Karen Loomis

• Violaine Alfaric

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• Ardival Harps

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• Eriu Harps – Natalie Surina

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• Paul Doyle

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• Tim Hampson

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• Harrington Harps – Kevin Harrington

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• Michael King

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• William Macdonald

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• Alice Margerum

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• Rumor: Atelier de Instrumentos Musicais – Pedro Ferreira

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• George Stevens

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Harp Rental

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• Historical Harp Society of Ireland rental harps (available in Ireland)

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Supplies, Books, CDs

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• Early Gaelic Harp Emporium – Simon Chadwick

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• The Instrument Workshop (wire strings)

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• Malcolm Rose (wire strings)

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Lessons

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•  Siobhán Armstrong

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• Alessia Bianchi

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• Cynthia Cathcart

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• Simon Chadwick

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• Sylvia Crawford

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• Ann Heymann

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• Andrew Lawrence-King

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• Karen Marshalsay

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• Eibhlís Ní Ríordáin

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• James Ruff

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• Bill Taylor

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Courses / Festivals

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• Scoil na gCláirseach–Festival of Early Irish Harp
  Historical Harp Society of Ireland

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• Wire Players’ Course
  Ardival Harps

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• Somerset Folk Harp Festival

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• Edinburgh International Harp Festival

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• Galway Early Music Festival

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 Music Sources​

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• Bunting Manuscript Collection at Queen’s University Belfast

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• Introduction to the Bunting Manuscript Collection

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• Handlist for the Bunting Manuscript Collection

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• Ancient Music of Ireland, Edward Bunting (1840)

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• A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland, Edward Bunting (1809)

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• A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music, Edward Bunting (1796)

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• Robert ap Huw Manuscript

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• Simon Chadwick’s Old Irish Harp Transcriptions Project

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• Simon Chadwick’s Sources for early Gaelic harp music

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Tutor Books

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• An Introduction to Old Irish Harp Playing Techniques, Sylvia Crawford (2021)

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Information

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• Early Gaelic Harp Info – Simon Chadwick

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• Wire Strung Harp – Cynthia Cathcart, Michael Billinge and Keith Sanger

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• Sources for Fingernail Harp Technique from Wales and Ireland, Bill Taylor

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• The Irish and the Highland Harps, Robert Bruce Armstrong (1904

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Organisations

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• The Historical Harp Society of Ireland

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• Wire Branch of the Clarsach Society

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• Historical Harp Society

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• International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen

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Community

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• Wire Harp Facebook Group

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