1. Moloney, Professor M; Lecture Willie Clancy
Summer School July 1995
2. For those seeking an overview and a database
detailing all 78-rpm recordings available in Ireland, should refer to
my database ‘Echoes of Erin’. This can be found on the website
‘www.oac.ie’.
3. Taylor, Barry; ‘The Irish Ceilidh Band:
A Break with Tradition?’; Dal gCais, Issue 7, 1984
4. p.71: Ó Riada, Seán; Our Musical
Heritage; Dolmen 1982
5. Ibid. p.14
6. P.2: Ó Canainn, Tomás; Traditional
Music in Ireland; RKP London 1978
7. Ibid. p.45
8. P.128: Breathnach, Breandán; Folk
Music and Dances of Ireland; Talbot Press, Dublin 1971
9. For a fuller and more detailed account of
the development of the ensemble in Irish dance music, see: Taylor, Barry:
‘A Problem for the Public – Seán Ó Riada and
Irish Traditional Music’; p.331 Dear Far Voiced veteran –
Essays in Honours of Tom Munnelly; ed. Clune, Anne (Old Kilfarboy Society,
Miltown Malbay; 2007)
10. O’Connor, Mick; ‘Seán
Reid: 1907 - 1978: A Pivotal role in Traditional Music’; Dal gCais
Issue 10 1991
11. More details of the somewhat controversial
events surrounding the broadcast can be found in Dal gCais No. 4, 1978
P.116-7; and Dal gCais No. 9, 1988 P.53/4