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Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
speech in Irish throughout;
Harrington, Mrs, Sligo / Dublin, fiddle in instrumental group A2, 4;
Gardiner, John [Gardiner, John Joe], Sligo / Louth, flute in instrumental group A2, 4;
Gardiner, Pauline, Louth, flute in instrumental group A2, 4;
Gardiner, Pat, Louth, flute in instrumental group A2, 4;
Toibin, Padraig, Waterford, singing in Irish A6–8;
speech in Irish A6, 8;
Liddy, Joe, Dublin, speech in English A9;
O Droma, Tomas, Waterford, speech in Irish A9;
singing in Irish A9;
White, James, Wexford, speech in English A10;
singing in English A10

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; Mrs Harrington and John (= John Joe?) Gardiner are sister and brother; Pauline and Pat Gardiner are John's daughters]
2. Reel: The Mountain Top
3. Speech: Untitled
4. Jig: The Frost Is All Over
5. Speech: Untitled [Preceded by a short and incomplete recording of music]
6. Song, Speech: Inion an Fhaoit on nGleann, Untitled
7. Song: Na Connerys
8. Speech, Song: Untitled, Idir Aird Mhor is Eochaill
9. Speech, Song: Untitled, Bean Dubh an Ghleanna
10. Speech, Song: Untitled, Carroll Ban [Followed by a short and incomplete recording of singing] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [McConnell, Cathal, Fermanagh?], speech in English A1;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A2a;
Byrne, Anne, Dublin, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2b;
Bennett, John, speech in English A2c?, 2f?, 2i?, 2k?, 2m?;
Unidentified performers, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2d–e, 2h, 2l, 3–6;
McGuigan, Pat, harmonica in trio A2g;
McConnell, Cathal, Fermanagh, whistle in trio A2g;
Healy, James N, Cork, speech in English A2i, 2m;
singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2j;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A7;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A8;
Unidentified performer [Furey, Finbar, Dublin / Waterford?], pipes in duet A9;
Unidentified performer, whistle in duet A10–12;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet B1, 3;
fiddle solo B2, 4–9;
speech in English A7;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Art / O'Keefe, Art, Kerry], whistle in duet B1, 3,;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo B10–18;
speech in English B10–16;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B;
Doherty, John, Donegal, fiddle solo B19–30;
speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B19–30;
Unidentified performer [Kelly, John, Clare / Dublin?], speech in English and Irish B24;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Information about the contents of track A2]
2. a) Speech, b) Song, c) Speech, d) Song, e) Song, f) Speech, g) Instrumental Piece, h) Song, i) Speech, j) Song, k) Speech, l) Song, m) Speech: a) Untitled [Radio announcement], b) Can You Dance the Polka?, c) Untitled [Radio announcement], d) Farewell to Tarwathie, e) Untitled [Brief; one verse only], f) Untitled [Information about the song just song and the tune to be played next; gives the title of the tune], g) ? the Forty Second [Tune has the same melody as that of the song sung before it here], h) Untitled, i) Untitled [Interview; topic: sea songs and shanties], j) The Bug-A-Boo, k) Untitled, l) Untitled [All for Me Grog], m) Untitled [Radio announcement & interview] [This track is a poor-quality off-air dubbing of a (radio or TV) programme titled 'The Sea Folk', broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland]
3. Song: Untitled [Track A5 contains another copy of the recording on this track]
4. Song: Untitled [The Sisters of Mercy, composed by Leonard Cohen]
5. Song: Untitled [Preceded by short recording of piano-playing; track A3 contains another copy of the recording on this track]
6. Song: Untitled
7. Song: Untitled [William Hollander]
8. Reel: Untitled
9. Air: Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [The Stony Step]
11. Reel: Untitled [The Belles of Tipperary]
12. Reel: Untitled (incomplete) [The Skylark] [END OF BAND ONE]
13. Reel: Untitled [Donall a' Phumpa; CRE 5, # 147; Molly on the Shore]
14. Reel: Untitled [Donal a' Clumper's Reel; CRE 2, # 295 (where it is untitled)]
15. Reels: Untitled [The Morning Star], Untitled [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
16. Reel: Untitled [Callaghan's Reel / O'Callaghan's Reel; CRE 2, # 131]
17. Reel: Untitled [Quinn's Reel; CRE 2, # 171]
18. Reels: Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [The Doon Reel (JOLSL, ed. Moylan, # 94); Pat Ward's Jig (a version of this tune played as a single jig by Seamus Ennis)]
19. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Glountane Reel (CICD 3453)], Untitled
20. Jig: Untitled [Cailin a' Ti Mhoir / Cailin an Ti Mhoir (CRE 2, # 40); The Housekeeper; The House Maid; The Girl from the Big House]
21. Reel: Untitled [Callaghan's; The Doon Reel; Nellie Donovan; CRE 2, # 270]
22. Reel, Speech: The Boy in the Gap, Untitled
23. Reel, Speech: The Fair-Haired Boy, Untitled
24. Reel, Speech: Patsy Campbell's Reel, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Upstairs in a Tent [CRE 2, 190], Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CRE 2, 150 (i)], Untitled
27. Reel, Speech: The Rose in the Garden [Divide the Cally Fair; Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, related tune)], Untitled
28. Jig / Slide, Speech: Untitled [The Clare Jig; CRE 2, 71], Untitled [Tune just played was used for the fifth figure of a set]
29. Jig: Untitled [The Frieze Breeches]
30. Jig: Untitled [Tatter Jack Walsh]
31. Reel: Untitled [The Dispute at the Crossroads; a version of Doctor Gilbert]
32. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
33. Reel, Speech: Miss Ramsey, Untitled
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [McFarley's; a version of 'The Maids of Castlebar'], Untitled
35. Reel: The Moving Bogs of Allen [The Moving Bogs (CRE 2, # 174)]
36. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Caher Rua, Untitled
37. Slip Jig: Untitled [Hardiman the Fiddler, version of]
38. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Old Hag at the Churn [Related to Garrett Barrett's Jig]
39. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The King of the Pipers [CRE 2, # 45]
40. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The King of the Pipers; not the same tune as in the previous track], Untitled
41. Jig: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork, version of]
42. Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
O'Keeffe, Maurice / O'Keefe, Maurice,, Kerry, fiddle solo A1, 2?;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, speech in English throughout;
fiddle in duet A24–27;
Murphy, Mollie / Murphy, Mrs, Cork, fiddle solo A3?, 4–23;
speech in English throughout A4–27;
fiddle in duet A24–27;
Moynihan, Pat, Kerry, whistle solo A28–31;
speech in English A29;
Murphy, Mike, Cork, fiddle solo A32–37;
speech in English A32–37;
Unidentified performer, accordion solo A38–41;
speech in English A38–41;
Kelly, Patrick, Clare, fiddle solo A42–46, 48;
speech in English A42–48;
whistle solo A47?;
Unidentified performer [Mac Mathuna, Seamus, Clare / Dublin?], speech in English A42–48

Running Order:
1. Jig: Tatter Jack Walsh [CICD 1397–1398 (from this recording)]
2. Jig, Speech: Arise Bonnie Lassie and Bundle and Go / Larry O'Gaff [CICD 873 (from this recording); discussion on CICD card as to who the performer is; from the evidence on the tape, seems most likely to be Maurice O'Keeffe], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
3. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 6515 (from this recording); discussion on CICD card as to who the performer is; CRE 5, # 106]
4. Speech, Reel, Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled (incomplete), Untitled, The Morning Star (incomplete)
5. Reel, Speech: The Maids of Erin [CICD 5522 (from this recording)], Untitled
6. Reel: Evening Bells [CICD 4312 (from track A27 on this recording); The Game Cock (CRE 5, # 158, as reel; CRE 4, # 62, as slide; see notes for more information); The Bog Carrot]
7. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3052 (from this recording); related to The Green Groves of Erin?]
8. Slip Jig: The Cuckold Old Man [CICD 197 (untitled; from this recording)]
9. Reel, Speech: The Boyne Hunt, Untitled
10. Reel: The Five Mile Chase [CICD 3555 (from this recording; untitled)]
11. Reel, Speech: Untitled [CICD 5309–5310 (from this recording); The Mourne Mountains (DMI, # 477); related to Tom Ward's Downfall], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
12. Reel, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, The Silver Tip / The Flowing Bowl [CICD 4404 (from this recording; untitled); title 'The Silver Tip' is supplied by the collector and performer (from a written source being consulted during this recording session?); title 'The Flowing Bowl' is supplied by Denis Murphy], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
13. Reel, Speech: Boil the Kettle Early [CICD 2868 (from this recording)], Untitled
14. Reel, Speech, Reel, Speech, Reel: Ships Are Sailing [Tentative; incomplete], Untitled, Untitled [Tentative; incomplete; second part is that of The Hunter's Purse?], Untitled, The Maid behind the Bar (incomplete)
15. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 2844.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 290 (from this recording); The Pride of Rathmore; 2 parts here; this tune is often heard with 3 parts], Untitled
16. Slip Jig, Speech: Untitled [CICD 146 (from this recording)], Untitled
17. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Drowsy Maggie [CICD 2999 (from this recording)]
18. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, The Piper's Despair [CICD 5931 (from this recording; untitled)], Untitled
19. Reel, Jig, Speech, Reel, Speech, Reel, Speech, Reel: Untitled [The Peeler's Jacket], The Butcher's March, Untitled, Kitty's Wedding (incomplete), Untitled, Untitled [CICD 2863 (from this recording); related to The Galway Rambler?], Untitled, My Love is in America (incomplete)
20. Speech, Slides: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 551.11 (from this recording)], Untitled [CICD 2295.11 (from this recording); Tom Connors' Jig (CRE 2, # 57); Put on the Chain on the Pony (CRE 5, # 73)], Untitled [CICD 2275.13 (from this recording)], Untitled [CICD 2131.11 (from this recording)], Untitled (incomplete) [The first part of the first tune in this selection of slides]
21. Speech, Slide: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 1559.12 (from this recording); related to Pete Sullivan's Fancy / The Whistling Thief Jig / She Didn't Dance and Dance?]
22. Reel, Speech: Jenny Picking Cockles / The Old Slipper Shoe [CICD 5186 (from this recording; gives title 'The Old Slipper Shoe')], Untitled [Information about the tune just played, including further title]
23. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6435 (from this recording); Din Tarrant's (1); The Cobbler]
24. Jig: Three Little Drummers [Delaney's Drummers]
25. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6336 (from this recording); played by duet, but CICD card gives only one performer, Mrs Murphy]
26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Lisheen Reel (CRE 2, # 19)], Untitled
27. Reel: Evening Bells [CICD 4312 (from this track on this recording; untitled); also on track A6 on this recording; The Game Cock (CRE 5, # 158, as reel, from this recording; CRE 4, # 62, as slide; see notes for more information); The Bog Carrot]
28. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1673 (from this recording); The Castlebar Races; The Races of Castlebar; performer on tracks A28–31 is playing a wooden whistle (information source: CICD 666)]
29. Jig, Speech: I Will if I Can [CICD 666 (from this recording)], Untitled
30. Jig: Jackson's Morning Brush [CICD 2087 (from this recording)]
31. Hornpipe: Callaghan's Hornpipe [END OF BAND ONE]
32. Jig, Speech: There's a Hole in the Bucket / Thane Buckley [?] [CICD 1793 (from this recording; untitled)], Untitled [Denis Murphy suggests a name (Thane Buckley [?]) for the jig just played]
33. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune to be played], The Tuirin Garbh Jig, Untitled [About John Quinn, the local flute-player from whom the performer learned music that he plays]
34. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 2454 (from this recording)], Speech
35. Jig, Speech: Leahy's Jig [CICD 2469 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about Leahy, fiddler and dancing master]
36. Jig, Speech, Jig: The Leg of the Duck [CICD 1435 (from this recording)], Untitled [Words sung to the tune just played]
37. Jig, Speech: Untitled [CICD 1934 (from this recording)], Untitled
38. Jig: Untitled [Haste to the Wedding]
39. Set Dance / Jig: Untitled [The Sweets of May; related to the melody of the song Follow me up to Carlow]
40. Jig, Speech: Untitled [Kenmure's On and Awa'], Untitled
41. Polka: Untitled [Melody of song Muirsheen Durkin; played in two different registers]
42. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore], Untitled
43. Reel: The Foxhunter's Reel
44. Jig: Untitled [Mo Ghrasa ar Maidin / My Love in the Morning (CRE, # 57)]
45. Reel: Untitled [My Love is in America]
46. Jig: Untitled [Anthony Frawley's Jig (CRE 2, # 9)]
47. Reel: Untitled [A Fair Wind]
48. Reel, Speech: Untitled [A Fair Wind], Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry], accordion in duet A1, 4, 6;
accordion solo A2–3, speech in English A2–3;
Unidentified performer [O'Leary, Ellen, Kerry], whistle in duet A1, 4, 6;
whistle solo A5;
speech in English A5;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A2–3;
Unidentified performer [Morrison, James, Sligo / New York], fiddle in duet A7–9;
fiddle in trio A10, 12;
Unidentified performer [Potts, Tommy, Dublin], fiddle solo A11;
Unidentified performer [McKenna, John, Leitrim / New York], flute in trio A12;
Unidentified performer [Gavin, Frankie, Galway], fiddle in duet A13;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A14

Running Order:
1. Polkas: Untitled [Dan Sweeney's], Untitled [The Gullane Polkas (1)], Untitled [Paddy Spillane's (1)], Untitled [Paddy Spillane's (2); The Gallope]
2. Jig, Speech: Untitled [Jackson's Morning Brush], Untitled
3. Speech, Slides, Speech: Untitled [Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide (1); First Cousin of The Gallant Tipperary Boys], Untitled [The Scartaglen Jig], Untitled, Untitled
4. Polkas: Untitled [Dan O'Connell's Favourite], Untitled [The Lakes of Sligo; The Lass of Gowrie]
5. Polkas, Speech: Untitled [East Limerick Polka (2) (related tune)], Untitled, Untitled
6. Jig: Untitled [Delaney's Drummers] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Reels: Untitled [The Irish Girl; Philip O'Beirne's Delight], Untitled [The Musical Priest], Untitled [Wellington's; Sheehan's (related tune)] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
8. Hornpipes: Untitled [Dunphy's Hornpipe], Untitled [The Flowers of Ballymote] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
9. Jigs: Untitled [Kitty's Wedding; The Ship in Full Sail; usually with 2 parts, here with 3], Untitled [The Rambler] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
10. Polkas: Untitled [The Happy Birdie], Untitled [The Blue Bell; The Bluebell Polka] (clipped at end) [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
11. Reel: Untitled [The Liffey Banks]
12. Polka: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
13. Reel: Untitled [Farewell to Erin]
14. Jig: Untitled [Dooney Rock; composed by Sean Ryan] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–11, 13–26;
speech in English A12 and throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, tin whistle, occasionally;
speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel: Farewell to Connacht [CICD 3041.12 (from this recording); 3041.11 (not from this recording)]
2. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.11–.12 (from this recording); 4684.13, 4978–.12 (none from this recording); partly composed by MR; commonly known as Micho Russell's; as Carty's Reel from MR in CRE 2, # 294]
3. Jig: The Humours of Bantry [CICD 1194.11 (from this recording; DMI, # 13)]
4. Jig: Jimmy O'Brien's Jig [CICD 1860.11 (from this recording) / The Maid in the Meadows [CICD 1866–7 (not from this recording)]
5. Jig: The Frieze Breeches / La Sin' Seain / Trom La [CICD 1492.11–.13 (all from this recording); 1486, 1487, 1488, 1490 (none from this recording); standard version of the tune; for MR's 'old' version see the next track.]
6. Jig: Frieze Breeches (the old way) [CICD 954.11 (from this recording); as MR heard it played on concertina and jew's harp; for MR's 'standard' version of the tune, see the previous track.]
7. Jig: The Chorus Jig / The Kilfenora Jig [CICD 2218.11–.12 (from this recording)]
8. Jig: Is Fearr Paidir na Port [CICD 1713.11 (from this recording); MR explains that this tune is played after The Chorus Jig / The Kilfenora Jig (see previous track) and is sometimes regarded as part of it.]
9. Cudreels / Cudrils / Quadrille Tunes / [Jigs / Slides]: She Hadn't the Knack She Thought She Had [CICD 1470.12 (from this recording); 1470.11 (not from this recording)], The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.13 (from this recording); 1968.11–.12 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes that MR assigns this name to.]
10. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Patrick Killoughrey, dancer; confusion about parts of the tune that follows], The Retreat [CICD 6528, 6529, 6530 (all from this recording? Part of the tune replayed separately {card 6530?}); 6531, 6532 (none from this recording); Bonaparte's Retreat]
11. Set Dance: Rodney's Glory [CICD 6527 (from this recording)]
12. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the music on track 13, mainly topics related to dancing, including: the travelling dancing master and fiddle player Hennessy (trained local people to dance the jig, reel and hornpipe; first taught the rising step in the jig, then the side-step for the reel; was active in the 1920s and '30s; taught MR's father; {MR himself saw H.}; taught pupils individually and charged sixpence per step, then thought very expensive; used to stay and teach in Michael Flanagan's house; would stay for one to two months at a time; when the lessons were over, sets would be danced in Flanagan's house); the dancing master Stack (from Ballycotton, Co Kerry); the dancer Paddy Moloney (danced in knickerbockers; danced Sagart na mBuataisi {The Priest in his Boots} as a solo dance); dancers in the Aran Islands (made up their own steps; when dancing a set would make the figures very long); Mairtin O Griofa, Carraroe, Co Galway, solo dancer (would make up his own steps); 'single' dancing (i.e. solo dancing by one man); a girl from Belgium performed what she called 'nature dancing' at the festival in Lisdoonvarna to the tune selection in track 13 (BB enquires if she was still dressed); Father Pat Ahearn (Siamsa Tire) arranged this tune set for the Fleadh Nua; MR offers to demonstrate a double batter with heel and toe in reel or quick hornpipe time.]
13. Air / Slow March, Slip Jig, Reel, Air: The South Wind [not in CICD], The Foxhunter's Jig / Nead na Lachan sa mButa [CICD 272.11 (from this recording); MR's name in Irish from Donal Standun (banjo, Spiddal, Co Galway); BB says that Willie Clancy's tune The Humours of Derrykissane is a version of this], The Foxhunter's Reel [CICD 2898.11 (from this recording; transcribed only in part); BB says that Patrick Kelly (fiddle) was the first person he heard playing this, and that Sean Keane (fiddle, The Chieftains) had popularised it], The South Wind [as played earlier in this track]
14. Reel: The Green Fields of America / Molly Branagan (Molly Brannigan?) [CICD 4754.11 (from this recording); 4749 (not from this recording); DMI, # 523]
15. Reel: Rakish Paddy [CICD 6015.11 (from this recording); 3108, 3109, 3110 (not from this recording); DMI, # 749; CRE, # 145]
16. Reel: The Blackhaired Lass / The Blackhaired Girl / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.12 (from this recording), 4230.13, 4239 (not from this recording)]
17. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4363.11 (from this recording); 4363.12, 3098 (not from this recording); played by Johnny Byrt, a travelling carpenter from Liscannor; CRE 2, # 175 (from MR)]
18. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3778.11 (where this recording is referenced); 3779 (not from this recording)]
19. Reel: Drowsy Maggie (mother's version) [CICD 3896.11 (from this recording); from MR's mother, who played the concertina; for another version, which MR learned in Donegal, see the next track.]
20. Reel: Drowsy Maggie (Donegal version) [CICD 3896.12–.13 (from this recording); version learned by MR from the Byrnes of Kilcar (fiddle players) while on a visit to Donegal.]
21. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 724.11 (from this recording); 1604, 1605 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 53 (from MR); The Lark's March]
22. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.11 (from this recording); 1809 (not from this recording); not the same tune as on previous track; minor key, tonic note A; for a version of this tune with tonic note B, see the next track]
23. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.12 (from this recording); 1809.13–.14 (not from this recording); not the same tune as that at track 21; minor key, tonic note B; for a version of this tune with tonic note A, see the previous track]
24. Reel, Speech: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4444.12 (where this recording is referenced); 4445, 4446 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)], Untitled [about Jimmy Mulqueeny (fiddle), who supplied the name for this tune. From BB's comments re 'Jimmy Mucai' it looks as if he had CICD card 4446 card in front of him when talking to MR here.]
25. Jigs / Single Jigs / Slides: Mickey Callaghan's Slide [CICD 2325.11 (from this recording), 2323.11 (not from this recording)], The Clare Jig [CICD 2364.13–.14 (from this recording); 1162.11–.12, 2364.11–.12, 2364.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
26. Speech: Untitled [Speech to introduce the reel The Boy in the Gap (the old way), but tape runs out before tune gets under way.] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Donnelly, Maeve, Galway, speech in English throughout;
fiddle solo throughout;
Unidentified performer [Kelly, John (senior), Clare / Dublin?], speech in English intermittently

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [The date of recording; where the performer comes from – near Kylemore Abbey, which is near Loughrea, Co Galway]
2. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Belles of Tipperary], Untitled
3. Reels: Colonel Fraser, Untitled [The Floating Crowbar; The Rathcroghan Reel]
4. Speech: Untitled [The performer's version of Colonel Fraser was derived from Sean Keane, fiddle; how the performer acquired her music; she associates the second reel with Brendan McGlinchey, fiddle]
5. Jig: The Gold Ring [Version associated originally with Willie Clancy; popularised by Sean Keane, fiddle]
6. Speech, Jig: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], The Gold Ring
7. Speech: Untitled [Tune played in previous track is not related to that played in track before that]
8. Single Jig: Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played]
10. Reel: Untitled [Lord Gordon]
11. Jig: Untitled [The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Reels, Speech: The Mooncoin Reel (clipped at start), Untitled [Related to 'Mrs Crotty's' ?], Untitled [Related to 'The Monsignor's Blessing' ?], Untitled [About the tunes just played; the performer learned the tunes from Denis Murphy (fiddle)]
13. Jigs, Speech: The Trip to Athlone, The Pipe on the Hob [Tonic note: D], Untitled [About the tunes just played]
14. Reel: Farewell to Ireland
15. Speech: Untitled [The performer favours Sean Keane's style of playing; about the tune to be played next]
16. Reel, Speech: The Bucks of Oranmore, Untitled
17. Reels, Speech: The Wheels of the World, The Chicago Reel, Untitled [About the tunes just played]
18. Hornpipe: Untitled [Brigid of Knock; composed by Ed Reavy]
19. Speech: Untitled [The performer's sources for the pieces played in the last two tracks – Seamus Connolly (fiddle) for the hornpipe in track A18; Tommy Peoples (fiddle) for the reels in track A17] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A1;
O'Loughlin, Peadar / O'Loughlin, Peter, flute in duet A1;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2;
Kelly, John, Clare and Dublin, fiddle solo A3;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo A4, 6;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A5;
Doran, Johnny, Wicklow, pipes solo A7;
Moloney, Eddie, Galway, flute solo A8

Running Order:
1. Jig: Untitled [Cathaoir an Phiobaire], Untitled [Whelan's Jig]
2. Jigs: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Reel: The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3096.11–.16, 3097 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; MR also plays an 'old' version]
5. Slow Air: Untitled [The Green Linnet]
6. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757, 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from MR); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (version of? DMI, # 79)]
7. Reels: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [My Love is in America], Untitled [Rakish Paddy] (incomplete)
8. Reels: Untitled [Tommy Whelan's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock] [END]

Performers:
Cronin, Patrick / Cronin, Paddy, Kerry, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Air: The Lament for O'Donnell [Caoine Ui Dhomhnaill]
2. Set Dance: The Jockey to the Fair [Log contains comment: 'Beginning Faulty. Check disc']
3. Hornpipes: Delahunty's Hornpipe [Byrne's Hornpipe], Byrne's Hornpipe [Names given in incorrect order in log?]
4. Single Jigs / Slides: The Quarry Cross [The Dingle Regatta, in the version played by Sliabh Luachra musicians], Re Bui Frolics [Barrack Hill (DMI, # 410)], The Pocan [The Pucan; The Worn Torn Petticoat; Quarry Cross; The Leprechaun; log contains comment: 'Bad thump on tape at start'] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Droney, Chris, Clare, concertina in duet A1–6;
Unidentified performer, whistle in duet A1–6;
Donohue, John / Donoghue, John, Clare, box solo [= concertina?] A7–14;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo A16, 25–28, 30–34;
flute solo A15;
flute in duet A35–38;
Flanagan, Patrick, concertina solo A17–24;
Conlon, John, accordion solo A25–31, 34

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled [The Silver Spear], Untitled [Tim Moloney]
2. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5407 & 5409 (from this recording); Jackie Coleman's Reel; composed by Jackie Coleman, flute player from Gurteen, Co Sligo (information source: CPG 4569, with BB sequential ID 349.22)]
3. Reel: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare]
4. Reel: Untitled [The Kilmaley]
5. Reel: Untitled [The Hunter's House, composed by Ed Reavy]
6. Polka / Single Reel: Untitled [CICD 6300 (from this recording); St Mary's Polka / Saint Mary's Polka]
7. 7: Jig: The Maid on the Green
8. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses
9. Reel: Untitled [The Heather Breeze]
10. Jig: The Idle Road [CICD 2461 (from this recording); not the tune generally known by the title 'The Idle Road'; The Boys of the Town (Roche 1, # 118)]
11. Reels: The Sally Gardens, Untitled [The Bird in the Bush]
12. Reel: Untitled [Sporting Paddy (CRE, # 133)]
13. Jig: The Idle Road [Title from typed list of contents – erroneous? The Rose in the Heather]
14. Jig: The Last Farewell [CICD 2103 (from this recording); Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (DMI, # 79)]
15. Jigs: The Ship in Full Sail [CICD 895 (from this recording); also at track A35a], Untitled [CICD 2234 (from this recording, probably from track A35b); CICD 2233, 2228.11 (none from this recording); Sean Phaidin; The Boys of the Town (DMI, # 89) is a related tune; MR also plays a separate but related tune called The Boys of the Town (Roche 1, # 118); also at track A35b]
16. Reels: Bean a' Ti ar Lar [Not in CICD from MR? The Woman of the House (standard version as recorded by Michael Coleman)], An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 2686.11, 4028, 4029, 4030, 5750.11–5750.12 (none from this recording)]
17. Reel: The Bucks of Oranmore
18. Reel: Untitled [The Sligo Maid]
19. Reel: Untitled [Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel; CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); source of MR's version? Related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
20. Reels: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [The Copperplate]
21. Reel: Untitled [Sporting Nellie]
22. Reel: Untitled [The Ladies Pantalettes – source of MR's version?]
23. Reel: Untitled
24. Reel: Untitled [Fermoy Lasses]
25. Reel: Come West along the Road [CICD 5505 (from this recording; written with tonic note D; played with tonic note F); 5502–5502.11 (none from this recording); DMI, # 793]
26. Reel: Miss Monaghan [CICD 3179.12 (not from this recording); DMI, # 575]
27. Jig: The Battering Ram [CICD 2195.12–2195.15 (none from this recording)]
28. Reel: The Humours of Tulla [CICD 3857.12 (not from this recording); standard setting of the tune; CRE 3, # 135; for MR's 'old' setting, see CICD 3726.11]
29. Reel: The Dairy Maid [Not in CICD from this recording]
30. Jig: Munster Buttermilk 2 [Not in CICD from this recording; The Sports of Multyfarnham (CRE 1, # 43)]
31. Jigs: The Connachtman's Rambles / Bean an Brown Dilisc / Bean ag Baint Dilisc [CICD 2133, 2136.11–12, 2138 (none from this recording)], Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; Haste to the Wedding]
32. Reel: The Blackhaired Girl / The Blackhaired Lass / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.12–4230.13, 4239 (none from this recording)]
33. Jig: The Killeshandra Lasses [CICD 1761 (from this recording); 1756.11 (not from this recording)]
34. Reel: The Green Mountain [Not in CICD from this recording; The Maid behind the Bar (tonic note D]
35. Jigs: The Ship in Full Sail [CICD 895 (from this recording); also at track A15a], Untitled [CICD 2234 (from this recording, probably from this track); CICD 2233, 2228.11 (none from this recording); Sean Phaidin; The Boys of the Town (DMI, # 89) is a related tune; MR also plays a separate but related tune called The Boys of the Town (Roche 1, # 118); also at track A15b]
36. Jigs: Three Little Drummers [CICD 2292 (from this recording); 2292.11 (not form this recording)], Delaney's Drummers [CICD 2828, 2829 (from this recording); 2406.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
