Performers:
The Mick O\'Connor Reel-to-Reel tape collection was loaned to ITMA by Mick O\'Connor, Dublin. The collection originally belonged to John Brennan, Sligo / Dublin;
it was largely compiled by John Brennan.Judging from the evidence on the tape, I would guess that the sequence of events in the making of band 1 of this tape might have been as follows:1) Recordings were made in the USA (New York and Chicago) and the UK (London) on acetate disc recording equipment. This equipment might have included (in New York) a machine built by Lad O\'Beirne.2) The resulting acetates were recorded onto a tape medium by Bridget Wynne (Martin Wynne\'s sister), who added a spoken commentary. That tape was sent to the Hunt brothers in Sligo.3) The Hunt brothers dubbed that tape (possibly in an edited version) onto another tape, adding their own spoken commentary. That tape came into the possession of John Brennan.4) John Brennan dubbed an edited version of the Hunt tape onto another tape, adding his own spoken commentary on top of those by Bridget Wynne and the Hunt brothers. That is the tape that is digitised here.J Small, October 2005The sound quality on most of band 1 is extremely poor;
this is remarked on by John Brennan in his commentary.Band 1 digitised and catalogued from the reel-to-reel tape by Jackie Small, completed October 2005.Bands 3 and 2 digitised and catalogued from the reel-to-reel tape by Jackie Small, completed November 2005.Label affixed to original tape: \'MOC RR 10\'Some of the material on bands 3 & 2 has not been digitised, either because it contains poor-quality dubs of commercial recordings or because it contains poor-quality dubs of material that ITMA has already in better quality.THE INFORMATION THAT FOLLOWS IS A DRAFT FULL LISTING OF THE CONTENTS OF TRACKS 3 AND 2, INCLUDING THE MATERIAL THAT WAS NOT DIGITISED.Some tracks on Band 3 contain poor-quality dubs of material that ITMA has already in better quality, and of material that is available on commercial recordings;
this material has not been digitised.1. Air, Speech: Untitled [The Lark in the Clear Air;
signature tune of the RTE Sunday morning radio programme Mo Cheol Thu. Tracks B1–10 are probably all home recordings from various editions of this programme], Untitled [Radio announcement]2. Reels: The Thatched Cottage [The High Reel;
tune is associated with Joe Cooley and with Tommy White], The Morning Star3. Slip Jig, Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Promenade], The Congress Reel4. Speech, Slip Jig: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Inchiquin\'s Barn Dance]5. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Moving Cloud], Untitled [The Rainy Day]6. Speech, Reels, Air, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Drag Her around the Road], Untitled [Lucy Campbell], [The Lark in the Clear Air;
signature tune of RTE Sunday morning radio programme Mo Cheol Thu], Untitled [Radio announcements]7. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Donegal Reel], Untitled [Miss McLeod\'s Reel], Untitled [Information about this recording]8. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Martin Wynne\'s no. 2;
composed by Martin Wynne], Untitled [The Longford Tinker], Untitled [Radio announcement]9. Jig, Speech: Untitled [Cherish the Ladies], Untitled [Radio announcement]10. Polkas, Speech: Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka], Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka no. 2], Untitled [Information about this recording11. Reel: Untitled12. Reel: Untitled13. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Information about this recording]OMIT Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Swallow\'s Tail;
two tracks playing together], Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDINGOMIT Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Morning Star], Untitled [Miss McLeod\'s Reel] ex Touhey 78, Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDINGOMIT Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Ravelled Hank of Yarn], Untitled [The Duke of Leinster], Untitled [Information about this recording] Carney & MorrisonHAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDING14. Hornpipes, Speech: Untitled [Murphy\'s Hornpipe], Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe;
The Londonderry Hornpipe], Untitled [Information about this recording]OMIT Hornpipes, Speech: Untitled [The Plains of Boyle], Untitled [The Leitrim Fancy], Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE BETTER RECORDINGOMIT Reel: Untitled [The Dunmore Lasses] tom morrisonHAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDING15. Reels, Speech: Fahy\'s Reel [Paddy Fahy\'s Reel;
composed by Paddy Fahy], The Ewe Reel, Untitled [Information about this recording]16. Jig: Untitled [The Cliffs of Moher;
followed by disjointed recordings]17. Jig: Untitled [Sixpenny Money]OMIT Jig: Untitled [The Yellow Wattle] Willie Clancy (visit from NPU to, shortly before his death)All the Willie Clancy that follows is available in better quality on 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel: Untitled [The Milliner\'s Daughter]1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Pretty Girls of Mayo], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Dublin Reel;
played in two different keys], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Jig: Untitled , Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Jig: Untitled [Same tune as last, this time on whistle;
played in two different keys], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel: Untitled [The Braes of Busby]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Jig, Speech: Untitled [A Chailleach do Mharais Me], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Untitled [The Boy in the Gap], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel: Untitled [The Old Wheels of the World ?], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REEL18. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The Maid on the Green], Untitled [Jackson\'s Jig], Untitled [Information (inaccurate) about this recording]19. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Scotch Mary], Untitled [The Flogging Reel], Untitled [Information (inaccurate) about this recording]OMIT Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Bunch of Keys], Untitled [Rakish Paddy], Untitled [The Bunch of Keys], j doran Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDING20. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh], Untitled [Information about this recording]OMIT Reels, Speech: Untitled [Drowsy Maggie], Untitled [Scotch Mary], Untitled [Miss McLeod\'s Reel]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDINGOMIT more touheyHAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDING21. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Information about the previous item on the tape;
that item was not digitised], Untitled [Tommy Cowley\'s Jig]22. Jig: Untitled [The Castlebar Races / The Races of Castlebar]23. Jig: Untitled [Paddy\'s Resource]24. Jig, Speech: Untitled [Paddy in London], Untitled [Information about this recording] John McFadden cylinder [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND THREE]Band Two starts with a dub of the LP \'Paddy Keenan\' (Gael-Linn CEF 045);
this has not been digitised. This band also contains poor-quality dubs of material by Willie Clancy that ITMA has already in better quality, and of material by Johnny Doran and Patsy Touhey that is available on commercial recordings;
this material has not been digitised.OMIT Speech: Untitled [Information about]OMIT Jig: Untitled [The Yellow Wattle]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel: Untitled [The Milliner\'s Daughter]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Pretty Girls of Mayo], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Jig: Untitled , Untitled [Information about this recording]OMIT Jig: Untitled [Same tune as last, this time on whistle;
played in two different keys], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REELOMIT Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Braes of Busby], Untitled [Information about this recording]See 1161-ITMA-REEL25. Jig: Untitled [Jackson\'s Jig]26. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled [Information (inaccurate) about the previous track], Untitled [The Flogging Reel], Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled [Information about this recording;
indistinct]OMIT Reel, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Bunch of Keys], Untitled [Information about this recording], Untitled [Rakish Paddy] j doranHAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDING27. Jig, Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Information about this recording], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Information about this recording]OMIT Reels, Speech: Untitled [Scotch Mary], Untitled [The Flogging Reel], Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDING28. Jig: Untitled [Tommy Cowley\'s Jig]OMIT Jig, Speech: Untitled [Paddy in London], Untitled [Information about this recording] John McFadden cylinderHAVE BETTER RECORDINGOMIT Reel: Untitled [Halligan\'s Fancy], Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDINGOMIT Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Steampacket], Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDINGOMIT Reels: Untitled [The Ravelled Hank of Yarn], Untitled [The Duke of Leinster]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDINGOMIT Reel, Speech: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [Information about this recording]HAVE ALREADY ON COMMERCIAL RECORDING29. Reel: Untitled30. Reel: Untitled [The Cup of Tea (version of)] j doherty31. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Glencolmcille], Untitled [Information about this recording] [END OF BAND TWO]Imported from Reeldubs July 2013The music on tracks A1–41 consists of edited dubbings made by John Brennan of recordings originally made in the USA.Some tracks on Band 3 contain poor-quality dubs of material that ITMA has already in better quality, and of material that is available on commercial recordings;
this material has not been digitised.Band Two starts with a dub of the LP \'Paddy Keenan\' (Gael-Linn CEF 045);
this has not been digitised. This band also contains poor-quality dubs of material by Willie Clancy that ITMA has already in better quality, and of material by Johnny Doran and Patsy Touhey that is available on commercial recordings;
this material has not been digitised.

Running Order:Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Master's Return]
2. Reels: Untitled [Faral O'Gara], Untitled [The Silver Spire]
3. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Discussion about the next tune to be played], The Crooked Road to Dublin
4. Reel: Untitled [Kitty's Gone a-Milking]
5. Reel: Untitled
6. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Farewell to Erin; recorded by Michael Coleman], Untitled [Information about the performers on tracks A1–6 and the place and date of recording]
7. Reels: Untitled [The First Month of Summer (version of)], Untitled [The Crooked Road to Dublin], Untitled [Maude Miller (DMI, # 480)], Untitled [Mary O'Neill's Fancy (DMI, # 556)]
8. Reels: Untitled [The Maids of Mitchelstown], Untitled [The Dogs among the Bushes]
9. Jigs: Untitled [Jackie Coleman's Jig]
10. Polkas: Untitled [Denis Murphy's], Untitled [The Scartaglen Polka]
11. Reel: Untitled [Christmas Eve; composed by Tommy Coen]
12. Reels, Speech, Speech: Untitled [Jenny's Wedding], Untitled [The Cameronian], Untitled [Radio announcement wishing listeners a happy New Year, as voice-over], Untitled [Information about performers and date of recording; speech is followed by disjointed scraps of music recording]
13. Reels: Untitled [The Corner House], Untitled [Come West along the Road]
14. Reel: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel; followed by disjointed recordings]
15. Reels, Speech, Speech: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare], Untitled [The Bird in the Bush], Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Information about performers]
16. Jig: Untitled [Doctor O'Neill]
17. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Corney is Coming], Untitled [Radio announcement]
18. Jig: Untitled [The King of the Pipes]
19. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Greencastle Hornpipe]
20. Reel: Untitled [The Salamanca]
21. Polkas: Untitled [Sweeney's Polka], Untitled, Untitled [The Scartaglen Polka]
22. Speech, Polka, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over], Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka], Untitled [Information about performers and date of recording]
23. Reel: Untitled [The Laurel Tree]
24. Jig: Untitled [Richard Brennan's Favourite]
25. Jig: Untitled [Tell Her I am]
26. Reel: Untitled [McFadden's Favourite]
27. Reel: Untitled [Lucy Campbell]
28. Reel: Untitled [Ah Surely]
29. Reel: Untitled [Lucky in Love]
30. Reels: Untitled [Tarbolton], Untitled [The Longford Collector], Untitled [The Sailor's Bonnet], Untitled (incomplete) [The Morning Dew]
31. Reel: Untitled [Philip O'Beirne's Delight]
32. Reel, Speech: The Dublin Reel, Untitled [Information about performers and date of recording; speech is followed by disjointed recordings from radio] [END OF BAND ONE]
33. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Information about date of recording], Untitled [The Stony Step]
34. Reel: Untitled [The Sword in Hand]
35. Reel: Untitled [The Ravelled Hank of Yarn]
36. Reel: Untitled [The Red-Haired Lass]
37. Reel: Untitled
38. Jigs: Untitled [Tobin's Fancy], Untitled [The Tar Road to Sligo]
39. Reel: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare]
40. Reel: Untitled [Jenny's Welcome to Charlie]
41. Reel: Untitled
42. Reel: Untitled
43. Reel: Untitled
44. Reel: Untitled [George White's Favourite]
45. Reel: Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock]
46. Reel: Untitled [The Cameronian]
47. Jig: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork]
48. Jigs: Untitled [Paddy Clancy's Jig], Untitled [The Trip to the Cottage]
49. Reel: Untitled [The Killavil Reel]
50. Reel: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare]
51. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Copperplate], Untitled [Information about date and time of recording of tracks 38–51]
