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  A Harvest Saved : Francis O'Neill and Irish Music in Chicago
By Nicholas Carolan
A beautifully constructed book on the history of the music of Francis O'Neill (1848-1936). From Ireland to become Chief of Police in Chicago O'Neill's collection of Irish music has had the greatest single personal influence on the course of Irish traditional dance music in this past century.
Historical photos, social comment, notes on many of the tunes, makes this a magnificent book to read for interest as well as for the contribution to Irish traditional music.
Size A4, 79 pages.
   Book  Price     $35   

 Seán Ó Riada - His Life and Work
By Tomas Ó Caniann
Irish traditional music moved onto the international stage in the second half of the twentieth century. There were many reasons but one of the major influences was  Seán Ó Riada who gave it a position and status it never had before. He is one of the most fascinating and significant characters in twentieth century Irish artistic life - composer, musician, (jazz, classical and traditional), raconteur, film-maker and academic. In this wide ranging account of his life and work a friend and colleague looks behind the mask Seán Ó Riada held up to the world and reveals the complex personality of the unique individual.
Size A3, 216 pages.Seán Ó Riada - His Life and Work book cover
   Book  Price     $30  

 

 

 

 

 

  Out of Ireland - The Story of Irish Emigration to America
narrated by Kelly McGillis
This film traces the story of the flight from the famine-swept villages of 19th century Ireland to the industrialized cities of 20th century USA. The program personalizes this transatlantic journey by focusing on the lives of 8 specific immigrants, utilizing letters they wrote home to Ireland describing their experiences in the New World.
In Ireland, the story is of a people yearning for change even as they clung desperately to ancient traditions. In America, the story is of policemen and maids, priests and politicians, rogues, wanderers, and victims of discrimination, bemoaning their forced departure from the Old World even as they reaped the benefits of the New World.
   DVD Price     $36   OC51 dvd

Irish Poetry Pack

A selection of Irish poetry from earliest times to the present. Complete texts are included, with all poems read on the accompanying cassette.
Size A5, includes book and cassette.
     Book/Tape Price     $5 BM3 bk/t  

Traditional Music in Ireland. by Tomas O'Canainn.

Defines the structure of Irish music and outlines the role of the pipes, fiddle, harp and sean-nos singing on today's tradition.
Size A5, paperback.
     Book Price     $22 OMB48 bk  

Irish Gaelic

Enough Irish To Get By

An excellent place to start learning Irish. This is a cassette and pocket book

     Cassette and Pocket Book     $20 IL8 bk & t

First Steps in Irish

A basic text by the Christian Brothers
Size A5,
     Book Price     $20 FI2295 bk  

Buntus Cainte

Buntus Cainte is an easy graded course in Irish for beginners who do not have the advantage of a teacher's help. The content of the course has been carefully selected on the basis of normal daily conversation requirements. The course consists of three books with each book having a companion double cassette available.
Size A5
Vol 1          Vol 3      Book Price per volume $15 each BU0851 bk      7 books of Vol. 1, no cassettes of Vol.1
 Vol 2         Vol 3   
   Double Tape Price $35 per double tape BU1364/65/70 t    One book left of Vol. 3 and one cassette of Vol.2 & Vol.3

Padraic Pearse - book and cassette

Pearse was executed for his role in the 1916 Rebellion. Here are five stories that show us that Pearse was a man of deep understanding with an immense awareness of the way of life of the average person. This is a dual language book with each of the short stories in Irish and English.
Size A5, dual language
     Book Price     $10 SH1117 bk   

The cassette to accompany this book contains 4 of the short stories from the book. Like most of Pearse's creative writing these stories are situated in Connemara.
They are read in Irish by Padraig Mac Piarais and feature the stories Iosagan, Eoghainin na nEan, Na Boithre, An Deargadaol

     Cassette Price     $22 SH1117 t

Cead Focal - The First Hundred Words.

A beautifully illustrated picture dictionary for young Irish speakers. Children will derive pleasure from recognising and naming commonplace objects.
Size A4, hard covered
     Book Price     $5 CE2211 bk  

 

Scottish Culture
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Scottish Gaelic Names for Children

This comprehensive book will tell you all you ever wanted to know about Gaelic names; origin, pronunciation and meaning.

