Old Irish Folk Music and Songs. A Collection of 842 Irish Airs and Songs Hitherto Unpublished. Edited, with Annotations , for The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Dublin: University Press, 1909. First Edition. Pp xxxvi, 408, [4]. Publisher’s olive green cloth, tiled in gilt on front cover and spine, with Celtic Crosses and design on front cover. Covers lightly rubbed contents in fine condition.

Patrick Weston Joyce (1827-1914), Limerick born educationalist, popular historian and writer on Irish place names, and one of the great collectors of Irish traditional music.

The work is divided into four parts, many of the tunes drawn from his own personal collection. The last two parts include songs form the Forde & Pigot collections. The P. W. Joyce Collection is kept at the Cregan Library in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin.