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Bowman, John, Window and mirror: RTÉ television 1961–2011, Cork: The Collins Press, 2011. xii+252 pp. ISBN 9781848891357 (hbk.)
Carlson, Bryan, ‘Good old-fashioned cobbler’s wax’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí vol. 30, no 3 (summer 2011), pp. 5–7
de Mórdha, Mícheál, ‘Ó Elephant John go Uncle Sam’ & ‘Filíocht agus ceol áitiúil a bhaineann leis an Imirce’ in Imirce agus Imigéin. Ceilúradh an Bhlascaoid 13, Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim, 2011, pp. 125–52 & 153–68
Duggan, Bryan, & Brendan O’Shea, ‘Tunepal: searching a digital library of traditional music scores’ in OCLC Systems & Services, vol. 27, no 4 (2011). Hardcopy pagination awaited
Fair, Doris Maul, Billy’s box: material culture, musical idiom, and musicianship in Irish button accordion. Thesis (Ph.D.): University of Pennsylvania, 2009. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest, 2009. xv+333 pp. (pbk.)
Fanning, Charles, ‘Dueling cultures: Ireland and Irish America at the Chicago World’s Fairs of 1933 and 1934’ in New Hibernia review vol.15, no 3 (autumn 2011), pp. 94–110
Graham, Gregory, ‘Spotlight on [uilleann piper] Rick Lines’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 16–19
Grasso, Eliot, ‘Melodic variation and the elegant solution’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 7–15
Griner, Kelly J., Irish pub songs for the 5-string banjo. Volume 1, Bolingbrook, IL: Mondas Publishing, 2010. ix+53 pp. (pbk.)
Harris, Andrea, & Kaley Mason, ‘David Cooper, The musical traditions of Northern Ireland and its diaspora (Ashgate, 2009) & John O’Flynn, The Irishness of Irish music (Ashgate, 2009)’ in Musicultures vol. 37 (2010) pp. 185–89. Reviews
Keegan, Niall, ‘The linguistic turn at the turn of the tune: the language of ‘contemporary ensemble’ in Irish traditional music’ in Ethnomusicology Ireland vol. 1 (2011), pp. 37–48
Mac Craith, Nioclás, ‘Aithbheochaint an Oireachtais, 1961’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise uimh. 15 (2011), pp. 92–97
Massey, Stephen, The cure for the spleen, or, Kill care and laugh: a collection of songs, odes, cantatas, burlettas, in the Irish, Scotch, Italian and English taste, S.l.: Gale ECCO Print Editions, n.d. xii+144 pp. ISBN 9780699133814 (pbk.). Originally published Newcastle: s.n., 1769
Moran, Tom, The Bells of Rathcoole Dublin: Alternative Entertainments, 2011. 84 pp. ISBN 9780954723583 (pbk). Tunes & songs
Morley, Vincent, Ó Chéitinn go Raiftearaí: mar a cumadh stair na hÉireann, Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim, 2011. ix+299 pp. (pbk.)
Moylan, Terry, ‘The life of William Talbot’ in An píobaire vol. 7, no 4 (September 2011), pp. 22–24
Nic an Ríogh, Áine, ‘Music in Irish Georgian country houses: Castletown and Carton, Co. Kildare’, Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society vol. XX, pt II (2010–2011), pp. 57-85
Ní Chonghaile, Deirdre, ‘Ag teacht le cuan’: Irish traditional music and the Aran Islands. Thesis (Ph.D.): National University of Ireland, Cork, 2010. ix+399 pp. (hbk.)
Ní Chonghaile, Deirdre, ‘Broadcasting Bailiúchán Bhairbre: recordings and radio, ethnomusicology and impact’ in Ethnomusicology forum vol. 20, no 2 (August 2011), pp. 263–69
Ó Gealbháin, Ciarán, ‘Piaras Mac Gearailt, Máire Ní Dhonnagáin agus ‘Bata na Bachaille’ in Iarthar Déise’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise as above, pp. 167–73
Ó hÓgáin, Éamonn, ed., Seán Clárach Mac Dónaill, Dublin: Field Day Publications, 2011. [vi]+183 pp. (pbk.)
Ó Macháin, Pádraig, ‘Dán le Pádraig Denn’ in An linn bhuí: iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise as above, pp. 139–44
Ramsey, Gordon, ‘Band practice: class, taste and identity in Ulster loyalist flute bands’ in Ethnomusicology Ireland vol. 1 (2011), pp. 1–20
Reily, Suzel Ana, ‘David Cooper, The musical traditions of Northern Ireland and its diaspora: community and conflict (Ashgate 2009)’ in Ethnomusicology forum as above, pp. 273–75. Review
Skerrett, Ellen, Mary Lesch & Nicholas Carolan, Chief O’Neill’s sketchy recollections of an eventful life in Chicago: Francis O’Neill, Dingle, Co Kerry: Brandon, 2008. xxvii+302 pp. ISBN 9780863223785 (hbk.)
Slominski, Tes, Music, gender, and the public sphere in twentieth-century Ireland. Thesis (Ph.D.): New York University, 2010. xx+320 pp. (loose leaf)
Spenser, Scott, ‘Transatlantic migrations of Irish music in the early recording age’, in The Irish in the Atlantic World, ed. David T. Gleeson, The University of South Carolina Press, 2010, pp. 53–75
Taaffe, Brendan, ‘Up to your knees in sand: practical hints on Irish fiddling’ in Fiddler magazine vol. 18 no 3 (fall 2011), pp. 42–43
Ua Cnáimhsí, Pádraig, & J.J. Keaveny, trans., Róise Rua: an island memoir, Cork: Mercier Press, 2009. 286 pp. ISBN 9781856356244 (pbk.). Translation of Pádraig Ua Cnáimhsí, Róise Rua, Baile Átha Cliath: Sáirséal Ó Marcaigh, 1988. Singer in Arranmore, Co Donegal
Walsh, Kristin Harris, ‘Kathleen M. Flanagan, Steps in time: the history of irish dance in Chicago (Macater Press, 2009)’ in Musicultures as above, pp. 189–91. Review
Welch, Robert Anthony, ‘Pearse Hutchinson: boxing the fox agus bosca ceoil i Leeds’ & ‘Darach Ó Catháin: deoraí’ in Japhy Ryder ar Shleasaibh na Mangartan: leabhar beathaisnéise agus critice, Baile Átha Cliath: Coiscéim, 2011, pp. 124–43 & pp. 169–76. Includes music memoir
Wilkinson, Desi, ‘From Donegal to Senegal: an experience of the process of collaboration in intercultural ensemble practice’ in Ethnomusicology Ireland vol. 1 (2011), pp. 49–55