1. Aiken McClelland, The Irish Harp Society, in "Ulster Folklife" Vol 21, 1975; 2. See Keith Sanger's article at clarsach.net: Valentine Rennie (1795/97 - 1837)
3. See my pages on Patrick Byrne
4. James O'Laverty, The Irish harp, in "Denvir's Monthly", 1903.
5. Robert Bruce Armstrong, "The Irish and Highland Harps", David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1904
6. Robert Bruce Armstrong, "The Irish and Highland Harps", David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1904
7. Robert Pacey, pers. comm
8. Robert Bruce Armstrong, "The English and Irish Instruments", David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1908
9. John Egan advertisement, from Pigot & Co's 1824 City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial, facsimile in "United Kingdom Harp Association" February 2002.
10. John Egan advertisement, from Pigot & Co's 1824 City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial, facsimile in "United Kingdom Harp Association" February 2002.
11. Keith Sanger and Alison Kinnaird, "Tree of Strings", Kinmor 1992
12. Barra Boydell The Iconography of the Irish harp as a National Symbol in "Irish Musical Studies 5", ed. P.F. Devine & H. White 1996.
© Simon Chadwick 2005 - part of the history of the Gaelic harp, at earlygaelicharp.info
also John Magee, "The Heritage of the Harp", Linen hall library, 1992
Also Sara C Lanier "It is new-strung and shan't be heard": nationalism and memory in the Irish harp tradition in "British Journal of Ethnomusicology" vol. 8, 1999