1. Donal O'Sullivan gives the reference as Walker (1786) p.327 but my facsimile of Joseph C. Walker, Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards, Luke White, Dublin, 1786 only has 166 pages in the text and 124 pages in the appendix. I have yet to locate O'Sullivan's reference - it may be from the 2nd edition of 1818.
2. Donal O'Sullivan, "Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Bard" Routlege and Kegan Paul, 1958, p. 127
3. Frank Kidson, Irish Music Bibliography, in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. J A Fuller Maitland (London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1910)
4. Compare Ann Heymann's performance of Loftus Jones from Bunting ms33(2) at the Boston MFA website (Click here to visit the MFA Boston and scroll to the bottom to listen to Carolan's Draught and Loftus Jones by Turlough O'Carolan, about 1730, performed by Ann Heymann on a HHSI Student Downhill harp. If you have trouble with the MFA's overblown website, here is a direct link to the mp3) with my performance of Loftus Jones from Lee: MP3, 2MB, also on a HHSI Student Downhill harp.
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