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Accardi, Dan, ‘Irish fiddling. Doubling: the advantages of octaves’ in Fiddler magazine vol 22, no 1 (spring 2015), pp. 46–47
Astbury, Raymond, Black entertainers in Victorian Dublin, FeedARead.com, 2014. 143 pp. ISBN 9781784074098 (pbk.)
Aubrey, Graham, ‘The influence of nineteenth-century anthologies of Celtic music in redefining Celtic nationalism’ in Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium vol. 28 (2008), pp. 1–8
Bévant, Yann, ‘Nations in tune: the influence of Irish music on the Breton musical revival in the 1960s and 1970s’ in Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium vol. 29 (2009), pp. 30–44
Breathnach, Pádraig, ‘Lámhscríbhinn Bhaile Uí Chiaróg’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise uimhir 18 (2014), pp. 218–232
Cotter, Pamela, ‘Foreigners in the session: an examination of participation and authenticity at the Costello’s Irish music session’ in Ian Russell & Catherine Ingram, eds, Taking part in music: case studies in ethnomusicology, Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press in association with the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology, 2013. ISBN 9781857520019, pp. 198–215
Carolan, Nicholas, ‘Martin Beirne, uilleann piper, and his Irish Blackbirds Orchestra’ in An píobaire vol. 11, no 1 (February 2015), pp. 26–27
Crane, Joe, ‘Peter Hunter’ in An píobaire as above, pp. 24–25. Obituary
de Gallaí, Breandán, Imeall-Siúl: a choreographic exploration of expressive possibilities in Irish step dancing, Thesis (PhD): University of Limerick, 2013. viii+284 pp. Online thesis
Fell, Kieran McCarthy, ‘Hup! The presence of virtuosity in Irish traditional music’ in Explorations: the journal of undergraduate research and creative ativities for the State of North Carolina vol. 9 (2014), pp. 1–10. Online article
Greenwood, Joseph, ”Why do you always be singin’ that oul’ song?’: the subversion of emigrant ballads in John B. Keane’s Many young men of twenty‘ in Christopher Collins & Mary P. Caulfield, eds, Ireland, memory and performing the historical imagination, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 9781137362179, pp. 155–170
Hemmens, Susan ‘A goodly heritage’: the 18th-century music archive at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin’ in Irish archives: journal of the Irish Society for Archives vol. 21 (2014), pp. 63–67
A historic tribute to Mr William Kennedy from Church Street Tandragee: the master of the art of manufacture of Irish pipes … [Tandragee, Co Armagh]: Tandragee History, Heritage and Discovery Group, 2014. 24 pp. (pbk.)
Kirchstein, Natalie, ‘‘Ceol agus Gaol’ (‘Music and Relationship’) : memory, identity, and community in Boston’s Irish music scene’ in Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium vol. 26 (2006, published 2010), pp. 109–117
Lawlor, Helen, ‘Selections from “Art music and the Irish harp” from Irish harping, 1900–2010‘ in The American harp journal vol. 24, no 1 (summer 2013), pp. 44–49
Lecossois, Hélene, ‘Pampooties and keening: alternate ways of performing memory in J. M. Synge’s plays’ in Christopher Collins & Mary P. Caulfield, eds, Ireland, memory and performing the historical imagination as above, pp. 139–154
Mac Aoidh, Caoimhin, ‘The hidden note: legends of the Blackbird’ in Fiddler magazine as above, pp. 44–45
Mac Craith, Nioclás, ‘Feis na Rinne, 1961’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise as above, pp. 159–167
Minuto, Emanuela, ‘The reception of Thomas Moore in Italy in the nineteenth century’ in Colin Barr, Michele Finelli & Anne O’Connor, eds, Nation = Nazione: Irish nationalism and the Italian Risorgimento, Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2014. ISBN 9781906359591, pp. 193–205
Moylan, Terry Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra: dance music from the Cork-Kerry border, Dublin: The Lilliput Press, 2014. xviii+238 pp. ISBN 9781843516224 (pbk.)
Ní Chaoimh, Máire, ‘Step dancing in Ireland: culture and history by Catherine E. Foley (Ashgate, 2013)’ in Béaloideas: the journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society vol. 82 (2014), pp. 160–162. Review
Nic Lochlainn, Sorcha, ”Bear my greetings across the sea:’ emigrant experiences and the Gaelic song tradition’ in Béaloideas: the journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society vol. 82 (2014), pp. 23–44
Ní Mhunghaile, Lesa, ‘Joseph Cooper Walker’s Historical memoirs of the Irish bards (1786): significance and impact’ in Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium vol. 23 (2003, published 2009), pp. 233–248
‘Nótaí fáin’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise as above, pp. 323–330
Ó Catháin, Séamas, Gaelic grace notes: the musical expedition of Ole Mork Sandvik to Ireland and Scotland, Oslo: The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, 2014. 280 pp. ISBN 9788270997732 (hbk.)
O’Donnell, Mary Louise, ‘John Egan’s journey toward creating the “Most perfect harp”‘ in The American harp journal vol. 23, no 1 (summer 2011), pp. 40–45
O’Donnell, Mary Louise, ‘Owen Lloyd and the de-Anglicization of the Irish harp’ in Éire-Ireland: an interdisciplinary journal of Irish studies vol. 48, nos 3 & 4 (fall/winter 2013), pp. 155–175
O’Donnell, Teresa, ‘Gráinne Yeats: a modern-day bard remembered’ in The American harp journal vol. 24, no 3 (summer 2014), pp. 15–21
Ó Drisleáin, Míchéal, ‘Tuilleadh scéalta agus seanchais ó chnuasach an Dr Piaras de Hindeberg, S.J.’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise as above, pp. 108–129
Ó hAirt, Diarmaid, ‘Litreacha ó Londain le Seán Ó Caoimh: 1’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise as above, pp. 38–54
O’Hare, Patrick, A guide to reed-making for the uilleann pipes Patrick O’Hare, 2013 [x]+52 pp. (pbk.)
Stauffer, Sylvia, ‘In memoriam: Nora Joan Clark’ in The American harp journal vol. 22, no 1 (summer 2009), pp. 18–19
Tillinghast, Richard, ‘Listening to Irish traditional music’ in Finding Ireland: a poet’s explorations of Irish literature and culture, Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2009. ISBN 9780268042325, pp. 143–149
Vallely, Niall, Malfunction junction –101 tunes: a collection of newly-composed tunes, Cork: Crow Valley Music, 2014. 115 pp. (pbk.)