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Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle solo A2, 8–9, 17, 19, 23, 33;
speech in English and Irish throughout;
pipes solo A4, 6, 15, 25, 27, 31;
singing in English A11;
singing in Irish A13;
singing in Irish and English A21, 29;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout;
lilting in duet A9;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A20, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; short version to begin the 1st edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; full version at track A9]
3. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: how long does it take to make a piper? Time required: 7 years learning, 7 years practising, 7 years playing; story about 3 squabbling brothers; introduction to the tune that follows, a test piece for pipers; SE plays his father's version]
4. Set Dance: A hAon is a Do na Piobaireachta / The Ace and Deuce of Piping [One of two versions of this tune that SE played; tonic note A]
5. Speech: Untitled [About the title of the piece of music that follows, The Shaskeen Reel; bo sheasc is a cow that is not giving milk, perhaps a barren cow; the word 'seaiscin' is the affectionate diminutive of the word 'seasc', referring to such a cow that is kept as a pet]
6. Reel: The Shaskeen Reel
7. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the theme of the story that follows; story about the hiring fairs, 'Don Nippery Septo'; story about the king of Greece who wanted to give his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who could tell the longest story – the story without end; Ennis refers to the tune that follows as 'The Eternal Slide']
8. Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta (Sliabh Luachra version)], Untitled
9. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; with lilting; full version; short version at track A2]
10. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the song that follows, which was learnt from Mrs Cronin of Ballyvourney and her son Michael; song is about the treaty of Limerick, Sarsfield and the flight of the Wild Geese]
11. Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; factions Carabhat & Seana-Bheist; introduction to the next item]
13. Song: Untitled [Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me; song used to start a faction fight]
14. Speech: Untitled [Discussion of topics related to the song just sung, including: faction fighting; dragging one's coat to start a fight; fair days and faction fights; '12 o'clock in the day and not a blow struck'; Labhras O Cadhlaigh interested in piping; An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom, reel popular in Ring, Co Waterford]
15. Reel: An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom [End of the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
16. Speech: Untitled
17. Polkas: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue], Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka # 2; faded out] [End of the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
18. Tone signal
19. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; attitudes of people to pipes] [Beginning of the second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
20. Jigs: Down the Back Lane, Sergeant Early's Jig / An Maidrin Treitheach
21. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the chanter of the uilleann pipes played by Willie Clancy here was made by the Moloney brothers of Kilrush, who lived in the first half of the 19th century; chanter is 18 long & is on loan from Sean Reid, who in turn got the chanter from Brother Gildas O'Shea, Kerry, of the De La Salle congregation; introduction to the next item]
22. Air: The Trip over the Mountain [The Trip We Took over the Mountain]
23. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; Willie Clancy was influenced by other pipers, including Garrett Barry and Johnny Doran]
24. Reels: The Steampacket, Rakish Paddy
25. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
26. Hornpipes: The Faithful Friend [Learned from Leo Rowsome], The Plains of Boyle (faded out) [End of the second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
27. Tone signal
28. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; Willie Clancy was influenced by other pipers, including Garrett Barry, Johnny Doran, Leo Rowsome and Seamus Ennis; he was also influenced by John Potts, of Ardee St, Dublin, a native of south Co Wexford; introduction to the next item] [Beginning of the third edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
29. Reel: The Connacht Heifers [The Connacht Heifer; learned from John Potts], Corney is Coming
30. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the tune that follows is a version played by the piper Garrett Barry, whom Willie Clancy's father Gilbert knew well; introduction to the next item]
31. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [First two parts of this 5-part jig form the melody of the song sung in Connemara 'Cunnla, a chroi, na teara nios goire dom']
32. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; Willie Clancy's interest in Irish traditional singing is reflected in his playing of slow airs; introduction to the air that follows; Willie Clancy learned the melody from a ballad in English that his father used to sing called 'The Bold Trainer-O']
33. Air: Uilleachan Dubh O / Banchnoic Eireann O / The Bold Trainer-O [The Green Linnet; M'Uilleagan Dubh O; The Bold Traynor O]
34. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; West Clare is no longer a Gaeltacht; a verse in Irish connected with the first tune in the selection to be played next]
35. Reel: Bean an Tinceara [Bean a' Tinceara; An Bhean Tinceara], Carney's Reel [Kearney's Reel; The Ravelled Hank of Yarn; recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc for Gael-linn by this performer as 'Ril Mhichil Ui Cheithearnaigh', i.e. 'Michael Carney's Reel'; that recording reissued on the CD publication 'Seoltai Seidte'; recorded by Michael Carney on a commercial 78rpm disc as 'The Peeler's Jacket' (mistitled?)]
36. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; introduction to the next tune]
37. Slip Jig: Tiocfaidh Tu sios go Luimneach / Won't You Come down to Limerick? [An dTiocfaidh Tu sios go Luimneach? / Kitty Come down to Limerick / Will You Come down to Limerick? / The Munster Gimlet] (faded up at start) [End of third edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Quill, Ellen Mary / O Duibhir, Eibhlin Bean Ui Dh- / O'Dwyer, Mrs, Limerick, concertina solo A1;
speech in English A1;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
speech in Irish throughout;
Unidentified performers, speech in English and Irish throughout;
O Duibhir, Roibeard / O'Dwyer, Robert [Limerick?], accordion solo A2–3;
O hUardaill, Padraig, Waterford [?], speech in Irish A4;
singing in Irish A5;
O Suilleabhain, Criostoir, Waterford [?], speech in Irish A5;
singing in Irish A6–7

Running Order:
1. Reel, Speech: Toss the Feathers (clipped at start) [Part overlap and continuation of the last track on BB_RR_353], Untitled
2. Jigs, Speech: Garrett Barry's Favourite, The Leitrim Double Jig [The Leitrim Jig], Garrett Barry's Favourite, Untitled
3. Country Dance Tunes [Polkas]: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [The Croppies' March], Untitled [Repeat of first tune in this selection]
4. Speech: Untitled
5. Song, Speech: Bruach na Carraige Baine [With alternate verses in Irish and English], Untitled
6. Song: Untitled [Sliabh na mBan]
7. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Brid a' 'Ghabh' [Brid an Ghabha], Galway, speech in Irish A1;
singing in Irish A1, 4;
Unidentified performer [Bourke, Angela / Partridge, Angela / De Burca, Aingeal], speech in Irish throughout;
'Ghabh', Maire [Ui Cheannabhain, Maire Ghabha], Galway, speech in Irish A2–3;
singing in Irish A2–3

Running Order:
1. Speech, Song: Untitled, Beannacht Leat a Thir Mo Ghra
2. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled, Dearthairin O Mo Chroi, Untitled
3. Song, Speech: Mainistir na Buaile, Untitled
4. Song: A' bhFaca Tu Mo Sheamaisin [With lilting] [END OF BAND ONE]

This tape contains copies of recordings made by Radio Eireann / RTE Radio. The sound is often distorted due to over-modulation. This tape is probably a working tape made during the CICD project; it might be a highly selectively edited copy of an original supplied by Radio Eireann / RTE. Ciaran Mac Mathuna features throughout as the radio presenter.

