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Abeyta, Seán [et al.], comp., Drawing from the well: a selection of music from the North Kerry tradition, Kerry: 2010. 28 pp. (pbk.)
Aherne, Tom, ‘The Glenside Céilí Band’, Treoir vol. 42, no 2 (2010), pp. 42–5
Calliope: or, the musical miscellany: a select collection of the most approved English, Scots, and Irish songs, set to music, 1788. Michigan: ECCO Publications, 2010. [vii], viii+472 pp. ISBN 9781170817421 (pbk.). Print ed. of digital scan
Casserly, Raymond Patrick, ‘The fyfe and my family: flute bands in Rathcoole Estate’ in Irish journal of anthropology vol. 13, no 1 (2010), pp. 8–12
Coleman, Steve, ‘Mobilized sound: memory, inscription and vision in Irish traditional music’ in Irish journal of anthropology as above (2010), pp. 23–30
Collins, Tim, ‘’Tis like they never left: locating “home” in the music of Sliabh Aughty’s diaspora’ in Journal of the Society for American Music vol. 4, no 4 (Nov. 2010), pp. 491–507
Cox, Gareth, Seóirse Bodley, Dublin: Field Day Publications, 2010. [x]+204 pp. ISBN 9780946755486 (pbk.) (Field Day Music 4)
Cranitch, Matt, ‘Paddy Cronin: musical influences on a Sliabh Luachra fiddle player in the United States’ in Journal of the Society for American Music as above, pp. 475–89
Croker, T. Crofton, The keen of the south of Ireland: as illustrative of Irish political and domestic history, manners, music, and superstitions Neil C. Hultin & Warren U. Ober eds, Ann Arbor: Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints, 2006. 143 pp. ISBN 9780820115528 (hbk.). Reprint of 1844 ed.
Curran, Cyril, & Breege Kelly, Irish music made easy: fiddle, vols. 1–2; button accordion, vols. 1–2; piano accordion, vols. 1–2. England: Curran & Kelly, [200–?]. Various pagings. (pbk.). With CDs. Tutors
Dibble, Jeremy, Michele Esposito, Dublin: Field Day Publications, 2010. xix+220 pp. ISBN 9780946755479 (pbk.) (Field Day Music 3)
Doherty, Russ, Dannsair: traditional Irish music, Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2010. 63 pp. ISBN 9780786682478 (pbk.). With free audio download
Fitzgerald, Mick, Session: Irish stories, Wien: Songdog Verlag, 2010. 74 pp. ISBN 9783950289039 (pbk.). Short stories
Galvin, Rónán, ‘IVRLA research report: folk music’ in UCD Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive research report series 16, Dublin: UCD IVRLA, 2010. 8 pp. Online article
Hitchner, Earle, ‘No Yankee doodling: notable trends and traditional recordings from Irish America’ in Journal of the Society for American Music as above, pp 509–20
Holtzberg, Maggie, Keepers of tradition: art and folk heritage in Massachusetts, Lexington, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Heritage Museum, 2008. [xiv]+198 pp. ISBN 9781558496408 (pbk.) Published in conjunction with exhibition which included Irish music & dance and featured Joe Derrane
Irish music lists: list of All-Ireland Fleadh champions, list of Irish ballads, list of artists who reached number one in Ireland, list of top ten singles in 2010, list of venues for All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Memphis, Tennessee: Books LLC, 2010. vi+77 pp. ISBN 9781156683927 (pbk.). Print ed. of online wikipedia entries
Keane, Tommy, ‘From the archive. Tunes from Tommy Reck’ in An Píobaire vol. 6, no 4, (Sept. 2010), pp. 18–21
Macdougall, Duncan, & August Macdougall, The quaint comedy of love, wooing and mating: songs, lyrics, ballads and verses: an English, Scottish and Irish anthology… [1904], General Books, [2010]. [iv]+142 pp. ISBN 9781152699960 (pbk.). Print ed. of digital/OCR scan
McGraw, Ted, ‘The McNulty family’ in Journal of the Society for American Music as above, pp. 451–73
The masque: a new and select collection of the best English, Scotch, and Irish songs, catches, duets, and cantatas … [1780?], Michigan: ECCO Print Editions, 2010. [5], xviii+366 pp. ISBN 9781170326978 (pbk.). Print ed. of digital scan
Nic Lochlainn, Sorcha, ‘Amhráin Ghlinnte Aontroma agus Oileán Reachlainn’ in Léann na litríochta vol. 2 (2009), pp. 43–74
Ní Ghloinn, Aoife, ‘Anailís iardhearcach ar stór amhrán Róise Rua Uí Ghrianna’ in Léann na litríochta as above, pp. 19–42
O’Donnell, Mary Louise, ‘A driving image of revolution: the Irish harp and its Utopian space in the eighteenth century’ in Utopian studies vol. 21, no 2, (2010), pp. 252–73
Ó Morónaigh, Seán, Agallaimh na héigse: cíoradh agus cnuasach, Camas 2nd ed., Conamara, Co na Gaillimhe: An Comhlachas Náisiúnta Drámaíochta, 2010. 816 pp. ISBN 9780954165024 (hbk.).
O’Shea, Helen, ‘David Cooper, The musical traditions of Northern Ireland and its diaspora: community and conflict (Ashgate, 2009)’ in Popular music vol. 29, no 3 (2010), pp. 493–49. Review
Ramsey, Gordon, ‘Helen O’Shea, The making of Irish traditional music (Cork University Press, 2008); Adam R. Kaul, Turning the tune: traditional music, tourism and social change in an Irish village (Berghahn, 2009)’ in Irish journal of anthropology as above, pp. 54–55. Reviews
Rollins-McColgan, J., ‘Music as a form of political sport’ in Irish journal of anthropology as above, pp. 13–18
Rinaldi, Robin, European dance: Ireland, Poland, Spain, and Greece 2nd ed., New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2010. 128 pp. ISBN 9781604134803 (hbk.)
The royalty songster and convivial companion: a collection of all the most esteemed English, Scotch and Irish songs … [1788], Michigan: ECCO Print Editions, 2010. [v]+128 pp. ISBN 9781170327098 (pbk.). Print ed. of digital scan
Ryan, Danny, Learn and play piano accordion : theory and practice. Stages 1–3, Tipperary: DR Music, 2008–10. ISBNs 9780956092809, 9780956092816, 9780956092823 (pbk.)
Scahill, Adrian, ‘David Cooper, The musical traditions of Northern Ireland and its diaspora: community and conflict (Ashgate, 2009)’ in Irish journal of anthropology as above, pp. 53–4. Review
Schiller, Rina, ‘Monstertunes for Sally’s Garden: transforming images of place through musical performance’ in Irish journal of anthropology as above, pp. 19-22
Stokes, Niall, ‘The Kildare boy: the Christy Moore story’ in Hot Press vol. 34, no 4 (10 Mar. 2010), pp. 36–41, 125
Smith, Sally K. Sommers, ‘An eventful life remembered: recent considerations of the contributions and legacy of Francis O’Neill’ in Journal of the Society for American Music as above, pp. 421–35
Spencer, Scott, ‘Wheels of the world: how recordings of Irish traditional music bridged the gap between homeland and diaspora’ in Journal of the Society for American Music as above, pp. 437–49
Tuohy, David, & Mícheál Ó hAodha, Postcolonial artist: Johnny Doran and Irish traveller tradition, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. 107 pp. ISBN 9781847184412 (pbk.)
Trotter, A., Tap dance : the lost art form regained, Thesis (B.A.) – Ohio University, 2010. 19 pp. Online thesis
Wells, Paul F., & Sally K. Sommers Smith, ‘Irish music and musicians in the United States: an introduction’ in Journal of the Society for American Music as above, pp. 395–99
Wells, Paul F., ‘Elias Howe, William Bradbury Ryan, and Irish music in nineteenth-century Boston’ in Journal of the Society for American Music as above, pp. 401–20
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). Errata pertaining to 1st and 2nd editions available online
Young, Rob, Electric Eden: unearthing Britain’s visionary music, London: Faber & Faber, 2010. viii+664 pp. ISBN 9780571237524 (pbk.)