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· Pat Ahern, guitarist with the Four Star Trio, lecturer and weekly 'folk' columnist with the Cork Examiner.
· Fenella Bazin, an authority on the music of the Isle of Man in the period up to 1896, she researches the social history of Manx music.
· Margaret Bennett, a singer, is from a renowned family of traditional singers on the Isle of Skye, and is Research Fellow at Glasgow University.
· Georgina Boyes is a Research Associate at the Centre for English Cultural Tradition at Sheffield University; author of The Imagined Village.
· Deasún Breathnach, from Dublin, is a journalist, author, poet and musician.
· Barry Burgess, lecturer in Education at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, he has had a long term commitment to Irish music in the educational curriculum in Northern Ireland.
· Nicholas Carolan, director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, lectures writes and broadcasts in the area of Irish traditional music. From Louth, he has presented the RTE programs The Irish Phonograph (radio) and Come West Along the Road (TV). His books include the Francis O'Neill biography A Harvest Saved.
· Barra Ó Cinnéide is Prof. of Marketing at University of Limerick, and is author of many case studies in Agri-business and tourism.
· Sean Corcoran, a native of Co. Louth, is a singer, bouzouki player, researcher and song collector and performs with the traditional group Cran.
· Matt Cranitch, fiddler and author of The Irish Fiddle Book, he is an authority on the music of Sliabh Luachra.
· Catherine Curran is a post doctoral researcher at DIT working on cultural and communications policy and the evolution of Irish music.
· Dr. Martin Dowling, fiddler and historian, is presently Traditional music officer with the Northern Ireland Arts Council.
· Martin Gaffney is a flute player and graphic designer.
· Cathal Goan, born in Belfast, since 1994 has been Ceannasaí of Telefís na Gaeilge. He worked in RTE TV on current affairs and Irish language programmes, and is an authority on the singing of the Donegal Gaeltacht."
· Reg Hall, musician and an authority on Irish music in England and Ireland; his PhD is on Irish Music in London.
· William Hammond, for several years director of the Cork Folk Festival, he has played a key role in set dancing in Cork.
· Robbie Hannan, uilleann piper, he is Curator of Musicology at the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra, Co. Down.
· Janet Harbison, a harper, from Dublin, she is founder of the Harp Foundation and the Belfast Harp Orchestra.
· Áine Hensey, from Dublin, is a presenter of traditional music programs on RTE-Radio 1, Radio na Gaeltachta and formerly at Clare FM.
· Harry Hughes is an administrator and founding member of the Willie Clancy Summer School, and founder editor of the journal Dal gCais.
· Lillis Ó Laoire, Sean-nós singer, lectures in Irish at Limerick University where he is director of Ionad na Amhrán at the Irish World Music Centre.
· Cathy Larson Sky is a Traditional music writer and researcher, and fiddle player.
· Caomhín Mac Aodha, a fiddle player and teacher, he has been a key figure in the teaching of Donegal fiddle music, a founder member of Cairdeas na bhFhidléirí, and author of Between the Jigs and the Reels.
· Roibard Mac Goráin, Ceannasaí of Gael-Linn and Head of Gael-Linn Records and Distribution since its foundation. He has also been involved in their film making and theatre productions.
· Dermot McLoughlin, fiddle player, from Derry, he was the Arts Council's Traditional music officer for many years and is currently its Artform director.
· Mick Moloney is a folklorist, musician, broadcaster, and lecturer in ethnomusicology, folklore and Irish Studies; a singer and guitar, Bouzouki and banjo player, he has many recordings.
· Robin Morton, from Co. Armagh, singer and writer, he was a founder member of Boys of the Lough group, a former director of the Edinburgh Folk Festival and runs Temple Records in Scotland.
· John Moulden is a former teacher, and well known as a singer, lecturer and researcher into Ulster songs, particularly the Sam Henry collection.
· Tom Munnelly is a folklore Collector with Dept. of Folklore UCD, a singer, and has published extensively on English language song in Ireland.
· Joe O'Donovan, step and set dancer, he is a major figure in the Irish dance scene, tutors at UCC, and is a member of the dance committee of CCÉ.
· Máire O'Keeffe, a fiddler, from Co. Tipperary, she is a former presenter of RTÉ's traditional radio programme "The Long Note", and is researching the accordion in Ireland.
· Muiris Ó Róchain, from Kerry, living in Clare, is the founding organiser of Scoil Samhradh Willie Clancy at Miltown Malbay.
· Paschal Preston is a senior lecturer in School of Communications in DCU, Dublin.
· Rina Schiller, an organologist and multi-instrumentalist; born in Berlin she lives and teaches in Belfast.
· Dr. Thérèse Smith is senior lecturer in music at University, College Dublin.
· Sally K. Sommers Smith, a fiddle player, she is Associate Professor of Biology at Boston University.
· Seamus Tansey, flute player and raconteur, originally from Gurteen Co. Sligo now living in Co. Armagh.
· Janet Topp Fargion, an ethnomusicologist, was born in South Africa, and is curator of the International Music Collection at the National Sound Archive in London.
· Johanne Trew, a researcher in Canadian music at UL, is Quebecois of Irish parentage.
· Ríonach Uí Ógáin is an archivist at the Dept. of Irish Folklore, UCD.
· Desi Wilkinson, a flute player and singer, plays with the group Cran and has completed a PhD thesis on Breton music.

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