Example
Gòrdan (gór'dun) Cognate with Gordon. Derived ultimately from the parish of the same name in Berwickshire, which is Old Brythonic gour-(super) din (fort). Recorded as a sir name in the 13th century. Rob Brus (Robert the Bruce) granted the lordship of Strathbogie in Aberdeenshire to Sir Adhamh de Ghôrdan (Sir Adam de Gordon) who also acquired Kenmure and Lochinvar in Galloway. The two branches of the family were thus established. Górdon was seldom used as a personal name until the death of Seanalair Górdon (General Gordon) at Khartoum in the Sudan (1885) made him a posthumous hero at the expense of Gladstone's popularity.

An excellent read and wonderful resource.
     Book Price     $10 TNT040 bk    This book is now out of print and we hold the only print copies in captivity

 

 

Scottish Traditional Tales cover graphic Scottish Traditional Tales
This double CD contains 10 traditional tales told by ten different Scottish narrators.
     Double CD   TRAX9017 cd  Can be ordered from Burkesmusic in Castlemaine

 

Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music
by Mary Anne Alburger
She provides a stimulating and scholarly account of many of the notable fiddlers of the 17th, 18th and 19th and 20th centuries. It gives extended treatment to outstanding composers such as Niel and Nathaniel Gow, William Marshall, Simon Fraser and James Scott Skinner.
Size A5, 256 pages contains 100 tunes and variations, and history.


    Book Price    $53  HP25 bk

 

Strathspey Players - Past and Present
by William C. Honeyman
First published in 1922, this booklet tells the stories of Niel Gow, Scott Skinner and Peter Milne. The author argues against the dilution of the traditional style of strathspey playing.
Size A6, 51 pages
    Booklet Price     $10  HP06 bk

Scottish Gaelic

MacLennans Gaelic Dictionary
This is a comprehensive and reliable Scottish Gaelic-English and English-Gaelic Dictionary. It is useful for both fluent Gaelic speakers and learners of the language
     Book Price     $75 AC29 bk  

Speaking Our Language - sorry but we are having great trouble re-ordering these items.  Please call before ordering online
Taken from the television series for Gaelic learners
  SOL Vol1/1 bk Speaking Our Language: Series 1 Part 1 Book(1-9) $36.00
  SOL Vol1&2 t Speaking Our Language: Series 1 Tapes x3(1-18) $50.00
  SOL Vol 2 bk Speaking Our Language: Series 2 Tapes x 2 (19-36) $40.00
  SOL Vol1& 2 cd Speaking Our Language: Series 1 Part 1 & 2 CD (1-18)   $38.00

 

Tog Fonn 2
The second volume of Gaelic songs and traditional Gaelic dance tunes.
Size A5 Gaelic language, melody and chords
   Book price     $20 TNT 050 bk  

Singing in Irish GaelicSinging in Irish Gaelic book cover
by Mary McLaughlin
This book/CD  uses a phonetic approach to singing in the Irish language and is suitable for non-Irish speakers.
Size A4 , includes words and phonetics, music, backgrounds to the songs and accompanying CD.
    Book/CD Price $33 307190 bk/cd

 

Folksongs from the Highlands
by Orain Thormaid and Norman Stewart. Includes contemporary popular songs by Andy Mitchell, Iain MacDonald, Dave Goulder and many interesting older songs such as Fear a' Bhata. An accompanying tape is played and sung by Norman Stewart.
Size A4, includes words, music chords and history
   Book Price     $22 TNT018
Tape North Highland Tradition by Norman Stewart.
   Tape Price     $18 TNT018a

 

 

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 Orain an Eilein - Gaelic Songs of Skye
This song book is written in Gaelic and contains 153 well present and easily read songs.
Size A4, 136 pages, includes words, music  and history
   Book Price     $40  TNT066 bk

 

