Dublin

BBR-18712
Fonds
1911 - 1985

These fonds were largely created by Breandán Breathnach while he was chairman of the uilleann piping society, Na Píobairí Uilleann, from its establishment in 1968, right through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. The majority of the material dates from the decade 1968-1978. The first series contains letters from Francis O'Neill (O'Neill, Francis, 1848-1936) to William Halpin and letters from various individuals to Seán Reid (Reid, Seán, 1907-1978), mostly dating from the 1930s. It is most likely that the Seán Reid and Francis O'Neill letters were purchased by, or donated to, Breandán Breathnach in 1973 by Seán Reid after a request by Breathnach to deposit the originals in his newly established 'National Archives'. Breathnach wrote 'I am making so bold as to suggest you should donate these & other papers you might have to the National Archives new established in this Department or perhaps you would not mind offering them for sale' (M/187/3/3/2, 30 Oct 1973). These fonds also contain papers relating to Seán Ó Riada (Ó Riada, Seán, 1931-1971) from Len Clifford who seemed to be acting as an agent for ÓRiada during the early 1970s. It is not known how Breathnach came to be in possession of these papers, it is most likely that they were given to him as part of his national music archive project. The last series in this collection relates to the organisation Na Píobairí Uilleann. It includes correspondence and papers of a financial and administrative nature, as well as, documents relating to the organisation's various activities i.e. exhibitions, concerts, and pipe making.

Breathnach, Breandán, 1912-1985

Tony MacMahon Collection. Sound cassette 41 [sound recording] / Barney McKenna & Tony MacMahon

TMM-18590/1/280439
Item
1970s

Part of Tony MacMahon Collection

Barney McKenna & Tony MacMahon recorded at the Focus Theatre, [Dublin], 1970s

The kid on the mountain, slip jig / Barney McKenna, banjo

Audio Material

JOBM-18671-1
Series
1972 - 2006

Part of Jimmy O'Brien Moran Collection

Series comprises audio recordings on digital audio tape and reel-to-reel tape. The DATs were recorded by Jimmy O'Brien Moran at concerts in 2005 and 2006, including an event commemorating Séamus Ennis at the Séamus Ennis Centre, in Naul, Co. Dublin, and a concert at Castalia Hall in Kilkenny. The reel-to-reel tape in this series was made for Jimmy O'Brien Moran by Breandán Breathnach and includes a learning resource for students of Irish and dubs from cylinder recordings.

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 17 [sound recording] / Séamus Ennis

DML-18718/1/263062
Item
8 July 1976 - 7 May 1978

Part of Dermot McLaughlin Collection

Recorded at the Dublin Folk Festival, Liberty Hall, Dublin, 19 July 1977
00:00:00 - 00:02:56 | Introduction, speech in English / Séamus Ennis, speech in English
00:02:56 - 00:06:32 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], song / Séamus Ennis, singing in Irish
00:06:32 - 00:08:50 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], slow air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:08:50 - 00:10:44 | The Connaught mans rambles, jig; The Connaught man's rambles (version), / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:10:44 - 00:14:21 | Easter snow, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:14:21 - 00:18:00 | When sick is it tea you want, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:18:00 - 00:23:02 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:23:02 - 00:26:25 | The blacksmith's hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:26:25 - 00:28:12 | Ceol na gceartán, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:28:12 - 00:30:20 | The bucks of Oranmore, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
00:30:20 - 00:33:45 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:33:45 - 00:37:06 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunters jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:37:06 - 00:39:06 | Bean an tí ar lár, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:39:06 - 00:40:50 | Unidentified, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:40:50 - 00:42:47 | The ace and deuce of piping, set dance / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:42:47 - 00:43:31 | Unidentified, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:43:31 - 00:46:27 | An chúilfhionn, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:46:27 - 00:48:33 | [Mixed audio]
00:48:33 - 00:48:40 | [Blank audio]
00:48:40 - 00:51:56 | [Jenny's welcome to Charlie, reel; unidentified reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:51:56 - 00:54:15 | [Doctor O'Neill's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:54:15 - 00:57:02 | [Unidentified, reel ; The Antrim rose, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:57:02 - 01:00:03 | [The bird in the bush, reel ; George White's favourite, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:00:03 - 01:02:05 | [The sporting pitchfork, jig ; The rambling pitchfork, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:02:05 - 01:06:04 | [Lord McDonald, reel ; Ballinasloe fair, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:06:04 - 01:10:11 | [Cherish the ladies, jig] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:10:11 - 01:12:42 | [Drowsy Maggie, reel ; The silver spear, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:12:42 - 01:16:07 | [The pinch of snuff, reel ; The wild Irishman, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:16:07 - 01:19:05 | [Drag her round the road, reel ; The shaskeen, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:19:05 - 01:22:06 | Gusty's frolics, slip jig / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:22:06 - 01:25:35 | [Red-haired Charles, reel ; Pat Touhey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:25:35 - 01:27:26 | [The king of the pipers no 2, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:27:26 - 01:31:05 | [Down the broom, reel ; The morning dew, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:31:05 - 01:32:05 | [Ballyket Courthouse, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
01:32:05 - 01:34:19 | [The fisherman's island, reel ; Mother's delight, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:34:19 - 01:36:55 | The boys of Mallin, reel ; [The high road to Linton, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:36:55 - 01:37:27 | [Blank audio]

