Eoin McKiernan Library
Recent Publications & Acquisitions Jul-Dec 2021
Newly Published Online Content:
Records added to our Online Catalog during this period:
- Books: 68
- Total number of records in Online Library Catalog to date: 5658
- Books: 4528
- Commercial Audio Recordings on CD: 855
- Commercial Audio Recordings (other formats): 274
- DVDs: 0 (coming soon!)
- Total number of records in Online Archives Catalog to date: 149
- Total number of records in Online Photo Catalog to date: 207
New Acquisitions: Archival Items
Morin-McDonough Family Photos: One photo of accordion player Johnny Powell during a visit to St. Paul. Scans of five additional photos featuring Margaret “Sis” McDonough, Johnny Powell and other members of the McDonough family.
Pat and Denis Dee Family Photos: 5 photos from the early 1950s featuring members of the Twin Cities Irish American Club.
Ethna McKiernan and Grania McKiernan Oral History Interview: Oral history interview conducted by McKiernan Library Director Brian Miller in September.
New Acquisitions: Library Items
Books Purchased by Celtic Junction Arts Center:Anton Treuer. The Language Warrior’s Manifesto. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2020.
- Mary Lethert Wingerd. Claiming the City: Politics, Faith, and the Power of Place in St. Paul. Cornell University Press, 2003.
- Vaughan, W. E. (ed.). A New History of Ireland, Volume V: Ireland Under the Union, I: 1801-1870. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Vaughan, W. E. (ed.). A New History of Ireland, Volume VI: Ireland Under the Union, II: 1870-1921. Clarendon Press-Oxford, 1996.
- Hill, J. R. (ed.). A New History of Ireland, Volume VII: Ireland, 1921-84. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Moody, T. W., F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne (eds.). A New History of Ireland, Volume IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History Part II. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1984.
Maureen Makens: 110+ books including many Irish language titles, folklore books and Irish literature including 8 books by author John B. Keane.
Pat and Denis Dee Donation: 35 LPs and nine 78 RPM records of Irish music. Three books.
78rpm records from the Dee family:
- Tommy Reck: The Scholar — Salamanca — Tom Steele / Alexander’s & O’Higgins’
- The All Star Ceilidhe Band: When the Kettle Boils Over & The Leg of the Duck. Jigs / The Blackberry Blossom & Bonnie Kate. Reels
- Joe Derrane, Piano: John Connors: The Merry Blacksmith & The Limestone Rock. Medley of Reels / The Fisherman’s Widow & Devine’s Favorite
- Connie Foley: Bold Jack Donahue / My Irish Jaunting Car
- The All Star Ceilidhe Band: Haste to the Wedding & The Connaughtman’s Rambles. Jigs / The Londonderry Hornpipe
- Dorothy Hayden / Mickey Carton’s Orchestra: Ireland’s 32 / The Jim Hayden Polka
- Johnny Powell and His Irish Band Of The Year: Galway Bay and Martha, The Flower of Sweet Strabane. Medley of Irish Waltzes / The Colleen Bawn and the Galway Rogue. Irish Polkas
- Frank Lee’s Tara Ceilidh Orchestra: Irish Hornpipes: Intro. The ?????e, Kildare Fancy, Dunphy’s / Irish Set Dance: The Blackbird
- Patti Page: Boogie Woogie Santa Claus / The Tennessee Waltz
Anonymous [Nolan? Dropped off at Irish on Grand and passed on to EML]: Nine 78rpm records of Irish music.
78rpm records from Nolan:
- Ennis, Morrison & Muller: Medley of Irish Reels- 1. The Bag of Potatoes 2. Temple House Reel 3. Pigeon on the Gate / The Blackbird
- Peter J. Conlon: The Humors of the Whiskey, Irish Jig / The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Reel
- John Mcgettigan & His Irish Minstrels: The Roving Galway Boy / Miss Monahan and The Haymaker
- Flanagan Brothers: Jenny Picking Cockles, Intro: Drowsy Maggie, Medley of Irish Reels / The Maid on the Green, Intro: The Frost is All Over, Medley of Irish Jigs
- John J. Kimmel: Irish Reels–Medley No. 3: Cuckoo’s Nest — Mason’s Apron / Irish Reels — Medley No. 4: Salamango — Off Key
- Frank Quinn: Green Grow the Rushes (Fiddler, Piano Acc., Ed Geoghegan) / The Four Courts (Accordion)
- The Four Provinces Orchestra: The Pride of Leinster — The Hole in the Wall — The Dublin Jig / If You’re Irish (James J. Mullan, High Chief Ranger U.S.A. Irish National Foresters Accomp. by the Four Provincs [sic] Orchestra)
- John Mcgettigan: The Irish Jaunting Car / My Mother’s Last Goodbye
- John Kimmel / Patrick J. Touhey: Medley of Irish Jigs (Haleys Favorite) / Medley of Irish Reels: Steam Packet — Morning Star — Miss McCleod
Sian Nelson: 3 LPs from The Pogues, Horslips and Planxty
John Kline: 5 books.
James Moriarty: six books.
Mary Murray Delaney: 90 books from the personal library of Mary Murray Delaney, author of the well-loved book Of Irish Ways and former vice president of the Delaney, Joyce and O’Dell travel agency