37. Reel: The Boys of the Lake [CICD 3199.11–.12 (both from this recording?); 3195, 3196 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 164 (from MR)]
38. Reel: The Five Mile Chase [CICD 2880 (from this recording); 2880.11, 2914.11 (not from this recording)]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A1–12, 14–24, 26, 28–29;
speech in English A13, 25, 27, throughout;
speech in Irish A27;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English A30, throughout

Running Order:
1. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 315.11–.12 (where this recording is referenced), 318 (not from this recording); Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429, with 3 parts); 2 parts in MR's version]
2. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [CICD 252, 252.13 (from which the title), 252.11–252.12, 252.14 (none from this recording); written from MR in two different registers]
3. Jig, Speech: The Blackthorn Stick [CICD 1176.11 (from this recording); The Maid at the Well, DMI, # 24]; Untitled [Words that were sung to dance tunes]
4. Hornpipe: Fisher's Hornpipe [CICD 6089.11 (from which the title), 6090, 6090.11 (unclear if it is in CICD from this recording)]
5. Reel: The Knotted Cord [CICD 4469.11 (from this recording); The Wise Maid]
6. Polka / Single Reel: Untitled [CICD 6511, 6511.11, 6511.12; unclear if it is in CICD from this recording; only one part of the tune is played]
7. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.11–.12, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
8. Reel: The Top of the Morning [CICD 5276.11 (from which the title, also given in CRE 5; not from this recording); 5277.11 (where this recording is referenced); 5277.12, 5278 (none from this recording); CRE 5, # 181]
9. Jig: McCormick's Jig [CICD 903.11 (where this recording is referenced), 903.12 (not from this recording)]
10. Jig: An Bainbhin Dubh / Tumble the Tinker [CICD 2007.11 (from this recording), 1887.12 (not from this recording); The Walls of Liscarroll (version)]
11. Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll [CICD 1092.11 (from this recording); Tumble the Tinker; related to An Bainbhin Dubh (also from MR)?]
12. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2923–4, 4033.11 (none from this recording), 2924.11 (where this recording is referenced)]
13. Speech: Untitled [Discussion about customs related to dancing; dancing a fling]
14. Fling: Moneymusk [CICD 6539 (where this recording is referenced); 6538, 6540 (not from this recording)]
15. Reel: Rafferty's Reel [CICD 3316.11–.12 (none from this recording); 3317.11 (where this recording is referenced; where BB says it is a version of The Rising Sun); The Old Blackthorn (version)]
16. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5084.11–.14, 5091.11, 5093, 5096 (none from this recording); 5091.12–.13 (where this recording is referenced); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
17. Reels: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5060.12 (where this recording is referenced); 5062, 5062.11 (none from this recording)], The Pigeon on the Gate [CICD 5261.11–.12 (from this recording; in a different register than at 5239.11–.12); 5239.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
18. Reel: The Morning Star [CICD 4489.11 (from this recording)] (incomplete) [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Reel: The Morning Star [CICD 4489.11 (from this recording)]
20. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 4864.11 (where this recording is referenced); 4864.12–.13, 5384.11 (none from this recording); tune is featured on the Flanagan Brothers 78 rpm disc titled 'The Flanagans Chase the Banshee']
21. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5703.11 (where this recording is referenced), 5703.12–.13 (not from this recording)]
22. Jig: The Butcher's March / Hurrah for the Gallant Tipperary Boys / Lonely Old Hag Is It Tae You Want? [CICD 2200.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
23. Jig: Back of the Haggard [CICD 1607.12 (not from this recording)] / Paddle My Own Canoe [CICD 1607.13 (where this recording is referenced)]
24. Jig: Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part [CICD 2127.11 (where this recording is referenced)]
25. Speech: Untitled [Conversation about MR's mother; Larry Sharry; the tune Cathaoir an Phiobaire]
26. Jig: The Boys of the Town [CICD 864.11 (from this recording; gives reference to Roche I, # 118), 865.11 (not from this recording); MR also plays a separate but related tune of this name, which is nearer to the tune in DMI, # 89]
27. Speech: Untitled [Words in Irish to the tune Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
28. Jig: Banish Misfortune / The Irishman's Misfortune / The Shady Groves of Peamount [CICD 1367.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
29. Jig: Jimmy O'Brien's Jig [CICD 1860.11 (where this recording is referenced) / The Maid in the Meadows [CICD 1866–7 (not from this recording)]
30. Speech: Untitled [Breandan Breathnach makes a phone call; subject unrelated to the music on this tape] [END OF BAND TWO]