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Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 169 [sound recording] / Micho Russell ; Breandán Breathnach

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1-35, 37-55, B1-61;
singing in Irish A27;
singing in English B59;
speech in English throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (old version) [CICD 2921.11 (from this recording); 2920, 2920.11, 2921 (none from this recording); for MR's 'standard' version, see tracks A2 and B20.]
2. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (standard version) [CICD 3096.12–.13 (from this track on this recording); 3096.14–.15 (where this track on this recording is referenced; also from this recording (137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 20); 3096.11, 3096.16, 3097 (none from this recording); also at track B20; for MR's 'old' version, see track A1.]
3. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3778.11 (from this recording), 3779 (not from this recording)]
4. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4444.12 (from this recording); 4445, 4446 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)]
5. Reel: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CICD 4964.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 150 (i) (from MR)]
6. Reel: Divide the Cally Fair [CICD 5300.11 (from this recording), 5300 (not from this recording); Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, version of)]
7. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 2364.11–.12 (both from this recording); 1162.11–.12, 2364.13–.14 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
8. Jig: An Chailleach is a Ceag ar a Gualainn / An Chailleach is a Ceag ar a Guala / Kitty's Rambles [CICD 1467.11 (from this recording), 1467 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 36 (from MR)]
9. Jig: Tatter Jack Walsh / An t-Athair Jack Walsh [CICD 1394.11 (from this recording); 1393, 1394, 1394.12 (none from this recording)]
10. Jig: The Frost is All Over / Rince na gCoinini i nGarrai na hEorna [CICD 724.12 (from this recording; contains reference to 'card 2'); 809 (not from this recording)]
11. Dance Tune: Untitled [not in CICD; learned by MR from a dance group in Ghent (?) in Belgium.]
12. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 2907.11 (from this recording), 2908 (not from this recording; CRE 2, # 260 (from MR); for other versions and titles, see BB index, cards 2983, 2657]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4363.12 (from this recording); 4363.11, 3098 (not from this recording); learned from Johnny Byrt, flute player and travelling carpenter; CRE 2, # 175 (from MR)]
14. 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)]
15. Jig: The Four Posts of the Bed [CICD 1349.14–.15 (from this recording); 1349.12–.13 (none from this recording)]
16. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles / Bean an Brown Dilisc [CICD 2136.11 (from this recording); 2133, 2136.12, 2138 (none from this recording)]
17. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles [Version composed by Finbar Furey, according to MR; CICD 1389.12 (from this recording)]
18. Reel: The Blackhaired Girl / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.13 (from this recording?); 4230.12 (where this recording is referenced); 4239 (not from this recording); The Blackhaired Lass]
19. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 4995.11 (from this track on this recording); 4995.12, 5018.12 (both also from this recording; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 30); 5016, 5017, 5018–.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
20. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5084.11–.14 (all from this track on this recording); 5091.12–.13 (both also from this recording; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 60); 5091.11, 5093, 5096 (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
21. Reels: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5062.11 (from this recording); 5060.12, 5062 (none from this recording)]
22. Reel: The West Clare Reel [CICD 5883.11 (from this recording), 5883 (not from this recording); Dan Breen's]
23. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2924.11 (from this recording); 2923, 2924, 4033.11 (none from this recording)]
24. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1133.11, 1828, 1829 (none from this recording)]
25. 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)]
26. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 3415.13 (from this track on this recording); 3415.11 (also from this recording; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 18); 2856.11, 2857, 3415.12, 3415.14 (none from this recording)]
27. Reel, Singing: An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 2686.11 (from this recording); 4028, 4029, 4030, 5750.11–.12 (none from this recording)], An Bhean Tinceara [Sung version]
28. Jig: Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 818.11–.12 (from this recording); 825 (not from this recording)]
29. Jig / Quadrille Tune: The Cumann na mBan Is Dead and Gone [CICD 2146.11–.12 (both from this recording); The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone; well known as a slide; one of two tunes that MR applies this name to.]
30. Jig, Singing, Speech: Christmas Day in the Morning / On Christmas Day in the Morning [CICD 2228.12 (from this recording); 2558 (not from this recording)]; Christmas Day in the Morning / On Christmas Day in the Morning [Sung version]; Untitled [Speech about the background to the tune / song 'Christmas Day in the Morning']
31. Jig: Garrett Barry's / The Ladies' Fancy [CICD 1006.11 (from this recording); 1007, 1008 (none from this recording)]
32. Polka: An Gabhairin Bui [CICD 6439.11 (from this recording); 6283 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 110 (from MR)]
33. Fling: Pop Goes the Weazel / Pop Goes the Weasel [CICD 6532.11 (from this recording)]
34. Jig: Ti-teen Girleen / Tidy Girlyeen [CICD 1326.13 (from this recording); 1325 (not from this recording); Behind the Bush in the Garden (DMI, # 398]
