This post in the Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus series features Liam O’Connor of the Irish Traditional Music Archive. The post presents a video of the lecture, in which O’Connor discusses Ireland’s national reference archive and cultural resource center for Irish traditional song, instrumental music, and dance. Founded in 1987 and now the world’s largest specialist repository for Irish traditional performing arts, ITMA documents traditions and performers on the island of Ireland, within the Irish diaspora, and among global practitioners. The lecture explores how ITMA connects artists, archivists, and communities through archival preservation and creative programming, including initiatives such as the Drawing from the Well concert series, tours, and film projects that link archival research directly with the creation of new work, alongside expanding digital access to a living tradition. In addition, AFC folklorist Stephen Winick provides an overview of the AFC’s Irish and Irish American holdings. The post also presents a video conversation among O’Connor, Winick, and AFC folklorist Nancy Groce, in which they discuss O’Connor’s life and career.