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Anderson, Ted, ‘On thread’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí vol. 30, no 2 (spring 2011), pp. 2–3
Berthoud, Phil, ‘Learning and playing Irish reels: The green fields of Rossbeigh’ in Fiddler magazine vol. 18, no 2 (summer 2011), pp. 30–33
Brennan, John Wolf, ed., Sonic roots 1. 24 Stucke fur Klavier: leicht bis mittelschwer = 24 pieces for piano: easy to medium, Basel: PAN Verlag, 2010. 44 pp. ISMN 9790502160005 (pbk.)
Campbell, Sean, Irish blood, English heart: second-generation Irish musicians in England, Cork: Cork University Press, 2011. xii+260 pp. ISBN 9781859184615 (hbk.)
Carey, Denis, Own compositions: a collection of Denis Carey’s original Irish traditional music compositions, Newport, Co Tipperary: Five Line Music Company, 2011. 91 pp. (pbk.)
Carolan, Nicholas, ‘Some Irish pipers in America 1800–1850’, part 2, An píobaire vol. 7, no 3, pp. 22–25
Cooper, David, ‘John O’Flynn, The Irishness of Irish music (Ashgate, 2009)’ in JSMI vol. 6 (2010–11) pp. 55–59. Review
Donnelly, Seán, ‘Some notices of the Irish pipes by nineteenth-century visitors to Ireland’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 10–12
Five-finger piano Irish songs, Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 2010. 40 pp. ISBN 9781617740640 (pbk.)
Fumerton, Patricia, & Anita Guerrini, eds., Ballads and broadsides in Britain, 1500–1800, Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2010. xv+357 pp. ISBN 9780754662488 (hbk.)
Graham, Gregory, ‘Spotlight on [uilleann piper] Steafan Hannigan’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 14–18
Hunt, Una, ‘The harpers’ legacy: Irish national airs and pianoforte composers’ in JSMI vol. 6 (2010–11) pp. 3–53
Kaul, Adam R., ‘The limits of commodification in traditional Irish music sessions’ in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute vol. 13, no 3 (September 2007) pp. 703–19
Kommnick, Jens, Siúnta: the scores: traditional tunes from Ireland, Sweden & Spain, classical music and original compositions arranged for Celtic fingerstyle guitar,
Wremen, Germany : Siúnta Music, 2010. 48 pp. ISBN 9783000309724 ISMN 9790000001367 (pbk.)
Kuntz, Andrew, ‘Fiddle tune history: the Dunkeld Bridge war’ in Fiddler magazine (as above), pp. 34–37, 51. Tune appears as ‘Jerry Hayes’ in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland, 1903
Lyons, Bertram, ‘Repatriation and digital cultural heritage’ in Indian folklife no 37 (April 2011) 3 pp. Access to the Alan Lomax collection in the Irish Traditional Music Archive
McGilloway, Ken, George Sigerson: poet, patriot, scientist and scholar, Belfast: Stair Uladh, 2011. xii+156 pp. ISBN 9781903688212 (hbk.)
McKeagney, Johnny, In the ould age: illustrated Irish folklore, [Fermanagh]: Johnny McKeagney, 2010. iii+203 pp. ISBN 9780956697608 (hbk.)
Mac Murchaidh, Ciarán, ‘Lesa Ní Mhunghaile, ed., Charlotte Brooke’s Reliques of Irish poetry (IMC, 2009)’ in Studia Hibernica no 36 (2009–2010), pp. 242–3. Review
Moran, Jimmy O’Brien, ‘The unaccented-beat generation’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 8–9
Moylan, Terry, ‘A tune from the Mulhollan collection: ‘Paddy O’Raverty with variations’, An píobaire as above, pp. 18–21
Ó Con Cheanainn, Ciarán, Clár amhrán Mhaigh Cuilinn, Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann, 2011. xxiii+683 pp. ISBN 9780956562814 (hbk.)
Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, Whitley Stokes, 1830–1909: the lost Celtic notebooks rediscovered, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2011. x+156 pp. ISBN 9781846821745 (hbk.). Notebooks include song texts written by Eugene O’Curry on the Aran Islands, 1857
O’Donoghue, David James, comp., Feis Ceoil, 1899: catalogue of the Musical Loan Exhibition held in connection with the above festival in the National Library and National Museum, Kildare Street …, S.l.: Nabu Public Domain Reprints, 2011. ISBN 9781149608340 (pbk.). Originally published Dublin: M.H. Gill, 1899
O’Leary, Philip, Writing beyond the revival: facing the future in Gaelic prose, 1940–1951, Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2011. xi+596 pp. ISBN 9781906359287 (hbk.). Has music references
Pittock, Murray, Scottish and Irish romanticism, Oxford University Press, 2011. ix, [iii]+292 pp. ISBN 9780199692200 (pbk.). Includes consideration of the ‘Irish bard’
Rimmer, Don, ‘Thomas Kannmacher & Hubert Arnold, The music of the gentlemen pipers: original music for the union bagpipes 1740–1850 (Kannmacher & Arnold, 2010)’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 19–20. Review
Russell, Thomas O’Neill, Fior chláirseach na hÉireann or The true harp of Erin: a collection of some of the popular folk songs and short poems in the Irish language together with many which have never before been published, with an appendix, S.l.: Nabu Public Domain Reprints, 2011. xi+135 pp. ISBN 9781171962229 (pbk.). Originally published Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1900
Shields, Hugh & Lisa, eds., All the days of his life: Eddie Butcher in his own words: songs, stories and memories of Magilligan, Co Derry, Dublin: Irish Traditional Music Archive, 2011. x+[ii], 199+[3] pp. ISBN 9780953270446 (hbk.). With 3 CDs
Smith, Peter, ‘John Carey, ed., Duanaire Finn: reassessments (Irish Texts Society, 2003)’ in Studia Hibernica no 36 (2009–2010), pp. 223–4. Review
Taaffe, Brendan, ‘Up to your knees in sand: practical hints on Irish fiddling’ in Fiddler magazine (as above), pp. 40–41
Termonfeckin Set Dancers, Timpeall an tí: 30 years of set dancing in Termonfeckin. Termonfeckin, Co Louth: Termonfeckin Set Dancers, 2011. 28 pp. (pbk.)
Varlet, Phillippe, ‘Surprise de Québec, Part II’ in Fiddler magazine (as above), p. 51. Irish antecedents for Québécois tunes