35. Reel: The Ladies Pantalettes [CICD 5626.11 (from this recording); 5626, 5637 (none from this recording)]
36. Speech: Untitled [Johnny Kilmartin, concertina, known as Johnny Sally; dancing style among the older people.]
37. Reel: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3561.12 (from this track on this recording); 3086.11–.12, 3561–.11 (none from this recording); The Kerry Cow; I Wish I Had a Kerry Cow; CRE 2, # 282 (from MR) and also at CRE 2, # 116; for MR's version of this tune as single reel / polka, see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 47]
38. Reel: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4275.12 (from this recording); 4275.11, 4276, 4277 (none from this recording)]
39. Reel: The Old Torn Petticoat [CICD 4348.11 (from this recording), 4351 (not from this recording)]
40. Reel: Fochairi Beaga na Foraoire [CICD 5943.11 (from this recording); 5943, 5947.11 (not from this recording); Spike Island Lasses (here with only two parts, rather than the usual three)]
41. Jig / Dance Tune: An Bothar o thuaidh go dti Arainn / The Handkerchief Dance [CICD 1196.11 (from this recording); 1196.12 (also from this recording?); 1197 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 65 (from MR)]
42. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [CICD 4007.11, 5635.11 (both from this recording); 4008, 5634, 5635 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 259 (from MR); The Mother and Child Reel]
43. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [Partial repeat of the tune in the previous track]
44. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.11 (from this recording); 3988.13 (where this recording is referenced; notation has been corrected from this recording?); 3988.12, 3988.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
45. Jig: Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots [CICD 1251.11 (from this recording), 1252 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 17 (from MR)]
46. Jig: Connie the Soldier / The South-west Wind [CICD 2369.11 (from this recording), 2368 (not from this recording)]
47. Jig: The Rambling Pitchfork [CICD 1649.11 (from this recording); 1648 (not from this recording)]
48. Reel: The College Grove [CICD 5573.11 (from this recording); 3484 (not from this recording)]
49. Jig: The Cliffs of Moher (a), (b) [(a) CICD 784.12 (from this recording); 784.11, 784.14 (with G as the tonic note)], (b) [CICD 784.13 (from this recording); 784.15, 2113.11 (none from this recording); (with A as its tonic note)]
50. Slip Jig: The Rocky Road to Dublin / Slainte an Briste Leathain / Slainte an Bristin Leathair [CICD 440.11–.12 (both from this recording?); 435, 436 (not from this recording)]
51. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 315.11–.12 (from this recording), 318 (not from this recording); Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429, with 3 parts); 2 parts in MR's version]
52. Reel: Dunagore Reel [CICD 5610.11 (from this recording); 5610, 5610.12, 5769 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72); The Doonagore Reel]
53. Jig: The Irish Washerwoman / The Big Jig / Paddy McGinty's Goat [CICD 1678.12–.13 (from this recording); 1678.11, 1679, 1686 (none from this recording)]
54. Jig, Speech: Nora Criona [CICD 628.11 (not from this recording; incipit only)], Untitled [information about Larry Sharry, musician who played the tune]
55. Jig: The Boys of the Town / Sean Phaidin [CICD 2228.11 (from this recording but not this track; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 1 ); 2233 (not from this recording); unfinished] [END OF BAND ONE]
56. Jig: The Boys of the Town / Sean Phaidin [CICD 2228.11 (from this recording), 2233 (not from this recording)]
57. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1497.13 (from this recording); 1496, 1497.12 (not from this recording); Kitty Come Over (DMI, # 55); The Cow that Ate the Blanket]
58. Reel: Tear the Calico [CICD 3131.13–.14 (from this recording), 3130 (not from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; MR plays the tune in two registers, and this is the higher of the two. The other version is on the next track.]
59. Reel: Tear the Calico, the old way [CICD 3131.11 (from this recording), 3131.12 (not from this recording); MR plays the tune in two registers, and this is the lower of the two. The 'standard' version is on the previous track.]
60. Jig: The Maid on the Green / The Mountainy Boy [CICD 1202.11–.12 (from this recording), 1200 (not from this recording)]
61. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [CICD 2180.11 (from this recording), 2179 (not from this recording)]
62. Reel: The Last House in Connacht [CICD 4437.11 (from this track on this recording); 4437.12–.13 (both from track B56 on this recording)]
63. Jig: Brian O'Lynn [CICD 1567.11 (from this recording); 1565 (not from this recording)]
64. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814.12 (from this recording); 1814.11 (where this recording is referenced); 1814 (not from this recording)]
65. Reel: London Bridge [CICD 2884.11 (from this recording); 2888, 2889, 5480 (not from this recording)]
66. Polka / March / Quadrille Tune: The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.14 (from this recording); 6508.11–.13 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124 (from MR)]
67. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 4864.11 (from this recording); 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']
68. Jig: Willie Walsh's Jig [CICD 2386.11 (from this recording); 2382 (not from this recording); DMI, # 88 (as Willy Walsh's Jig); related to The Wandering Minstrel]
69. Jig: The Little House under the Hill [CICD 2048.11 (from this recording); 2047 (not from this recording)]
70. Reel: The Ships Are Sailing [CICD 2962.11–.12 (from this recording)]
71. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5456.14 (from this recording); 4137.11, 5456.11–.13, 5456.15 (none from this recording)]
72. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1559.14 (from this recording); 1559.13, 1559.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 67 (from MR); often played as a slide]
73. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 3415.11–.12 (both from this track on this recording); 3415.13 (also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 26); 2856.11, 2857, 3415.14 (none from this recording)]
74. Reel: Sean sa Cheo [CICD 3976.13–.14 (from this recording), 3976.11–.12, 5649 (none from this recording)]
75. Reel: The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3096.14–.15 (both from this track on this recording); CICD 3096.12–.13 (also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 2); 3096.11, 3096.16, 3097 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; for MR's 'old' version, see track A1]
76. Reel: Clochairin Ban, An [CICD 4514.11 (from this recording); 4513, 4514 (none from this recording); The Collier's Reel]
77. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4808.11 (from this recording), 4807.11 (not from this recording); Down the Broom]
78. Reel: The Gatehouse Maid [CICD 3051.11 (from this recording); 3062, 3068.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 233 (not from MR)]
79. Jig: Cathaoir an Phiobaire [CICD 1993.11 (from this recording), 1993 (not from this recording); The Piper's Chair; CRE 1, # 9 (not from MR)]
80. Jig: Cathaoir an Phiobaire [as at previous track]
81. Reel: Knocknagow [CICD 4593.12 (from this recording); 4590, 4593.11 (none from this recording); Scotch Mary]
82. Reel: Over the Moor to Maggie / Over the Meadows / Down the Meadows / Kitty's Wedding / The Dublin Reel [CICD 2804.11 (from this recording); 2804.12, 2805 (not from this recording)]
83. Reel: The Star of Munster (standard version) [CICD 4162.12 (from this recording); 4162.11, 4163, 4164 (none from this recording)], The Star of Munster (concertina version) [CICD 4019.11 (from this recording)]
84. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4772.13 (from this recording); 4772, 4772.11–.12 (none from this recording); The Rainy Day]
85. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5018.12, 4995.12 (both from this track on this recording); 4995.11 (also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 19); 5016, 5017, 5018–5018.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
86. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [CICD 252.14 (from this recording); 252–252.13 (none from this recording); recorded from MR in two different registers, of which the higher one is here]
87. Reel: The Maid that Left the County [CICD 4288.13 (from this recording); 4288.12 (where this recording is referenced); 4286, 4288.11, 4288.14, 4289 (none from this recording); The Honeymoon (DMI, # 791)]
88. Reel: The Wind that Shakes the Barley [CICD 5757.13–.14 (both from this recording); 5757.11–.12 (both also from this recording?); 5743.11 (not from this recording)]
89. Reel: The Lady on the Island [CICD 5853.12–.13 (both from this recording); 5853.11 (not from this recording)]
90. Reel: The Five Mile Chase [CICD 2914.11 (from this recording); 2880–.11 (not from this recording)]
91. Reels: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.14 (from this recording); 5075.11–.13, 5075.15–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell]
92. Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll [CICD 1092.11 (from this recording); Tumble the Tinker; MR's An Bainbhin Dubh (related tune?)]
93. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses [CICD 3945.11 (from this recording)]
94. Reel: The Connemara Stockings [CICD 4006.11 (from this recording)]
95. Jig: The Battering Ram [CICD 2195.14–.15 (from this recording); 2195.12–.13 (not from this recording)]
96. Jig: Rory O'Moore [CICD 2195.11 (from this recording)]
97. Reel: The Top of the Morning [CICD 5277.11 (from this recording); 5276.11, 5277, 5277.12, 5278 (none from this recording); CRE 5, # 181 (from MR)]
98. Reel: The Bucks of Oranmore [CICD 5726.13–.14 (from this recording); 5482, 5725, 5726–.12 (none from this recording)]
99. Jig: An Rogaire Dubh [CICD 2620.11 (from this recording); 1858, 2620.12 (none from this recording); The Black Rogue]
100. Jig: McCormick's Jig [CICD 903.11–.12 (both from this recording)]
101. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.13 (both from this recording?); 1809.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1809–.11, 1809.14 (none from this recording)]
102. Single Reel / Polka / Reel: Untitled [CICD 6496 (from this track on this recording); played here in polka-like tempo; All the Ways to Galway; for MR's version in reel tempo, see track A37.]
103. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4364.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 187 (not from MR)]
104. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5885.11–.12 (both from this recording)]
105. Jig: The Butcher's March / Hurrah for the Gallant Tipperary Boys / Lonely Old Hag Is It Tae You Want? / Hello You Old Hag Is It Tea You Want? / When Sick Is It Tea You Want? [CICD 2381.14 (from this recording); 2200.11–.12, 2224, 2381.12–.13 (none from this recording)]
106. Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll [CICD 2023.11 (from this recording); The Mug of Brown Ale; title 'The Walls of Liscarroll' given on card, in error?]
107. Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll [CICD 1483.11 (from this recording); not the tune of the same name at track B37; The Mouse in the Cupboard]
108. Jig: Cailleach a Mhairbh Me [CICD 2578.11 (from this recording); A Chailleach do Mhairis Me]
109. Hornpipe: The Flowers of Edinburgh [CICD 6256.11 (from this recording; '2 UCD 30' also given on the card as a source – in error? The tune does not appear on UCD 2)]
110. Reel: Peter Street [CICD 3440.11 (from this recording)]
111. Reel: The Last House in Connacht [CICD 4437.12–.13 (both from this track on this recording); 4437.11 (from track B7 on this recording)]
112. Jig: Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part [CICD 2127.11 (from this recording)]
113. Jig: Tom Hanna's [CICD 2374.11–.13 (all from this recording)]
114. Jig, Singing, Jig: Paddle My Own Canoe [CICD 1607.13 (from this recording)]; do. [sung version of the previous]; Back of the Haggard [CICD 1607.12 (from this recording), another version of the tune]
115. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5091.12–.13 (from this track on this recording); 5084.11–.14 (all also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 20); 5091.11, 5093, 5096 (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
116. Hornpipe: Dance the Figure of Eighty on the Blackbird's Back [CICD 6191.11 (from this recording); Bantry Bay (DMI, # 823); recorded by Michael Coleman with The Stack of Barley (?)] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 355 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [Casey, Bobby, Clare / London], fiddle solo A1–3;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], pipes solo A4–6;
pipes in instrumental group A8;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], speech in Irish A7, 9;
speech in English A10;
Partially identified performer [Peadar], speech in Irish A7;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A8;
Partially identified performer [O'Brien, Pat 'Cuckoo', Clare], speech in Irish A9;
speech in English A10;
Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare], flute in duet A11;
flute solo A13;
whistle solo A14;
Unidentified performer, lilting in duet A11;
lilting solo A12;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A15;
Unidentified performer, concertina solo A16–17

Running Order:
1. Hornpipes: Untitled [Murphy's Hornpipe; preceded by brief tone signal], Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe; faded out]
2. Jigs: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork], Untitled [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig]
3. Reels: Untitled [Rakish Paddy; 4-part version as recorded on 78rpm disc by James Morrison, fiddle], Untitled [The Wheels of the World; faded out]
4. Reels: Untitled [The Copperplate], Untitled [Rakish Paddy]
5. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Plains of Boyle]
6. Jig: Untitled [Garrett Barry's Jig]
7. Speech: Untitled [Interview for radio; topics include: origins of the name of the town Ballyvaughan; why Connemara people no longer bring turf to Clare in boats; at one time there was heavy traffic in turf on the sea between Clare and Connemara; origin of the name Ceann Boirne; the landlords in north Clare; An Craoibhin Aoibhinn / Douglas Hyde had high praise for the dialect of Irish spoken in north Clare; the characteristics of the Irish spoken in north Clare; the prospects for the Irish language in the area]
8. Reels: Untitled [The Heather Breeze], Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
9. Speech: Untitled [Interview for radio; topics include: looking after tourists in north Clare; high seas off north Clare; how the speaker and interviewer searched unsuccessfully for bales of rubber on Oilean na bPortan / Crab Island, off Doolin, Co Clare; how the speaker acquired the nickname 'Cuckoo']
