Ó Riada Visualisation

This visualisation of Seán Ó Riada’s creative outputs was developed to showcase the wide range of works he created. Aimed at a general audience, it draws extensively upon archival collections but does not claim to be comprehensive. With this tool, it is hoped that the public can easily access and gain insight into the artistic development of Seán Ó Riada during the period 1951-1971.

Future visualisations will include letters that were sent to Ó Riada, his networks, life events and music-related performances during his lifetime.

Dataset used in this visualisation (CC BY 4.0): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13789101

Ó Riada Visualisation © 2026 by Pádraig Mac Aodhgáin is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Research publications on Seán Ó Riada’s career:

Article in Ethnomusicology Ireland (2026) “To Inform, Educate and Entertain”: The Early Radio Broadcasts of Seán Ó Riada: https://www.ictmd.ie/1064208/rhso5832

PhD Thesis at UCC (2019) “Exploring ethnography and digital visualisation: a study of musical practice through the contextualisation of music related projects from the Seán Ó Riada Collection”: https://cora.ucc.ie/items/2361088a-8a26-497c-a2b9-23afa26af71a

Article for Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (2021) “Insider or Outsider? Exploring some digital challenges in ethnomusicology”: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/03080188.2021.1872144