p. 3 – Breandán Breathnach (1911–1985). Obituary / Nicholas Carolan
p. 11 – The Feis Ceoil and piping / Breandán Breathnach
p. 25 – A floating set-dance figure / Terry Moylan
p. 28 – Encore. Songs from singers who previously appeared in Ceol / Hugh Shields
p. 37 – Joe Pheadair Sheáin. A Donegal fiddle player / Caoimhín Mac Aoidh
p. 40 – An Irish harper and composer: Cormac Mac Dermott (?–1618) / Seán Donnelly
p. 51 – Reviews. Angela Partridge, Caoineadh na dtrí Muire (Ríonach uí Ógáin); Jim MacFarland and Jimmy McBride, My parents reared me tenderly, Ailie Munro, The folk music revival in Scotland (Tom Munnelly); Hugh Shields ed., Popular music in eighteenth-century Dublin, Hugh Shields, Oliver Goldsmith and popular song (Douglas Sealy); Hugh Shields etc., Scéalamhráin Cheilteacha (Seán Donnelly); Hugh Shields, A short bibliography of Irish folk song (Ted Hickey); Breandán Breathnach, Ceol rince na hÉireann III (Jackie Small)
p. 63 – Ceol (1963–1986); contents and index / Nicholas Carolan