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An teanga agus oidhreacht na namhrán i dToraigh
(Éigse Cholm Cille, 2016)
A discussion of the role of performance, especially song in the maintenance of identity and culture in Tory Island with a focus on two song texts.
An comhrá síoraí: cothú agus athnuachan na hamhránaíochta i Maigh Eo
(Geography, Publications, 2014)
A discussion of recorded sound archives from County Mayo, and strategies for the revitalisation of traditional song in the county.
Tráthnóna beag aréir
(LeabhairComhar, 2016-04)
A discussion of the song 'Tráthnóna Beag Aréir' by Séamus Ó Grianna (Máire) and its influences.
Leathscéal ag na Mná – An greann agus an inscne i scéal le Bab Feiritéar / Humor and gender in ‘The Woman’s Excuse’ as told by Bab Feiritéar
(2016)
Discussion of the interplay of gender in humour in a telling of the tale ATU 'The Enchanted Pear Tree' by the Kerry storyteller Cáit (An Bhab) Feiritéar.
Seosamh Ó hÉanaí agus Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh: cleasa an chrosáin san Oileán Úr
(New Hibernia Review, University of St. Thomas, 2011)
Bhí Seosamh Ó hÉanaí (1919-1984) ar an amhránaí sean-nóis ba mhó le rá san fhichiú haois. Rugadh é ar an Aird Thoir, nó Aird a’ Chaisleáin, i bparóiste Charna. Bhí ainm na háite seo in airde mar cheantar a raibh saibhreas ...
Solas ar na Dumhchannaí: Aistí i gcuimhne ar Mhuiris Ó Meara
(LeabhairCOMHAR, 2016)
Traces the emergence of 'Amhrán Mhaínse' as a major musical symbol of Gaeltacht identity from the 1950s onward.
From Galway Bay to Sydney Harbour: Joe Heaney's Concert at the Sydney Opera House in 1981
(An Cumann Le Béaloideas Éireann/Folklore of Ireland Society, 2013)
Discussion of performance strategies of singer Joe Heaney's concert in the Opera House in Sydney in January 1981.
Ceol agus amhránaíocht
(Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éireann (Four Courts), 2013)
Discussion of transmission and performance of traditional song.
Space, place and displacement in two Gaelic songs
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
A discussion of the texts, music and cultural context of two songs from Tory Island, drawing on contemporary theoretical perspectives on spatiality and place.
Seán Bán Mac Grianna and 'Christine Keeler'
(Celtic and Scottish Studies, 2014)
First publication of the song 'Christine Keeler' by Seán Bán Mac Grianna, made in 1963, with a discussion of its relevance for oral tradition and bard baile (township poetry).