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Aislingeach, Caera, & Bess Libby, Traditional Irish Gaelic children’s songs, Salem, NH: Cló Grá is Stór, 2006. 25 pp. ISBN 9446582982 (pbk.). With CD
Alarik, Scott, ‘Liam Clancy: brothers keeper’ in Sing out! vol. 53, no 2 (autumn 2009 / winter 2010), pp. 52–61
Beiner, Guy, Remembering the year of the French: Irish folk history and social memory, Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2007. ISBN 9780299218249 (pbk.). Includes ‘ Amhráin na ndaoine: songs and poetry in Irish’ (pp. 8–691), ‘Rebel songs and ballads in English’ (pp. 91–100) & ‘ Loyalist songs’ (pp. 100–2)
Brady, Eilís, ed., All in! all in!: a selection of Dublin children’s traditional street-games with rhymes and music, Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann, An Coláiste Ollscoile, 2009. 195 pp. ISBN 0901120855 (pbk.)
Brooks, Denis, ‘Origins and diffusion. Part IV’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí vol. 29, no 1 (winter 2010), pp. 7–8
Carolan, Nicholas, ‘An tUrramach James Goodman (1826–96), fear eaglasta, ceoltóir, agus bailitheoir ceoil’ in Foinn agus focail. Léachtaí Cholm Cille vol. 40, ed. Ruairí Ó hUiginn, Maynooth: An Sagart, 2010. ISBN 1903896606 (pbk.), pp. 7–19
Carson, Ciaran, ‘The musical priest’ in The journal of music vol. 1, no 6 (Feb.–Mar. 2010), pp. 30–1. About Richard Henebry
Carson, Ciaran, ‘The princes of serendip’ in The journal of music vol. 2, no 1 (Apr.–May 2010), pp. 14–5. About serendipitous connections
Clarke, Leah, A critical edition of manuscripts NLI mss 7259–60 from the Henry P. Hudson Collection, Thesis (BA): Waterford Institute of Technology, May 2008. [iv]+212 leaves
Clarke, Aileen, ‘The Bridge interview with Gerry Forde [fiddle player]’ in The bridge: Castlebridge magazine vol. 14, no 2 (2009), pp. 2–3
Corcoran, Seán, ed., Sing out: learn traditional Irish song: with free online lessons, Drogheda: Drogheda Borough Council Arts Office, 2008. [iii]+26 pp. ISBN 0954725352 (pbk.)
Cowdery, James R., ‘Paddy Murphy, In good hands: field recordings from a pioneer of the Irish concertina (Celtic Crossing 2007)’ in Papers of the International Concertina Association vol. 6 (2009), pp. 52–3. Review
de Grae, Paul, ‘O’Neill’s “Outcries”’ in An píobaire vol. 6, no 1 (Feb. 2010), pp. 18–22
Devine, Patrick F., ‘‘… no prototypes or parallels whatever in the continental practice or vocabulary’: ceoltóirí na hÉireann sa 19ú haois agus an Comhthéacs Eorpach’ in Léachtaí Cholm Cille as above, pp. 20–9
Duggan, Bryan, Machine annotation of traditional Irish dance music, Dublin: Dublin Institute of Technology, School of Computing, 2009. xiii, 233 pp. ISBN 9781449521899 (pbk.)
Eskin, Michael, ‘3QuarterSet and 4QuarterSet: virtual drones and regulators for the iPhone and iPod Touch’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 12–1
Gaul, Liam ‘Kilmore-born pipers John and James Cash’ in Kilmore Parish journal = Iris Paróiste na Cille Móire no 38 (2009–2010) pp. 91–2
Henigan, Julie, ‘Liam P. Ó Murchú (ed.), Amhráin Chearbhalláin / The poems of Carolan: reassessments (Irish Texts Society 2007)’ in Eighteenth-century Ireland: Iris an dá chultúr vol. 24 (2009), pp. 211–3. Review
Hoare, Geoff, ‘A recently discovered book has music for number of instruments’ in Piping times vol. 62, no 6 (Mar. 2010), pp. 45–9
Kearney, Daithí, ‘Towards a regional understanding of Irish traditional music’ in The musicology review 5 (2008-2009), pp. 19–44
Keegan, Josephine, The Keegan tunes. Cuid a trí = Book 3. A selection of traditional Irish music, Mullaghbawn, Co Armagh: Keegan, 2010. 84 pp. (pbk.)
Kuntz, Andrew, ‘Fiddle tune history. Lord(s) a-leaping: the cross over journeys of The Duke of Gordon’s reel’ in Fiddler magazine vol. 11, no 1 (spring 2010), p. 44
Lawlor, Helen, ‘ICTM Ireland Annual Conference, School of Music, UCD 27th–28th February 2009’ in The musicology review as above, pp. 209–1. Review
Lubamersky, Lynn, ‘Women in Irish dance in San Francisco, 1900–1935’ in The Irish in the San Francisco Bay Area: essays on good fortune eds. Donald Jordan & Timothy J. O’Keefe, San Francisco, California: Executive Council of the Irish Literary & Historical Society, 2005. x+310 pp. ISBN 0931180007 pp. 131–46 (hbk.)
Mac Craith, Nioclás, ‘Ag Críost an síol’ in An linn bhuí: Iris Ghaeltacht na nDéise 13 (2009), pp. 1–10
[Mac Gearailt, Breandán] ‘ac Gearailt, Breandán, An blas Muimhneach, iml. II, Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Coiscéim, 2010. xii+[ii]+407 pp. (pbk.)
