Item BBR-18712/1/258841 - Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 170 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–11, 14–30, 35–38, B1–26, 28–34;
singing in Irish and English A31;
singing in English A33–34;
speech in Irish B27 and occasional;
speech in English B35 and throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, speech in Irish, occasional;
speech in English throughout;
Hand, Mick, Dublin, tin whistle A12–13;
Carmody, Tom, Kerry, fiddle B36–42, accordion B43–44

Running Order:
1. Reel: The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3097 (from this recording); 3096.11–.16 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; MR also plays an 'old' version]
2. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11 (from this recording?); 5710 (not from this recording)]
3. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3779 (from this recording?); 3778.11 (not from this recording)]
4. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4445 (from this recording); 4445, 4444.12, 4446 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)]
5. Reel: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CICD 4964.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 150 (i) (from MR)]
6. Reel: The Rose in the Garden / Divide the Cally Fair [CICD 5300 (from this recording), 5300.11 (not from this recording); Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, version of); see BB index 4068)]
7. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (from this recording); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
8. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1486, 1487, 1488 (all from this recording); 1490, 1492.11–.13 (none from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; for MR's 'old' version, see CICD 954.11.]
9. Jig: Tatter Jack Walsh / Athair Jack Walsh, An t- [CICD 1393, 1394 (from this recording); 1394.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
10. Jig: The Frost is All Over / Rince na gCoinini i nGarrai na hEorna [CICD 809 (from this recording); 724.12 (not from this recording; continuation card missing)]
11. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 2908 (from this recording), 2907.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 260 (from MR); for other versions and titles, see BB index, cards 2983, 2657]
12. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Tear the Calico]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4787 (from this recording); The Sandmount (recorded by the Ballinakill Ceili Band); Mick Hand's]
14. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3098, 4363.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 175 (from MR)]
15. Reel: The Ships Are Sailing [CICD 2962.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
16. Reel: The Boys of the Lake [CICD 3195, 3196, 3199.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 164 (from MR)]
17. Jig: The Four Posts of the Bed [CICD 1349.12–.13 (from this recording); 1349.14–.15 (none from this recording)]
18. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles / Bean an Brown Dilisc [CICD 2133 (from this recording); 2136.11–.12, 2138 (none from this recording)]
19. Reel: The Blackhaired Girl / The Blackhaired Lass / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.12–.13, 4239 (none from this recording)]
20. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5017 (from this recording); 4995.11–.12, 5016, 5018–5018.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
21. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5096 (from this recording); 5084.11–.14, 5091.11–.13, 5093, (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
22. Reels: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5062 (from this recording); 5060.12, 5062.11 (none from this recording)]
23. Reel: The West Clare Reel [CICD 5883 (from this recording); 5883.11 (not from this recording); Dan Breen's]
24. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2924 (from this recording); 2923, 2924.11, 4033.11 (none from this recording)]
25. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1829 (from this recording); 1133.11, 1828 (none from this recording)]
26. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 758, 759 (both from this recording); 756, 757, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from MR); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (version of? DMI, # 79)]
27. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 2857 (from this recording); 2856.11, 3415.11–.14 (none from this recording)]
28. Reel: An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 4029 (from this recording); 2686.11, 4028, 4030, 5750.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
29. Jig: Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 823 (from this recording; card gives the musician as Mick Hand, in error? Should be Micho Russell?); 818.11–.12, 825 (not from this recording)]
30. Jig: Christmas Day in the Morning / On Christmas Day in the Morning [CICD 2558 (from this recording), 2228.12 (not from this recording)]
31. Song: Bean Dubh an Ghleanna [with verses in Irish and English]
32. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [None in CICD; tunes learned from radio broadcast by Matt Molloy on the previous Friday night.]
33. Song: Untitled [The Poor Little Fisher Boy]
34. Song: Untitled [about a man with a very long nose]
35. 35: Jig: Garrett Barry's / The Ladies' Fancy [CICD 1007, 1008 (both from this recording); 1006.11 (not from this recording)]
36. 36: Polka: An Gabhairin Bui [CICD 6283 (from this recording); 6439.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 110 (from MR)]
37. 37: Fling: Pop Goes the Weazel / Pop Goes the Weasel [CICD 6532.11 (not from this recording)]
38. 38: Jig: Ti-teen Girleen / Tidy Girlyeen [CICD 1325 (from this recording); 1326.13 (not from this recording); Behind the Bush in the Garden (DMI, # 398]
39. 1: Reel: The Ladies Pantalettes [CICD 5626 (from this recording); 5626.11, 5637 (none from this recording)]
40. 2: Reel: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3561 (from this recording); 3086.11–.12, 3561.11–.12 (none from this recording); The Kerry Cow; I Wish I Had a Kerry Cow; CRE 2, # 282 (from MR) and also at CRE 2, # 116; for MR's version of this tune as single reel / polka, see CICD 6496.]