Running order:
1. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcements, the second as voice-over], The Liffey Banks, The Shaskeen / Larry Redican, speech in English ; Michael Coleman, fiddle
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and interview; about pipers in New York; Patsy Touhey; Michael Carney – disabled due to an accident at a handball game; Carney's occupation; anecdote about Carney inventing titles for Miss McLeod's reel; anecdotes about James Morrison, fiddle] / Larry Redican, speech in English
3. Reel, Speech: The Humours of Westport, Untitled [Radio announcement] / Paddy Cronin, fiddle
4. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcements; information about the next tunes to be played], Mulvihill's (1) [Garrett Barry's Reel], Mulvihill's (2), Murphy's [Charlie Mulvihill's (1)] / unidentified performers, instrumental group
5. Speech with Singing, Polka: Untitled [Radio interview; words in English to the polka 'O the Breeches Full of Stitches / O the Britches Full of Stitches'; version in Irish of the song sung to that tune, sung by Sean O Croinin; singing of the version in English by Denis Murphy; both the English and Irish versions are transcribed on CICD 6313], O the Breeches Full of Stitches / O the Britches Full of Stitches [CICD 6313 (from this recording)] / Denis Murphy, speech in English, singing in English, fiddle ; Sean O Cronin, singing in Irish
6. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
7. Song with Lilting: Untitled / unidentified performer, singing in Irish
8. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
9. Reel: The Queen of May [Mistitled?; recorded by John McKenna, flute, on 78rpm disc as 'The Flowers of Redhill'] / John Joe Gardiner, fiddle
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] / John Joe Gardiner, speech in English, fiddle
11. Reel: Scotch Willie / The Pigeon on the Gate
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] / John Joe Gardiner, speech in English
13. Jig: Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part / McCann's Favourite [The Races of Castlebar; Castlebar Races; Heather and Sedge] / John Joe Gardiner, flute
14. Reel, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled, Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [Discussion about the tune to be played next] / John Joe Gardiner, flute ; unidentified performer, lilting
15. Reel: Gardiner's Favourite [London Lasses] / John Joe Gardiner ; unidentified performer, fiddle
16. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] / John Joe Gardiner ; unidentified performer
17. Reels: The Mountain Top, The Cailin Ban [The Longford Collector (related tune)] / John Joe Gardiner, flute ; unidentified performer
18. Jig: Untitled [The Walls of Liscarroll; Andy Hehir's Favourite] / unidentified performer [Elizabeth Crotty], concertina solo
19. Polka: An Gabhairin Bui / unidentified performer [Elizabeth Crotty], concertina solo
20. Reel: Untitled [Gorman's Reel; Sporting Nell (related tune)] / unidentified performer [Elizabeth Crotty], concertina solo [END OF BAND ONE]
21. Jig: Cathaoir an Phiobaire [The Piper's Chair] / unidentified performer [Micho Russell], flute solo
22. Reel: The Green Mountain / unidentified performer, fiddle
23. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled (faded out) / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Johnny O'Leary, accordian
24. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Dawn / Joe Cooley, accordian
25. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Concert Reel], Untitled [The Laurel Bush] / Kevin Henry, flute
26. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Lucky in Love [Mistitled?; The Pretty Girls of Mayo; The Music of the Forge; Ceol na Ceartan], Glenallen [Mistitled?; Tansey's Favourite; CRE 3, # 136; recorded by Paddy Killoran, fiddle, on 78rpm disc] / Bobby Gardiner, accordian
27. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], Feargal Gara [Faral Gara] / Joe Cooley, speech in English
28. Reel: Untitled / Jack Marken [?], whistle
29. Reel, Speech: Martin Wynne's [Composed by Martin Wynne], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over] / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Andy McGann, fiddle
30. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Julia Murphy [Clifford], fiddle
31. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Julia Murphy [Clifford], fiddle
32. Reels: Untitled, Donal a' Phumpa [CICD 3941 (where this recording is referenced)] / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Julia Murphy [Clifford], fiddle
33. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Sailor's Cravat (DMI, # 681)], The Green Fields of Rossbeigh [Mistitled?; The Reel of Bogey] / John Bowe, accordian
34. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Radio announcement; the performer who plays next was aged 16 when the next item was recorded in June 1964], Come Along with Me [DMI, # 337] / unidentified performer, accordian
35. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the next performer comes from Castlefrench, near Ahascragh, Co Galway]
36. Jig: Paddy Fahy's Jig [Composed by Paddy Fahy] / Mairtin Byrnes, fiddle
