Books are my business: Archivist at University of Galway Niamh Ní Charra

Ní Charra became interested in archives while researching the provenance of the tunes she was playing  in the Irish Traditional Music Archive on Merrion Square

Niamh Ní Charra,  an archivist based at the University of Galway, examining some archive material. Picture: University of Galway

Niamh Ní Charra, originally from Killarney, Co Kerry, is an archivist based at the University of Galway, where she is project archivist for their two largest archives: the Conradh na Gaeilge and Mary Robinson collections. 

She is also communications and campaigns officer for the Archives and Records Association, Ireland, and a fiddle and concertina player.