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Just published  (January 2002)Rainey family of travelling musicians double issue of 175 pp, ISSN 0332-298X. Price: 12 euro + p&pordering information below

Irish Folk Music Studies / Éigse Cheol Tíre

Volumes 5–6 1986–2001


Edited by Hugh Shields, Nicholas Carolan and Thérèse Smith

CONTENTS

Memories of dancing in West Clare and beyond Michael Tubridy

The study of oral traditions of music Thérèse Smith

The gallant female sailor Ann Jane Thornton John Moulden

Philip O’Sullivan Beare on Irish music Nicholas Carolan

Collecting songs ‘by hand’ in the fifties Hugh Shields

Book reviews

Song books from Wexford and Inishowen (Kenneth Goldstein) Irish traditional music Ciarán Carson (HS)

Set dances of Ireland Larry Lynch (Catherine E. Foley)

The Walking Polka. A collection of sets Eileen O’Doherty (CEF)

Mount Callan Garland—Tom Lenihan Tom Munnelly (Finbar Boyle)

The melodic tradition of Ireland James R. Cowdery (TS)

Johnny O’Leary of Slieve Luachra Terry Moylan ed. (Lisa Shields)

Sam Henry’s Songs of the people eds. Gale Huntington & Lani Herrmann with John Moulden (Tom Munnelly)

Binneas thar meon. 1. Cnuasach d’amhráin agus de cheolta a dhein Liam de Noraidh in oirthear Mumhan Dáithí Ó hÓgáin eag. [Bilingual volume of traditional songs, melodies and song texts from east Munster edited from Liam de Noraidh’s manuscripts] (NC)

Tunes of the Munster pipers James Goodman (Jimmy O’Brien Moran)

Record reviews (35 recordings of vocal or instrumental music) by Liam Mac Con Iomaire, Dermot McLaughlin, Brian Mullen, Siobhán Ní Laoire, Éamonn Ó Bróithe, Eamonn O’Doherty, Hugh Shields, Lisa Shields, Jackie Small, Thérèse Smith, Seán ua Súilleabháin, Fintan Vallely

Recent publications 1985–2000: Bibliography and Discography (981 items in all)


Contents of Éigse Nos  1, 2, 3, 4

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Order this journal from The Irish Traditional Music Archive, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (tel: +353-1-661 9699, fax: (corrected 21 Feb 2002) +353-1-662-4585, e-mail: sales@itma.ie ). Payment by credit card (Mastercard and Visa) is accepted. Prices per copy as follows, at current postage rates:

Vols 5–6: 12 euro + postage & packing of 2 euro for Ireland, 4.50 euro for Europe

Vol. 4: 8 euro + p&p of 1.50 euro for Ireland or 2.50 euro for Europe

Vol. 3: 8 euro + p&p of 1.50 euro for Ireland or 2.50 euro for Europe

NB: Sterling and US $ values in relation to the Euro change daily. For information, at the time of publication (end of Jan. 2002) prices and postage were approximately as follows:

Sterling : £7.50, £5 and £5 respectively + British p&p rate of £1.50 for each copy.

US  dollars: $11.50, $8 and $8 respectively and the USA p&p airmail rate of $5 for each copy.


Arts Council LogoWe record here our warmest thanks to the Arts Council for generous assistance in the production of this volume.

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