BOOKS
- The Irish Flute Tutor
- Blooming Meadows
- The Companion . . .
- Crosbhealach an Cheoil / The Crossroads Conference
- Together in Time
- Sing Up! (announced as Balcony of the Nation)
- Tuned Out
- From fifth column to pillar of society
2004 From fifth column to pillar of society - observations on the political implications of popular revival and education in Irish Traditional music in modern Ireland. Cork: University College Cork Traditional Music Society.
2001 Together in Time: the life, times and music of John Kennedy of Cullybackey’. , Magherafelt: Lough Shore Traditions Group.
2000. A Work of Art’ – the life and work of painter JB Vallely. Belfast: The Emer Gallery.
1999. (edited) The Companion to Irish Traditional Music (ed). Cork (478pp) Cork: Cork University Press, with New York University Press. New Edition tbp. Cork University Press, 2008.
1999. Crosbhealach an Cheoil - The Crossroads Conference Papers (ed., with Hamilton, H., Doherty, L. and Vallely, E.) Dublin: Whinstone Music.
1998. The Blooming Meadows - the Soul of Traditional Music. (with Piggott, C. and Nutan). Dublin: Townhouse.
1986. [and reprints up to 2005] Timber - the concert flute tutor. Dublin: Walton’s Publishing; New Edition tbp. Waltons, Dublin, 2008.
Books in Publication (2008)
2008 10, Tuned Out: Protestant Perceptions of Traditional Music. Cork: Cork University Press.
2008 09. ‘The Irish Flute Tutor’, Dublin, Walton’s’ Music.
2008 07., Ed. Balcony Of The Nation - Satirical Song As A Record Of Irish Political Life Whinstone, Dublin. Resource website for this book is www.singup.eu
Reference works
2003 08 (Edited entries), The Encyclopedia of Ireland (Traditional music editor of this publication [entries on traditional music c. 40,000 words]), Overall editor Lalor, B. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
2004 02., Ireland Encyclopedia (Traditional music editor, 10,000 words), Ruckenstein, L. and O’Malley, J. (eds.), New York, Ballantine Books.
1999 03 (edited) The Companion to Irish Traditional Music (ed). Cork (478pp) Cork: Cork University Press, with New York University Press. New Edition tbp. Cork University Press, 2008
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