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Mick O'Connor Collection

  • MOC-258273
  • Collection
  • 1968 - 1977
Collection comprises reel-to-reel tapes featuring off-air dubs of RTÉ radio programmes, dubs of commerical material, edited dubs of material recorded by John Brennan in the US, and other domestic and field recordings of traditional Irish musicians.

O'Connor, Mick

Mick O'Connor Collection. Reel-to-Reel 1 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [John Brennan, Sligo / Dublin?], whistle solo A1–3, C49–50;
Hegarty, Maureen, singing in English A4;
Unidentified performer [John Brennan, Sligo / Dublin?], speech in English A4, 7, 13–15, 20–21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 40, 43, B6, 9, 13–14, 18–19, 21, 29, 31, C1, 3, 16, 22, 33, 35;
McGuire, Sean, Belfast, fiddle in duet A5;
Bro [?] Group, The, instrumental group A6–7;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A8, 16, C3, 23–24, 54;
speech in Irish B6, C24;
Bothy Band, The, Dublin, instrumental group A8–10, 12–13, 19?, 22?, C17–18, 22;
Unidentified performer [Kevin Burke, London / USA?], singing in English A11;
Irvine, Andy, Dublin, bouzouki in duet A14;
Shaskeen Ceili Band, The, Galway, instrumental group A15;
Chieftains, The, Dublin, instrumental group A16, 25?;
instrumental group with singing B51?;
O Se, Sean, Cork, singing in English A17;
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A18, 42, C52;
accordion in duet C29–30;
Kilmovee Youth Ceili Band, The, Mayo, instrumental group A20;
Unidentified performers, instrumental groups A21–22, 41, 43–47, B26, 29, 33, 37, 43, 45, C1–2, 13, 15, 20, 26, 36, 38–39, 41–42, 44, 54;
Unidentified performer [Geraldine O'Grady], violin in duet A22, B23, 34, 37, 47, C45;
Lennon, Charlie, Leitrim, fiddle in duet A23–24, 27;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Dublin, speech in English A23, 26, B1–4, 6, C21;
speech in Irish A32, C17;
speech in Irish and English C48;
McCormack, John, Westmeath / USA, singing in English with instrumental / orchestral accompaniment A26;
Hill, Noel, Clare, concertina solo A28;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English A28;
Mitchell, Pat, Dublin, pipes solo A29;
Pipers Club Ceili Band, The, Dublin, instrumental group A30, 36–38, B40, C23, 35;
Mulcahy, Mick, accordion solo A31, B22, 27?, 52?;
Inchiquin, Clare, instrumental group A32, 34–35;
Unidentified performer [Tommy Peoples, Donegal / Clare?], fiddle in duet A33;
Tulla Ceili Band, The, Clare, instrumental group A39;
Keenan, Paddy, Dublin, pipes solo A40;
O Suilleabhain, Micheal, Tipperary / Limerick, harpsichord solo A48;
Gannon, John Joe, Westmeath, accordion solo A49;
Tansey, Seamus, Sligo, flute in duet A50;
O Murchu, Labhras, Dublin, speech in English A50, B10, 12, 20–21, 31–33, 40, 47, C31;
speech in Irish B11, 15, 22;
speech in Irish and English B46, 51, 54;
McGann, Andy, New York, fiddle in trio B1–2, 6–9, 24?;
Reynolds, Paddy, New York, fiddle in trio B1–2, 6–9, 24?;
Peoples, Tommy, Donegal / Clare, fiddle in duet B3;
Touhey, Patsy, Galway / New York, pipes solo B5;
Burke, Joe, Galway, accordion in duet B10, 28?, 31;
Hanley, Patsy, Roscommon, flute in duet B11;
Carberry, Peter, Longford, pipes solo B12;
McGreevey, Jimmy, accordion in duet B13;
Donnelly, Maeve, Galway / Clare, fiddle solo B14;
Cooley, Joe, Galway / USA, accordion in trio B15, 41;
Unidentified performer [Des Mulkere, Clare?], banjo in trio B15, 41;
Unidentified performer(s), whistle solo B16, 25, C9;
Unidentified performer(s), concertina solo B17, 35, C34, 54;
Siamsa Ceili Band, The, Louth, instrumental group B18;
Glackin, Paddy, Dublin, fiddle solo B19;
Dunne, Tom, Wexford, accordion in trio B20;
Lineen, Tony, Wexford, fiddle in trio B20;
Canny, Paddy, Clare, fiddle in trio B21;
O'Loughlin, Peter / Peadar, Clare, flute in trio B21;
Unidentified performer [Elizabeth Crotty, Clare?], concertina solo B23;
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle solo B30, 44, C27, 37;
fiddle in trio B34, 36, C48;
fiddle in duet B38, 48, C28;
Seery, Sean, Dublin, pipes solo B32;
Unidentified performer(s), flute in trio B34, 36;
flute in duet B42, C25, 28, 45, 47;
flute solo B47, C14;
Unidentified performer [Denis Murphy, Kerry?], fiddle in duet B39;
Unidentified performer [Julia Clifford, Kerry?], fiddle in duet B39;
Keane, Sean, Dublin, fiddle solo B46, C40, 43?;