41. Reel: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4277 (from this recording); 4275.11–.12, 4276, (none from this recording)]
42. Reel: The Old Torn Petticoat [CICD 4351 (from this recording); 4348.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: Fochairi Beaga na Foraoire [CICD 5943 (from this recording); 5943.11, 5947.11 (not from this recording); Spike Island Lasses (here with only two parts)]
44. Jig / Dance Tune: An Bothar o thuaidh go dti Arainn / The Handkerchief Dance [CICD 1197 (from this recording); 1196.11–.12, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 65 (from MR)]
45. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [CICD 5634 (from this recording); 4007.11, 4008, 5635–.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 259 (from MR); The Mother and Child Reel]
46. Jig / Slide / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune: The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.12 (from this recording); 1968.11, 1968.13 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes that MR assigns this name to.]
47. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3989 (from this recording); 3988.11–.14, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
48. Jig: Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots [CICD 1252 (from this recording), 1251.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 17 (from MR)]
49. Jig: Connie the Soldier / The South-west Wind [CICD 2368 (from this recording); 2369.11 (not from this recording)]
50. Jig: The Rambling Pitchfork [CICD 1648 (from this recording); 1649.11 (not from this recording)]
51. Reel: The College Grove [CICD 3484 (from this recording); 5573.11 (not from this recording)]
52. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2241 (from this recording)]
53. Slip Jig: The Rocky Road to Dublin / Slainte an Briste Leathain / Slainte an Bristin Leathair [CICD 435 (from this recording?); 436, 440.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
54. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 318 (from this recording); 315.11–.12 (not from this recording); Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429, with 3 parts); 2 parts in MR's version]
55. Reel: Dunagore Reel [CICD 5769 (from this recording); 5610–.12 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72)]
56. Air: An Drucht Geal Ceo / The Foggy Dew [not in CICD]
57. Jig: The Irish Washerwoman / The Big Jig / Paddy McGinty's Goat [CICD 1686 (from this recording); 1678.11–.13, 1679, (none from this recording)]
58. Jig: Nora Criona [CICD 628.11 (not from this recording); incomplete]
59. Jig: Sean Phaidin [CICD 2233 (from this recording); 2228.11 (not from this recording; a version of The Boys of the Town (DMI, # 89); MR also plays a separate but related tune called The Boys of the Town (Roche 1, # 118)]
60. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1496 (from this recording); 1497.12–.13 (not from this recording); Kitty Come Over (DMI, # 55); The Cow that Ate the Blanket]
61. Reel: Tear the Calico [CICD 3130 (from this recording); 3131.13–.14 (not from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; MR plays the tune in two registers, and this is the higher of the two.]
62. Jig: The Maid on the Green / The Mountainy Boy [CICD 1200 (from this recording); 1201.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
63. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [CICD 2179 (from this recording); 2180.11 (not from this recording)]
64. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5456.11–.12 (both from this recording?); 4137.11, 5456.13–.15 (none from this recording)]
65. Speech: Untitled [words in Irish to The High Caul Cap and Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
66. Jig: Brian O'Lynn [CICD 1565 (from this recording); 1567.11 (not from this recording)]
67. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814–.12 (none from this recording)]
68. Reel: London Bridge [CICD 2889 (from this recording); 2884.11, 2888, 5480 (none from this recording)]
69. Polka / March / Quadrille tune: The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.12 (from this recording), 6508.11, 6508.13–.14 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124 (from MR)]
70. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 5384.11 (from this recording); 4864.13 (also from this recording?); 4864.11–.12 (none from this recording); tune is featured on the Flanagan Brothers 78 rpm disc titled 'The Flanagans Chase the Banshee']
71. Jig: Willie Walsh's Jig [CICD 2382 (from this recording); 2386.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 88 (as Willy Walsh's Jig); related to The Wandering Minstrel]
72. Jig: The Little House under the Hill [CICD 2047 (from this recording); 2048.11 (not from this recording)]
73. 35: Speech: Untitled [MR's words (in English) to the song Brid Ni Mhaoileoin]
74. Reel: The Fisherman's Daughter [not in CICD; tune composed by Martin Mulhaire]
75. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Crowley's; see versions at CICD 4148 and 4165; second tune of a set called Crowley's recorded by Michael Coleman]
76. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD; composed by the player]
77. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; learnt by the player from James Morrison (fiddle; with whom he recorded); Billy Bocker / Billy Brocker; see versions at CICD 5464 and 5475]
78. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Hand Me Down the Tackle / Tom Steele / etc]
79. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band, composed by Martin Mulhaire; CRE 5, # 129]
80. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD]
81. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD]
82. Jig: Tom Carthy's jig [not in CICD; version of The Irish Washerwoman?]