10. Speech: Untitled [How the speaker acquired the nickname 'Cuckoo'; working as a lifeguard for the beach in Doolin, Co Clare; how the speaker and interviewer searched unsuccessfully for bales of rubber on Oilean na bPortan / Crab Island, off Doolin; travelling from Doolin to Inis Oirr by currach; the dangers of that crossing; drinking poteen]
11. Jig: Untitled [The Piper's Chair]
12. Jig: Untitled [The Piper's Chair]
13. Jig: Untitled [Donal na Greine]
14. Reel: Untitled [Boil the Breakfast Early]
15. Song: Untitled [Chorus begins 'My name is Mickey Moloney'; about Miltown Malbay, Co Clare]
16. Reel: Untitled [Gorman's Reel; related to Sporting Nell]
17. Jig: Untitled [Version of Kitty's Rambles / The Rambles of Kitty] [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 329 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A1–2, B10, 12;
accordion in duet A5–6, 31, B11–12, 18;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish intermittently throughout;
Lyons, Paddy, Tipperary, mouth organ solo A3–4;
Ardellis Ceili Band, The, instrumental group A7–8;
Doherty, John, Donegal, fiddle solo A9–11, 12?;
Unidentified performer, concertina solo A13;
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle solo A14–15, 17, 23, 35–36, B8, 14;
fiddles in duet B9;
fiddle in duet B11–12;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet A16, 30, B1?;
fiddle solo A26;
fiddle in trio A28–29, 38?;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry?], fiddle in duet A16;
McHugh, Frances, Galway / Donegal, singing in English A18;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A19;
Unidentified performer [Droney, Jim, Clare], concertina in duet A20–21;
Unidentified performer [Droney, Chris, Clare], concertina in duet A20–21;
Unidentified performer(s), concertina solo A24, 37;
Foley, Paddy Willie, whistle solo A22;
McGann, Andy, New York, fiddle in trio A25;
Reynolds, Paddy, Longford / New York, fiddle in trio A25;
O'Sullivan, Con, Kerry, fiddle in trio A28, 38?;
Cronin, Dan, Kerry, recorder in trio A28–29, 38?;
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle in trio A29;
fiddle in duet A30?, B1?;
Burke, Joe, Galway, accordion in trio A32, 34;
Collins, Kathleen, New York / Galway, fiddle in trio A32, 34;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group [Kilfenora Ceili Band, The, Clare?], B2–4, 6–7;
Tierney, Gus, Clare, fiddle in duet B5;
Unidentified performer, speech in English B15–16;
Moloney, flute solo B15, 16?;
Unidentified performer, speech in English B17;
whistle solo B17;
Unidentified performer, flute in duet B18;
Canny, Paddy, Clare, fiddle solo B19–21;
Maguire, Johnny, Cavan, speech in English intermittently throughout B23–35;
whistle solo B23, 25–30, 32–35;
Unidentified performers, speech in English intermittently throughout B23–35;
Unidentified performer, speech in English B36

Running Order:
1. Reel: O'Mahony's Fancy [Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire; composed by Martin Mulhaire]
2. Reel: Coloney Rodney
3. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Information about the performance that follows], Finnegan's Wake
4. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [Maggie in the Wood]
5. Reels: Miss Patterson [Master Crowley's], Paddy Fahy's Reel [Composed by Paddy Fahy (information supplied by music scribe)]
6. Reels: Untitled [Mary O'Neill's Fancy], Sporting Nell, Untitled (incomplete)
7. Jig: Untitled
8. Jig: Hinchy's Delight
9. Reels: The Salamanca, Rakish Paddy
10. Jig: The Frieze Breeches
11. Hornpipe: Untitled
12. Jig: The Gold Ring
13. Reel: The Fair of Ballinasloe [Ballinasloe Fair], The Chicago Reel
14. Jig: Untitled (incomplete)
15. Reel: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel]
16. Slip Jig: Untitled [Ride a Mile]
17. Reel: The Enchanted Lady, The Maids of Castlebar (incomplete)
18. Speech, Song: Untitled [Information that the song sung next was composed by the performer's father], Louis Darcy
19. Speech, Song: Untitled, An Carabhat
20. Jig: Untitled [The Rambles of Kitty (not the tune commonly known by this name)]
21. Jig: Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh, version of]
22. Speech, Single Jig / Slide: Untitled, Untitled
23. Speech, Polka / Hornpipe: Untitled, Untitled [Described by music scribe as 'Scotch Polka'; Staten Island (hornpipe)]
24. Jig: Untitled [The Bohola Jig; Joe Cooley's Jig]
25. Reel, Speech: The Belles of Tipperary, Untitled [Information about the performers of the tune just played]
26. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next music item, including that it was recorded in June 1955], The Morning Star, Durang's [Usually played as a hornpipe (information supplied by music scribe)]
27. Speech: Untitled [Information about the next music item]
28. Single Jigs / Slides: Cucanandy [The Whistling Thief Jig; Pete Sullivan's Fancy], Mount Collins [If I Had a Wife]
29. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Information about the next music item, including that it was recorded in June 1955], The Humours of Dingle
30. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Sporting Paddy
31. Reels: The Donegal Traveller, Miss Montgomery, The Donegal Traveller
32. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Lad O'Beirne's [The Coalminer], Finbarr Dwyer's Reel [Dwyer's Reel; The Holly Bush; Matt the Thresher; composed by Finbarr Dwyer]
33. Speech: Untitled [Information about the performers in the Joe Burke Trio]
34. Jigs: Untitled [The Humours of Kesh], Races at Carrick? [Title supplied by music scribe; The Coach Road to Sligo; CRE, # 33]
35. Reel: Shaney Mulhern? [Title supplied by music scribe; Never Was Piping so Gay, composed by Ed Reavy]
36. Jig: Untitled [The Rambler]
37. Reel: Untitled
38. Single Jigs / Slides: Untitled [Merrily Kiss the Quaker], Untitled [Dingle Regatta, in the version played by Sliabh Luachra musicians] [END OF BAND ONE]
39. Jig: When the Cock Crows it is Day [Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae]
40. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Mullin's Favourite [The Green Mountain]
41. Reel: The Reel of Rio [Composed by Sean Ryan]
42. Single Jigs / Slides, Jigs: Untitled [The Clare Jig; Old Kilfenora Jig], Untitled [Dinny Mescal's], Untitled [The Kesh Jig, version of], Untitled [Gillan's Apples]
43. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Paddy Fahy's Reel [Composed by Paddy Fahy; in ray mode (information supplied by music scribe)], Never was Piping so Gay [Composed by Ed Reavy]
44. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Gold Ring
45. Reel: The Rainy Day
46. Reel: The Spey in Spate
47. Speech, Single Jig / Jig, Polka, Set Tune / Single Jig / Slide, Polka, Single Jigs / Slides: Untitled [Brief; describing the music selection that follows as one for a quadrille], Untitled, Untitled [Related to melody 'The Bog down in the Valley'], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Comin' Thro' the Rye]
48. Jig: Untitled [The Boys of Lough Gowna; composed by Paddy O'Brien]
49. Reel: The Musical Priest
50. Reel: Devanney's Goat
51. Reel: The Sailor's Cravat
52. Reel: Lord McDonald
53. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled, Tuamgraney Castle, Ann Sheehy's / The Bunch of Ferns [The Flowing Tide]
54. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Sean Ryan's Reel [The Reel of Rio; composed by Sean Ryan], Ganley's [Coen's Memories; composed by Tommy Coen]
55. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Fahy's
56. Jig: Untitled [Composed by Sean Ryan (information supplied by music scribe); The Hidden Ireland]
57. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Andy McGann's Reel
58. Reel: The Grand Spy [The Graf Spee]
59. Jigs: Apples in Winter, The Lark in the Morning [Dougherty's; Up Sligo]
60. Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled, The Cuckoo Hornpipe (incomplete)
61. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Reynold's Reel [The Sailor's Farewell; The Belharbour Reel; stated by the music scribe to have been composed by Martin Mulhaire, but this is questionable; Reynolds' Reel]
62. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune that follows]
63. Reel: The Mount Nugent Reel [CICD 4609 (not from this recording); Miss Langford]
64. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Information about the tune that follows], The Boys of Twenty-Five [CICD 4895 (not from this recording); Ah Surely]
65. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Information about the tune that follows], The Maid of the House [CICD 5151 (not from this recording); published in Ceol, vol III, I]
66. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Gatehouse Maid [CICD 4541 (not from this recording); stated by the music scribe to be mistitled; The Baltimore Reel; Hickey's]
67. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Golden Keyboard [Composed by Martin Mulhaire]
68. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Jack Roe [CICD 4024 (not from this recording)]
69. Speech: Untitled [Information about the musician from whom the performer got the tune that follows]
70. Reel: The Crib of Perches [CICD 3124 (not from this recording)]
71. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Related to The Ewe Reel?]
72. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
73. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Morning Star (incomplete)
74. Speech: Untitled (clipped at end) [Information about placenames] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 188 [sound recording] / Micho Russell ; Breandán Breathnach

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A2–5, 7–37, B1–29, 31;
flute B32–33;
speech in English, throughout;
singing in English A1, B12;
speech in Irish B30;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, tin whistle A6, B31 and throughout;
speech in English, throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech, Song: Untitled [Name of, and words to, the hornpipe An Spealadoir / The Cuckoo's Nest; continued from previous tape (UCD 2)?], The Cuckoo's Nest
2. Hornpipe: The Plains of Boyle [CICD 6217.11 (source not given); partly transcribed only; CRE 2, # 315 (not from MR)]
3. Reel: Miss Thornton's Reel [CICD 3099.11 (from this recording)]
4. Jig: My Darling Asleep [CICD 1822.11 (from this recording; title 'The Wicklow Miners' / 'The Miners of Wicklow' given - in error?); 1822, 1822.12–.13 (not from this recording)]
5. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814.11 (from this recording); 1814.12, 1814 (not from this recording); DMI, # 149]
6. Jig, Speech: Miners of Wicklow [Not in CICD from this recording], Untitled [BB recites words sung to The Miners of Wicklow]
7. Jig: Sixpenny Money [CICD 1573.11 (from this recording?)]
8. Jig: The Guinea Gold Ring [CICD 1012–.12 (from this recording?); 3 parts played; The Gold Ring (CRE, # 47, where 4 parts are given)]
9. Jig: The Castlebar Races [CICD 795.12 (from this recording); 1672 (not from this recording); Morrison's Fancy (WSGM, # 197)]
10. Jig: The Cliffs of Moher [CICD 784.11 (from this recording?); 784.12–.15, 2113.11 (none from this recording); MR plays this tune in 2 versions, one with G as the tonic note (as here), one with A]
11. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [CICD 2091.11 (from this recording?); 2089 (not from this recording; where BB suggests that Percy French used this tune for his song Come Back, Paddy Reilly); Sweet Biddy Daly (DMI, # 278)]
12. Reel: Matt the Thresher [CICD 5359.11 (from this recording); 5359 (not from this recording)]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4033.11 (from this recording); 2923, 2924–.11 (none from this recording)]
14. Jig: Willie Coleman's [CICD 1406.12 (from this recording); 1401 (not from this recording; on which title is given as Willie Cronin's – in error?); composed by Martin Wynne?]
