The Irish Traditional Music Archive has announced a new public exhibition of the Christy Moore Collection, which will be presented in January 2026.

The Newbridge-born musician donated his personal archive to ITMA in the hope of making it accessible to the public.

Handwritten songbooks, setlists, research notes, correspondence, sheet music, photographs, commercial and non-commercial recordings and more are included in the collection.

The materials donated span 50 years of Moore's career, from the 1970s up to the 2020s.

The Christy Moore Collection, ITMA Director Liam O'Connor explains, was inspired by the Archive's Drawing From The Well series, which featured a collection from fellow Planxty member Liam O'Flynn.

"It is a tremendous honour for ITMA that Christy Moore is placing his trust in the Archive to illuminate his artistic philosophy, his deep gratitude to those who preserved songs before him, and to inspire younger generations to continue composing in the traditional ballad form he mastered," O'Connor said.

Ahead of the exhibition, ITMA plans to create a new public space on the ground floor of 73 Merrion Square, Dublin, which is owned by the Office of Public Works.

The building will also host space for a planned artist-in-residence and archivist-in-residence programme, which will be funded by The Shared Island Initiative.