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- 01 August 1984 - 13 October 1984 (Creation)
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The following material from 00:00:14 - 00:24:10 was recorded for the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' and features music and conversation from Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, fiddle:
00:00:14 - 00:01:37 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music
00:01:38 - 00:19:02 | Versions of tunes, speech ; How versions have changed, speech ; Joe Burke adding a third part to a tune, speech ; Dermot's first visit to south-west Donegal, speech ; Frank McHugh, fiddle player from Kilcar, speech ; Different styles and repertoires in Donegal, speech ; How Con and another Teelin fiddler were asked to play at a dance with two Meenaneary musicians but did not know any of the tunes played, speech ; How John Doherty's repertoire was enhanced by Scottish tunes, speech ; The best fiddle player John Doherty's father heard was John Mhosaí McGinley from Glencolmcille, speech ; How John Mhosaí McGinley entered a fiddle competition in the south of Ireland and was nearly stoned by the crowd before competing and went on to win the competition, speech ; Neillidh Boyle, an outstanding fiddle player, speech ; How Neillidh got much music from his mother, speech ; Putting an extra bar in the tune to put off dancers, speech ; Frank Cassidy's music not liked by dancers, speech ; Frank turned into a more 'tricky' fiddle player than his brother, John Cassidy, speech / Various performers, speech in English
00:19:10 - 00:20:59 | Cuffe Street, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:21:36 - 00:23:16 | The green fields of Rossbeigh, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:23:20 - 00:24:10 | Naming of tunes was not important / Con Cassidy, speech in English
The following recordings from 00:24:16 - 00:48:10 are dubbed from an edition of the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' / presented by Philip King and featuring Con Cassidy, Dermot McLaughlin and Caoimhín Mac Aoidh:
00:24:16 - 00:25:25 | The pigeon on the gate, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:25:26 - 00:34:18 | How people survive in Teelin, speech ; How times have improved since Con's youth, speech ; People had to emigrate, speech ; Con names the older fiddle players in Teelin, speech ; Hearing Joe Cooley play in London, speech ; First fiddler heard was his neighbour, Paddy Barron, speech ; The Doherty, McConnell and O'Rourke travelling families, speech ; Travelling pipers, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:34:31 - 00:36:47 | Taibhse Chonaill = [Conall's ghost], jig / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:36:48 - 00:41:13 | Travelling families came more to south-west Donegal for music than other parts of the county, speech ; Frank Cassidy learning off the gramophone, speech ; Why Frank got a special tone from the fiddle?, speech ; Con introduces Dermot and Caoimhín, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:41:14 - 00:42:59 | Doodely doodely dank, slip jig [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:43:00 - 00:44:08 | The naming of tunes, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English
00:44:09 - 00:46:01 | Con Cassidy's jig / Various performers, instrumental music
00:46:50 - 00:48:10 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music
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- Cassidy, Con, 1909-1994 (Subject)
- McLaughlin, Dermot (Subject)
- Mac Aoidh, Caoimhín (Subject)
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Transferred from analogue Reel-to-Reel tape, 2 track mono, using Otari MX-5050 playback machine. Speed 7 1/2 ips.
End of reel band times: 24 min., 11 sec.