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Sounds of Ireland
287 field recordings from Ireland, from 5 towns and cities, recorded between 1998 and 2026. Listen to birdsong & dawn chorus, wind and streets & traffic and much more.
287 recordings
5 cities
44 recordists
1998–2026 years
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Wind rec. via ambi mics & airharp – Limerick
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Rain rain rain – Limerick
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Rain rec. via airharp – Limerick
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Rain rec. via air harp & ambient mics – Limerick
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Midday Bells - Earl Street South, Dublin Smithfield, Dublin, Ireland 2004.06.08, killiney/seaside, 10.00 morning Dun Laoghaire Morning Rain Waiting for the train On the Dublin dart 16 March 2013 St. Patrick's Eve in Galway Eerie are the Wind Harps and Passing is the Traffic Cork Night Outside the Old Oak 26 March 2013 Waiting to Get Going Dart 22 April 2013 8 May 2013 12 April 2013 Early morning, Co. Clare, Ireland Binaural recording demonstration, Co. Clare, Ireland Filtering ocean noise, Co. Clare, Ireland Birds of Corcomroe Abbey, Co. Clare, Ireland 10 June 2013 Crowd Chatter at the Hunters Moon All Dayer- 9 June 2013 Summer Afternoon, City Park, Central Dublin Large stone circle Wedge tomb Carraig Aille forts ring forts Lough gur Visitor centre Knockfennel summit "Strange Bird" Thunderstorm 6 October 2013 River Suir Movement at Golden River Suir Movement, Kilsheelan Water.Ardfinnan Swans at Ardfinnan Stream under Path River Suir at Swiss Cottage River Suir at Fallen Tree, Swiss Cottage Revisiting the site of a road protest where I'd lived in 199 Listening to the stream in the Glen of The Downs Listening to the stream and the N11 playing together Mary_Tobar Íosa Mary_Boat Race and Night Swimming Teresa_Map of the River Suir Stefan_Ardfinnan Memories Windchimes and Guide/Assistance Dog Ralph_Boat Trip Richard_Digging Gate_Swiss Cottage Suir Dragon Paddlers Shay Hurley, Workman's Boat Club Midsummer solstice dawn chorus Saint Patrick's before parade Rapid river suir 23 December 2013 13 December 2013 11 December 2013 Earl Street North Multilingual A bag pipe on my pocket Mayor Street Lower MORNING BIRDS Western entrance to Ted Russel Park Ted Russel Park Barrington's Pier Walking along North Circular Road Walking south towards the wetlands By the wetlands observation platform Walking along Condell Road Underwater creatures Delicate insects and wind Drawing number 16 Drawing number 14 Drawing to sound Movement drawing Radio broadcast in Hotel Lobby Talking about Roads at the Urban Soundscapes & Critical Citi Tolka at Large Weir Tolka at small weir Playground beside Tolka River Gentle movement Memories of Griffith Park Tolka at Weir River Tolka at weir_opposite playground Wind and birds in the willows at River Tolka Murmuring River Tolka Back garden, Seaman Drive WLD 2015: in the car park, about to start the soundwalk Annestown beach Waves by concrete platform World listening day soundwalk Birds and cars Fireside Music Chamber Orchestra Listening to the N11 The stream through the Glen The stream through the Glen II Aidan and Kathleen jamming by the fire Sizzling on the fire Recorders duet Hailstones and waterdroplets on a van roof Sizeable swell and wind with the odd bird passing A walk up Grafton Street Roadside insects and birds Mungret recycling centre Mungret recycling centre Mugret recycling centre Mungret recycling centre Mungret recycling centre English Market Crosshaven Waves Harbour Clifden Tide Coming In, Slowly Dublin Train, Departing Thursday Afternoon Rosary Cricket in Trinity college Trinity at the window Music Stones/Water/Time/Breath for WLD2019 Waiting for the train In the DART going to Howth Ducklings Feeding Dawn Chorus w/ Prominent Blackbird Bees in Fuscia Sedge Warbler, Wren, Cuckoo, Cows and Others Lapping Waves and Boats Rookery at Dusk Babbling Stream Evening Ambience: What are the Swans Like? Dunnock Song After Sunset: Egret, Heron, Fox Screaming, Jogger Heron Island: Dusk Duck Dispute Wind in Trees, Robin Singing A sound collage from Ballydehob Skibbereen - Skibbereen after heavy rain Caol Stream, Skibbereen Bishop Lucey Park North Harbour, Cape Clear Island Fitzgeralds Park Fountain, Cork city Wind Turbine, Sonnagh Old Windfarm Buzzards Announcement Kelp & Arctic Terns Morning Chorus of birds Music Walk in the forest Soundwalk at An Sanctóir on World Listening Day 2021 Home Time Birr Incoming Rain Shannonbridge, Central Termoelèctrica Lunch Break at school School yard at lunch break Pollockholes Kilkee Carrigaholt Castle - Carrigaholt Test Kilkee Bay George's Head Carpark & Byrne's Cove A Peu sobre la Neu Gelada Domhnach Bat, Ireland, Mar d Irlanda (1) Kinsealy, Vent i Circulacio Kinsealy, Vent des de l Interior Birr, Llencols Dansant amb Ocells Liffey Rain rain rain Storm Isha (2) Storm Isha (1) + electricity cut Storm Jocelyne Rain rec. via airharp Rain rec. via air harp & ambient mics Wind rec. via ambi mics & airharp Light rain and heating rec. via ambi mics Light rain via ambi mics & airharp Wind rec via ambi mics & airharp feat. chalk Wind rec ambient mics Wind rec via ambi mics & airharp feat. chalk The edge of dusk Quiet amplified Quiet amplified Afternoon birds & WSi Incoming short burst of rain Relatively quiet feat. sound of heating Soft wind & rain via airharp WSi feat. birds WSi feat. birds WSi feat. birds Last dusk birds Relatively quiet WSi light wind + heating WSi Leap Day quiet WSi quiet Quiet (via ambimics & airharp) Quiet (via ambimics & airharp) Birds during dusk WSi via ambi mics & airharp (tuneing) Light wind Tuneing to uni.Sol_112 session via environment Light rain via airharp Light rain via ambics feat. WSi Light rain via ambics Light rain & birds via ambics Ultrabells) Light wind feat. WSi Rain feat. WSi Wind feat. WSi Wind feat. WSi Wind via ambics & airharp Almost dusk Bats 50kHz Soprano pipistrelle bats Rain & wind via ambics & airharp Very windy via ambics & airharp Last bats 54kHz during dawn Soprano pipistrelle bats 52kHz Rain Dusk birds Nocturnal bird and bats 56kHz Dusk birds Bats 47kHz Quiet night Hot day (birds) The lawnmower cuts microphone cables Birds Birds & rain WSi windy (f) WSi windy (f) Rain (WSi feat. via gong interface) Rain Wind feat. pipistrelle bats Rain Wind feat. bats Wind feat. bats Airharp (windharp) feat. bats Roost of bats gathering Electric clicking & swallows Rain, hunting bats & chalk Windy feat. WSi (new elements) Stormy wind feat.WSi (very "wind caligraphy") Stormy (strong wind & home crickets) Rain drops articulations Storm Ashley (sample) 10:30AM Storm Ashley (sample) 13:58PM Storm Ashley (sample) 23:00 Storm Ashley (sample) Rain-harp (solo) Sound flag Nocturnal rain Rain (asymmetric gamelan-like sound) Storm Herminia aftermath Storm Eowyn (peak time in our garden) Rain-wind-chimes-styrofoam Light rain feat. gong & airharp & squeakyfoam Birds feeding feat. Angelus Outdoors of school Rather noisy sea Wind via foam (rec. with hydrophone) Leap Day (light rain) Outdoor of school Sea surf near the cave & jubilant screams of kids Crows Greencastle Pier, County Down Greencastle, County Down Garrison, River Garrison, Bee Eco Lodge / Farm Eco Lodge / Farm Eco Lodge / Farm 3 Eco Lodge / Horse Farm Yard time Evening bicycle ride Tournoi de foot à St Anne's Park Jeux pour enfants, St Anne's Park Petite cascade sous le pont vers Kilmacsimon Quay Holy Island / Inis Cealtra - Reeds & Water Breaktime at Salesian Primary School Forkhill, South Armagh Castlecomer Discovery Centre, Kilkenny, Ireland Usher quay parking Dysart woods nightlife Rain in dysart woods National Gallery of Ireland Kildoon at night Dunnock in kildoon Chiffchaff singing Morning chit chat Murmuration of starlings Dawn chorus at Glenbarrow 110 Thomas Street, Dublin 8 Sound of Bunmahon Beach Ireland
Featured recordings
Wind rec. via ambi mics & airharp
Limerick, Ireland
2024
Rain rain rain
Limerick, Ireland
21:23 2024
Rain rec. via airharp
Limerick, Ireland
2024
Rain rec. via air harp & ambient mics
Limerick, Ireland
2024
Teresa_Map of the River Suir
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
Mary_Tobar Íosa
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
Mary_Boat Race and Night Swimming
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
Stefan_Ardfinnan Memories
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
Ralph_Boat Trip
Cluain Meala, Ireland
11:10 2014
Richard_Digging
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
Gate_Swiss Cottage
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
River Suir Movement at Golden
Cluain Meala, Ireland
1:02 2013
River Suir Movement, Kilsheelan
Cluain Meala, Ireland
1:05 2013
Listening to the stream in the Glen of The Downs
Greystones, Ireland
1:11 2002
Ducklings Feeding
Cork, Ireland
2020
Stream under Path
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
River Suir at Swiss Cottage
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
River Suir at Fallen Tree, Swiss Cottage
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
St. Patrick's Eve in Galway
Galway, Ireland
2:00 2013
Listening to the stream and the N11 playing together
Greystones, Ireland
1:22 2002
Radio broadcast in Hotel Lobby
Limerick, Ireland
2014
16 March 2013
Drumshanbo, Ireland
2:00 2013
Windchimes and Guide/Assistance Dog
11 Cara Court, Ireland
2014
Shay Hurley, Workman's Boat Club
Cluain Meala, Ireland
13:57 2014
Birds and cars
Greystones, Ireland
2017
Listening to the N11
Greystones, Ireland
2017
Storm Isha (2)
Limerick, Ireland
11:17 2024
Storm Isha (1) + electricity cut
Limerick, Ireland
4:37 2024
Storm Jocelyne
Limerick, Ireland
7:17 2024
Buzzards
Cork, Ireland
1:33 2021
Duck Dispute
Cork, Ireland
2020
Revisiting the site of a road protest where I'd lived in 1997
Greystones, Ireland
1:00 2002
Back garden, Seaman Drive
Galway, Ireland
17:07 2015
Chamber Orchestra
Greystones, Ireland
2017
Suir Dragon Paddlers
Cluain Meala, Ireland
2014
Talking about Roads at the Urban Soundscapes & Critical Citizenship…
Limerick, Ireland
50:25 2014