Unidentified performer [Pat Kilduff?], lilting B47;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo B49–50, C32;
Unidentified performer [Donal Standun, Galway?], banjo in trio B53;
Unidentified performer [Sean Keane, Dublin?], fiddle in trio B53;
Lewis, Patsy, Galway, concertina in duet C3;
Lewis, Liam, Galway, fiddle in duet C3;
Paddy Killoran Memorial Band, The, Sligo, instrumental group C4, 7–8, 10–12;
O Murchu, Sean, Dublin, speech in English C4, 6;
Unidentified performer [Fred Finn, Sligo?], fiddle in duet C5;
Unidentified performer [Peter Horan, Sligo?], flute in duet C5;
Unidentified performer, pipes solo C16;
pipes in duet C30;
Unidentified performers, singing in Irish C19;
Sheehy, Anne, Kerry, accordion in duet C21;
McAuliffe, Nicky, Kerry, flute in duet C21;
Gavin, Frankie, Galway, fiddle in duet C24;
Doherty, John, Donegal, fiddle solo C31;
Molloy, Matt, Roscommon / Mayo, flute in duet C33;
Moloney, Paddy, Dublin, whistle in duet C46;
Potts, Sean, Dublin, whistle in duet C46;
Lennon, Brian, Leitrim, flute in trio C48;
Sherlock, Roger, Sligo, flute in duet C51;
Unidentified performer [Michael Coleman, Sligo / USA?], fiddle in duet C53

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled
2. Jig: Untitled [The Lark on the Strand]
3. Jig: Untitled
4. Song, Speech: Untitled [Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms], Untitled [Performer identification]
5. Reel: Untitled [Love at the Endings; composed by Ed Reavy]
6. Marches / Song Airs: Untitled [The Foggy Dew (MI, # 186); melody used for the song 'Building Up and Tearing England Down'], Untitled [Donegal Danny]
7. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Wise Maid / The Kind Maid], Untitled [Last Night's Fun], Untitled [Identification of performers and date of broadcast]
8. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Billy Bunker; Billy Brocker], Untitled [The Humours of Loughrea; Tommy Whelan's], Untitled [The Laurel Tree], Untitled [Gregg's Pipes]
9. Single Jigs, Slip Jig: Untitled [Rosie Finn's Favourite], Untitled [Sean Bui; Over the Water to Charlie], Untitled [The Kid on the Mountain]
10. Reels: Untitled [Music in the Glen], Untitled [The Humours of Scarriff], Untitled [The Otter's Holt]
11. Song: Untitled
12. Reel: Untitled [Farewell to Erin]
13. Jig, Slip Jig, Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Kesh Jig], Untitled [The Swaggering Jig; Give Us a Drink of Water], Untitled [Gilbert Clancy's / Sean Reid's Favourite], Untitled [Famous Ballymote], Untitled [Identification of performers and date of broadcast]
14. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The Munster Buttermilk], Untitled [Sacko's Jig; Tripping up the Stairs], Untitled [Identification of performers and date of broadcast]
15. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh], Untitled [Fred Finn's], Untitled [Identification of performers]
16. Reel, Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [The track is announced as 'The Chattering Magpie', obviously the generic name of the track on the commercial recording; The Pigeon on the Gate], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
17. Song: Untitled [What Would You Do; to the tune of 'The Frost is all Over']
18. Polkas: Untitled [Oro Se Do Bheath Abhaile], Untitled [Peata Beag do Mhathair], Untitled [Oro Se Do Bheath Abhaile]
19. Jig: Untitled [A Chailleach Do Mharais Me; Old Hag You have Killed Me]
20. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Gravel Walks], Untitled [Identification of performers and date of broadcast]
21. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The Whistler at the Wake, composed by Vincent Broderick], Untitled [The Old Flail, composed by Vincent Broderick], Untitled [Information that performers are from Newry; date of broadcast]
22. Reels, Air: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [Gregg's Pipes], Untitled (incomplete)
23. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Information about the next item], Gillespie's Hornpipes [Two tunes: a) Spellan's Fiddle; b) Jack O'Neill's Fancy]
24. Jigs: Untitled [The Carraroe], Untitled [The Geese in the Bog], Untitled
25. Air: Untitled (incomplete) [Mna na hEireann]
26. Song, Speech: Untitled [Sweet Nora O'Neill], Untitled [Radio announcement]
27. Reels, Speech: Tansey's Favourite, Untitled [The Sandmount], Untitled [McFadden's Favourite], Untitled [Identification of performers and date of broadcast]
28. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Congress Reel], Untitled
29. Single Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Old Hag in the Kiln; Dinny Delaney's], Untitled [Information about the last piece]
30. Reels: Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled [Toss the Feathers]
31. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Green Mountain], Untitled [Identification of performers]
32. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore], Untitled [Radio announcement]
33. Jig: Untitled [The Gold Ring; Willie Clancy version]
34. Jig: Untitled [The Queen of the Fair]
35. Slip Jig, Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Promenade], Untitled [The Congress Reel], Untitled [Identification of performers]
36. Slide: Untitled [Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide]
37. Reel: Untitled [The Maid in the Cherry Tree]
38. Reels: Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled [Toss the Feathers]
39. Reels: Untitled [Dick Gossip], Untitled [Micho Russell's]
40. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [My Love is in America], Untitled [Information about the previous pieces]
41. Jig: Untitled [Out on the Ocean]
42. Reel: Untitled [Toss the Feathers]
43. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Lady Ann Montgomery], Untitled [Identification of the date of recording]
44. Reel: Untitled
45. Polka: Untitled [The Tuar Mor Polka / The Toormore Polka]
46. Carolan Piece: Untitled [Hewlett]
47. Reels, March, Reel: Untitled [Christmas Eve; composed by Tommy Coen], Untitled [Gorman's Reel], Untitled, Untitled [Ril Mor Bhaile an Chalaidh]
48. Piece / Set Dance: Untitled [Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine]
49. Jig: Untitled [John Joe Gannon's; CRE 3, # 10 (untitled)]
50. Reels, Speech: Anderson's, The New Policeman [The Belles of Tipperary], Untitled [Radio announcements, including voice-over and sign-off at end of the last Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann sponsored programme on Radio Eireann for 1976] [END OF BAND ONE]
51. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Street Player; composed (as a hornpipe) by Ed Reavy], Untitled [The Hunter's House, composed by Ed Reavy; Reavy's Reel], Untitled [Radio announcement]
52. Reels, Speech: The Golden Keyboard [Composed by Martin Mulhaire], Kiss Me Kate, Untitled [Radio announcement]
53. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Green Groves of Erin]
54. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the previous and next items]
55. Reels: The Steampacket, The Morning Star, Miss McLeod's Reel
56. Speech, Jigs, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; identification of performers], Gillian's Apples [Gillan's Apples], Father Hanley's, Untitled [Radio announcement]
57. Reels: Untitled [The Belles of Tipperary], Untitled [Colonel Rodney's]
58. Hornpipes: Untitled [Flaherty's Hornpipe], Untitled [Off to California]
59. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Street Player; composed (as a hornpipe) by Ed Reavy], Untitled [The Hunter's House, composed by Ed Reavy; Reavy's Reel], Untitled [Identification of performers and date of broadcast]
60. Jig, Speech: Pat Burke's Jig [The Rollicking Boys around Tandaragee / The Boys of Tandaragee], Fraher's Jig, Untitled [Radio announcements, as voice-over and after the music is finished]
61. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Navvy on the Shore; The Navvy on the Line], Untitled [The Shepherd's Daughter], Untitled [Radio announcement]
62. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Chattering Magpie], Gerry Commane's Favourite, Untitled [Radio announcement]
63. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Musical Priest], Untitled [Identification of performers and date of broadcast]
64. Reels, Speech: Untitled (incomplete), Colonel Fraser, Untitled [Identification of the previous performer]
65. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Last Night's Fun], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
66. Reels: Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled [Three Drops of Brandy; a version played by Willie Clancy is known as 'The Dublin Lads']
67. Reel: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel]
68. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Red-Haired Lass], Untitled [The Old Blackthorn], Untitled [Identification of performers]
69. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The King of the Pipes (CRE 3, # 35)], Untitled [Identification of performer]
70. Reels, Speech: The Coalminer, Finbarr Dwyer's Reel [The Holly Bush; Matt the Thresher; composed by Finbarr Dwyer], Untitled [Radio announcements, as voice-over and after the music]
71. Jig, Speech, Speech: Doctor O'Neill, Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Information about performers]
72. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Skylark], Untitled [Radio announcement]
73. Air, Reel: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [Gorman's Reel]
74. Strathspeys, Reel: Untitled [The Miller of Heirn], Untitled [Stirling Castle], Untitled [Duncan Davidson], Untitled [The Laird of Drumblair], Untitled [Scott Skinner's]
75. Slip Jig: Untitled [Hardiman the Fiddler]
76. Reels: Untitled [Speed the Plough], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [Dick Gossip]
77. Jigs: Untitled [Apples in Winter], Untitled [The Carraroe; The Scotchman over the Border]
78. Jigs: Untitled [The Trip to the Cottage], Untitled [Tatter Jack Walsh]
79. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel], Untitled [Information about the previous tune and performers]
80. Slide, Jig: Untitled, Untitled [The Kesh Jig]
81. Reel, Speech: The Duke of Leinster, Untitled [Information about the previous tune and performer], Dowd's Reel [O'Dowd's Favourite], Untitled [Radio announcement]
82. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Gil Clancy's [Gilbert Clancy's; Sean Reid's Favourite], The Braes of Busby
83. Speech, Slip Jig: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Kid on the Mountain (incomplete)
84. Air, Reels: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [The Kilfenora Reel # 3; Barty's Choice], Untitled [The Fermoy Lasses]
85. Reels: Untitled [The Green Gates], Untitled [Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band; Mulhaire's # 4; composed by Martin Mulhaire], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled (incomplete)
86. Jigs: Untitled [The Angry Peeler], Untitled [I Will if I Can, version of], Untitled [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig; The Maid in the Meadow]
87. Reels, Air: Untitled [The Enchanted Lady], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled (incomplete)
88. Reel: Untitled [The Dairy Maid]
89. Polkas: Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polka # 1], Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polka # 2]
90. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Salamanca], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
91. Reel: Untitled [Last Night's Fun]
92. Jig: Untitled [Willie Coleman's Jig]
93. Reel: Untitled [The Maid in the Cherry Tree]
94. Reel: Untitled (incomplete)
95. Reel: Untitled [Big Pat's Reel]
96. Jigs, Speech: Willie Clancy's Fancy [Ard an Bhothair; The High Part of the Road], Garrett Barry's Fancy, Untitled [Radio announcement]
97. Reel, Speech, Reel, Air: Untitled [The Hunter's Purse], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over], Untitled, Untitled (incomplete)
98. Reels: Untitled [Jackson's Reel], Untitled [The Dublin Reel]
99. Reels: Untitled [The Mother and Child Reel]
100. Reels: Untitled [The Blackhaired Lass], Untitled [The Boy in the Gap]
101. Slides: Untitled [If I Had a Wife], Untitled [The Hare in the Corn; The Rathawaun]
102. Jig, Reel: Untitled [A Thousand Farewells, composed by Sean Ryan], Untitled (incomplete)
103. Jig: Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [The Rambles of Kitty / Kitty's Rambles] [END OF BAND TWO]
104. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Information about the next pieces], Untitled (incomplete)
105. Reel: Untitled, Untitled [The Maid behind the Bar], Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore]
106. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Composed by Paddy Fahy?], Untitled [Version composed by Paddy Fahy of the Reavy tune 'Never was Piping so Gay'?], Untitled [Information about the previous pieces]
107. Reels, Speech: Bridie Morley [The Knotted Cord], The Sligo Maid, Molloy's, Untitled [Radio voice-over during the music; topic: Paddy Killoran; born Ballymote, 1904; died 'twelve years ago' (1965?)]
