p. 1 – Editorial on the reception and future of Ceol
p. 2 – Dhá amhrán ó Neilí Ní Dhónaill 2 / Cathal Goan
p. 4 – Séamus Ennis. Obituary
p. 5 – A missing Carolan composition? / Keith Sanger, Bonnie Shaljean, Mike Billinge
p. 7 – Lord Edward Fitzgerald’s pipes / Seán Donnelly
p. 12 – The man and his music. James Kelly, fiddle / Breandán Breathnach
p. 19 – The warpipes in Ireland 3 / Seán Donnelly
p. 24 – Reviews. R.D. Cannon, A bibliography of bagpipe music (Douglas Sealy); John Moulden ed., Songs of the people 1 (F.B.) [Finbar Boyle]; Hugh Shields, Shamrock, rose and thistle (T.M.) [Tom Munnelly]

p. 33 – Editorial on European Music Year, the music of Séamus Ennis
p. 34 – An Irish harper in the Royal Musick / Seán Donnelly
p. 37 – ‘An mhaol’. Song / Cathal Goan
p. 43 – A discography of Irish traditional music. On a research project / Nicholas Carolan
p. 46 – The May bush. Extract (1761) on rioters cutting down a May bush / Seán Donnelly
p. 47 – Song collecting in Mayo. Extract (1802)
p. 48 – ‘Cupán Uí Eaghra’. Song by Carolan / Mícheál Ó Conchubhair
p. 53 – ‘Eilin-a-roon’. Extracts (1744 & 1758) mentioning the song
p. 54 – The warpipes in Ireland 4 / Seán Donnelly
p. 59 – McDonnell’s uilleann pipes. The earliest description of the uilleann pipes / Nicholas Carolan
p. 62 – Reviews. Records: Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Frankie Kennedy, Ceol aduaidh, Paddy Keenan, Port an phíobaire (Jackie Small); D. Lyth, Bowing styles in Irish fiddle playing I (James Kelly)