Resources - Books

The following pages provide an introduction to some resources in Irish traditional music.

Song Collections

  • Gale Huntington and Lani Herrman - Sam Henry's Songs of the People
  • Terry Moylan - The Age of Revolution, 1776-1815 In The Irish Song Tradition
  • Tom Munnelly - The Mount Callan Garland
  • Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin - The Hidden Ulster
  • Dáibhí Ó Cróinín - The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin
  • Colm O Lochlainn - Irish Street Ballads
  • Colm O Lochlainn - More Irish Street Ballads
  • Donal O'Sullivan - Songs of the Irish
  • Hugh Shields - Shamrock, Rose & Thistle
  • Paddy Tunney - The Stone Fiddle

Music Collections

  • Breandán Breathnach - Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol.s I - V
  • James Goodman - The Tunes of the Munster Pipers
  • Pat Mitchell - The Dance Music of Willie Clancy
  • Pat Mitchell & Jackie Small - The Piping of Patsy Touhey
  • Terry Moylan - Johnny O'Leary - Dance Music from the Cork - Kerry Border
  • Francis O'Neill - Music of Ireland
  • Francis O'Neill - The Dance Music of Ireland
  • Donal O'Sullivan - Carolan: The Life, Times & Music of an Irish Harper
  • Francis Roche - The Roche Collection

Studies

  • Breandán Breathnach - Folkmusic and dances of Ireland
  • Francis O'Neill - Irish Folk Music, A Fascinating Hobby
  • Francis O'Neill - Irish Minstrels and Musicians
  • Hugh Shields - Narrative Singing in Ireland
  • Fintan Vallely - The Companion to Irish Traditional Music

Dance

  • Helen Brennan - The History of Irish Dance
  • Larry Lynch - Set dances of Ireland, History & Evolution
  • Terry Moylan - Irish Dances
  • Pat Murphy - The Flowing Tide
  • Eileen O'Doherty - The Walking Polka
  • Michael Tubridy - A Selection of Irish Traditional Step Dances

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