![Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 333 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 1](/images/generic-icons/audio.png){kind=icon}
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Performers:
Dowd, Joe [O'Dowd, Joe], Sligo, fiddle solo A1–13;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A14;
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A15–18
Running Order:
1. Reel: Miss Johnston [Miss Johnson]
2. Jigs: Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon], Coleman's Jig [The Primrose Vale; The Lark on the Strand], Untitled [The Humours of Ennistymon; Coppers and Brass]
3. Hornpipes: The Stage [The Norfolk], Untitled [The Western] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
4. Reels: Lord McDonald, Ballinasloe Fair, The Round Towers of Ballymote [Touch Me If You Dare] [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
5. Slip Jigs: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Jig], Untitled [Comb Your Hair and Curl It] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
6. Reels: Dowd's Favourite [O'Dowd's Favourite], The Star of Munster, Miss Johnson [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
7. Reels: Farewell to Ireland [Farewell to Erin; CRE 1, # 139], The Cherry Tree [Farewell to Erin (DMI, # 701)], Reidy Johnson [Hand Me Down the Tackle]
8. Reel: The Lads of Leith [The Lads of Laois], Dungloe Reel [The Humours of Castlefin], The Green Banks of Rossbeigh [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh; The Kerry Reel]
9. Jig: Jackson's Jigs [1] [The Humours of Kesh], Jackson's Jigs [2] [Doherty's Fancy; The Pet of the Pipers]
10. Air: The Lakes of Sligo / Loch [?] [The Lass o' Gowrie]
11. Reel: The Boys of the Lough, Faral Gara
12. Set Dances: The King of the Fairies, The Blackbird
13. Reels: Faral Gara, Untitled [The Silver Spire], The Shaskeen
14. Polkas: The Green Cottage Polkas [1], The Green Cottage Polkas [2]
15. Air: The Old Man Rocking the Cradle [An Seanduine; includes part of the slip jig 'The Foxhunter's Jig']
16. Slides: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
17. Reels: Quinn's [CRE 2, # 171], Callaghan's, Bean a' Ti ar Lar [The Woman of the House]
18. Hornpipe: Johnny Cope [END OF TAPE]
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This tape is a dubbing made by the archives department at RTE for the index of dance music made by Breandan Breathnach after his retirement (i.e. the Post-Retirement Index = PRI). This tape is referred to as RE 9 in BB's list of RTE recordings processed for PRI. That list is available in BB's reference notebook for PRI.
BB's liaison at RTE for this project was Cathal Goan, then working in RTE archives. The actual work of copying the archive tapes might have been done at Avondale Studios, which was owned by BB's brother.
It is possible that additional information about the contents of this tape is in the large cardboard folder in the BB papers at ITMA that holds information about the RTE tapes processed by BB for his index – to be checked.
The contents of this tape appear in the log for MRU XIII in the BB papers as part of its contents – MRU XIII contains much more material than is on this tape. The MRU series (MRU = Mobile Recording Unit of RTE) in the Breathnach collection consists of reel-to-reel tapes (large size, i.e. 10 1/2", but not only of this size) evidently supplied to BB by RTE during the CICD project (i.e. much earlier than the indexing project). This means that two separate dubbings of the material on this tape (and, probably, of other material) was supplied to BB by RTE.
The information in the log for MRU XIII was used in compiling the information in this catalogue record.
Digitised from the original tape, and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, December 2006.
Imported from Reeldubs July 2013
[Tracks A16–18 play very fast, probably far faster than the speed of the original performance]
Documentation:
Cardboard cover: Label on front: 'Copied from R.T.E Archives // Tape 96/68 (copy B) // Joe Dowd Padraig // O Keeffe' ; Spine: 'RE 9' ; List of contents for MRU XIII in the BB papers – see Notes field
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