Sinéad Crowley, RTE, interviews head of project, Dr. Karen Loomis, HHSI. A Scientific Harp Survey: New HHSI Pilot Project at the National Museum of Ireland WATCH the RTE TV news report LISTEN to the RTE Radio 1 Morning Ireland report In Jan. 2020, the National Museum of Ireland …
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Our new baby has arrived!
Natalie Surina of Ériu Harps, in Connemara, has now completed her HHSI commission to build a hand-made, high-quality copy of the late medieval Queen Mary harp. This harp was chosen on foot of Dr Karen Loomis’s ground-breaking 2015 PhD thesis, which shared new insights into the …
UNESCO status for Irish harping
We are delighted to announce that Irish harping has just been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Bravo to Harp Ireland and the Dept of Foreign Affairs who did the foot work and congratulations to all the Irish harpists and Irish harping …
