	2016	(2016) Árainn ar an scáileán, 1934: Man of Aran, Oidhche Sheanchais, & Damhsa Árann.
	2016	(2016) ‘Sagart gan iomrádh’: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Pennsylvania.
	2016	(2016) ‘Sagart gan iomrádh’: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Philadelphia.
	2016	(2016) Árainn – A Historiography from Manuscript Sources to Film.
	2016	(2016) Ról na mBan san Athbheochan Chultúrtha - The Role of Women in the Cultural Revolution.
	2015	(2015) Oidhche Sheanchais, contributor to US launch of archival film.
	2015	(2015) Aran on film, 1934: Man of Aran, Oidhche Sheanchais, & Damhsa Árann.
	2015	(2015) Sean-nós song in Pennsylvania 1884-1935: The Rev. Daniel J. Murphy Collection.
	2015	(2015) ‘Sagart gan iomrádh’: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Pennsylvania.
	2015	(2015) Oidhche Sheanchais, contributor to Irish launches of archival film.
	2014	(2014) Mistéir na Ríleanna Glugair – The Outtake Mystery.
	2014	(2014) “Sagart gan iomrádh”: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Philadelphia.
	2014	(2014) Proinsias Ó Conluain in Árainn, 1949.
	2014	(2014) Amhráin ar Muir – Trawlerband Songs.
	2014	(2014) Gearmánaigh sna 1930í – Germans in the Thirties.
	2014	(2014) ‘Amhráin Árann – Aran Songs’: history, repatriation, empowerment and the digital frontier.
	2014	(2014) Tom O'Flaherty 1934 'Going Away' ag Féile na bhFlaitheartach.
	2014	(2014) Scríbhneoirí Árann – Aran Writers.
	2014	(2014) Agallamh Michael Joyce 2012 Tomás Mac Con Iomaire Ballach RnaG.
	2014	(2014) An Liamhán Mór – Shark of Aran.
	2014	(2014) Féile na bhFlaitheartach – Tom O’Flaherty (1890-1936).
	2014	(2014) Norris Davidson and Damhsa Árann (1934): the mystery of the third Aran film.
	2014	(2014) ‘Sagart gan iomrádh’: An tAthair Domhnall Ó Morchadha (1858-1935) agus amhráin Philadelphia.
	2013	(2013) Ceol ar muir – Music at sea.
	2013	(2013) An Dá Phianó – A Tale of Two Pianos.
	2013	(2013) Máire Ní Dhioráin 1945 & Oireachtas 1913.
	2013	(2013) Taiscéalaíocht - Treasure hunting.
	2013	(2013) Messenger 28 July 1962 Bean an Leanna.
	2013	(2013) Máire Ní Dhioráin 1945 An Páistín Fionn.
	2013	(2013) Messenger 1964 The Song of the Plassy.
	2013	(2013) Citie of the Tribes 1873-1891.
	2013	(2013) John C. Messenger & briseadh an Plassy.
	2013	(2013) Amhráin Árann – Aran Songs: collaborating to create a digital-friendly music resource.
	2013	(2013) Comhdháil Lae in Ómós do Mháirtín Ó Direáin, School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore & Linguistics, UCD.
	2013	(2013) Amhráin Árann - Aran Songs: aisdúichiú, aiséirí agus ardáin úra.