Recorded in Spanish Point, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
01:37:27 - 01:39:37 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:39:37 - 01:43:28 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunter's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:43:28 - 01:44:49 | Bean an tí, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in the Central Mall, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 8 July 1976
01:44:49 - 01:47:37 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:47:37 - 01:48:44 | Dusty miller, jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:48:44 - 01:49:26 | Dusty miller, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:49:26 - 01:50:51 | Na Ceannabháin bána, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:50:51 - 01:52:08 | An cailín Gaelach, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:52:08 - 01:54:11 | The copperplate, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:54:11 - 01:58:56 | The frieze britches, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:58:56 - 02:00:58 | [Rip the calico], reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:00:58 - 02:02:25 | The merry blacksmith, reel / Séamus Enniss, uilleann pipes

Dubbed from the Long Note, RTÉ, 1978
02:02:25 - 02:06:59 | The rocky road to Dublin, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:06:59 - 02:09:50 | Eamonn an chnoic, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:09:50 - 02:11:17 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:11:17 - 02:12:32 | Plúirín na mban donn óg, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:12:32 - 02:15:09 | An tseanbhean bhocht, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:15:09 - 02:17:24 | Unidentified, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:17:24 - 02:18:52 | The pinch of snuff, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:18:52 - 02:20:22 | The flogging reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:20:22 - 02:24:08 | The faerie's hornpipe ; The stack of barley, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:24:08 - 02:26:05 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes ; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:26:05 - 02:27:57 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:27:57 - 02:29:38 | [The boys of Bluehill, hornpipe] / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:29:38 - 02:21:38 | Unidentified, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:21:38 - 02:33:02 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:33:02 - 02:36:33 | [Unidentified, air ; Arthur Darley's jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:36:33 - 02:39:11 | [The cup of tea, reel ; Mermaid of Mullaghmore , reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:39:11 - 02:41:08 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:41:08 - 02:42:00 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:42:00 - 02:44:46 | [The princess royal, set dance] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:44:46 - 02:47:42 | [The Duke of Leinster, reel] ; The morning dew, reel / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:47:42 - 02:50:17 | [Caher Roe, reel ; Pat Tuohey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:50:17 - 02:53:07 | [The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:53:07 - 02:56:38 | Sergeant Early's dream, reel ; The rock of Cashel, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
02:56:38 - 02:59:51 | [The collier's, jig ; Pádraig O'Keeffe's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:59:51 - 03:03:58 | Patsy Tuohey's, reel ; Old Cuffe Street, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:03:58 - 03:06:07 | Rodney’s glory, set dance / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:06:07 – 03:09:05 | The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley’s, jig / [Paddy Glackin?], fiddle
03:09:05 – 03:11:47 | The Duke of Leinster, reel ; The morning dew, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:11:47 – 03:14:18 | The boys of Malin, reel ; unidentified reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:14:18 – 03:13:18 | [blank audio]

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 17 [sound recording] / Séamus Ennis

