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• Sweet Olde Irish Songs: A Selection of Famous Celtic Airs and Ballads (New York: Log Cabin Press, 1914), ed. by Robert J. Cole and Harry C. Phibbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the manners and customs of the ancient Irish. (Williams and Norgate;, 1873), by Eugene O'Curry (page images at HathiTrust)
• A general collection of the ancient music of Ireland, arranged for the piano forte; some of the most admired melodies are adapted for the voice, to poetry chiefly translated from the original Irish songs, Vol. 1st. (Printed & sold for the editor by Clementi & Compy., 1809), by Edward Bunting (page images at HathiTrust)
• The distinctive characteristics of ancient Irish melody: the scales. A plea for restoration and preservation. Being a lecture read on Monday evening, 15th February, 1897, before the National literary society. (E. Ponsonby, 1897), by James Cooksey Culwick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Irish music and song: a collection of songs in the Irish language set to music (Gill, 1903), by P. W. Joyce and Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The emerald wreath (J. McGlashan, 1852), by Patrick Frederick White (page images at HathiTrust)
• 500 Irish melodies : ancient and modern (Published and sold by Elias Howe, 1880), by P. M. Joyce and Elias Howe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Irish minstrels and musicians : with numerous dissertations on related subjects (The Regan Printing House, 1913), by Francis O'Neill (page images at HathiTrust)

• A book of dates, operatic, dramatic, and musical. Compiled for the Strollers. (Browne and Nolan, 1878), by Hercules Henry Graves MacDonnell (page images at HathiTrust)

• A History of Irish Music (1905), by William H. Grattan Flood (HTML at libraryireland.com)
• Irish literary and musical studies (E. Mathews, 1913), by Alfred Perceval Graves (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annals of the Irish harpers (E. P. Dutton & co., 1912), by Charlotte Milligan Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Introductory sketch of Irish musical history : a compact record of the progress of music in Ireland during 1000 years. (W. Reeves, 1922), by William Henry Gratton Flood (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Irish literary and musical studies (Charles Scribner's sons, 1914), by Alfred Perceval Graves (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical memoirs of the Irish bards. (J. Christie, 1818), by Joseph C. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Irish minstrels and musicians : with numerous dissertations on related subjects (The Regan Printing House, 1913), by Francis O'Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The national music of Ireland, containing the history of the Irish bards, the national melodies, the harp, and other musical instruments of Erin. (J. Johnson; [etc., etc.], 1850), by Michael Conran (page images at HathiTrust)
• The emerald wreath (J. McGlashan, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annals of the Irish harpers (Smith, Elder & co., 1911), by Charlotte Milligan Fox (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of Irish music (Browne and Nolan, limited, 1905), by William Henry Grattan Flood (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manners and customs of the ancient Irish (Williams and Norgate;, 1873), by Eugene O'Curry and W. K. Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby, With Some Account of Allied Subjects, Including O'Farrell's Treatise on the Irish or Union Pipes, and Touhey's Hints to Amateur Pipers (Chicago: Regan Printing House, 1910), by Francis O'Neill (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ancient Irish music : comprising one hundred Irish airs hitherto unpublished, many of the old popular songs, and several new songs (Longmans, Green, 1912), by John William Glover and P. W. Joyce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The dance music of Ireland: 1001 gems. (Lyon & Healy, 1907), by Francis O'Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rinnce na hÉireann (New York, N.Y., 1907), by Gaelic League of the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four Irish dances (J. Fischer, 1916), by Charles Villiers Stanford and Percy Grainger (page images at HathiTrust)
• 500 Irish melodies : ancient and modern (Published and sold by Elias Howe, 1880), by P. M. Joyce and Elias Howe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Molly on the shore; Irish reel on 2 Cork reel tunes set for string four-some or string band. (Schott, 1911), by Percy Grainger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Molly on the shore : Irish reel on two Cork reel tunes from The complete Petrie collection of Irish music, edited by Charles Villiers Stanford : set for string four-some (4 single strings), or 4-part string band (no double-basses) (Schott, 1911), by Percy Grainger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Old Irish folk music and songs; a collection of 842 Irish airs and songs, hitherto unpublished (Longmans, Green, and co.; [etc., etc.], 1909), by P. W. Joyce and Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Waifs and strays of Gaelic melody; comprising forgotten favorites, worthy variants, and tunes not previously printed. (Lyon & Healy, 1922), by Francis O'Neill and Selena O'Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Molly on the shore; Irish reel [based on 2 Cork reel tunes, Temple Hill and Molly on the shore respectfully, for piano] (G. Schirmer, 1918), by Percy Grainger (page images at HathiTrust)

• Irish tune from County Derry : set for string band (and 1 or 2 horns at will) or 10 single strings (Schott & Co., 1913), by Percy Grainger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Aṁráin ṁuiġe seóla : traditional folk-songs from Galway and Mayo. (Talbot Pr., 1923), by Helene Costello (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Irish tune from County Derry, for piano. (G. Schirmer, 1911), by Percy Grainger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Bunting collection of Irish folk music and songs (Irish Folk Song Society, published with the aid of the Feis Ceoil Association, Dublin, 1927), by Donal Joseph O'Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Irish melodies, with the original prefatory letter on music; and a supplement containing a selection from his poetical works. (R.P. Bixby & Co., 1843), by Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moore's Irish melodies (Addison, Hollier and Lucas, etc., 1859), by Thomas Moore, Henry R. Bishop, and John Stevenson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dance music of Ireland: 1001 gems. (Lyon & Healy, 1907), by Francis O'Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Irish tune from County Derry for piano. (G. Schirmer, 1911), by Percy Grainger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Irish song book : with original Irish airs (T. F. Unwin ;, 1895), by Alfred Perceval Graves (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Irish melodies : op. 60 (Boosey, 1895), by Charles Villiers Stanford and Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old songs of old Ireland (Mori, Lavena, 1843), by Joseph Fitzgerald and Wellington Guernsey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cláirseaċ na nGaeḋeal (ar n-a ċur amaċ do Ċonnraḋ na Gaeḋilge, 1902), by Seosamh Laoide (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ancient Irish music (Dub : Publish'd by Hime at his Musical Circulating Library ..., [approximately 1798], 1798), by Thomas Connellan, William Connellan, Turlough Carolan, Maurice Hime, and Edward Bunting (page images at HathiTrust)

• Songs of the four nations; a collection of old songs of the people of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. For the most part never before published with complete words and acc. (J. B. Cramer, 1893), by Harold Boulton and Arthur Somervell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old Irish folk music and songs; a collection of 842 Irish airs and songs, hitherto unpublished (Longmans, Green, and co.; [etc., etc.], 1909), by P. W. Joyce and Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The mother's lament : Irish folk-song (Novello ;, 1907), by Thomas F. Dunhill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Six Irish folksongs : op. 78 (Boosey & Co., 1901), by Charles Villiers Stanford and Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Two Irish folk-songs (G. Schirmer, 1917), by George H. Gartlan and Charlotte Milligan Fox (page images at HathiTrust)

• Irish comic songster (Published by Patrick Donahoe, 1850), by Thomas Moore (page images at HathiTrust)

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