In this episode, we're talking about music collected in Ireland in the 1840s and recently published in The Forde Collection, edited by Nicholas Carolan and Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh. Nicholas Carolan joins us to talk about William Forde and we have music from Mark Redmond, Eilís Lavelle and Jason McGuinness. First broadcast on 23rd April 2023.

The Rolling Wave celebrates all that is great about Irish Traditional music. We speak to musicians, delve into archives, showcase new releases and visit some of the many traditional music festivals taking place around the country. The Rolling Wave podcast brings you some of our best interviews and features. For rights reasons the music here is shorter than in the original broadcast. To listen to the full version go to www.rte.ie/radio 1/the-rolling-wave and click on the relevant date. Listen live on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday night at 9pm.