DML-18718/1/263062/01
Part
8 July 1976 - 7 May 1978

Part of Dermot McLaughlin Collection

Recorded at the Dublin Folk Festival, Liberty Hall, Dublin, 19 July 1977
00:00:00 - 00:02:56 | Introduction, speech in English / Séamus Ennis, speech in English
00:02:56 - 00:06:32 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], song / Séamus Ennis, singing in Irish
00:06:32 - 00:08:50 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], slow air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:08:50 - 00:10:44 | The Connaught mans rambles, jig; The Connaught man's rambles (version), / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:10:44 - 00:14:21 | Easter snow, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:14:21 - 00:18:00 | When sick is it tea you want, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:18:00 - 00:23:02 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:23:02 - 00:26:25 | The blacksmith's hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:26:25 - 00:28:12 | Ceol na gceartán, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:28:12 - 00:30:20 | The bucks of Oranmore, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
00:30:20 - 00:33:45 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:33:45 - 00:37:06 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunters jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:37:06 - 00:39:06 | Bean an tí ar lár, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:39:06 - 00:40:50 | Unidentified, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:40:50 - 00:42:47 | The ace and deuce of piping, set dance / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:42:47 - 00:43:31 | Unidentified, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:43:31 - 00:46:27 | An chúilfhionn, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:46:27 - 00:48:33 | [Mixed audio]
00:48:33 - 00:48:40 | [Blank audio]
00:48:40 - 00:51:56 | [Jenny's welcome to Charlie, reel; unidentified reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:51:56 - 00:54:15 | [Doctor O'Neill's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:54:15 - 00:57:02 | [Unidentified, reel ; The Antrim rose, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:57:02 - 01:00:03 | [The bird in the bush, reel ; George White's favourite, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:00:03 - 01:02:05 | [The sporting pitchfork, jig ; The rambling pitchfork, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:02:05 - 01:06:04 | [Lord McDonald, reel ; Ballinasloe fair, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:06:04 - 01:10:11 | [Cherish the ladies, jig] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:10:11 - 01:12:42 | [Drowsy Maggie, reel ; The silver spear, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:12:42 - 01:16:07 | [The pinch of snuff, reel ; The wild Irishman, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:16:07 - 01:19:05 | [Drag her round the road, reel ; The shaskeen, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:19:05 - 01:22:06 | Gusty's frolics, slip jig / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:22:06 - 01:25:35 | [Red-haired Charles, reel ; Pat Touhey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:25:35 - 01:27:26 | [The king of the pipers no 2, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:27:26 - 01:31:05 | [Down the broom, reel ; The morning dew, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:31:05 - 01:32:05 | [Ballyket Courthouse, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
01:32:05 - 01:34:19 | [The fisherman's island, reel ; Mother's delight, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:34:19 - 01:36:55 | The boys of Mallin, reel ; [The high road to Linton, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:36:55 - 01:37:27 | [Blank audio]

Recorded in Spanish Point, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
01:37:27 - 01:39:37 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:39:37 - 01:43:28 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunter's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:43:28 - 01:44:49 | Bean an tí, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in the Central Mall, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 8 July 1976
01:44:49 - 01:47:37 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:47:37 - 01:48:44 | Dusty miller, jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:48:44 - 01:49:26 | Dusty miller, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:49:26 - 01:50:51 | Na Ceannabháin bána, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:50:51 - 01:52:08 | An cailín Gaelach, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:52:08 - 01:54:11 | The copperplate, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:54:11 - 01:58:56 | The frieze britches, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:58:56 - 02:00:58 | [Rip the calico], reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:00:58 - 02:02:25 | The merry blacksmith, reel / Séamus Enniss, uilleann pipes

Dubbed from the Long Note, RTÉ, 1978
02:02:25 - 02:06:59 | The rocky road to Dublin, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:06:59 - 02:09:50 | Eamonn an chnoic, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:09:50 - 02:11:17 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:11:17 - 02:12:32 | Plúirín na mban donn óg, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:12:32 - 02:15:09 | An tseanbhean bhocht, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:15:09 - 02:17:24 | Unidentified, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:17:24 - 02:18:52 | The pinch of snuff, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:18:52 - 02:20:22 | The flogging reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:20:22 - 02:24:08 | The faerie's hornpipe ; The stack of barley, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:24:08 - 02:26:05 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes ; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:26:05 - 02:27:57 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:27:57 - 02:29:38 | [The boys of Bluehill, hornpipe] / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:29:38 - 02:21:38 | Unidentified, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:21:38 - 02:33:02 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:33:02 - 02:36:33 | [Unidentified, air ; Arthur Darley's jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:36:33 - 02:39:11 | [The cup of tea, reel ; Mermaid of Mullaghmore , reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:39:11 - 02:41:08 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:41:08 - 02:42:00 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:42:00 - 02:44:46 | [The princess royal, set dance] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:44:46 - 02:47:42 | [The Duke of Leinster, reel] ; The morning dew, reel / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:47:42 - 02:50:17 | [Caher Roe, reel ; Pat Tuohey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:50:17 - 02:53:07 | [The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:53:07 - 02:56:38 | Sergeant Early's dream, reel ; The rock of Cashel, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
02:56:38 - 02:59:51 | [The collier's, jig ; Pádraig O'Keeffe's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:59:51 - 03:03:58 | Patsy Tuohey's, reel ; Old Cuffe Street, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:03:58 - 03:06:07 | Rodney’s glory, set dance / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:06:07 – 03:09:05 | The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley’s, jig / [Paddy Glackin?], fiddle
03:09:05 – 03:11:47 | The Duke of Leinster, reel ; The morning dew, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:11:47 – 03:14:18 | The boys of Malin, reel ; unidentified reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:14:18 – 03:13:18 | [blank audio]