	2013	(2013) ‘listening to this rude and beautiful poetry’: John Millington Synge as song collector in the Aran Islands.
	2013	(2013) Michael Brabson (b.1761) & Róidín Gharraí an Asail.
	2013	(2013) Máire Ní Dhioráin @ Oireachtas na Gaeilge 1945.
	2013	(2013) Naomh Bairbre & amhráin molta báid – In praise of boats.
	2013	(2013) John C. Messenger 1959-1964: Na Taifeadaí – The Recordings.
	2013	(2013) Máire Ní Dhioráin 1945 Peigí Mistéal.
	2013	(2013) The Music and Song of the Aran Islands.
	2013	(2013) Maidhc Wallace (c.1886-1916) @ La Somme.
	2013	(2013) Robert John Welch & Scoil Chill Éinne c.1895.
	2012	(2012) Pat Pheaidí Ó hIarnáin (1903-1989) & George Pickow (1922-2010).
	2012	(2012) Recovering and Repatriating Traditional Songs.
	2012	(2012) The Music and Song of the Aran Islands.
	2012	(2012) The Douglas Hyde Memorial Lecture: The Music and Song of the Aran Islands.
	2012	(2012) Léirmheas: Between Two Shores / Idir Dhá Chladach: Writing the Aran Islands, 1890-1980 le Mairéad Conneely.
	2012	(2012) Dara Beag Ó Fátharta (7 Iúil 1920–30 Deireadh Fómhair 2012).
	2012	(2012) ‘The Yank with the Box’: Sidney Robertson Cowell collects music in 1950s Ireland.
	2012	(2012) ‘listening for landfall’: how silence and fear marginalized the music of Aran.
	2012	(2012) Dán Nollag – Christmas Poem.
	2011	(2011) Playing and Working with Traditional Music on the Aran Islands.
	2011	(2011) “Between Two Shores / Idir Dhá Chladach: Writing the Aran Islands, 1890-1980” by Mairéad Conneely.
	2009	(2009) Ní neart go cur le chéile: lámhscríbhínní ceoil a chruthaigh Petrie agus Ó Comhraí in Árainn in 1857.
	2009	(2009) Stór Amhrán Árann ó 1857 anuas: Meath nó Malartú?.
	2008	(2008) The Pub: The Home of Irish Traditional Music?.
	2008	(2008) 'Ní neart go cur le chéile': the Petrie and O’Curry 1857 music manuscripts from the Aran Islands.
	2008	(2008) Gnéithe de Cheol agus Amhránaíocht Oileán Árann.
	2007	(2007) Fios, Foinn & Foinsí: Gnéithe de Cheol Árann.
	2007	(2007) Ní neart go cur le chéile: lámhscríbhínní ceoil a chruthaigh Petrie agus Ó Comhraí in Árainn in 1857.
	2007	(2007) 'Ní neart go cur le chéile': the Petrie and O’Curry 1857 music manuscripts from the Aran Islands.
	2006	(2006) Léirmheas: Tomás Ó Canainn Seán Ó Riada - His Life and Work.
	2006	(2006) The Pub: The Home of Irish Traditional Music?.
	2006	(2006) Ceoltóireacht oileánda: scéal thrí oileán Árann.
	2005	(2005) The Pub: The Home of Irish Traditional Music?.
	2005	(2005) Clasaiceach agus Gaelach: Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire le Peadar Ó Riada.
	2004	(2004) The Music and Song of the Aran Islands.
	2003	(2003) On Irish Traditional Music.
	2001	(2001) Foinsí Ceoil Árann.