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (incomplete), Mairtin Byrnes, lilting and speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1, 3, 7, 11, 13;
speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12;
singing in Irish A5, 9;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12, 14;
MacMahon, Tony, Clare / Dublin, accordion solo A15

Running Order:
1. Jig: Sixpenny Money / Airgead Realach [Short version to mark the start of the radio programme; for a full version, see track A3; start of the edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items; SE talks about a dream he had that featured his father]
3. Jig: Sixpenny Money / Airgead Realach [Full version of the tune at track A1]
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about Labhras O Cadhlaigh, Co Waterford; repeat of some of the material that SE presented in a recent (at that time) appearance by SE on the TV programme 'Rogha', in which SE spoke about O Cadhlaigh; background to the next song]
5. Song: Untitled [Part of a religious song sung by a woman while she did the Stations of the Cross, as remembered by Labhras O Cadhlaigh]
6. Speech: Untitled [More information about Labhras O Cadhlaigh, Co Waterford]
7. Air: Sliabh Geal gCua na Feile
8. Speech: Untitled [Topic: A song to the air of 'Sliabh Geal gCua na Feile' that was sung by Eilis Bean Ui Chroinin / Elizabeth Cronin, Baile Mhic Ire, Co Cork; song was about a local character, Pead Bui O Loinsigh, singer, piper and fife-player, who had a dispute with the local clergy because of his heavy drinking]
9. Song, Speech: Amhran Pheaid Bhui Ui Loinsigh ar an Ol, Untitled [Remarks about the song just sung]
10. Speech: Untitled [Topics: the fiddle-player Frank Cassidy, Teelin, Co Donegal; background to the next piece of music, which was played by Frank Cassidy]
11. Air: The Mother's Croon / Cronan na Mathar
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items; SE associates the next tune with step-dancer Helen McAllister]
13. Reel: The Donegal Reel
14. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about an event in Dublin]
15. Reels: The Bank of Ireland, Cawley's Reel [The Dairy Maid] [This selection is a track from Tony MacMahon's solo Gael-linn LP, titled 'Tony MacMahon'] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, lecture in English [= speech in English] A1–23;
singing in Irish A2, 4–6, 14;
singing in English A8;
pipes solo A10–13, 16–18, 20, 23;
O Rochain, Muiris, Miltown Malbay, speech in Irish and English A23;
Unidentified performers, pipes solo A24;
Gallahar, Brian, Dublin, speech in English A24

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled (clipped at beginning and end) [Topic: background to the song 'Roisin Dubh']
2. Song: Roisin Dubh (short; clipped at beginning)
3. Speech: Untitled [Topic: singing styles; singing styles simpler in north of Ireland; Seamus Delargy said that that was also true of folk tales; singing styles and tales most intricate in south; style in Connemara is archaic; example melody: Cailin Deas Cruite na mBo / The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow; Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain; explanation of song content]
4. Song: Untitled [Introduced in previous track; associated with Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain]
5. Speech, Song: Untitled [Introduction to the next song; composed by Maire Bui Ni Laoghaire, poet from near Ballingeary], Untitled
6. Speech, Song: Untitled [Topic: Labhras O Cadhla; introduction to the next song, about a woman whose husband is away from home as a soldier], Untitled
7. Speech: Untitled [Folk music as modal music; scales and modes; sings modes in tonic solfa form; anecdote about Aeolian and Hyperdorian modes]
8. Song: Untitled [Kitty from Ballinamore]
9. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [Topic: instrumental music; Irish did not use harmony; primitively flavoured singing of Connemara; woodwind instruments carried by the Celts on their travels; these instruments derive from the shepherd's reed with which he called his flock; that reed was later developed to a bagpipe; which came first, string or reed instruments?; quotes Dryden's 'Ode to Saint Cecilia's Day'] [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic from track 9; playing too fast; intricacies are lost if speed is too fast; illustration of playing too fast using the reel 'The Sligo Maid']
11. Reel: The Sligo Maid [Played at what the performer regards as the correct speed]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics: learners should be aware of pulse and syncopation; emphasis; each tune should have its own nuances and expressions of feeling; bad emphasis illustrated using the jig 'The Munster Buttermilk']
13. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk [Played with correct emphasis]
14. Speech: Untitled [Instrumental music having its origins in vocal music; backgroung to the dandling song Na Ceannabhain Bhana; that song sung and then the melody played as dance tune]
15. Speech: Untitled [Earliest dance music was in triple time; varieties of triple time; common time and varieties of it]
16. Jig: Saddle the Pony [Example of triple time]
