| 'He boxed lightly in the interviews but intended to land a punch': David Thornley at RTE, 1966-69 | Mac Conghail, Muiris | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| 'I was proud to call him a genuine friend of mine' : a personal memoir | Scally, Seamus | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| 'That young man means what he's saying': recollections of friends and colleagues of David Thornley | Bowman, John | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| An element of electoral politics intruded into his life | Vaughan, W.E. | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| David Thornley in the European parliament | Richardson, Fionnuala | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Dr David Thornley, TD : an intellectual in Irish politics | Higgins, Michael D. | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Ireland : the end of an era? | Thornley, David | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Irish government observed. | Chubb, BasilThornley, David | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Lone crusader: David Thornley and the intellectuals | Thornley, Edward | Monograph or Collective Volume | Ashfield Press | 2013 |
| More passionate, more modern, and definitely more irreverent | Maxwell, Willie H. | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Northern unionist identity | FitzGerald, Garret | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Our lost comrade | Desmond, Barry | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Taking on the three biggest men in the room | Rice, Rodney | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| The Christian and Catholic intellectual and the promise of David Thornley | McDonagh, Enda | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| The development of the Irish Labour movement | Thornley, David | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| The Kennedy report | Henry, Mary | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| The Thornley family and Noel Browne | Thornley, Edward | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| The Tuairim phenomenon : a forum for challenge in the 1950s Ireland | Hederman, Miriam | Article in Book | | 2008 |
| Unquiet spirit : essays in memory of David Thornley | | Monograph or Collective Volume | Liberties Press | 2008 |