Introduction vi

Thanks and Permissions    xi

Acknowledgements  xii

Protocols      xiv

Organisation of Information xiv

Using the Volume    xv

Abbreviations xvi

References    xviii

Contributors xx

Contributor Coding xxvi

A       1

Accordion     2

America       12

Antrim         20

Archives      25

Armagh        28

Arts Council 36

Aural learning        40

Australia      41

Awards        45

B       48

Bagpipe       48

Ballad 52

Bands 58

Banjo  66

BBC   74

Belfast 77

Bodhran       89

Bones 97

Boston 100

Breathnach, Breandán      106

Bunting       113

C       120

Canada        122

Carlow 125

Carolan, Turlough   127

Cavan 134

Céilí   138

Chicago        145

Clare  157

Collection     171

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann        174

Competition (including Fleadhs)   182

Composers and composition        189

Concertina    191

Cork   201

Crosbhealach an Cheoil     214

D      222

Dance 223

Dance—Art/display 225

Dance—Social        235

Dance research      246

Denmark      252

Derry 254

Donegal       260

Down 271

Dublin 275

E       264

Education    286

EMIR  292

F       299

Fermanagh   303

Festivals      307

Fiddle 309

Finland        319

Flute  324

France 337

Funding       342

G      344

Galway        350

Gender                 359

Germany      362

Glasgow       365

Gradam       371

Grades        373

Guitar 379

H      384

Harmonica    389

Harmony      391

Harp  393

Highland      417

Hornpipe      421

I        426

Instruments  428

Ireland – subdivisions       435

Irish Trad Music Archive    438

Italy   441

J       444

Jig     445

K      453

Keening       457

Kerry  464

Kildare         471

Kilkenny      472

L       476

Laois  478

Leitrim         482

Lilting 487

Limerick      488

London        491

Longford      497

Louth 500

M      507

Manchester  516

Mandolin      521

Manuscripts 521

March 522

Mayo  525

Mazurka      529

Meath 545

Melodeon     3

Minnesota    556

Modes 560

Monaghan    565

Monuments  567

Music Network       586

N       589

Na Píobairí Uilleann 589

National Folklore Collection 591

New York     594

Norway        605

Notation       606

O      612

Offaly 631

Oireachtas    636

O’Neill, Francis       645

Oral tradition 648

Orchestral composition     650

Ó Riada, Seán        651

Ornamentation       653

P       661

Piano  663

Pittsburgh    669

Place  669

Polka  672

Postage stamps      676

Programme piece    679

Q      683

R      686

Radio Éireann        687

Recording     692

Reel   700

Regional style 701

Roscommon  711

Rowsomes    713

S       721

Sam Henry Collection        721

San Francisco        723

Scales 724

Schools        726

Scoil Samhraidh W  Clancy 728

Session        732

Sligo   741

Slow air        746

Song   750

Song in Irish 753

Song in English       768

Song collectors       782

Standards    788

Style   794

T       799

Tambourine  799

Teaching      801

Technology   805

Tin whistle    810

Tipperary     813

Tradition      818

Transmission 821

Travelling people     823

Trump/Jews harp   828

Trumpet      829

Tune  832

Tutor books  835

Tyrone 836

U—V 841

Uilleann pipes        841

Ulster song   848

Union pipes  852

Universities  854

Vallely 856

W, X, Y, Z 860

Waltons       861

Waltz  862

Waterford     864

Westmeath   867

Wexford       870

Whistling      874

Wicklow       877

Women in Irish trad Music 880

All-Ireland winners ’51-2023        887

Bibliography 899

Analytical studies    899

Biography     900

Celtic music and western trad      902

Dance 902

Education    904

Ethnography 904

Folklore       905

History, identity, ideology   905

Images: art, photography   907

Instruments  908

Magazines, & media 909

Dal gCais      909

Irish Musical Studies        910

North Atlantic Fiddle 911

Ó Riada memorial    lectures       911

Memoir        912

Overviews of irish music    912

Popular music        913

Reference     913

Reports        913

Song collections in English 914

Song collections in Irish     918

Song studies 920

Tunes collections    922

Tunes – modern composition       927

Tunes collections – historic 928

Tunes collections – slow airs        929

Tutor books  929

Time-line      934