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Bohlman, Philip V., ‘Irish music at the edge of history’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 181–205
Byrne, Jim, ‘Canon Goodman’ in Skibbereen and District Historical Society journal vol. 1 (2005) pp. 53–95
Buck, Trevor, ‘Fidil: not just for the craic’ in FiddleOn magazine no. 37 (winter–spring 2012) pp. 16–18. About group Fidil
Buckley, Angela, ‘Transcriptions of a Mayo farmer: the Philip Carolan Collection of Irish music’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 21–33
Campbell, Jeannie, Highland bagpipe makers, [Scotland: Campbell], 2011. 274 pp. (pbk.). Some Irish content
Christie, Hector, ‘Thomas McCarthy’ in The living tradition no 91 (May–June 2012) pp. 12–13. About singer
de Grae, Paul, ‘Captain O’Neill and the Americans’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 61–82
Dillane, Aileen, ‘Jim across the road’ in New Hibernia review vol. 16, no 1 (spring 2012) pp. 9–15. About musical values
Dunne, Pecker, & Mícheál Ó hAodha ed., Parley-poet and chanter: a life of Pecker Dunne, Dublin: A. & A. Farmar, 2012. vii+118 pp. ISBN 9781899047130 (pbk.). Reprint of 2004
Ellis, Duncan, ‘The long, lost note’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí vol. 31, no 1 (winter 2012) pp. 8–12. New type of uilleann pipes mechanism
Ellis, Peter, ‘Calling the tune and leading a merry dance: dances of the Regency: early days of Australia’s settlement. Parts 1-14’ in Trad & now (2011–2012). [51 pp.] Some Irish content
Ferris, Catherine, The use of newspapers as a source for musicological research: a case study of Dublin musical life 1840–44. Thesis (Ph.D.): National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2011.
Foley, Catherine, ‘The notion and process of collecting, recording and representing Irish traditional music, song and dance: the Muckross House Collection’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 107–17
Graham, Gregory, ‘Spotlight on Ray Caldwell’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí vol. 31, no 1 (winter 2012) pp. 12–16. About uilleann piper
Haigh, Chris, ‘What’s so great about Michael Coleman?’ in FiddleOn magazine as above, pp. 34–9
Hall, S.C., Mr., & Mrs., Ireland: its scenery, character, &c., Vol. 1, Kessinger, [2012]. ISBN 9781120630991 (pbk.); Vols II-III, Repressed Publishing, 2012. [ii]+468 pp. ISBN 9781462296743, [ii], viii+512 pp. ISBN 9781462296750 (hbk.). Originally published London: How & Parsons, 1841–1846. Includes references to music
Kearney, Daithí, ‘Radio and regions in Irish traditional music’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 128–40
Kuntz, Andrew, ‘Fiddle tune history: Douglas’s favorite’ in Fiddler magazine vol. 19, no 1 (spring 2012) pp. 29–33
Lawlor, Helen, ‘Popularity and revival: factors affecting harp reception in the 1950s and 1960s’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 143–58
McCullough, Michéal, Would we have time for another set of reels?, Belfast: Belfast Media Group, 2011. 130 pp. (pbk.). Traditional music cartoons
McKinney, Breda, Song of Eoghan: the tradition of singing in Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Thesis (M.Phil): National University of Ireland, Cork, 2004. 207 leaves. With accompanying CD
Mac Mathúna, Lorcán, ‘Northern lights’ in The living tradition as above, pp. 24–25. About cross-cultural singing
Moran, Angela, ‘Sean Williams, Focus: Irish traditional music (Routledge, 2010)’, in Ethnomusicology forum vol. 21, no 1 (Apr. 2012) pp. 107–9. Review
Moran, Jimmy O’Brien, ‘As tight as a … (piper)’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí vol. 31, no 1 (winter 2012) pp. 2–5. About uilleann piping technique
Moran, Jimmy O’Brien, ‘Capturing diversity whilst creating canon: the advent of sound recording in Irish traditional music’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 83–104
Morris, Catherine, Alice Milligan and the Irish cultural revival, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012. 342 pp. ISBN 9781846823138 (hbk.)
Morrissey, Lisa, ‘Recording a tradition: the contribution of Patrick Weston Joyce’ in Thérèse Smith ed., Ancestral imprints: histories of Irish traditional music and dance as below, pp. 44–58
Motherway, Susan, ‘Mediated music?: the impact of recording on Irish traditional song performance’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 168–79
Moylan, Terry, ed., Ceol an phíobaire = Music of the pipers, Dublin: Na Píobairí Uilleann, 2012. 2nd ed. viii+104 pp. ISBN 9781906628420 (pbk.)
Ní Chonghaile, Deirdre, ‘Broadcasting Bailiúchán Bhairbre: researching and representing recordings via radio’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, as below, pp. 118–27
Nic Dhonncha, Róisín, ‘Sean-nós singing: ideological perspectives on a native art’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 159–67
Ní Shíocháin, Tríona, Bláth ‘s craobh na n-údar: amhráin Mháire Bhuí [Ní Laoire], Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim, 2012. xxiv+486 pp. (pbk.). With accompanying CD
Palmer, Roy, Working songs: industrial ballads and poems from Britain and Ireland, 1780s–1980s, Todmorton, Yorkshire: Herron Publishing, 2010. iv+404 pp. ISBN 9780954068257 (pbk.)
Slattery, Alison, ‘Recording music in the nineteenth century: the contribution of George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948) in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith ed., as below, pp. 34–43
Smith, Thérèse, ed., Ancestral imprints: histories of Irish traditional music and dance, Cork: Cork University Press, 2011. 260 pp. ISBN 9781859184929 (hbk.)
Stecher, Jody, ‘James Byrne, the King of Meensillagh, and his dishcloth’ in Fiddler magazine as above, pp. 38–41. About fiddle player
Szwed, John, Alan Lomax, the man who recorded the world: a biography of Alan Lomax, London: William Heinemann, 2010. [10]+438 pp. ISBN 9780434012329 (hbk.)
Taaffe, Brendan, ‘Mick O’Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Deadly buzz (IrishMusic.net, 2011)’ in Fiddler magazine as above, p. 50. Review
Taaffe, Brendan, ‘Up to your knees in sand: thoughts on Irish fiddling’ in Fiddler magazine as above, p. 48
Turnbull, Gordon, ‘With an Irish accent’ in Flute: the journal of the British Flute Society (Mar. 2012) pp. 46–8. Styles in Irish flute playing
Vallely, Brian, ’18th William Kennedy Piping Festival Nov 17–20, 2012′ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 17–20.
Vallely, Brian, & Eithne Vallely, eds, The first 45 years of Armagh Pipers Club, Armagh: Armagh Pipers Club, 2012. 208 pp. ISBN 9780957188600 (hbk.)
Wanless, Andrew, Poems and songs, Kessinger, 2012 168 pp. ISBN 9780548915008 (hbk.). Originally published Detroit, Mich.: Wanless, 1872. Some Irish content
Weekes, Mr., The shamrock: a collection of Irish songs, many of them scarce, or never before published but in a separate state, with several originals, Nabu Public Domain Reprints, [2012]. [vi], xvi+254 pp. ISBN 9781278602936 (pbk.). Originally published Glasgow: Atkinson, 1830
Ziegler, Susanne, ‘From Waterford to Berlin and back to Ireland: Richard Henebry’s wax cylinder recordings and the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv’ in Ancestral imprints, Thérèse Smith, ed., as above, pp. 1–18