‘ac Gearailt, Breandán, An Blas Muimhneach, Coiscéim, Dublin 2007. 296 pp. (pb.). Munster anthology

Buckley, Anthony, Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh, et al., Border-Crossing: Mumming in Cross-Border and Cross-Community Contexts, [email protected]“>Dundalgen Press, Dundalk 2007. 330 pp. ISBN 0-85221-147-7 (pb.)

Carson, Ciaran, ‘The Bag of Spuds’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland vol. 8, no 2 (Mar.-Apr. 2008), pp. 10-12

Commins, Adèle, ‘From Child Prodigy to Conservative Professor?: Reception Issues of Charles Villiers Stanford’, Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal vol. 1, pp. 28-58

Cooley, Timothy J., ed., Ethnomusicology: Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology Ten Year Index 1997-2006, Society for Ethnomusicology, Champaign, IL 2008. 59 pp. ISSN 0014-1836 (pb.). Contains Irish material

Kommnick, Jens, ‘Peter Schröer’, An Píobaire vol. 4, no 44 (Feb. 2008), pp. 24. Obituary

McCabe, Rory, ‘Patrick Street, On the Fly, Loftus Music (LM002)’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 37. Review

Moore, Thomas, Irish Melodies and Sacred Songs, Kessinger Publishing, Montana n.d. [2008?]. 184 pp. ISBN 0548178119 (hb.). Facsimile of 1869 ed.

Moylan, Terry, ‘Airs and Graces: Limerick’s Lamentation’, An Píobaire as above, pp. 18-21

Moylan, Terry, ‘Flight of the Earls’ An Píobaire as above, pp. 12-15

Ó Bharáin, Liam, ‘Bodhrán – Its Origin, Meaning and History [Pt 1]: Etymology and Historical References’, Treoir vol. 39, no 4 (2007), pp. 50–6; ‘[Pt 2]: Making and Playing, Treoir vol. 40, no 1 (2008), pp. 47–52

Ó Cinnéide, Barra, & Colette Henry, ‘Entrepreneurship Features of Creative Industries: The Irish Music and Dance Sector’ in Colette Henry, ed., Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries: An International
Perspective, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK 2007 (hb.), pp. 72-86

Ó Ciosáin, Niall, ‘Missing Pieces: Michael Murphy & Jan Smaczny, eds, Music in Nineteenth-Century Ireland, Four Courts Press, Dublin 2007’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 30-34. Review

Ó Conchúir, Cillian, ‘Amhrán na bhFiann: 100 Bliain á Chanadh’, Tairseach eagrán 2 (Feabhra 2008), pp. 8-10

O’Hare, Kieran, ‘Chanter Technique’, An Píobaire as above, pp. 25-27

Ó hEaghra, Breandán, ‘Éire Nua agus an tAmhrán Náisiúnta’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 13

Ó Laoire, Lillis, ‘Territories of Desire: Words and Music in the Irish Language’ in Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín & Seán Ó Cearnaigh, eds, A New View of the Irish Language, Cois Life, Dublin 2008 (pb.), pp. 121-130

Ó Séaghdha, Barra, ‘Temple Bar Trad, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, 27 January 2008’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 43-4. Review

Quinn, Michael, ‘Nóirín Ní Riain, A.M.E.N., Daisy Discs (DLDC 026) & John McCormack, Icon of an Age: The Anthology, Zampano Productions’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 38 & 40. Reviews

Quinn, Toner, ‘Martin Hayes and the Tradition’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 20-24

Stewart, Trevor, ‘Jim McIntosh’, An Píobaire as above, pp. 22-3. Obituary

Taaffe, Brendan, ‘“Up to Your Knees in Sand”: Practical Hints on Irish Fiddling’ Fiddler Magazine vol. 15, no 1 (Spring), pp. 44-5

Ó Murchú, Liam P., ed., Amhráin Chearbhalláin / The Poems of Carolan: Reassessments, Irish Texts Society, London 2007. 100 pp. ISBN 978-1-870166-76-8 (pb.). Includes Liam P. Ó Murchú: Foreword; Nicholas
Carolan: Carolan’s Music; Emily Cullen: Carolan, Bardic Disclosures and the Irish Harping Tradition in the 18th and 19th Centuries; Joep Leerssen: Last Bard or First Virtuoso?: Carolan, Conviviality and the Need For an Audience; Lesa Ní Mhunghaile: Carolan’s Verse; Ruairí Ó hUiginn: Tomás Ó Máille, Editor

O’Reilly, Jerry, ‘Frank Harte (1933–2005)’, Folk Music Journal: The Journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library vol. 9, no 3 (2008), pp. 479–80

O’Reilly, Jerry, ‘Tom Munnelly: The Last of the Irish Folk Song Collectors?’, English Dance & Song: The Magazine of the English Folk Dance & Song Society vol. 69, no 4 (Winter 2007), p. 33

Pettinari, Graziano, La Musica Tradizionale Irlandese: Il Contesto Storico e Culturale, Trauben, Torino 2004. 121 pp. ISBN 8888398511 (pb.)

Prior, Brian, comp., Foinn Seisiún 1: 116 Favourite Irish Traditional Tunes, 2nd ed., Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Dublin 2007. 46 pp. ISBN 978-0-9556425-2-4. With CDs

Prior, Brian, comp., Foinn Seisiún 2: 104 Favourite Irish Traditional Tunes, 2nd ed., Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Dublin 2007. 43 pp. ISBN 978-0-9556425-3-1. With CDs

Prior, Brian, comp., Foinn Seisiún 3: 108 Favourite Irish Traditional Tunes, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Dublin 2007. 45 pp. ISBN 978-0-9556425-4-8

Scahill, Adrian, ‘Contempo Quartet, Máirtín O’Connor, Garry O’Briain, Cathal Hayden, Spiccato Junction (GER-CD-002)’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland vol. 7 no 6 (Nov.-Dec.) p. 27. Review

Scahill, Adrian, ‘DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Flow My Tears: Musical Journeys with the Flight of the Earls (DITCMD001)’, Irish Archives as above, pp. 54–6. Review

Scahill, Adrian, ‘Eliot Grasso, Up Against the Flatirons (NPUCD014)’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 29–30. Review

Simos, Mark, ‘Knotting the Chord: The Art of Accompaniment: Chord Choice Aesthetics in Old Time vs. Irish Music’, Fiddler Magazine as above, pp. 46–47

Small, Jackie, ‘Emmett Gill, The Mountain Groves (NPUCD015)’, An Píobaire vol. 4, no 43 (Dec. 2007), pp. 7–9. Review

Smith, Thérèse, ‘Lillis Ó Laoire, On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean: Songs and Singers in Tory Island, Ireland. Scarecrow Press, Oxford 2005’, Folk Music Journal as above, pp. 446–48. Review

Vallely, Fintan, ‘Singing the Ancestors: Fintan Vallely on the Teaching of Traditional Singing and the Recent Frank Harte Festival’, JMI: The Journal of Music in Ireland as above, pp. 16–18

Walsh, Edward, Irish Popular Songs: With English Metrical Translations and Introductory Remarks and Notes, Kessinger Publishing, Whitefish [Montana], n.d. 171 pp. ISBN 0548204667 (hb.). Facsimile of 1847

Whitmer, Nick, ‘The Pipes in Literature: References to Pipes, Piping and Music in Some 19th Century Irish Novels – A Summary’, An Píobaire vol. 4, no 43 (Dec. 2007), pp. 24–26