- Dire Straits (1994)
- Abba: the Name of the Game (by Andrew Loog Oldham, Tony Calder and Colin Irwin) (1995)
- The Rough Guide to World Music (contributor)
- In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music (2004)
Publications
British Music Journalist Colin Irwin writes about Siobhán O’Brien in his book “In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music “ (2004)http://www.rambles.net/irwin_craic04.html
- In Search of Albion: From Cornwall to Cumbria - A Ride Through England's Hidden Soul (2005)
- Sing When You're Winning: Search for the Soul of Football (2006)
- Legendary Sessions: Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (2007)