Ceol vol. 5, no 1, July 1981
p. 1 – Editorial on new attitude of Arts Council to traditional music
p. 2 – The first Irish song published / Breandán Breathnach
p. 4 – Shakespeare’s uilleann pipes. On a mistaken dating for the uilleann pipes / Nicholas Carolan
p. 9 – Paddy Coneely, the Galway piper. Extracts (1851 & 1901)
p. 10 – ‘I’ve got a girlfriend’. More children’s games from Dublin / Maév Bean Uí Ghallchóir
p. 14 – The man and his music. Johnny O’Leary, button accordion
p. 19 – The warpipes in Ireland 1 / Seán Donnelly
p. 25 – Hugh Beirne, piper / Pádraig de Brún
p. 26 – Reviews. D. O’Sullivan ed., Songs of the Irish (Cathal Goan); P. Tunney, The stone fiddle (Tom Munnelly); T. de Marco, M. Krassen, A trip to Sligo (John Kelly); S. O’Boyle, Ogham: the poets’ secret (Nicholas Carolan)
Ceol vol. 5, no 2, March 1982
p. 33 – Editorial on future plans for Ceol, tenth anniversary of Folk Music Society of Ireland, Martin Talty
p. 34 – Musicians in the diocese of Elphin in 1749 / Seán Donnelly
p. 36 – Wants employment. Extract (1791) advertising a piping butler / Pádraig de Brún
p. 37 – Another children’s game from Dublin / Maév Bean Uí Ghallchóir
p. 38 – Dhá amhrán ó Neilí Ní Dhónaill 1 / Cathal Goan
p. 43 – Between the jigs and the reels. On an index of traditional dance tunes / Breandán Breathnach
p. 49 – Johnny Patterson / Breandán Breathnach
p. 50 – The man and his music. Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
p. 55 – The warpipes in Ireland 2 / Seán Donnelly
p. 60 – Reviews. P. Sky, A manual for the Irish uilleann pipes (Seán Donnelly). Record and booklet: Gráinne Yeats, Féile na gcruitirí Béal Feirste 1782 (C. Ui E.) [Caitlín Uí Éigeartaigh]. T. Moylan ed., Ceol an phíobaire; E. O’Doherty, The northern fiddler (Breandán Breathnach)