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	IMRO Irish Music Rights Organisation	Member	-
	Irish Association of Professional Historians	Member	-

Honors and Awards

Date	Title	Awarding Body
01/11/2023	Special Commendation NUI Irish Historical Research Prize	National University of Ireland
01/02/2021	Michael J. Durkan Prize for Books on Language and Culture	American Conference of Irish Studies
01/02/2021	Music & Letters Trust Award, Oxford University Press	Music & Letters Trust, Oxford University Press
01/11/2020	NUI Publication Prize for Collecting Music in the Aran Islands (University of Wisconsin Press, 2021)	National University of Ireland
01/04/2019	Spirit of the Festival Award, Celtic Media Festival, for Lomax in Éirinn (Aisling Productions, 2018)	Celtic Media Festival
01/04/2019	Nominated for Celtic Media Festival Arts Feature Award for Lomax in Éirinn (Aisling Productions, 2018)	Celtic Media Festival
01/10/2019	TV Programme of the Year, Gradaim an Oireachtais 2019, for Lomax in Éirinn (Aisling Productions, 2018)	Oireachtas na Gaeilge
01/05/2019	Moore Institute Visiting Fellowship, NUI Galway	University of Galway
01/11/2018	Bronze Medal, Music Category, International New York Festivals Radio Award for ‘The Banshee and The Tiger’ (Rockfinch Productions, 2018)	International New York Festivals Radio Award
01/05/2018	Moore Institute Visiting Fellowship, NUI Galway	University of Galway
01/04/2017	Nominated for Celtic Media Festival Factual Series Award for Tríd an Lionsa (Sibéal Teo, 2015)	Celtic Media Festival
01/04/2017	Nominated for Celtic Media Festival Arts Feature Award for Oíche Chaillte an tSeanchaí (C-Board Films, 2016)	Celtic Media Festival
01/03/2016	Hibernian Research Award, University of Notre Dame	Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame
01/02/2014	EXPLORE NUI Galway Award for Innovative Collaboration 2014	University of Galway
01/04/2014	NUI Galway Research Showcase Award (Rev. Daniel J. Murphy Archive)	University of Galway
01/02/2013	Best Blog in the Irish Language, Blog Awards Ireland, 2013 (bilingual blog – http://aransongs.blogspot.ie/)	Blog Ireland Awards
01/04/2013	Certificate of Merit, Ancestral Imprints: Histories of Irish Traditional Music and Dance	Association for Recorded Sound Collections
01/12/2010	Adele Dalsimer Prize for Distinguished Dissertation	American Conference of Irish Studies

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Hardiman Library Strategy Committee, University of Galway		01/01/2017 - 31/12/2018
	An Gaelacadamh		10/01/2015 - 10/01/2018
	Moore Institute, University of Galway		01/09/2013 - 30/08/2014

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
University of Galway	Research Fellow #AnGaodhal	01/05/2025 - 31/10/2025
Music of Mayo	Project Archivist, John Twin McNamara Collection	01/02/2025 - 30/04/2025
New York University	Associate Research Scholar	03/01/2023 - 02/01/2024
James Hardiman Library, University of Galway	Digital Curator, Tomás Ó Máille Wax Cylinder Collection	01/09/2022 - 30/08/2023
Roinn na Gaeilge, University of Galway	Exhibition Curator, Culture & Citizenship: Tomás Ó Máille	01/05/2022 - 30/09/2022
Discipline of Music, University of Galway	Lecturer in Irish Traditional Music	01/10/2021 - 12/06/2022
Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture	Volunteer Co-Ordinator	01/10/2019 - 07/04/2020
University of Galway	NUI Postdoctoral Fellow in Irish/Celtic Studies	03/01/2017 - 02/07/2018
National University of Ireland - Galway	Postdoctoral Research Associate	01/05/2016 - 02/01/2017
National University of Ireland - Galway	Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow	01/10/2012 - 30/09/2014
Library of Congress	Alan Lomax Fellow in Folklife Studies	22/05/2012 - 30/09/2012
University of Notre Dame	NEH Keough Fellow	01/08/2011 - 21/05/2012
Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, University of Galway	Lecturer	01/10/2010 - 30/04/2011

Education

Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
01/10/2000	University College Cork National University of Ireland	PhD Music	Music
01/10/2000	University of Oxford	MA (Oxon) Music	Music
01/10/1997	University of Oxford	BA (Oxon) Music	Music

Languages

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Irish	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic	Functional	Basic	Basic
French	Functional	Basic	Basic
German	Basic	Basic	Basic

Other Activities

	Description
	External reviewer of applications for the Lomax Fellowship at the Kluge Center, Library of Congress
	Producer & music instructor, Fèis Rois traditional summer music school in Áras Éanna, Inis Oírr, bringing young Scottish and Irish musicians together to interact in Gaeilge and in Gàidhlig

