Irish Traditional Music

Our MA in Irish Traditional Music draws on a uniquely broad range of internationally renowned expertise to develop your skills and knowledge in areas such as creative practice, academic scholarship, professional training, music education, and community engagement.

We integrate creative practice and academic research so that core modules combine both practical and theoretical studies of Irish traditional music. We also offer an eclectic choice of elective modules allowing you to identify personalised study pathways to develop skills most relevant to your creative practice and research ambitions.

Our Irish Traditional Music Archive at UCC is home to over three thousand audio and video materials and our MA Irish Traditional Music students have an opportunity to gain significant archival and collecting experience by undertaking fieldwork projects. The Pauline Oliveros Sound Studio equips students with direct practical experience in a professional recording studio environment.

For full details of the non-EU application procedure visit our how to apply pages for international students.

• In UCC, we use the term programme and course interchangeably to describe what a person has registered to study in UCC and its constituent colleges, schools, and departments.
• Note that not all courses are open to international/non-EU applicants, please check the fact file above. For more information contact the International Office.

English Language Requirements

Applicants who are non-native speakers of the English language must meet the university-approved English language requirements. Visit our PG English Language Requirements page for more information.

Postgraduate students join a thriving research culture in our Department, in the diverse artistic and cultural hub that is Cork city. Focusing on a combination of academic, creative practice, and transferrable professional skills allows students to develop unique and distinctive profiles that can contribute meaningfully to multiple national and international communities of practice engaged in Irish Traditional Music.

Our MA in Irish Traditional Music graduates pursue a wide range of careers in the creative arts, academia, culture industries, and media. Many have applied successfully for PhDs in Ireland or overseas. Our graduates include professional performers, composers, academics, educators, arts managers, and music industry professionals.