17. Speech, Slip Jig: Untitled [Slip jigs are in 9/8 time], The Rocky Road to Dublin
18. Speech, Single Jig: Untitled [Single jigs are in 12/8 time, which is related to common time], Untitled [Pat Ward's Jig]
19. Speech: Untitled [Development of instruments from primitive forms; the parts of the uilleann pipes; drones harmonise with any note on the chanter; regulators and harmony; harmony in fiddle playing is an imitation of the regulators; harmony highly developed in Donegal fiddle playing; limitations of the warpipes / Highland pipes; 4/4 time, the time signature for reels; origin of Miss McLeod's Reel]
20. Reel: Miss McLeod's Reel
21. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [4/4 or 2/4 used as time signatures for hornpipes; the Lancashire clog dance; the hornpipe The Standing Abbey and its associations for Ennis; remarks on the revival of Irish traditional music] [END OF BAND THREE]
22. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic on previous track]
23. Hornpipe, Speech: The Standing Abbey, Untitled [Concluding remarks by lecture chairman]
24. Recording of piping class at WCSS [Teacher: Brian Gallahar] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2, 4, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46–47, 49, 51, 53;
speech in English throughout;
singing in Irish A6;
singing in Irish and English A8;
singing in Scots Gaelic A10;
singing in English A12, 14, 16, 18;
whistle solo A20, 28, 30;
whistle in duet A32;
pipes in instrumental group A34;
pipes in duet A36, 38;
Folan, Stephen / O Cualain, Stiofain, Galway, dancing A20;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A22;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A24, 26;
speech in English A25;
fiddle in duet A32, 36, 38;
Clifford family, the, Kerry / Limerick / London, instrumental group A34

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Air: Untitled [Uirchill an Chreagain / The Churchyard of Creggan]
3. Speech: Untitled ['I know that music...' Topics: SE's father, regarded as the best piper in Ireland; a tune played for SE in his cradle, The Munster Buttermilk]
4. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
5. Speech: Untitled ['Our house was always a house of music...' Topics: SE's family background; mother sang, father played the pipes, flute, fiddle, tin whistle; pipers visited the house; Pat Ward, piper, who played a double chanter; he was killed by a bus in Drogheda; his daughter was also a good piper; other pipers, including Jim Brogan, Sharkey, Liam Andrew; father played the Highland pipes for visitors; SE played Highland pipes; another visitor, Billy Clarke, from Co Monaghan, took part in the recording 'The Pipes of Three Nations'; Colm O Lochlainn visited the Ennis household every Thursday evening; O Lochlainn learned pipes from SE's father, and in exchange taught the Irish language to SE's father; O Lochlainn took SE with him on holidays in Connemara; SE learned his first song, An Droighnean Donn, in Rosmuc, in Connemara]
6. Song: An Droighnean Donn
7. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I can never thank Colm O Lochlainn enough...' Topics: SE's gratitude to Colm O Lochlainn; SE roamed Ireland on a bicycle to collect music for the Irish Folklore Commission; introduction to the next song]
8. Song: Untitled [Siuil A Ruin]
9. Speech: Untitled ['I found that Connemara...' Topics: riches of Connemara as a repository of folk traditions; SE enjoyed working in Connemara and hated returning to Dublin city; SE visited the Hebrides for the Irish Folklore Commission and spent 6 months there; the song 'O Son of the Earl of the White Banners']
10. Song, Speech: O Son of the Earl of the White Banners [Mhic Iarla Nam Bratach Bana], Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled ['Since then, though, I've been to Scotland several times...' Topics: SE visited the north-east of Scotland, Aberdeenshire and Banffshire; introduction to the next song]
12. Song, Speech: The Barnyards of Delgaty, Untitled
13. Speech: Untitled ['That's one my favourites...' Topic: SE visited Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, where he collected songs from Amos Beckett]
14. Song: Untitled [I Am a Wild and Wicked Youth]
15. Speech: Untitled ['Well, I suppose all of you heard of The Croppy Boy...' Topic: the source of the next song]
16. Song: Untitled [The Herring Song / The Song of the Herring; repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling']
17. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I want to let you hear something from Wales...' Topics: SE's visit to Wales; introduction to the next song, which SE heard in Fishguard]
18. Song: Untitled ['My name is Billy Williams...']
19. Speech: Untitled ['Now, all these songs remind me forcibly...' Topic: music nights in Connemara]
20. Reel with Dancing: The Copperplate Reel
21. Speech: Untitled ['I've seen some old people dancing...' Topic: information about the previous item and the next item]
22. Song, Speech: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor, Untitled ['And on this merry note...' Closing remarks at end of radio programme]
23. Speech: Untitled ['When I was in Cork the other day...' Topic: a meeting with Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe]
