Historic Harpers
- Timeline of Harpers in Ireland a table with citations for harpers in Ireland, circa 1110 to 1700
- Irish Harper Timeline Essay an explanation of the Timeline of Harpers in Ireland by Keith Sanger
- Old News a collection of articles and advertisements from newspapers of the 19th century
- Home Is Where The Harp Is The evidence for
harper’s lands
- Final Chords The Last Scottish Harpers
- Harpers in Scotland’s Outlying Communities in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Thomas Brochard
- Dictates Against Harpers Did Queen Elizabeth I truly order “all the harpers exterminated”?
- Mapping the Clarsach in Scotland The Clarsach in Scotland over time and geography.
- Neill Baine mentioned in a letter dated July 1702
- Charles Byrne present at the Belfast Harp Festival (1792) and all three Granard Harp Balls
- Patrick Byrne a brief biography of one of the last professional players of the Irish harp
- Turlough O’Carolan as Poet best known today as a harper and composer, he also wrote verse
- Young Carolan reference in 1832: who was he?
- Pat Dall a blind harper in 17th century Scotland
- John Elouis the last person to play the harp known as the Queen Mary
- Mr. Fraser a pupil of the Irish Harp Society of Belfast
- Dennis Hempson a letter of George Samson, the most complete contemporary biography existing
- also see Building a Reproduction of the Downhill Harp, the harp that belonged to Hempson
- Edward Lindsay enthusiastic 19th century amateur player and owner of the Belfast Museum harp
- Mac an Bhreatnaigh, (Galbraith) harpers one of two families of harpers in Argyle
- William MacAodhagain (william mckegane) 16th C Irish Harper who turns up in Scotland
- Angus MacDonald mentioned in a documented dated 19 June 1713
- Murdoch MacDonald of Coll died circa 1740
- Ranald MacDonald of Cross died circa 1730–40
- MacIlschenoch, (MacShannons) harpers one of two families of harpers in Argyle
- William MacMurchy a poet, musician and scribe from Kintyre
- Duncan MacInDeor Harper to Campbell of Auchinbreck (died in 1694)
- also see Duncan McIndeor (or Dewar) in Final Chords—The last Scottish Harpers
- Manus McShire, (or MacSherry) another harper with connections to the Robertsons of Lude
- Alex Menzies died 1705
- Alexander Menzies From West Highland Notes & Queries, ser. 4, no. 13 (2020)
- Patrick Murney a pupil of the Belfast Harp Society
- John Moses “The celebrated Bangor Welch Harper” performs at the Struggler Tavern
- Echlin O’Cathain born 1729, “the fifth best performer on the Harp in all Ireland”
- William O’Ho[ula]han the harper who may be buried at Jerpoint Abbey
- Arthur O’Neill one of the best known of the last wire–strung harpers
- Transcript of O’Neill memoirs as dictated to Thomas Hughes.
- Miss O’Reilly said by Patrick Byrne to have learned the harp through the Irish language
- Samuel Patrick a graduate of the Harp School in Cromac Street in 1834
- Plunket a harper employed by Sir William Fitzwilliam of Ireland
- Valentine Rainey teacher of the harp in Belfast at the turn of the 19th century
- Donald Robertson alias Clarsair entered in the Blair Atholl Parish Register 18th December 1750
- John Robertson of Lude notable amateur harper, also linked with John Bowie
- Robert Robertson sometime of Stralloch, also linked with Daniel Dow
- Robert Stewart, possibly the Robert Clarsair Lude mentioned in the Book of the Dean of Lismore.
- Mathew Wall a pupil of the harp set in business by the Irish Harp Society in 1830
- MacWhirters From West Highland Notes & Queries, ser. 5, no. 12 (November 2024)
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