Am Bodach Beag Annasach - Scottish Gaelic Nursery SongsCassette cover for Am Bodach
The 23 catchy songs on the cassette are bound to become favourites with children and perhaps some adults. A copy of the words in Gaelic with their English translation accompany the tape.
Tape plus words in Scottish Gaelic and English
         Tape Price     $10 CROMC001 t  

Tales from the Gaels

"The Piper of Kiel" and other ancient Scottish tales of magic and mystery are retold for today's children.
     Tape Price     $5  

Seumas an Coineanach

A delightful true tale of a rabbit. Ideal for reading to young children or for Gaelic learners.
Size A5, Gaelic language
     Book Price     $7 TNT028 bk  

Scottish Gaelic Speakers in Australia

Cards

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Celtic Cards

Pack of six beautifully screen printed cards with envelopes, taken from various sources. All six designs are printed in gold on card and are illustrated above. Great for that special note.
Size 11x11 cm,
     Card Price     $7 TNT032  
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Pictish Cards

As above, depicting the mysterious art of the Picts, taken from standing stones throughout the Highlands. These cards are great for that thank you note with a differenve.
Size 11x11 cm, with envelopes.
     Card Price     $7 TNT033    

 

Colouring Books


      Celtic Knots TNT028 bk  
     Celtic Creatures TNT029 bk  
     Celtic Alphabet TNT030 bk  

Three delightful books with designs from original sources. These books offer great ideas for celtic designs.
Size B5, black and white designs
Book Price     $10
Design taken from Celtic Creatures

Celtic Colouring Book
A wealth of Celtic Knots, Beasts and other designs suitable for designers, artists and Colourists of all ages.
Size A4, 38 pages
     Book Price     $15 BM4 bk  



Australian Culture
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The Songs of Henry Lawson - the Second Edition
 Compiled by Chris Kempster - This Second Edition contains a third more songs than the original.

In 1983 Australian musician and singer/songwriter Chris Kempster published a collection of musical settings of Henry Lawson's poetry. The tunes cames, said Chris, from politicians to post hole diggers, from all over Australia and beyond its shores. The fascination with the uniquely Australian perspective Lawson pioneered, along with his singable lyrics, continues today.
This second edition of the Songs of Henry Lawson contains all the settings from the earlier edition, along with 45 new settings collected in 2007.
This book is amazing value and should be on every coffee table and music stand in Australia.
Size A4, 268 pages with wire binding. Contains musical notation and chords for each song, and there are explanatory notes and evocative photographs throughout. This edition retains the introduction by Manning Clarke
    Book Price $35

 

 

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Verandah Music : roots of Australian Tradition
Edited  by Graham Seal and Rob Willis
Written with warmth and passion, the combination of candid interviews, historical photographs and two compact discs, brings to life the traditions, contexts, working lives and family connections of a remarkable community of musicians.
This book features two CDs of selected verandah music archival and performance pieces, mastered by the National Library of Australia.
Book size A5, contains 160 pages and two CDs
   Book and CD Price     $50   Fre01 bk/CD 

 

Old Bush Songs cover Old Bush Songs - The Centenary Edition of Banjo Paterson's Classic Collection
Edited  by Warren Fahey and Graham Seal
AB Banjo Paterson published the original Old Bush Songs in 1905 to preserve the bush songs during a period of massive social change. This edition preserved the best of Paterson's collection and extended it by drawing on the work of collectors like Warren and Graham. The result affirms this country's unique and robust tradition of folk and work songs, ballads and parodies, illustrating our pioneering heritage in all its richness and diversity
Book size A4, contains 326 pages and has history, words and illustrations.
   Book and CD Price     $33  FAH02 bk

 

Classic Bush YarnsClassic Bush Yarns cover
by Warren Fahey
This is a collection of the folk lore that forms the basis of Australian culture and humour. Although similar to jokes, yarns are quite different. They are descendents of a tradition of story-telling that has all but disappeared. They spin a tale, drawing listeners in and inviting them to meet people like Lazy Len, Dad and Dave, and Sandy the Shearer - the characters who are keys to our past and unique culture.
Size A5, 224  pages, contains yarns.
     Book Price     $25 FAH3  bk  



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