24. Reel: The Flowing Bowl [The Piper's Despair]
25. Speech: Untitled ['The best of Padraig's pupils...']
26. Reel: Turkey in the Straw
27. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis...' Topic: the tune 'The Mountain Road'; visiting Julia Clifford in Newcastle West; her 13-year-old son Billy plays the tin whistle for SE]
28. Reel: Kitty Gone A-Milking [Mistitled?; The Old Bush]
29. Speech: Untitled ['That's the tune he was playing...' Topic: SE teaches 'The Mountain Road' to Denis Murphy]
30. Reel: The Mountain Road
31. Speech: Untitled ['I put on the drones at the end of it...']
32. Reel: The Mountain Road
33. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis. I could see young Billy Clifford's eyes...' Topics: the Clifford family learn to play the reel 'The Mountain Road']
34. Reel: The Mountain Road
35. Speech: Untitled ['It was a long road home...' Topics: going home after a long session of music with the Clifford family; setting a clutch of eggs under a turkey; introduction to the next piece of music]
36. Jig: The Humours of Lisheen
37. Speech: Untitled ['All I can say is...']
38. Reel: The Woman of the House [End of a programme?]
39. Miscellaneous: Untitled [End-of-tape noises, including the sound of the original tape rewinding] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle A1, 7–8, 22;
speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
pipes solo A3, 5, 14, 16, 20;
singing in English A10;
singing in Irish A12, 18;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
lilting A8

Running Order:
1. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
2. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: how long does it take to make a piper? 7 years learning, 7 years practising, 7 years playing to become a piper; story about squabbling brothers; the test piece for pipers (the tune that follows); introduction to the next piece of music, which SE learned from his father]
3. Set Dance: A hAon is a Do na Piobaireachta / The Ace and Deuce of Piping [One of two versions of this tune that SE played; tonic note A]
4. Speech: Untitled [About the title of the piece of music that follows, The Shaskeen Reel; bo sheasc is a cow that is not giving milk, perhaps a barren cow; the word 'seaiscin' is the affectionate diminutive of the word 'seasc', referring to such a cow that is kept as a pet]
5. Reel: The Shaskeen Reel
6. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the theme of the story that follows; story about the hiring fairs, 'Don Nippery Septo'; story about the king of Greece who wanted to give his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who could tell the longest story – the story without end; Ennis refers to the tune that follows as 'The Eternal Slide']
7. Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta], Untitled
8. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide] with lilting by C Mac M
9. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the song that follows, which was learnt from Mrs Cronin of Ballyvourney and her son Michael; song is about the treaty of Limerick, Sarsfield and the flight of the Wild Geese]
10. Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]
11. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; introduction to the next item]
12. Song: Untitled [Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me; song used to start a faction fight]
13. Speech: Untitled [Discussion of topics related to the previous song, including: faction fighting; dragging one's coat to start a fight; fair days and faction fights; '12 o'clock in the day and not a blow struck'; Labhras O Cadhlaigh interested in piping; An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom, reel popular in Ring, Co Waterford]
14. Reel: An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom
15. Speech: Untitled [Topics including: SE plays many instrument, including the fiddle and the Jew's Harp; SE does not play a melodeon or accordion, because the notes are 'ready made'; John Clarke of the Pipers' Club said that accordions were not allowed in the club; story about a changeling who plays the fiddle and later plays the melodeon after being thrown in the river; story about the blacksmith and the Scolaire Bocht – 'se buile moch an Luain agus buile deanach an tSathairn ata dod mhilleadh']
16. Reel: The Merry Blacksmith
17. Speech: Untitled [Lore about blacksmiths, including: blacksmiths are never tired; the tiredness of the blacksmith is put over on the tinker; story about holy person who wants to get a pin made for a cloak – the tinker refuses to do it, but the blacksmith agrees, and for this reason tinkers are cursed; a poet or musician should never be refused in a forge; introduction to the song that follows]