Mac Mahon, Tony, ‘The master’ in The journal of music as above, pp. 46–51. About Séamus Ennis
McGuinne, Dermot, ‘An Irish type set to music’ in Long Room: Ireland’s journal for the history of the book nos 52–3 (2007–2008), pp. 26–36
Miller, Frederic P., Agnes F. Vandome & John McBrewster, Irish dance: Ireland, concert dance, set dancing, ceili dance, step dance, Riverdance, early history of Ireland, jig, Irish stepdance, formation dance, quadrille, World Irish Dance Association, Mauritius: Alphascript Publishing, 2009. [vi]+69 pp. ISBN 9786130265878 (pbk.)
Moore, Rob, ‘Lessons learned from past masters’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 13–7
Ní Chonghaile, Deirdre, ‘Ní neart go cur le chéile: lámhscríbhínní ceoil a chruthaigh Petrie agus Ó Comhraí in Árainn in 1857’ in Léachtaí Cholm Cille as above, pp. 86–108
Ní Mhunghaile, Lesa, ‘‘’To open treasures so long locked up”: aidhmeanna agus cur chuige Charlotte Brooke ina saothar Reliques of Irish poetry (1789)’ in Léachtaí Cholm Cille as above, pp. 47–62
Ó Baoighill, Pádraig, Padaí Láidir Mac Culadh agus Gaeltacht Thír Eoghain, Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Coiscéim, 2009. xxiii+519 pp. (pbk.). With CD.
Ó Drisceoil, Proinsias, ‘Seán Ó Dálaigh: díolamóir de chuid an Rómánsachais’ in Léachtaí Cholm Cille as above, pp. 63–85
Ó hAllmhuráin, Gearóid, ‘Old-age pipers and new-age punters: Irish traditional music and musicians in San Francisco, 1850–2000’ in The Irish in the San Francisco Bay Area: essays on good fortune as above, pp. 108–30
Ó Heaghra, Breandán, ‘Mo chluais oscailte’ in The journal of music as above, p. 36
Ó hUiginn, Ruairí, ‘Amhráin Chlainne Gaedheal’ in Léachtaí Cholm Cille as above, pp. 151–162
O’Connor, Pat, Cuimhneachán ceoil, [no place of pub.]: O’Connor, [n.d.]. iii+42 pp. (pbk.). With CD. New compositions
Preshaw, Martin, ‘Rolling metal sliders’ in An Píobaire as above, pp. 23–8
Power, John, ‘The Kilmore carol singers who took part in a radio broadcast in 1932’ in Kilmore Parish journal = Iris Paróiste na Cille Móire as above, pp. 131–2
Quinn, David, ‘The evolution of a technique for bending metal tubing. Part two’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 2–6
Quinn, Fr John, ‘Fiddle music in Longford and South Leitrim since Kiernan’ in Teathbha: Cumann Seanchais Chontae an Longfoirt = Journal of Co Longford Historical Society vol. 3, no 3 (2008), pp. 74–8
Quinn, Fr John, ‘The drunken man’s freaks’ in Teathbha: Cumann Seanchais Chontae an Longfoirt = Journal of Co Longford Historical Society as above, pp. 40–1
Quinn, Toner, ‘On the hunt: Fidil, 3 (FID002CD)’ in The journal of music as above, p. 59. Review
Sampson, Joseph, ‘Harvesting cane’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 9–11
Sky, Patrick, ‘Reed hate or de-mystifying reed-making’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 8–9
Stiùbhart, Domhnall Uilleam, ‘Alasdair MacGilleMhícheil: fear-cruinnrachaidh oran ri linn nan 1860an’ in Léachtaí Cholm Cille as above, pp. 109–50
Taaffe, Brendan, ‘Up to your knees in sand: practical hints on Irish fiddling’ in Fiddler magazine (spring 2010) as above, pp. 44.
Tan, Hwee-San, ‘Musical meetings, east and west: The Chieftains in China’ in China and the Irish: the Thomas Davis Lecture Series 2008, ed. Jerusha McCormack, Dublin: New Island, 2009, pp. 88–101. ISBN 9781848400429 (hbk.)
Titley, Alan, Scríbhneoirí faoi chaibidil, Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Cois Life Teoranta, 2010. [iv]+134 pp. ISBN 9781901176445 (pbk.)
Trimble, Gearóid, Glór Gaeilge Oirdheisceart Uladh: cnuasach de sheoda ceoil ó bhéalaibh na ndaoine, Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Coiscéim, 2009. xiii+266 pp. (pbk.)
Uí Chuinn, Úna, ‘Pádraig Ó Loingsigh [1756?–1838]: giolla agus guaillí Bunting’ in Léachtaí Cholm Cille as above, pp. 30–46
Vallely, Brian, ‘The 16th William Kennedy Piping Festival’ in The pipers’ review = Iris na bpíobairí as above, pp. 17–21. Review
Worrall, Dan M., The Anglo-German concertina: a social history vols. 1–2, Fulshear, Texas: Concertina Press, 2009. ISBN 9780982599600 & 9780982599617 (pbk.). Includes Dan Worrall, ‘The concertina in Ireland’ (vol. 1, pp. 179–255) & ‘Transcriptions: playing styles and techniques from early players: Ireland’ (vol. 2, pp. 244–51)
Zuk, Patrick, Ruth Fleischmann & Séamas de Barra, The Fleischmanns: a remarkable Cork family. A companion to the Fleischmann centenary celebration, Cork: Cork City Libraries = Leabharlanna Cathrach Chorcaí, 2010. 52 pp. ISBN 9780954984755 (pbk.)