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Last updated
July 11, 2009.

Irish Traditional Music and Folk Song Books Online

Irish Minstrels and Musicians, by Capt Francis O'Neill (1913). A key work in the bibliography of Irish music.

Irish Folk Music - A Fascinating Hobby, by Capt Francis O'Neill (1910). Includes 'Hints to Amateur Pipers', by Patsey Touhey.

Pipemaker Bill Haneman from Skerries is to be congratulated for putting online these two very important books in the story of Irish music.
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The Complete Collection of Irish Music, George Petrie. 1902. Ed. George Stanford. (In PDF format).
The Memoirs of Arthur O'Neill (1734 - 1818)
As dictated c1810 to Thomas Hughes, Bunting's copyist. Harpers and tales of the period recalled in detail, with insight - and the odd pinch of spite.
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Annals of the Irish Harpers, by Charlotte Milligan (1911). Bunting, O'Neill and many more.
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Notes on the Beginning of Concertina Playing in Ireland, 1834 - 1930, by Dan Worrall:
http://www.concertina.com/worrall/beginnings-concertina-in-ireland/

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A History of Irish Music, by William H Grattan Flood (1905). From the 6th century to the harp festivals of the early 19th century.

On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, Eugene O'Curry (1873). Includes writings on ancient musical instruments. More Here.
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Irish Melodies, by Thomas Moore.
A classic collection with lots of lyrics and informative footnotes.
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Irish Melodies: The Original Airs Restored and Arranged for the Voice with Pianoforte Accompaniment, by Charles Villiers Stanford (1895). Includes notes by composer and academic Stanford. What a grand title!
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Songs of Old Ireland: A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies.
The words by Alfred Percivel Graves, the music arranged by Charles Villiers Stanford (1882).
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Songs of the Glens of Antrim, and More songs of the Glens of Antrim, by Moira O'Neill (1922).

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The poets and poetry of Munster: A selection of Irish songs by the poets of the 17th century. With poetical translations by James Clarence Mangan, and the original music; biographical sketches of the authors; and Irish text revised by W.M. Hennessey, M.R.I.A. Ed. by C.P. Meehan, C.C (1884).

Joyce Collection of Irish Music and Song. By Patrick Weston Joyce. At the ITMA.

Ballad Sheets from the Leslie Shepard Collection. By Leslie Shepard (1917–2004).

Guide to Irish Dancing 1902. J.J. Sheehan (Seaghan O Siothchain).

Harding's All-Round Collection of Jigs, Reels and Country Dances. By Ed Harding, 1922.


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