18. Song: Amhran na nGaibhne [About a musician who went to a forge to borrow a spade]
19. Speech: Untitled [The richness of folklore in the Carna area in Connemara; introduction to the reel The Drunken Landlady, which SE learnt in Inis Ni, near Cloch na Ron [Roundstone], in Connemara; SE found the name for the tune in Co Cavan]
20. Reel: The Drunken Landlady
21. Speech: Untitled [Lore about competitions between musicians, which were based on repertoire; story about Henry Bohannon, who got the gift of music from the fairies – competition between him and another piper – wins the competition with The Lark's March / Mairseail na Fuiseoige]
22. Jig: The Lark's March / Mairseail na Fuiseoige / The Lark in the Morning (incomplete; fades out) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Murphy, Mollie / Murphy, Mrs, Cork, fiddle A1–20;
speech in English throughout tracks A1–20;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, speech in English throughout tracks A1–20;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout tracks A1–20;
Moran, Thomas, whistle A21–24;
Unidentified performer [Bill Andrews ?], pipes A25–26;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes A27;
whistle A27–29;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle A30;
Ni Dhonnchadha, Maire Aine, Galway, singing in Irish A31–32;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in Irish A31;
Unidentified performers, A33;
Killoran, Paddy, USA, fiddle A34;
Unidentified music group, unidentified location B1;
Wathen, Ronnie, speech in English B1, 9, 11;
Unidentified performers, singing in an unidentified language B2–3, 5–6, 9–15;
Unidentified music group, singing in an unidentified language with percussion B4, 7–8;
Unidentified performers, speech in an unidentified language B6, 9–10, 11;
Mitchell, Pat, Dublin, pipes B16–18

Running Order:
1. Jig: The Guy and His Comrade [CICD 1036–1037 (from this recording); Morrison's Jig; track includes discussion about the tune, as do many tracks featuring the performer here]
2. Reel: The Queen of Hearts [Incomplete; first part of the tune only]
3. Jig: The Humours of Ennistymon [CICD 1514.11–1514.12 (from this recording); Coppers and Brass]
4. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2182.11 (from this recording)]
5. Jig: Stick It and Hold Her [CICD 2536.11 (from this recording)]
6. Jig, Speech: Church Hill / Kitty the Rags / I Am in Love with You [The titles 'Kitty the Rags' and 'I Am in Love with You' were supplied by Denis Murphy; Cnocan an Teampaill; this recording is probably the source for CRE 2, # 54, but CICD card is missing; Kitty the Rag, I'm in Love with You], Untitled
7. Jig: Untitled [CICD 667.12 (from this recording)]
8. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2505.11 (from this recording); Fasten the Leg in Her]
9. Jig: The Ballinamuck Jig / Jimmy O'Brien's Jig / The Maid in the Meadow [Indication in the discussion that the player might be referring to a written source]
10. Jig: The Humours of Dingle [CICD 774.11 (from this recording)]
11. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2127.12 (from this recording); Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part]
12. Jig: Untitled [CICD 864 (from this recording); The Boys of the Town]
13. Jig: The Ducks in the Oats [CICD 2483.11 (from this recording)]
14. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1165 (from this recording); Connie the Soldier]
15. Jig: The Humours of Ballinacurtha / The Humours of Ballinacintha [CICD 1626.11 (from this recording; provides both titles given here); playing of the tune is followed by discussion of the spelling of the name Ballinacurtha; however, the title 'The Humours of Ballinacurtha' might not apply to the tune played here but to 'The Maid on the Green' – see BB index PRI, card 847 + ff]
16. Reel: Untitled
17. Reel: The Top Room / The Tap Room
18. Reel, Jig: The Moving Bog (brief; incomplete), The Walls of Liscarroll / The Feather Bed Jig
19. Jig: Untitled [The Ship in Full Sail]
20. Slip Jig: The Cock in the Heath [CICD 49 (from this recording)]
21. Reel: Untitled [The Sally Gardens]
22. Hornpipe: Untitled [Chief O'Neill's Favourite]
23. Hornpipe: Untitled [Off to California]
24. Polka: Sweeney's Polka
25. Reels: Untitled [Jenny's Wedding], Untitled [Jenny Tie the Bonnet] [Dubbing from commercial 78rpm disc?]
26. Reel: Untitled [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel; dubbing from commercial 78rpm disc?]
27. Hornpipe, Reel: Untitled (brief; incomplete) [The Sweeps], Untitled [The Shaskeen Reel] [Dubbings from commercial LPs?]