Creative Outputs

Year	Title	Type
2021	Casadh na Taoide, Achill International Harp Festival	Recording
2019	Treasa Ní Mhiolláin - Lán Mara	Recording
2015	Amhráin as Árainn agus as Conamara, album notes for CD re-release	Recording
2015	Songs of the Passage, Film/Album Project, University of Notre Dame Kylemore Abbey, producer/performer.	Recording
2015	Producer & musician: Oidhche Sheanchais and Other Lost Island Films, Irish Film Institute: Aran Islands & Galway Film Fleadh	Composition
2011	Bua - Down the Green Fields - album notes	Recording
2011	Musical director/Performer: silent film with live music	Composition

Enterprise Engagement

Year	Engagement Type	Client	Description
2026	Consultancy	Irish Traditional Music Archive	Advisor on USA250 project
2025	Consultancy	Comharchumann Forbartha Chorca Dhuibhne	Advisor on digital heritage project
2025	Consultancy	Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann	Public workshop on community archiving
2023	Consultancy	Boston College	Advisor on digital humanities and archives
2023	Consultancy	Naomi Berrill - Inish	Archival consultant to Naomi Berrill on music recording project focusing on Irish islands
2020	Consultancy	Branar Téatar do Pháistí	Archives advisor for 'Sruth na Teanga'
2017	Consultancy	Cedille Records, Chicago, USA	Advisor on archival recordings

Outreach Activities

Year	Engagement Type	Organisation	Description
2026	Community-based research	Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann	Advisor to local heritage project Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann
2023	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Roinn na Gaeilge, University of Galway	Multiple public lectures to coincide with the touring exhibition Culture & Citizenship: Tomás Ó Máille: Royal Irish Academy; Corr na Móna, Co. Galway; Ceathrú Thaidhg, Westport, Co. Mayo; Ennis, Co. Clare; Roscommon; Liverpool, UK; Ballymote, Co. Sligo; Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim.
2021	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Embassy of Ireland USA	Keynote address, "The Ambassador's Hour: Éire Mhór / Greater Ireland: Irish Speakers in 19th Century America," Embassy of Ireland USA, 29 April 2021 https://www.facebook.com/embassyofirelandusa/videos/295448618706795
2019	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Planet Ocean Symposium	Invited member of consortium organizing Planet Ocean Symposium funded by Irish Research Council
2017	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Society for Musicology in Ireland	Invited contributor to Public Musicology International Symposium, National Concert Hall, Dublin, organized by the Society for Musicology in Ireland and funded by the Irish Research Council
2016	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Royal Irish Academy	Invited contributor to a Royal Irish Academy digitization workshop for Irish Language & Literature
2015	Educational Outreach/Public Engagement	University of Galway	Project Manager, A Survey of Spoken Irish in the Aran Islands, Co. Galway, by Séamas Ó Direáin, aranirish.universityofgalway.ie
2015	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Digital Repository of Ireland	Invited contributor to a Digital Repository of Ireland digitization workshop
2014	Other	INISH: Island Conversations	INISH: Island Conversations

Media

Title	Year	Type	Authors
Galway Bay FM News - Digital edition of world's first Irish-language newspaper launched in Galway	2026	Radio Interviews	Galway Bay FM
Galway Bay FM - Galway Talks - An Gaodhal (from 26'00")	2026	Radio Interviews	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; John Morley
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta - Iris Aniar - An Gaodhal	2026	Radio Interviews	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Nicholas Wolf; Oksana Dereza; Micheál Ó Tuathail
RTÉ News blog - Digital archive of first Irish language newspaper opens	2026	Other	Pat McGrath
Irish Times - An Gaodhal - an chéad nuachtán Gaeilge riamh	2026	Newspaper article (Print)	Éanna Ó Caollaí
RTÉ The History Show - The An Gaodhal Project	2024	Radio Interviews	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Lorcan Clancy
Transkribus - Training a bilingual Irish-English model in Transkribus using An Gaodhal	2024	Other	Transkribus READ CO-OP
BBC Radio 3 - Government Song Woman	2023	Radio Interviews	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Rhiannon Giddens; Clare Walker
Dessie: Glór na Bó Finne	2022	Television interview/panel discussion	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Jonny O'Halloran; James Cleneghan; Frank Delaney
RTÉ RnaG - An Chartlann Bheo: Tomás Ó Máille	2022	Other	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Marcus Mac Conghail; Saileog Ní Cheannabháin; Mary Staunton; Sarah Ghriallais
RTÉ Radio 1 - The Rolling Wave - Collecting Music in the Aran Islands	2022	Radio Interviews	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Aoife Nic Cormaic
RTÉ Radio 1 - The History Show - The Rev. Daniel J. Murphy Archive	2021	Radio Interviews	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Myles Dungan
The Banshee and the Tiger, consultant & contributor. Producer: Claire Cunningham for Lyric FM; Bronze Medal, Music Category, New York Festivals Radio Awards 2018.	2018	Radio Interviews	Claire Cunningham
Lomax in Éirinn	2018	Documentary	Declan McGrath
Oíche Chaillte an tSeanchaí	2016	Documentary	Kieran Concannon
BBC World Service: Songs for the Dead	2016	Radio Interviews	Marie-Louise Muir
Tríd an Lionsa	2015	Documentary	Sibéal Teo
Triúr a Bádh	2015	Documentary	Máirín Seoighe
Ceol na nOileán	2009	Documentary	Máirín Seoighe
Na Bailitheoirí Ceoil	2009	Documentary	Seán Corcoran & Stirling Television
Music of the People	2008	Radio Interviews	Ian Lee
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta - Bailiúchán Bhairbre (12-part series)	2006	Produced a radio programme	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Máirtín Jaimsie Ó Flaithbheartaigh
Bailiúchán Bhairbre (12-part series)	2006	Produced a radio programme	Deirdre Ní Chonghaile; Máirtín Jaimsie Ó Flaithbheartaigh
Fíniúin Inis Meáin	2006	Documentary	Neal Boyle
Robert Flaherty - A Boatload of Wild Irishmen	2010	Documentary	Macdara Ó Curraidhín
Connemara Community Radio - The Great Outdoors with Breandán Ó Scanaill	2026	Radio Interviews	Breandán Ó Scanaill; Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

Research Interests

Forbairt acmhainne, straitéis, bainistíocht; maoiniú, buiséid, tuairisciú; comhghuallaíocht phobail; craoltóireacht ar raidió & ar theilifís go dátheangach, scannáin faisnéise; na meáin shóisialta; teagasc & cur i láthair. Stair chultúrtha & shóisialta, C19-20^ú: Iarthar na hÉireann, Oileáin Árann, ceol traidisiúnta, damhsa, béaloideas, cur i láthair, litríocht na Gaeilge, An Ghaeltacht, cnuasaigh cartlainne idir lámhscríbhinní/taifeadtaí/grianghrafanna/scannáin.

Digital humanities: resource development, strategy, management, funding, budgeting, reporting, archival assets management. Community partnership & engagement: bilingual broadcasting on radio and television, documentary films, social media; teaching and presentation. C19-20^th cultural & social history of: West of Ireland, Aran Islands, Irish traditional music, dance, folklore, performance, Irish language, An Ghaeltacht, manuscript/sound/photographic/film archival collections; OCR, data science.

Research Projects

	Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date
	Canúint.ie	Research Fellow	https://www.canuint.ie/	05/01/2026	31/12/2027
	An Gaodhal	Research Fellow	https://universityofgalway.ie/angaodhal/	01/01/2023	06/02/2026

External Collaborators

Type	Name	Company	Role
External	Lillis Ó Laoire	University of Galway	Academic
External	Oksana Dereza	University of Galway Library	Academic
External	Nicholas Wolf	New York University	Academic