15. Reel: The Maid that Left the County [CICD 4288.12, 4288.14 (both from this recording); 4286, 4288.11, 4288.13, 4289 (none from this recording); The Honeymoon (DMI, # 791); Lady O'Brien's Reel (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 96)]
16. Polka: The White Cockade [CICD 6475.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 115 (from MR)]
17. Reel: Come West along the Road [CICD 5502.11 (from this recording); 5502, 5505 (not from this recording); DMI, # 793]
18. Reel: Miss Monaghan [CICD 3179.12 (from this recording)]
19. Reel: The Dairy Maid / Kiss the Bride in Bed [CICD 5358.11 (from this recording); CRE 3, # 191]
20. Reel: The Humours of Tulla [CICD 3857.12 (from this recording); standard setting of the tune; CRE 3, # 135; for MR's 'old' setting, see the next track]
21. Reel: The Humours of Tulla [CICD 3726.11 (from this recording); old setting, as played by the flute-player Austin Linnane, from Ballycotton; for MR's 'standard' setting, see the previous track]
22. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 3415.14 (from this recording); 3415.12 (where this recording is referenced); 2856.11, 2857, 3415.11, 3415.13 (none from this recording); DMI, # 779]
23. Reel: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.11–.12 (both from this recording); 5075.13–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell; CRE 3, # 194]
24. Reel: Kitty's Gone a-Milking / The Dublin Reel [CICD 5211.11 (where this recording is referenced? from this recording?); not the tune generally called The Dublin Reel; DMWC, # 31]
25. Reel, Speech: The Dublin Reel (a) [not in CICD in this version; tonic note C; local version from concertina players], The Dublin Reel (b) [CICD 3103.11, 3103.12, 3103.14 (all from this recording?); 3101, 3104.11–.12 (none from this recording); standard version (tonic note D)], Untitled [78 rpm recording by William J. Mullaly]
26. Reels: The Green Groves of Erin [CICD 2913.11 (from this recording?)], The Ivy Leaf [CICD 3622.11 (from this recording); also at track 28]
27. Reel: The Pigeon on the Gate [5239.11–.12 (both from this recording? With tonic note A); 5261.11–.12 (none from this recording; with tonic note E)]
28. Reel: The Ivy Leaf [CICD 3622.11 (from this recording); also at track 26(b)]
29. Reel: The Swallow's Tail / Howley's Swallow [CICD 5060.11 (from this recording); the version played by Corney Howley; for MR's 'standard' version, see the next track]
30. Reel: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5060.12 (from this recording); 5062–.11 (none from this recording); for a local version played by MR, see the previous track]
31. Reel: The Silver Spear [CICD 5768.11 (from this recording); CRE, # 141]
32. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5399.11 (from this recording); 5399 (not from this recording); version of Lord McDonald?]
33. Reel: Rafferty's Reel [CICD 3317.11 (from this recording); 3316.11–.12 (not from this recording); according to BB, a version of The Rising Sun; The Old Blackthorn (version)]
34. Jig: Banish Misfortune / The Irishman's Misfortune / The Shady Groves of Peamount [CICD 1367.11–.12 (both from this recording)]
35. Jig / Quadrille Tune / Slide: Untitled [CICD 708.11 (from this recording); Rural Felicity; a four-part version was recorded by De Danann as 'Kathleen Hehir's']
36. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6506.11, 6507.12 (none from this recording)]
37. Jig: Down the Back Lane / Kitty Come Down the Meadows [CICD 1097.11 (from this recording); Bimid ag Ol] [END OF BAND ONE]
38. Jig / March: Brian Boru's March [CICD 1326.14–.15 (none from this recording)]
39. Reel: Sailing into Walpole's Marsh [Not in CICD from this recording]
40. Reel: Rolling in the Ryegrass / The Shannon Breeze [Not in CICD from this recording]
41. Reel: The Peeler's Jacket [Not in CICD from this recording]
42. Reel: The Morning Star [CICD 4489.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: The Teetotaller / Old Mary Ann [Not in CICD from this recording]
44. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4444.12, 4445, 4446 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)]
45. Jig: Come into the Town, My Lady Oh [CICD 987.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
46. Jig: Off She Goes [Not in CICD from this recording]
47. Reels: Boil the Breakfast Early [Not in CICD from this recording; DMI, # 789], Boil the Kittle Early [CICD 5498.11 (not from this recording); BB adds note: Mixture of 'Repeal of the Union' and 'Boy in the Gap'; Boil the Kettle Early]
48. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Description of the handkerchief dance / rag dance / cloth dance; danced by couples; danced to The Peeler and the Goat], The Peeler and the Goat [Not in CICD from this recording]
49. Speech, Fling, Song: Untitled [Dancing customs; the chair dance], The Keel Row [CICD 6533 (not from this recording)], The Keel Row
50. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Man in Ennistymon asks for the tune 'Bean an Ti ar Lar'], The Woman of the House / The Mistress of the House [Not in CICD from this recording; learned by MR from group from San Francisco; piping version; for the 'standard' version, see the next track]
51. Reel: The Woman of the House [Not in CICD from this recording; 'standard' version; for the piping version, see the previous track]
52. Reel: The Shaskeen [Not in CICD from this recording]
53. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; Jackie Coleman's Reel]
54. Reel: The Dunagore Reel / The Concertina Reel [CICD 5610–.12, 5769 (none from this recording); MR's mother played it on the concertina; CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72)]
55. Jig: The Donnybrook Jig [Not in CICD from this recording; Donnybrook Fair (DMI, # 79)]
56. Reel: The Sally Gardens [Not in CICD from this recording]
57. Reel: The Mason's Apron [Not in CICD from this recording; played the 'old' way, as played by local concertina players]
58. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; version of The Humours of Westport]
59. Reel: The Flogging Reel [Not in CICD from this recording]
60. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Old 'Wheels of the World' (DMWC, # 56)]
61. Reel: The Hunter's Purse / An Sceach / Maire Ni Luachra's Reel / Maire Ni Dhonaill [Not in CICD from this recording]
62. Jig: The Humours of Ennistymon / Coppers and Brass [Not in CICD from this recording]
63. Reel: The Moving Bog / Miss Wallace / The Upper Room [Not in CICD from this recording]
64. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Kinnegad Slashers (DMI, # 148)]
