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A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 90 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on one USB flash drive embracing all aspects of OLD IRISH FOLK SONGS, ANCIENT BALLADS & POETRY.

Discover the ancient traditional folk songs of Ireland and the magic of old Irish poetry. Study the lyrics and works of Ireland’s minstrel’s, bards and poets of old. This fascinating collection of books contains literally thousands of traditional Irish airs, vocal melodies, songs and ballads – from ancient times through to the early 1900’s. Learn about ancient Irish music and read the heroic poems, odes, elegies and traditional verse that have helped shape Ireland’s history. Overall, this is a unique opportunity for anyone with an interest in Irish folk songs, the poetry of Ireland and the traditions of the Irish people. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material for any historian, researcher or student of traditional Irish song and verse! Most of the books are written in English with several books containing Irish (Gaelic) text.

This superb compilation of 97 vintage books on USB flash drive provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A book of Irish verse - selected from modern writers by W. B. Yeats (1900)

A Celtic psaltery, being mainly renderings in English verse from Irish & Welsh poetry by A. P. Graves (1917)

A collection of poems - mostly original by J. Edkins (1801)

A few brief poems and songs - relating to Ireland and other subjects by An Irishman (pseud.) (1836)

A general collection of the ancient Irish music - containing a variety of admired airs never before published, and also the compositions of Conolan and Carolan by E. Bunting (1796)

A selection of Moore's melodies - translated into the Irish language by John MacHale (1871)

Abhráin ghrádh chúige Connach or, Love songs of Connacht, now for the first time collected, edited, and translated by D. Hyde (1905)

Aighneas an pheacaig leis an m-bas - commonly known as Eachtra an bháis by P. Denn (1899)

An fíbín. An chéad chuid. Sean-chnuasach amhrán ó Chonnamara by C. Ó Gaora (1905)

An old Irish prayer for long life by K. Meyer (1914)

Ancient Irish minstrelsy by W. H. Drummond (1852)

Ancient Irish music by P. W. Joyce (1873)

Annals of the Irish harpers by C. M. Fox (1911)

Bards of the Gael and Gall; examples of the poetic literature of Erinn, done into English after the metres and modes of the Gael by G. Sigerson (1907)

Bolg an t-soláṫair - cnuasaċ sean-rócán by F. Mac Colium (1904)

Broad-sheet ballads; being a collection of Irish popular songs by P. Colum (1914)

Crosby's Irish musical repository - a choice selection of esteemed Irish songs adapted for the voice, violin and German flute (1813)

Dánfhocail - Irish epigrams in verse by T. F. O'Rahilly (1921)

Duanaire na macaoṁ - a selection of Irish poetry for schools and colleges by T. Flannery (1910)

Duanaire na Miḋe by S. Laoide (1914)

Father McNamara's national songs to popular Irish airs (1878)

Fian-laoithe .i. tiomargadh laoitheadh bhFiannaigheachta as dá thír mhóra an tréfhórd .i. a hÉirinn is a hAlbain. Seosamh Laoide do thiomairg by J. H. Lloyd (1916)

Fíor chláirseach na h-Eireann or, The true harp of Erin - a collection of some of the most popular folk songs and short poems in the Irish language by T. O. Russell (1900)

Gems of melody - a collection of old Irish melodies with accompaniments for piano or harp by C. G. Hardebeck (1910)

Harry Kernell's Eccentric Irish songster (1875)

Historical ballad poetry of Ireland by M. J. Brown (1912)

Historical memoirs of the Irish bards by J. C. Walker (1786)

Howe's 500 sentimental, comic, Scotch, and Irish songs, words and music by E. Howe (1874)

Hyland's mammoth Hibernian songster - a collection of over 500 songs that are dear to the Irish heart, including sheets of selected music and numerous toasts and sentiments (1901)

Irish come-all-ye's; a repository of ancient Irish songs and ballads - comprising patriotic, descriptive, historical and humorous gems, characteristic of the Irish race by M. O'Conor (1901)

Irish fireside songs by P. J. McCall (1911)

Irish folk music - a fascinating hobby, with some account of allied subjects incl. O'Farrell's Treatise on the Irish or union pipes and Touhey's Hints to amatuer pipers by F. O'Neill (1910)

Irish literary and musical studies by A. P. Graves (1914)

Irish melodies - with symphonies and accompaniments by J. W. Glover (1859)

Irish melodies by T. Moore (1821)

Irish minstrelsy, or, Bardic remains of Ireland; with English poetical translations Vol. 1 by J. Hardiman (1831)

Irish national poems by T. D. Sullivan (1911)

Irish poets of to-day; an anthology by L. D'O. Walters (1921)

Irish popular songs by E. Walsh (1883)

Irish sketches, for the pianoforte by J. P. Scott (1916)

Irish songs and ballads by A. P. Graves (1882)

Lays of the red branch by S. Ferguson (1897)

