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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:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A1, 3, 6, 10, 19;
singing in Irish A7;
Unidentified performers, fiddle A2, 11, 17–18;
Curtin, Hugh, Clare, whistle A4, 8;
O Rochain, Muiris, Clare, speech in English throughout;
Crehan, Junior, Clare, fiddle A5, 20, 28;
singing in English A9;
Unidentified performer(s), whistle A11, 21;
Kelly, John sr., Clare and Dublin, fiddle A12–14;
concertina A22–23;
Kelly, James, Clare and Dublin, fiddle A12–14, 24, 27 (?);
Mitchell, Pat, Dublin, pipes A15–16, 25–26

Running Order:
1. Reels: Sean sa Cheo [CICD 3976.11–.14, 5649 (none from this recording)], The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3096.11–.16, 3097 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; with 3 parts, the third newly-composed; MR also plays an 'old' version]
2. Reels: Untitled [The Pigeon on the Gate], Untitled [Toss the Feathers; tonic note E]
3. Jigs: Untitled [Not in CICD from MR; the first part is that of 'Port Liadroma' (CRE, # 12) and the second is that of 'Old Tipperary' (CRE, # 16)], Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 818.11–.12, 823 (where card gives the musician as Mick Hand, in error? Should be Micho Russell?), 825 (none from this recording)]
4. Reels: Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled [Reel of Rio, composed by Sean Ryan]
5. Air: A Stor mo Chroi
6. Air: Untitled [An Paistin Fionn]
7. Song: An Paistin Fionn
8. Jig: Untitled [The Lark on the Strand; CRE, # 7]
9. Song: Untitled [Lament for Willie Clancy; composed by the singer?]
10. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4347.11, 4348 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 269 (untitled); Mary McMahon (Bulmer & Sharpley, 'Music from Ireland', vol 2)]
11. Reel: Untitled [Ships Are Sailing]
12. Reel: Untitled
13. Reel: The Dublin Lassies (variant) [First part is that of 'The Boys of Ballisodare / The Dublin Lasses', second differs]
14. Air, Hornpipe / Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird; played solo by John Kelly sr], Untitled [The Blackbird; duet]
15. Jig: Untitled [The Old Hag in the Kiln]
16. Jig / March, Piece: Untitled [Painneach na nUbh / O'Sullivan's March], Untitled [Gol na mBan san Ar; as recorded on cylinder by Feis Ceoil officials from Mici Cumba O Sullivan, Kerry] (incomplete) [END OF BAND ONE]
17. Air: Untitled
18. Jig: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob; The Lovely Lad (DMI, # 406)]
19. Reels: An Clochairin Ban [CICD 4513, 4514, 4514.11 (none from this recording); The Collier's Reel], Drowsy Maggie (mother's version) [CICD 3896.11 (not from this recording); from MR's mother, who played the concertina; The Reel with the Beryl; MR plays another version, which he learned in Donegal]
20. Air, Set Dance: Untitled [Casadh an tSugain], Untitled [An Suisin Ban]
21. Jig / Slide: Untitled
22. Jig / Slide: Untitled [Clancy's Dream]
23. Reels: Untitled [Tom Keane's Reel], Untitled [The Flogging Reel]
24. Reels: Untitled [The Kerry Reel / The Green Fields of Rossbeigh], Untitled [The Boyne Hunt]
25. Hornpipe: Untitled [Chuir Me Feisteas ar mo Theachsa / The Humours of Tullycreen (CRE, # 205); The Humours of Tullycrine]
26. Jig: Untitled [The Frieze Breeches (one of the versions played by Willie Clancy)]
27. Reels: Untitled [The Leitrim Bucks], Untitled
28. Air, Jig: Untitled [Anach Cuain / Eanach Dhuin], Untitled [Anach Cuain / Eanach Dhuin played as jig] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performers [Hunt, Michael and Tommy, Sligo?], speech in English throughout A1–18;
McDonagh, Laurence / Larry, Sligo, flute in duet A1–17;
McDonagh, Michael, Sligo, fiddle in duet A1–17;
fiddle solo A18;
Unidentified performer [Doran, Felix, Wicklow / Manchester], pipes solo A19–21

Running Order:
1. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Nicholson's [CICD 4000 (not from this recording)]
2. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Ballinafad Fancy [CICD 3104 (from this recording); The Dublin Reel, version of?]
3. Reel, Speech: Donoghue's Favourite [CICD 5429 (from this recording); The Maid of Laharc (CICD 5424, not from this recording); CRE 2, # 202 (untitled); Hughie Travers' Reel], Untitled
4. Reel, Speech: Miss Corbett [CICD 3499 (from this recording)], Untitled
5. Reel, Speech: Ganley's Reel [CICD 5951 (from this recording); The Curlews Maid (CICD 5950, not from this recording); Last Night's Fun, version of?], Untitled
6. Reel, Speech: Maggie on the Shore [CICD 2790 (from this recording)], Untitled
7. Jig, Speech: Touhey's Jig [CICD 2518 (from this recording); Mac's Fancy], Untitled
8. Jig: Reagan's Jig / Regan's Jig [Not in CICD; tape runs out during tune] [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Jig, Speech: Reagan's Jig / Regan's Jig [Continuation of previous tune], Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5691 (from this recording), where title 'Beal an Atha Fhada' is given on the card but crossed out; CICD 5690 (untitled; not from this recording)]
11. Reel, Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle [CICD 3843 (from this recording); CICD 3844 (not from this recording); Miss Brady; Esther's Reel], Untitled
12. Reel, Speech: The Cup of Coffee [CICD 5890 (untitled, from this recording; incompletely transcribed); McDonagh's Reel (2), in CRE 2, # 207; The Cup of Tea, version of?], Untitled
13. Reel: Untitled (incomplete)
14. Jig, Speech: John McNiff's Favourite [CICD 2281 (from this recording); The Farewell (CICD 2280, not from this recording)], Untitled
15. Jig, Speech: Ganley's Jig [CICD 1335 (from this recording); CICD 1666 (not from this recording)], Untitled
16. Reel, Speech: Jack Fadden's Reel [CICD 2659 (from this recording); Sailing into Walpole's Marsh, version of?], Untitled
17. Reel, Speech: Parkmore Fancy [CICD 4725 (from this recording)], Untitled
18. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2063.31 (from this recording?); The Boys of Tandaragee; The Rollicking Boys around Tandaragee]
19. Reel: Untitled [Rakish Paddy]
20. Reel: Untitled [The London Lasses]
21. Reel: Untitled [Coen's Memories; composed by Tommy Coen; The Cottage in the Grove] [END OF BAND TWO]