65. Speech with Music Demonstration: Untitled [BB questions MR about his technique and ornamentation; to demonstrate, MR plays the reels Jenny Picking Cockles and The Concertina Reel, and the jig Donall na Greine]
66. Reel: Bonny Kate [Not in CICD from this recording]
67. Speech, Untitled [Words in Irish to the jig Paidin O Raifeartaigh and to other tunes, including Slainte an Bristin Leathair and The Blackthorn Stick; information about MR's mother, Annie Moloney, a concertina player; words she had to The Blackthorn Stick]
68. Jig, Air: The Blackthorn Stick [CICD 1176.11 (not from this recording); The Maid at the Well (DMI, # 24)], The Blackthorn Stick / Buachaill on Eirne
69. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses [CICD 3945.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 573]
70. Reel: Toss the Feathers (the old way) [CICD 3630.11 (not from this recording); incomplete] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 41 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Leahy, Tim, Kerry, speech in English A1, 45, 47, and intermittently throughout;
concertina solo A2–24, 41–46, 49;
singing in English A5, 7, 33, 39;
whistling solo A28, 31, 33;
;
Burke, Mick, Kerry, fiddle solo A25–26, 34–36, 38–40;
speech in English A35, 38;
singing in English A39;
Reagan, Mick / Regan, Mick, Kerry, fiddle solo A27, 29–30;
32, 37, 47?;
48;
speech in English 48?;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A47;
Unidentified performer ('man in black shirt'), speech in English A48

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Information about Jimmy O'Brien]
2. Reel, Speech: Jimmy O'Brien's Reel [CICD 2703 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
3. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Three Leaved Clover [CICD 5974 (from this recording); version of The Hunter's Purse]
4. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Bag of Potatoes [CICD 5072 (from this recording); Sporting Paddy (related tune)]
5. Speech, Song / Reel: Untitled, The Bag of Potatoes [Song sung to the tune in the previous track]
6. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Smash the Windows [CICD 5109 (from this recording)]
7. Speech, Polka / Single Reel, Speech, Song: Untitled, Biddy Martin [CICD 6437 (from this recording); described by player as a reel, but now commonly played as a polka. Written as polka in CICD; CRE 2, # 111 (from this recording); words sung to this tune are given on CICD 6437 and in CRE 2], Untitled, Biddy Martin [The song sung to the tune just played]
8. Speech: Untitled [Story about the dancing master Gerry Molyneux, Castleisland]
9. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, The Girl in Blue [Not in CICD from this recording], Untitled
10. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Scolding Wife [CICD 5040 (from this recording); The Eel in the Sink]
11. Reel: The Tinker's Reel [Not in CICD from this recording; An Bhean Tinceara]
12. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Down by the Banks of the River [CICD 5311 (from this recording)]
13. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Old Torn Petticoat that I Bought in Mullingar [Not in CICD from this recording; beginning of title clipped on recording]
14. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Parson's Daughter / The Maids of Mitchelstown [Not in CICD from this recording]
15. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3472 (from this recording)]
16. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Peter Street [Not in CICD from this recording; The Red-Haired Lass (related tune?); not the tune generally known by the name Peter Street]
17. Jig: Connie the Soldier [Not in CICD from this recording]
18. Jig: Paudeen Rafferty [Not in CICD from this recording; Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
19. Reel / Polka: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
20. Speech, Jig / Slide, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 2644.11 (from this recording); referred to as a polka by the player], Untitled
21. Polka, Speech: Untitled [CICD 6315 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about the tune that follows]
22. Speech, Jig / Slide: Untitled, Tidy Womaneen [Not in CICD from this recording; title from end of previous track; Tidy Womaneen Saucepan / Tidy Womaneen Sasta; same tune appears on track A39; referred to as a slip jig by the player]
23. Polka: The White Cockade [Not in CICD from this recording]
24. Hornpipe, Speech: Poll Ha'penny [Not in CICD from this recording; Poll Halfpenny], Untitled
25. Jig: Callaghan's Jig / Allisdrum's March [CICD 2383 (from this recording); Mairseail Alasdruim / Ollistrum Jig] [END OF BAND ONE]
26. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 3444 (from this recording)]
27. Reel: The Pigeon on the Gate [Not in CICD from this recording]
28. Polka / Single Reel, Speech: Untitled [CICD 6343 (from this track on this recording; whistled); 6344 (from track A42 on this recording; played on the concertina); The Dancing Master's], Untitled
29. Polka: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
30. Polka / March: Untitled [CICD 6450 (from this recording); The Battle of Aughrim]
31. Jig / Slide: Untitled [CICD 1050 (from this recording)]
32. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1369.11 (from this recording; partial transcription only)]
33. Slip Jig, Song: Why Didn't I Love Maire? [CICD 66 (from this recording; untitled); CRE 2, # 96 (which provides the title); both the CICD card and the entry in CRE 2 credit the performer as Mick Burke (in CRE 2 as a fiddle player, although the performance here is whistling); the performer is, in all likelihood, Tim Leahy], Why Didn't I Love Maire? [Song sung to the tune just played; words are given in CRE 2]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3375 (from this recording); The Milliner's Daughter]
35. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; related to The Broomstick (CICD 4800) and many other reels based on A, e.g. Down the Broom, The Corner House, etc]
36. Reel: The Mountain Lark [Not in CICD from this recording; The Steampacket]
37. Jig / Slide, Speech: Untitled [CICD 806.11 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about the tune just played; the performer refers to it as a slip jig]
38. Speech, Reel: Untitled, In and out the Harbour and down with the Tide / The Boyne Hunt [Not in CICD from this recording]
39. Jig / Slide, Song with Speech: Oh My Catherine / Katherine Hogan / Tidy Womaneen Saucepan / Tidy Womaneen Sasta [CICD 1326 (from this recording; untitled); Catherine Hogan], Oh My Catherine [Words sung to the tune just played; reminiscent of the words on a Frank Quinn recording of a song to the same melody on a 78 rpm disc; interspersed with discussion of the song just sung]
40. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6362 (from this recording); CRE 4, # 81 from CICD 6364–6365]
41. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Kilmeedy Jig / Kilmeady Jig [CICD 2263 (from this recording)]
42. Speech, Polka / Single Reel: Untitled, The Dancing Master's [CICD 6344 (from this track on this recording; played on the concertina); 6343 (from track A28 on this recording; whistled); CRE 2, # 126 as The Dancing Master's Reel]
43. Hop Jig / Slip Jig: Mrs Dalton's [Not in CICD from this recording]
44. Hop Jig / Slip Jig: The Old Brown Slipper [CICD 257 (from this recording; untitled); CRE 2, # 99 (which provides the title)]
45. Speech, Fling: Untitled [Discussion about the difference between a hop and a fling], When Kitty Is Convenient [Not in CICD from this recording; Love Will You Marry Me? / Some Say the Devil is Dead (songs sung to this melody)]
46. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Bass Reel [CICD 5090 (from this recording)]
47. Speech, Jig / Slide: Untitled [Information about local musicians, with fiddle playing in the background (in Lynch's pub, Listowel, 11 December 1968?)], Untitled [The Game Cock; CRE 4, # 62 (not from this recording); The Bog Carrot (popular current name for this tune when played as a reel); played in the background during the conversation just listed]
48. Jig / Slide, Speech: Rural Velocity / Rural Felicity [CICD 788 (from this recording); recorded in Lynch's pub, Listowel, 11 December 1968], Untitled
49. Reel: Toss the Feathers [Not in CICD from this recording] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 165 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–27;
singing in English A6;
whistling A21(?);
speech in English, throughout;
[unidentified performer, Joe], lilting A1–11;
speech in English A1–11;
Breathnach, Breandán, speech in English, throughout;
Munnelly, Tom, speech in English, throughout;
[unidentified performers], speech in English A1–11

Running Order:
1. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756–9, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10; Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of my Life (version of? DMI, # 79)]
2. Reels: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.11 (where this recording is referenced); 5075.12–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell], An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 5750.11–.12 (from this recording); 2686.11, 4028–30 (none from this recording)]
3. Jig: The Four Posts of the Bed [CICD 1349.12–.13 (none from this recording), 1349.14–.15 (where this recording is referenced)]
4. Air: An Drucht Geal Ceo / The Foggy Dew [Not in CICD]
5. Jig: Come into the Town, My Lady-O [CICD 987.11–.12 (from this recording)]
6. Song, Reel: Untitled (short; unfinished), Sean sa Cheo [CICD 3976.11–.12, 5649 (none from this recording), 3976.13–.14 (where this recording is referenced)]
7. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (old version) [CICD 2920.11 (where this recording is referenced); 2920, 2921–.11 (none from this recording); distinct from the standard version of this tune, which MR also plays.]
8. Reel: Boil the Kittle Early [CICD 5498.11 from this recording; Breandan Breathnach adds note: Mixture of 'Repeal of the Union' and 'Boy in the Gap'; Boil the Kettle Early]
9. Reels: The Green Groves of Erin [CICD 2913.11 (where this recording is referenced)], The Ivy Leaf [3622.11 (where this recording is referenced)]
10. Speech, Polka: The White Cockade [words sung to the tune], The White Cockade [CICD 6475.11 (where this recording is referenced); CRE 2, # 115]
11. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6506.11 (where this recording is referenced), 6507.12 (not from this recording); repeated at track 18]
12. Jig, Speech: Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots [CICD 1251.11 (where this recording is referenced); 1252 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 17], Untitled [Information about the tune Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots]
13. Jig / Single Jig / Slide: Untitled [CICD 2323.11 (Not from this recording), 2325.11 (where this recording is referenced)]
14. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1809–.11, 1809–.13 (none from this recording)]
15. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.11–.12 (where this recording is referenced); 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]
16. Reel: Rafferty's Reel [CICD 3316.11–.12 (from this recording); 3317.11 (not from this recording; where Breandan Breathnach says it is a version of The Rising Sun); The Old Blackthorn (version)]
17. Polka: The Bog Down in the Valley [CICD 6283.11 (where this recording is referenced); 6285 (not from this recording); The British Grenadiers (title supplied by Breandan Breathnach)]
18. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6506.11 (where this recording is referenced); 6507.12 (not from this recording); repeated at track 11]
19. 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']
20. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.13 (where this recording is referenced, though reference is crossed out); 3988.11–.12, 3988.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281] [END OF BAND ONE ?]
21. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5703.11 (where this recording is referenced); 5703.12 (not from this recording)]
22. Air / March, Speech: Untitled [Not in CICD], Untitled [about John White, flute player]
23. Jig / March: Brian Boru's March [CICD 1326.14–.15 (from this recording)]
24. Fling and Reel, Speech: The Keel Row [CICD 6533 (from this recording); played in fling time and then faster], Untitled [background to the tune; accompanying dance; words to the tune by MR and Breandan Breathnach]
25. Speech and Song, Dance Tune: The Verse of Vienna [background to tune, and sung version], do. [CICD 6544 (from this recording?); Father Halpin's Top Coat; Varsovienne]
26. Barn Dance / Fling, Speech: The Barn Dance / Moneymusk [CICD 6540 (from this recording?); 6538–39 (none from this recording)], Untitled [MR's reminiscences of people dancing the barn dance]
27. Jig / Dance Tune: The Handkerchief Dance [CICD 1196.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1196.11, 1197 (none from this recording); An Bothar o thuaidh go dti Arainn (from CICD 1197); CRE 2, # 65 from MR] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 214 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 310 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 298 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

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