52. Reels: Untitled [Finbarr Dwyer's Reel; The Holly Bush; Matt the Thresher; composed by Finbar Dwyer], Untitled [Gilbert Clancy's; Sean Reid's Favourite]
53. Air, Speech: Sliabh na mBan, Untitled [Radio announcement]
54. Song: Untitled [The Wild Rapparee]
55. Jig: Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh; preceded by fragmentary recordings]
56. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Old Torn Petticoat], Untitled [The Knotted Cord; Junior Crehan's]
57. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The First House in Connacht], Untitled [The Flowers of Limerick; The Bunch of Keys (version of)]
58. Jig: Untitled [Ard an Bhothair; The High Part of the Road]
59. Reels: Untitled [John Naughton's; untitled on Mary Bergin's first album], Untitled [The Baltimore Reel]
60. Reel: Untitled [O'Rourke's]
61. Air: Untitled [Bean Dubh an Ghleanna]
62. Reel: Untitled [The Woman of the House]
63. Jigs: Untitled [Tatter Jack Walsh], Untitled [Kitty's Rambles; The Rambles of Kitty]
64. Jig, Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh], Untitled [The Glen of Aherlow; composed by Sean Ryan], Untitled [Maudabawn Chapel; composed by Ed Reavy]
65. Jigs: Untitled [The Blarney Pilgrim], Untitled [The Gold Ring], Untitled [The Banks of Lough Gowna (version of)], Untitled [Gillan's Apples; Gillian's Apples] [END OF BAND TWO]
66. Reels: Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled [The Wind that Shakes the Barley]
67. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [Banish Misfortune], Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Information about performers on tracks B15–16]
68. Piece: Untitled [The Fox Chase; clipped]
69. Carolan Piece: Untitled [Lord Inchiquin] [END OF BAND THREE]
70. Speech, Reel, Speech, Speech, Speech, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Information about the date of recording and the contents of this track], Colonel Fraser [Dub from acetate recording], Untitled [Rhetorical flourishes at the beginning of a folktale; dub from cylinder recording?], Untitled [Information about the start of the Irish Folklore Commission; dub from cylinder recording?], Untitled [Dub from cylinder recording?], Untitled [Radio announcement; account of the death of Johnny Doran], Colonel Fraser [Dub from acetate recording], Untitled [Information about the date of recording and the contents of this track]
71. Slides: Untitled [Merrily Kiss the Quaker], Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
72. Slide: Untitled [The Long Note; signature tune of the RTE radio programme of the same name]
73. Reel: Untitled [Dowd's No. 9]
74. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
75. Jig, Speech, Speech: Untitled [Coppers and Brass; The Humours of Ennistymon], Untitled [Information about performers], Untitled [Radio announcement (programme: The Long Note), followed by disjointed recordings]
76. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Newport Lass; The Trip to Athlone], Untitled [Radio announcement]
77. Reel: Untitled [Paddy Kelly's Reel; composed by Paddy Kelly]
78. Jigs, Speech: Hitler's Downfall [Brian O'Lynn], The Legacy Jig, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over; music is followed by disjointed recordings]
79. Reel: Untitled [Jim Donohue's]
80. Slides: Untitled [The Hare in the Corn], Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
81. Speech, Slip Jig, Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [An Phis Fhliuch; O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick], Untitled [Gillan's Apples; Gillian's Apples], Untitled [Radio announcement]
82. Miscellaneous: Untitled [Disjointed recordings; no identifiable music content]
83. Reel: Untitled [The Boys of Ballinahinch; tune on whistle is followed by a short recording of fiddle-playing that plays backwards on original tape; it is processed here to play normally] [END OF BAND FOUR]