108. Reels: Untitled [Farewell to Erin; The Leitrim Thrush], Untitled [Farewell to Erin (DMI, # 701)]
109. Speech: Untitled [Information about Paddy Killoran]
110. Jigs: Untitled [The Wandering Minstrel], Untitled [Fasten the Leg in Her], Untitled [Coleman's Cross; untitled on 78rpm disc recording by Michael Coleman (fiddle)]
111. Reels: Untitled [Fred Finn's], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [The Red-Haired Lass]
112. Reels: Untitled [The Skylark; composed by James Morrison], Untitled [Roaring Mary]
113. Polkas: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled (incomplete), Untitled
114. Jig, Reels: Untitled [Tell Her I Am], Untitled [The Ashplant], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [The Copperplate # 2], Untitled [Down the Broom], Untitled [The Gatehouse Maid]
115. March, Speech, Reel: Untitled [The Battle of Aughrim; Down the Brae; played in 2 different keys], Untitled [Information about the previous items], Untitled (incomplete)
116. Reels: Untitled [The Boy in the Gap], Untitled [Matt Peoples' Reel]
117. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled
118. Reel: Untitled [The Piper's Despair], Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel]
119. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The Hurler's March; The Humours of Ballyloughlin], Untitled [Garrett Barry's Jig], Untitled [Information about the items to follow]
120. Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [Version of 'The Stranger'?], Untitled [Radio announcement]
121. Reels: Untitled [The Morning Star], Untitled [The Fisherman's Lilt], Untitled [The Drunken Landlady], Untitled [The Fisherman's Lilt]
122. Song: Untitled [An Paidirin Pairteach]
123. Slides: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide # 2; Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide # 2], Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide # 1; Julia Clifford's Slide], Untitled [The Brosna Slide; Padraig O'Keeffe's Favourite]
124. Hornpipes, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [The Frisco Hornpipe]
125. Reels: Untitled [Martin Wynne's], Untitled [The Enchanted Lady]
126. Slides, Speech: Untitled [The Brosna Slide # 1; The Lonesome Road to Dingle], Untitled [The Brosna Slide # 2], Speech [Radio announcement]
127. Reel, Speech: Martin Wynne's, Austin Tierney's, Untitled [Radio announcement]
128. Jigs: Untitled [Willie Coleman's], Untitled [A Thousand Farewells (composed by Sean Ryan)]
129. Reels: Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled [Toss the Feathers]
130. Reel: Untitled [Martin Wynne's; composed by Martin Wynne]
131. Reels: Untitled [The Galway Rambler, version of], Untitled [The Copperplate / The New Copperplate]
132. Polka: Untitled [East Limerick Polka (1)]
133. Reel: Untitled [The Maid in the Cherry Tree] [END OF BAND THREE]
134. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Glen Road to Carrick], Untitled [Radio announcement giving information about the previous and next items]
135. Reel: The Bucks of Oranmore
136. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Maid behind the Bar; The Green Mountain], Untitled [Tarbolton], Untitled [Identification of performers]
137. Polkas: Untitled [The Barren Rocks of Aden], Untitled (incomplete)
138. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Salamanca], Untitled [Patsy Touhey's Favourite], Untitled [Identification of performers]
139. Reel: Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled [Toss the Feathers]
140. Reels: Untitled [Farewell to Ireland (DMI, # 805)], Untitled [The Wheels of the World]
141. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [Old Tipperary], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [Radio announcement]
142. Reels: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled (incomplete)
143. Jigs: Untitled [The Humours of Ennistymon; Coppers and Brass], Untitled [The King of the Pipers]
144. Set Dance: Untitled [The Hunt]
145. Jigs: Untitled [Banish Misfortune], Untitled [The Humours of Ennistymon; Coppers and Brass]
146. Hornpipe: Untitled
147. Polkas: Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polkas # 1], Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polkas # 2]
148. Air, Reels: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [Anderson's Reel], Untitled [The Flowers of the Red Mill; Anderson's # 2]
149. Reels: Untitled [The Boy in the Boat], Untitled [The Pretty Girls of Mayo]
150. Jig: Untitled [The Broken Lantern]
151. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Bird in the Bush], Untitled [Tom Ward's Downfall], Untitled [Radio announcement]
152. Reel: Untitled [The Beauty Spot]
153. Reel: Untitled [The Sunny Banks]
154. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Radio announcement], Tripping to the Well, The Kiss behind the Door
155. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Leitrim Fancy]
156. Reel: Untitled [The Morning Dew]
157. Jig, Reels, Speech: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [John Brennan's / John Brennan from Sligo], Untitled [The Bunch of Keys], Untitled [Radio announcements, as voice-over during music and after music] [END OF BAND FOUR]

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