I can confirm that a revised edition is scheduled to be published later this year; Daibhí Ó Cróinín consulted me recently about the precise location of the review so largely debated above. He has now retired and, having learned a little more about traditional song politics, should have removed some of the imperfections. However, my objections to Fred McCormick's review were not so much as to his catalogue of minor errors but to what I saw as a failure to understand the nature of Irish society, past and present, and to a lack of generosity. Fred and I made up our quarrel, agreeing to disagree, before Fred's death. He and I had been friends since his college days and I much regretted feeling impelled to disagree with his perspective and manner but felt that a balance needed to be struck, or at least attempted; I'd do the same again.