The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin

The Egan Irish Harps

Tradition, patrons and players

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An Ireland without harps is inconceivable, but in 1800 the native Gaelic harp had become obsolete. This is the compelling story of John Egan (fl.1797–1829), a self-taught harp...
Author/Editor: Nancy Hurrell

Life, lore and song / 'Binneas an tSiansa'

Essays in Irish tradition in honour of Ríonach uí Ógáin / Aistí in onóir do Ríonach uí Ógáin

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In Life, lore and song: essays in Irish tradition in honour of Ríonach uí Ógáin / 'Binneas an tSiansa': Aistí in onóir do Ríonach uí Ógáin, twenty-seven...
Author/Editor: Kelly Fitzgerald, Bairbre Ní Fhloinn, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail & Anne O’Connor, editors

Documents of Irish music history in the long nineteenth century

Irish Musical Studies volume 12

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This volume explores various aspects of Ireland's musical past through the lens of historical documents. The contributors have examined a range of published and unpublished sources from the...
Author/Editor: Kerry Houston, Maria McHale & Michael Murphy, editors

Harp Studies II

World Harp Traditions

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This book situates harping activity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the world. *Contributors:* Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin); Sandra Joyce (UL); Niall Keegan (UL);...
Author/Editor: Helen Lawlor & Sandra Joyce, editors

The Mount Callan Garland

Songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan, Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, County Clare

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Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare (1905–1990), was a farmer. Though English is the language of his area, it is deeply coloured by Irish idiom...
Author/Editor: Collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy