Preserving Irish Traditional Music in Chicago: Francis O'Neill

Carolan, Nicholas. A Harvest Saved: Francis O’Neill and Irish Music in Chicago. Cork, Ireland: Ossian Publications, 1997.   

Chicago Citizen, May 4, 1901.

Dillane, Aileen. "Irish Traditional Music Dissemination at the End of the Long Nineteenth Century: Francis O’Neill’s Music of Ireland (1903) and the City of Chicago." in Knowledge Dissemination in the Long Nineteenth Century, edited by M.Dossena and S. Rosso, Newcastle, England: Cambridge Scholars, 2016.

Mac Aoidh, Caoimhin. The Scribe. Nure, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland: Drumlin Publications, 2006.

"Negro a Desk Sergeant. First Colored Man to Rise Above Police Ranks." Chicago Daily Tribune, April 6, 1905.

Nicholsen, Michael D. “Auld Sod” and the New Turf: Entertainment, Nationalism, and Identity in the Irish Traditional Music Community in Chicago, 1868-1999. PhD diss., Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, 2007, UMI Microform (3295469).

Nicholsen, Michael D. "Identity, Nationalism, and Irish Traditional Music in Chicago, 1867–1900." New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua 13, no. 4, 2009: 111-26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25660924. 

O’Neill, Francis. Chief O’Neill’s Sketchy Recollections of an Eventful  Life in Chicago. Edited by Ellen Skerrett and Mary Lesch. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008. 

O’Neill, Francis. Francis O'Neill Collection, Department of Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame, IN.

O’Neill, Francis. Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby, with Some Account of Allied Subjects Incl. O’Farrell’s Treatise on the Irish or Union Pipes and Touhey’s Hints to Amateur Pipers. Chicago, IL: Regan Printing House, 1910.

O’Neill, Francis. Irish Minstrels and Musicians: With Numerous Dissertations on Related Subjects. Chicago, IL: Regan Printing House, 1913.

O'Neill, Francis. Letter to Rev. Séamus O’Floinn, The O'Neill Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. 

O’Neill, Francis. O’Neill’s Irish Music: 250 Choice Selections Arranged for Piano and Violin. Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy Printing and Publishing, 1908.

O’Neill, Francis. O’Neill’s Irish Music: 400 Choice Selections Arranged for Piano and Violin. Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy Printing and Publishing, 1915.

O’Neill, Francis. O’Neill’s Music of Ireland: Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Melodies: Airs, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Long Dances, Marches, etc. Many of Which are Now Published for the First Time. Arranged by James O’Neill. Chicago, IL: Lyon and Healy, 1903.

O’Neill, Francis. Popular Selections from O’Neill’s Dance Music of Ireland: Double Jigs, Single Jigs, Hop or Slip Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes. Arranged by Selena O’Neill. Chicago, IL: Gaelic Junior Dancing Club, 1910.

O’Neill, Francis. Report: General Superintendent of Police. Chicago: Department of Police, 1901. Accessed July 19, 2018. http://www.chicagocop.com/download/chicago-police-department-annual-report-1901/

O’Neill, Francis. Report: General Superintendent of Police. Chicago: Department of Police, 1902. Accessed July 19, 2018. http://www.chicagocop.com/download/chicago-police-department-annual-report-1902/ 

O’Neill, Francis. Report: General Superintendent of Police. Chicago: Department of Police, 1903. Accessed July 19, 2018. http://www.chicagocop.com/download/chicago-police-department-annual-report-1903/

O’Neill, Francis. Report: General Superintendent of Police. Chicago: Department of Police, 1904. Accessed July 19, 2018. http://www.chicagocop.com/download/chicago-police-department-annual-report-1904/

O’Neill, Francis. Scrapbooks. 1890-1910. Mary Lesch Personal Collection, Chicago, IL.

O’Neill, Francis. The Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems: Double Jigs, Single Jigs, Hop or Slip Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Long Dances, Set Dances, etc./Collected and Selected from All Available Sources. Edited by Francis O’Neill. Arranged by James O’Neill. Chicago, IL: Lyon and Healy, 1907.

O’Neill, Francis. Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody: Comprising Forgotten Favorites, Worthy Variants, and Tunes not Previously Printed. Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy Printing and Publishing, 1922.

Ward Irish Music Archives. "The Dunn Family Collection." Milwaukee, WI, 2018. https://archives.irishfest.com/dunn-family-collection/Music.htm