Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- May 1971 ; 8 December 1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Performers:
Unidentified performers, pipes in duet, A1;
O'Donnell, Michael, Dublin, speech in English A1–5, 7, 9, 12;
speech in Irish A4;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English A1, 5;
O'Dowd, Dan, Dublin, speech in English A2;
Wathen, Ronnie, Wales, pipes solo A3;
speech in English A3;
Standeven, Thomas, USA, speech in English and Irish A4;
Conroy, Andy, Roscommon, pipes solo A6, 8, 10–11, 13;
speech in English A7, 9, 12
Running Order:
1. Slip Jig, Speech, Slip Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio interview; topics: progress that the organisation Na Piobairi Uillean has made; the acquisition of premises for the organisation; its membership; the status of pipemaking; the age profile of members; representation of women], Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: reedmaking; cane plantations in Spain; 40 candidates in the reedmaking workshop; the standard of piping among young people, who are learning from tapes; acquiring a practice set of pipes, price: £14–15; a full set costs £60]
3. Air, Speech, Air: A Spailpin A Run, Untitled [Radio interview; topics: description of Ronnie Wathen's pipes, which he partly made himself], A Spailpin A Run
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: piping in the USA; how the interviewee learnt Irish]
5. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: the future prospects for piping; the availability of historic recordings; the willingness of present-day players to pass on their knowledge, a contrast to the secretiveness of an earlier generation]
6. Jigs, Slip Jig: The Maid on the Green, Untitled [Jackson's Jig], Give Us a Drink of Water [A Drink of Water] [This selection was recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc by piper Patsy Touhey]
7. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: Andy Conroy's home area in Loughlynn, Co Roscommon; other musicians in the area; AC began playing the pipes in England; studying the pipes in Dublin with Leo Rowsome; what impressed AC about Rowsome; AC played the tin whistle before playing the pipes]
8. Hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle, The Leitrim Fancy [This selection was recorded on commercial 78rpm discs by pipers Michael Gallagher and Willie Clancy]
9. Speech: Untitled [Interview; topics: Andy Conroy's style of piping; was influenced by fiddlers as well as pipers; describes his style as 'staccato'; rolls up his trouser leg while playing in order to 'surround the chanter with flesh'; played in Carnegie Hall; worked as a bricklayer; went to the USA in 1952; doesn't speak with an American accent; traditional music in the USA; AC keeps in practice; problems with neighbours when practicing the pipes; introduction to next piece of music]
10. Reels: Lucy Campbell, The Cup of Tea (clipped at end; tape runs out) [This selection was recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc by piper Michael Gallagher] [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Reels: Lucy Campbell, The Cup of Tea (full version of selection at track A10?; sound fade-out during 2nd tune, then the tune is repeated)
12. Speech: Untitled [Interview; topics: the number of pipers in the USA; Thomas Standeven, who speaks several languages; Andy Conroy intends to return to Ireland; may get married; was crossed in love as a young man; introduction to the next tune]
13. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [Influenced by the version recorded by Michael Carney, pipes] [END OF BAND TWO]
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Irish
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Notes:
Digitised from the reel-to-reel tape and catalogued by Jackie Small, July 2005.
Imported from Reeldubs July 2013
ARDI: May 1971 (tracks A1–5); 8 December 1971 (tracks A6–13)
Documentation:
Spoken information on tape ; Carton: ; Outside: label with, in BB's hand: 'ex R E. Here and Now / M. O'Donnell at / Tionol NPU Tearmon / Feichin 1971. foll Wednesday / [separator line] / Andy Conroy Speech / and music. 8.12.71.' ; Box spine: Label with, in BB's hand: 'R. E. / Here & Now / Tionol 1971 / [separator line] / A. Conroy' Label : '#9' ; List of contents for 'Pipes 9' in the 'Pipes' series in the Breathnach papers; typed (photocopy)
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English