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Audley, Brian, ‘Some Missing Items of the Bunting Collection, Rediscovered’, in Ulster Folklife vol. 49 (2004) Holywood, Co Down, pp. 1-5
Boyle, Finbar, reviews of From Puck to Appleby. Songs of Irish Travellers in England. (Musical Traditions MTCD 325-6) and Whisht… Irish Traveller Folktales and Songs. The Cassidys 1967 (Pavee Point Travellers Centre, Dublin) in Béaloideas: The Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society vol. 72, Dublin, 2004, pp. 268-70
Cuthbert, Sheila Larchet, The Irish Harp Book: A Tutor and Companion. Carysfort Press, Dublin, 2004. 248 pp. ISBN 1 904505 08 2. Third pb. reprint
Girardeau, Marie, L’Uilleann Pipes, Cornemuse Irlandaise: Caractéristiques de Jeu et Répertoire. Université de Poitiers (September 2004) Pb. 215 pp. MA thesis
Gregory, E. David, ‘Roving Out: Peter Kennedy and the BBC Folk Music and Dialect Recording Scheme 1952-1957’, in Ian Russell & David Atkinson ed., Folk Song: Traditional, Revival, and Re-Creation, Elphinstone Institute, Aberdeen, 2004, pp.218-40. Has Irish content
Hast, Dorothea E., review of Colette Moloney, The Irish Music Manuscripts of Edward Bunting: An Introduction and Catalogue. (Irish Traditional Music Archive, Dublin 2000) in Ethnomusicology vol. 48, no 3 (2004), Indiana, pp. 447-450
Keegan, Josephine, ed., A Drop in the Ocean. Keegan, Armagh, 2004. Pb. 220 pp. Tune book
Mac Gabhann, Fiachra, review of Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, A Hidden Ulster: People, Songs and Traditions of Oriel. (Four Courts Press, Dublin 2003) in Béaloideas, as at Boyle above, pp. 243-7
Mac Lochlainn, Gearóid, & John B. Vallely, Rakish Paddy Blues: A Macaronic Song. Open House Traditional Arts Festival, Bangor, 2004. Pb. 108 pp. ISBN 0 9548436 0 6. With CD. Poems and paintings
Munnelly, Tom, ‘Collectors of English-Language Songs for the Irish Folklore Commission 1935-1970’, in Ian Russell & David Atkinson ed., as at Gregory above, pp. 210-17
Ó Canainn, Tomás, Dornán Dánta. Coiscéim, Dublin, 2004. Pb. 47 pp. Poems
O’Dwyer, Simon, Prehistoric Music of Ireland. Tempus, Stroud, Gloucestersire, 2004. Pb. 160 pp. ISBN 0 7524 3129 3
Taaffe, Brendan, ‘Séan Ryan: The Quiet Corner’, in Fiddler Magazine vol. 11, no 4 (Winter 2004), North Sydney, N.S., Canada, pp. 10-12
Titley, Alan, ‘An Scéal agus an Fhilíocht’, in Breandán Ó Conaire, ed., Aistí ag Iompar Scéil: In Ómós do Shéamus P. Ó Mórdha. An Clóchomhar, Dublin, 2004, pp. 133-52