The Society for Musicology in Ireland and the Royal Musical Association held jointly their Annual Conference at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin from 9 to 12 July.

The annual conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland was hosted by the Music Department of Waterford Institute of Technology at the College Street campus from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th May 2008 with more than 100 delegates in attendance.

The Fifth Annual Conference of the SMI was held in the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Rathmines, Dublin on 11-13 May 2007.

The Department of Music, UCC, hosted the Society's third annual conference on 6-8 May 2005.