For many years this collection has served as a valuable source of tunes for musicians in the area. It features many tunes that are local to the area and also an eclectic mix of Irish traditional music and music that was heard in Ireland at the time from other parts. The recently launched Furls of Music: The Michael McNamara Sound Collection features tunes from the Grier collection.

For more information you can read Jackie Small's description of the manuscript. This was delivered at the initial launch of nine of the Stephen Grier Manuscripts at the Willie Clancy Summer School 2019.