Lays of the western Gael - and other poems by S. Ferguson (1865)

Leabhar na Laoitheadh, a collection of Ossianic poems by S. Ua Ceallaigh (1911)

Literary remains of the United Irishmen of 1798, and selections from other popular lyrics of their times by R. R. Madden (1887)

Literature in Ireland; studies Irish and Anglo-Irish by T. MacDonagh (1916)

Lyrics by C. G. Halpine (1854)

Melodies of Ireland, a collection of the famous airs of the Emerald Isle, expressly arranged for the piano or organ (1885)

Moore's Irish melodies - with symphonies and accompaniments by J. Stevenson (1882)

Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams' Irish boy and Yankee gal songster - containing a selection of songs as sung by those two artists throughout England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (1860)

New songs. A lyric selection made by A.E. From poems by Padraic Colum, and others by G. W. Russell (1904)

Óir-chiste  duanaire liricí do'n aos foghluma Vols. 1 & 2 by S. Ó hAodha (1922)

Old Irish folk music and songs - a collection of 842 Irish airs and songs, hitherto unpublished by P. W. Joyce (1909)

On the manners and customs of the ancient Irish Vols. 1 - 3 by E. O'Curry (1873)

One hundred Irish airs - arranged for the piano forte by P. M. Haverty (1858)

Poems of Ireland by S. Lover (between 1893 and 1897)

Poems of the Irish revolutionary brotherhood - Thomas MacDonagh. P.H. Pearse, Joseph Mary Plunkett, Sir Roger Casement (1916)

Poems on several subjects by J. Anketell (1793)

Popular songs of Ireland by T. C. Croker (1886)

Prolegomena to the study of the later Irish bards, 1200-1500 by E. C. Quiggin (1911)

Reliques of Irish Jacobite poetry - with biographical sketches of the authors, interlinear literal translations, and historical illustrative notes by J. O'Daly (1844)

Reliques of Irish poetry - consisting of heroic poems, odes, elegies, and songs by C. Brooke (1789)

Seaċrán Ċairn tSiaḋail  aṁrán ilċeardaiḋeaċta agus seanċas síor-ċuartaiḋeċta - M. Ó hÍr (1904)

Selections from ancient Irish poetry by K. Meyer (1911)

Songs of Irish wit and humour by A. P. Graves (1884)

Songs of the Irish harpers by C. M. Fox (1910)

Specimens of the early native poetry of Ireland, in English metrical translations by H. R. Montgomery (1892)

The distinctive characteristics of ancient Irish melody the scales by J. C. Culwick (1897)

The Dublin book of Irish verse, 1728-1909 (1909)

The fiddler of Dooney (from song cycle The wind among the reeds) by T. F. Dunhill (1911)

The Golden treasury of Irish songs and lyrics Vols. 1 & 2 by C. Welsh (1907)

The Irish musical repository - a choice selection of esteemed Irish songs, adapted for the voice, violin, and German flute by B. Crosby (1808)

The Irish poems of Alfred Perceval Graves. Songs of the Gael. A Gaelic story-telling by A. Graves (1908)

The Kiltartan poetry book; prose translations from the Irish by L. Gregory (1919)

The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee by W. Stokes (1905)

The minstrelsy of Ireland - 206 Irish songs adapted to their traditional airs, arranged for voice with pianoforte accompaniment, and supplemented with historical notes by A. Moffat (1897)

The national music of Ireland containing the history of the Irish bards - the national melodies, the harp, and other musical instruments of Erin by M. Conran (1850)

The New spirit of the nation or, Ballads and songs by the writers of The nation - containing songs and ballads published since 1845 by M. Mac Dermott (1894)

The poem-book of the Gael. Translations from Irish Gaelic poetry into English prose and verse by E. Hull (1912)

The poetical works of Thomas Moore by T. Moore (1857)

The Poetry and song of Ireland - forming a standard encyclopaedia of Erin's poetry and song; and a biographical portrait of her poets by J. B. O'Reilly (1889)

The poets and poetry of Ireland - with historical and critical essays and notes by A. M. Williams (1881)

The poets and poetry of Munster - a selection of Irish songs by G. Sigerson (1860)

The poets and poetry of Munster - a selection of Irish songs by the poets of the last century by J. C. Mangan (1860)

The religious songs of Connacht. A collection of poems, stories, prayers, satires, ranns, charms, etc. Vols. 1 & 2 by D. Hyde (1906)

The Saltair na rann, a collection of early Middle Irish poems (1883)

The song lore of Ireland - Erin's story in music and verse by R. Mason (1910)

The spirit of the nation or, Ballads and songs (1800)

The Standard Orange song book - a collection of loyal & constitutional songs, original and select (1848)

The Ulster folk by P. Gregory (1912)

The wild harp by K. Tynan (1913)

Ulster songs and ballads by G. Padric (1920)

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in Irish traditions, Ireland’s folk songs, poetry and history – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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