Arbuthnot, Sharon J., & Geraldine Parsons eds, The Gaelic Finn tradition Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012. 238 pp. ISBN 9781846822773 (hbk.)

Bartley, Majella, & Gary Lynch eds, Tunes from the North: a collection of tunes from the Irish & Ulster-Scots traditions, Bartley & Lynch, 2012. 52 pp. (pbk.)

Breslin, Samantha, ‘Putting down roots: playing Irish and Newfoundland music in St. John’s’ in Routes & roots: fiddle and dance studies from around the North Atlantic 4, Ian Russell & Chris Goertzen eds, as below, pp. 157–175

Carolan, Nicholas ‘Seanchas: news from England’ in An píobaire vol.8, no 3 (July 2012) pp. 24–26. Early references to Irish bellows pipes

Dochy, Amélie, ‘The painting of Irish life and popular culture by Erskine Nicol (1825–1904)’ in Béascna vol. 7 (2011) pp. 119–41. Painter who frequently painted dancers and musicians

Eastlake, John, ‘Marc Caball & Andrew Carpenter eds, Oral and print cultures in Ireland 1600–1690 ‘ in Béascna as above, pp. 195–9. Review

Farrell, Ciarán, The Howth collection: a collection of fifty original tunes inspired by the environs of the Howth Peninsula, Ciarán Farrell, 2012. 25 pp. (PDF file)

Flynn, Dr Dave, ‘The uilleann pipes in contemporary concert music. Part 3. Orchestral pipes’ in An píobaire as above, pp. 20–22

Foley, Catherine E., ‘Ethnochoreology as a mediating perspective in Irish dance studies’ in New Hibernia Review vol. 16, no 2 (summer 2012) pp. 143–154

Foley, Catherine E., ‘The roots and routes of Irish step dancing: issues of identity and participation in a global world’ in Routes & roots: fiddle and dance studies from around the North Atlantic 4, Ian Russell & Chris Goertzen eds, as below, pp. 145–156

Gaffney, Matty, Life recorded, Killeshandra & Dublin: Gaffney Family, 2009. [ix], 140 pp. ISBN 9780956218100 (pbk.)

Galyean, Crystal N., Hanging the harp on the willow tree: music and national identity in postcolonial Ireland, Thesis (MA): State University of New Jersey, 2012. [iv]+106 pp. PDF file

Greenhill, Peter, ‘Bardic rhythm: the implications from Cerdd Dant Studies’ in Studia Celtica vol. 45 (2011), pp. 131–155

Heywood, Pete & Heather, ‘Inishowen: International Folksong and Ballad Seminar’ in The Living Tradition issue 92 (July–Sept. 2012) pp. 26–29

Kinney, Phyllis, Welsh traditional music, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011. 336 pp. ISBN 9780708323571 (hbk.)

Lennon, Charlie, Irish tunes for fiddle: musical memories volume 2, Dublin: Walton’s Publishing, 2012. 102 pp. ISBN 9781857202199 (pbk.). With 2 CDs

Loomis, Karen, David Caldwell, Jim Tate, Ticca Ogilvie & Edwin J. R. Van Beeke, ‘The Lamont and Queen Mary harps’ in The Galpin Society Journal vol. LXV (Mar. 2012) pp. 113–129

McAulay, Karen E., ‘Crowdsourcing the Celtic bard: wandering minstrels and mournful harps from the Western Isles to Wales’ in Brio: Journal of the United Kingdom and Ireland Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres vol. 49, no 1 (spring–summer 2012) pp. 49–60

McAulay, Karen E., ‘Minstrels of the Celtic nations: metaphors in early nineteenth century Celtic song collections’ in Fontes Artis Musicae vol. 59, no 1 (Jan.–Mar. 2012) pp. 25–38

MacKinnon, Dolly, ‘Fintan Vallely, Tuned Out: Traditional Music and Identity in Northern Ireland (Cork University Press, 2008)’ in The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies vol. 9 (2009), pp. 172–5. Review

Mac Murchaidh, Ciarán, ‘Breandán Ó Conchúir eag., Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabhán (Baile Átha Cliath: Field Day Publications, 2009)’ in Studia Hibernica no. 37 (2011), pp. 280–2. Review (in Irish)

Mac Peaircín, Liam, An Sguab 1922–1926 Baile Átha Claith: Coiscéim, 2012. [vi]+137 pp. (pbk.). Classified index of contents

Moloney, Colette, ‘Frank Roche fiddler, dancer, and music collector: a musical life in the turn-of-the-twentieth century rural Ireland’ in Routes & roots: fiddle and dance studies from around the North Atlantic 4, Ian Russell & Chris Goertzen eds, as below, pp. 20–33

Moran, Angela, ‘Hail ambiguous St Patrick: sounds of Ireland on parade in Birmingham’ in Irish Studies Review vol. 20 no 2 (2012) pp. 157–178

Morrissey, Lisa, ”The paper fiddle’: reconstructing the repertoire of late ninteenth-century fiddling in Limerick from the music collection of Patrick Weston Joyce (1827–1914)’ in Routes & roots: fiddle and dance studies from around the North Atlantic 4, Ian Russell & Chris Goertzen eds, as below, pp. 6–19

Ó Baoill, Micheál, Dosaen amhrán do leanaí Baile Átha Cliath: An Gúm, 2012. 38 pp. ISBN 9781857918212. Reprint

Ó Duinnshléibhe, Seán, ‘Criostóir Mac Cárthaigh et al. eag., Seoda as Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann / Treasures of the National Folklore Collection‘ in Béascna as above, pp. 198–94. Review

O’Neill, Jonathan, ‘Lesa Ní Mhunghaile ed., Charlotte Brook’s Reliques of Irish poetry (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2009)‘ in The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies vol. 10 (2010), pp. 125–6. Review

O’Shea, Helen, ‘Ríonach uí Ógáin ed., Going to the well for water: The Seamus Ennis field diary 1942-1946 (Cork University Press, 2009) in The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies vol. 11 (2011), pp. 98–100. Review

Ó Síocháin, Séamus, Pauline Garvey & Adam Drazin, Exhibit Ireland: ethnographic collections in Irish museums Dublin: Wordwell, 2012. x+201 pp. ISBN 9781905569533 (pbk.)

Roud, Steve, & Julia Bishop eds, The new Penguin book of English folk songs, London: Penguin Books, 2012. lxi+542 pp. ISBN 9780141194615 (hbk.)

Russell, Ian, & Chris Goertzen eds, Routes & roots: fiddle and dance studies from around the North Atlantic 4 Aberdeen: The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, 2012. [vi]+241 pp. ISBN 9780954568276 (pbk.)

Taaffe, Brendan, ‘Up to your knees in sand: practical hints on Irish fiddling’ in Fiddler magazine (fall 2011) vol. 19, no 3, p. 40–1.

Taylor, Timothy D., Mark Katz & Tony Grajeda eds, Music, sound and technology in America: a documentary history of early phonograph, cinema and radio, London: Duke University Press, 2012. 410 pp. ISBN 9780822349464 (pbk.)