28. Jig: Untitled [The Maid on the Green; dubbing from commercial LP]
29. Reel: Untitled [The Mountain Road; dubbing from commercial LP]
30. Song, Song: Untitled ['S Ambo Eara], Untitled (brief; incomplete) [A Stor Mo Chroi] [Dubbing from commercial LP]
31. Song: Untitled [Is Deas an Buachaillin / Is Deas an Sagairtin; dubbing from commercial LP]
32. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan; dubbing from commercial LP]
33. Jigs: Untitled [The Banks of Lough Gowna; played for a short time at half speed], The Banks of Newfoundland [Dubbing from commercial recording]
34. Reel: The First Month of Spring [Dubbing from commercial recording]
35. Jigs: The Noonday Feast / John McMahon's Fancy [Dubbing from commercial recording]
36. Jigs: Untitled (brief; incomplete), The Sunny Banks [The Humours of Kesh (clipped at end)] [Dubbing from commercial recording] [END OF BAND ONE]
37. Piece with spoken commentary: Untitled [Music performance recorded at a ritual ceremony, with spoken commentary]
38. Song: Untitled
39. Song: Untitled
40. Song: Untitled
41. Song: Untitled
42. Song, Song, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
43. Songs: Untitled
44. Song: Untitled
45. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled
46. Song: Untitled
47. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled
48. Song: Untitled
49. Song: Untitled [Speed problem at end of track]
50. Song: Untitled
51. Song: Untitled
52. Reel: Untitled [The Merry Blacksmith]
53. Reels, Jig: Untitled [The Old Bush], Untitled [The Ravelled Hank of Yarn], Untitled (brief; incomplete) [Tumble the Tinker]
54. Jig: Untitled [Tumble the Tinker] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Cronin, Elizabeth, Cork, singing in Irish A1, 8, 10–11, 15–16, 18–19;
singing in English A3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 20;
singing in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 17;
speech in Irish A21–23;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A24–26;
Unidentified performer [O Caoidheain, Colm, Galway], singing and speech in Irish A27;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry], fiddle solo A28–29

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled [Nil Mo Shlainte ar Fonamh (SEC, # 104)]
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled [The Charming Sweet Girl That I Love (SEC, # 154)]
4. Song: Untitled [Girleen Don't be Idle (SEC, # 62)]
5. Song: Untitled [In Kerry Long Ago (SEC, # 73)]
6. Song: Untitled [Annon's anall, is trid an Abhainn (SEC, # 22); A Chailleach do Mharais Me / O Hag You Destroyed Me]
7. Song: Untitled [The Bonny Blue-Eyed Lassie (SEC, # 148)]
8. Song: Untitled [A Chaipin-ar-Leathstuaic, a' bhFeacais na Caoire? (SEC, # 1); with lilting]
9. Song: Untitled [Sweet Lisbweemore (SEC, # 142)]
10. Song: Untitled [Cu-Cuc, a Chuaichin (SEC, # 42)]
11. Song: Untitled
12. Song: Untitled [Cuckanandy (SEC, # 41)]
13. Song: Untitled [What Would You Do if You Married a Soldier (SEC, # 191); with lilting; melody is that of the jig 'The Frost Is All Over']
14. Song: Untitled [Faiche Bhrea Aerach an Cheoil (SEC, # 57)]
15. Song: Untitled [An Gamhain Geal Ban (SEC, # 18)]
16. Song: Untitled [Cuir a Chodladh (SEC, # 43)]
17. Song: Untitled [Taim Cortha O Bheith im' Aonar im' Lui (SEC, # 144)]; I'm Weary from Lying Alone] [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Song: Untitled
19. Song: Untitled [Da mBa Liom-sa an Ainnir (SEC, # 45)]
20. Song: Untitled [Down the Green Fields (SEC, # 55)]
21. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
22. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
23. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
24. Song: Untitled [An Bonnan Bui]
25. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan]
26. Song: Untitled [Roisin Dubh]
27. Song: Untitled [Seachran Chearrbhail]
28. Air: Untitled [The Blackbird]
29. Air: Untitled [Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill] [END OF BAND TWO]