This tape had been made for Jimmy O'Brien Moran by Breandan Breathnach; the content that Breathnach intended for O'Brien Moran is that on tracks 1–16. That material was recorded @ 3 3/4 ips in quarter-track format, and thus appears on bands one and four of the tape. However, the tape had previously contained other material, recorded in half-track format at 3 3/4 ips and 1 7/8ips. This meant that some of this earlier material is now playable only backwards and at different speeds on the tape.
Running order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Is brea blasta an t-ol e an bainne... ...i mBaile Atha Cliath iad] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
2. Speech: Untitled [Ni peaca ar bith... ...se'againne sa staid sin] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
3. Speech: Untitled [An te a bhfuil a fhios aige... ...as a shlainte le blathach] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
4. Speech: Untitled [A thuisce a olas... ...an bhlathach cheannairceach phoblachtach] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
5. Speech: Untitled [Eadaigh gan scuabadh... ...scilling na blathai a bheith aige] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
6. Speech: Untitled [Seasann an scilling cliu... ...ag scriobadh leis an gcaolchuid] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
7. Speech: Untitled [Ar feasach duit... ...no go ngabhfadh an ghrian faoi...] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
8. Speech: Untitled [Da gcloisfea ansin e... ...a bhi an blocan] [End of Band One of the original commercial reel-to-reel tape 'Ceirnini na Gaeltacht – 1. Consain na Gaeilge'] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
9. Speech: Untitled [An te ata ag ple leis an maistre... ...ni dha roinnt liom e] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
10. Speech: Untitled [Seo i sli an duine dhona... ...an teach ag snamh le blathach] [END OF BAND ONE] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
11. Speech: Untitled [Shnamhfa inti; shnamhfa muis... ...de Dhubh na Feile, a 'Thriona] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
12. Speech: Untitled [An Ghlas Ghaibhleann, ru... ...Risteard do an leamhnacht] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
13. Speech: Untitled [Ni raibh siad tligthe amach... ...cosuil le gamhain gliobach thu...] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
14. Speech: Untitled [Ag deanamh aeir do fein... ...do ghrifisc an mhaistre] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
15. Speech: Untitled [Ni sheasfadh clann a dhreathar... ...ag ol sibin iad] [End of Band Two of the original commercial reel-to-reel tape 'Ceirnini na Gaeltacht – 1. Consain na Gaeilge'] / Mairtin O Cadhain, speech in Irish ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish
16. Fling, Jig: An Buachaill Dreoite (DMWC, # 135), An Buachaill Dreoite (DMWC, # 136) [Two versions of the same tune] / Willie Clancy, pipes
17. Song: Untitled (clipped at start and end) / unidentified performer, singing in Irish [Dubbing from a cylinder recording; tracks 17–19 Are at 1 7/8 ips on the tape.] [END OF BAND FOUR]
18. Jig: Untitled (clipped at start) / Seamus O Broin, pipes [The Rambling Pitchfork; dubbing from a cylinder recording]
19. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Green Groves of Erin / Seamus O Broin, pipes ; unidentified performer, speech in Irish (clipped at end) [Dubbing from a cylinder recording]
20. Dance Tune, Reel: Untitled [Short snippet only; on the tape, at 1 7/8 ips and playing backwards], Untitled / Patsy Touhey, pipes ; unidentified performers (clipped at start and end) [The Swallow's Tail; dubbing from a cylinder recording; on the tape, at 3 3/4 ips and playing backwards]
21. Speech, Reel, Jig: Untitled, The Green Groves of Erin, Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork] / Seamus O Broin (clipped at end) [Dubbing from a cylinder recording; on the tape, at 1 7/8 ips and playing backwards.] [END OF BAND THREE]
22. Set Dance: Untitled (with sound drop-outs) / Johnny Doran, pipes[The Blackbird; dubbing from an acetate disc; available in remastered versions on commercial releases; on the tape, at 3 3/4 ips and playing backwards]
23. Hornpipe: Untitled / Seamus O Broin (clipped at end) [Version of 'The Rover through the Bog'; dubbing from a cylinder recording; on the tape, at 1 7/8 ips and playing backwards]
24. Hornpipe: Untitled (clipped at start; needle skips during transfer from original cylinder recording) [Pretty Maggie Morrissey; on the tape, at 1 7/8 ips and playing backwards]
25. Noise, Reel: Untitled [An inadvertent recording?], Untitled [The Swallow's Tail; short snippet only; dubbing from a cylinder recording] [On the tape, at 3 3/4 ips and playing backwards] [END OF BAND TWO]
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