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Performers:
Unidentified performers, pipes in duet, A1;
O'Donnell, Michael, Dublin, speech in English A1–5, 7, 9, 12;
speech in Irish A4;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English A1, 5;
O'Dowd, Dan, Dublin, speech in English A2;
Wathen, Ronnie, Wales, pipes solo A3;
speech in English A3;
Standeven, Thomas, USA, speech in English and Irish A4;
Conroy, Andy, Roscommon, pipes solo A6, 8, 10–11, 13;
speech in English A7, 9, 12

Running Order:
1. Slip Jig, Speech, Slip Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio interview; topics: progress that the organisation Na Piobairi Uillean has made; the acquisition of premises for the organisation; its membership; the status of pipemaking; the age profile of members; representation of women], Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: reedmaking; cane plantations in Spain; 40 candidates in the reedmaking workshop; the standard of piping among young people, who are learning from tapes; acquiring a practice set of pipes, price: £14–15; a full set costs £60]
3. Air, Speech, Air: A Spailpin A Run, Untitled [Radio interview; topics: description of Ronnie Wathen's pipes, which he partly made himself], A Spailpin A Run
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: piping in the USA; how the interviewee learnt Irish]
5. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: the future prospects for piping; the availability of historic recordings; the willingness of present-day players to pass on their knowledge, a contrast to the secretiveness of an earlier generation]
6. Jigs, Slip Jig: The Maid on the Green, Untitled [Jackson's Jig], Give Us a Drink of Water [A Drink of Water] [This selection was recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc by piper Patsy Touhey]
7. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: Andy Conroy's home area in Loughlynn, Co Roscommon; other musicians in the area; AC began playing the pipes in England; studying the pipes in Dublin with Leo Rowsome; what impressed AC about Rowsome; AC played the tin whistle before playing the pipes]
8. Hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle, The Leitrim Fancy [This selection was recorded on commercial 78rpm discs by pipers Michael Gallagher and Willie Clancy]
9. Speech: Untitled [Interview; topics: Andy Conroy's style of piping; was influenced by fiddlers as well as pipers; describes his style as 'staccato'; rolls up his trouser leg while playing in order to 'surround the chanter with flesh'; played in Carnegie Hall; worked as a bricklayer; went to the USA in 1952; doesn't speak with an American accent; traditional music in the USA; AC keeps in practice; problems with neighbours when practicing the pipes; introduction to next piece of music]
10. Reels: Lucy Campbell, The Cup of Tea (clipped at end; tape runs out) [This selection was recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc by piper Michael Gallagher] [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Reels: Lucy Campbell, The Cup of Tea (full version of selection at track A10?; sound fade-out during 2nd tune, then the tune is repeated)
12. Speech: Untitled [Interview; topics: the number of pipers in the USA; Thomas Standeven, who speaks several languages; Andy Conroy intends to return to Ireland; may get married; was crossed in love as a young man; introduction to the next tune]
13. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [Influenced by the version recorded by Michael Carney, pipes] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–4, 6–20, 22–38;
speech in English A5, 21, throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, tin whistle A8 and throughout;
speech in English, throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (old version) [CICD 2920.11 (from this recording); 2921.11 (where this recording is referenced); 2920, 2921 (none from this recording); distinct from the standard version of this tune, which MR also plays.]
2. Reel: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3086.12 (from this recording); 3086.11, 3561.12 (where this recording is referenced); 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]
3. Jig: Untitled [CICD 795.11, 795.13 (both from this recording?); 1879 (not from this recording); as Gillan's Apples in CRE 2, # 7 and DMI, # 287; Apples in Winter]
4. Reel: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.16 (from this recording); 5075.11, 5075.13–.15 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell]
5. Speech: Untitled [dancing customs]
6. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [first version] [CICD 252.13 (from this recording), 252.11–252.12 (from the next track on this recording), 252, 252.14 (none from this recording); recorded from MR in two different registers, of which the higher one is here, and the lower one is on the next track]
7. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [second version] [CICD 252.11–252.12 (from this recording); played in a lower register than on the previous track; for more information see previous track]
8. Jig / Slide: Untitled (short, tentative; unfinished)
9. Reel: The Chicago Reel [CICD 4599.11 (from this recording)]
10. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4137.11, 5456.13 (both from this recording); 5456.11–.12, 5456.14–.15 (none from this recording)]
11. Jig / Slide: The Road to Lisdoonvarna [Not in CICD?]
12. Reel: The Top of the Morning [CICD 5276.11 (from this recording); 5277–5277.12, 5278 (none from this recording); CRE 5, # 181]
13. Hornpipe: The Rights of Man [CICD 6248.11 (from this recording)]
14. 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 2200.11–.12, 2381.12–.13 (all from this recording); 2381.14 (not from this recording)]
15. Polka / Single Reel: Untitled [CICD 6511.11–.12 (both from this recording), 6511 ( not from this recording); only one part of the tune is played]
16. Polka: Bean na Stocai Bana / My Darling I'm Fond of You [CICD 6439.13 (from this recording)]
17. Polka: Rise Your Legs, Says Maire [CICD 6346.11 (from this recording), 6346 (not from this recording); The Rose Tree in Full Bearing; Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge]
18. Polka: The Bog Down in the Valley [CICD 6283.11 (from this recording), 6285 (not from this recording); The British Grenadiers (title supplied by Breandan Breathnach)]
19. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6507.12 (from this recording); 6506.11 (where this recording is referenced)]
20. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.13 (from this recording); 4684.11–.12 (where this recording is referenced); 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]
21. Speech: Untitled [dancing customs; dancing out of time with the music; other topics]
22. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6371.11 (from this recording)]
23. Reel: Turkey in the Straw [CICD 2669.11 (from this recording)]
24. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 4864.12 (from this recording); 4864.11–.13, 5384.11 (none from this recording); tune is featured on the Flanagan Brothers 78 rpm disc titled 'The Flanagans Chase the Banshee']
25. Polka / March: The Battle of Aughrim [CICD 6448.11–.12 (from this recording), 6448 (not from this recording)]
26. Reel: The Heights of Alma / The Rakes of Mallow [CICD 2692.11 (from this recording)]
27. Reel: The Fair of Ballinasloe [CICD 2812.11 (from this recording); Ballinasloe Fair]
28. Fling / Barn Dance, Speech: Moneymusk / The Barn Dance [CICD 6539 (from this recording); 6538, 6540 (none from this recording)]; Untitled [flings danced on the Aran Islands]
29. Fling / Barn Dance: Johnny Will You Marry Me? / Love Will You Marry Me? / When Kitty Is Convenient [CICD 6541 (from this recording); Some Say the Devil Is Dead]
30. Hornpipe: The Home Brew [CICD 6257.12 (from this recording); 6257–.11 (not from this recording); version of The Road to Boyle (CRE 3, # 227)]
31. Speech, Air: Untitled [information about the air and song Dark Lochnagar], Dark Lochnagar
32. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5703.11 (from this recording), 5703.12–.13 (not from this recording)]
33. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.12 (from this recording); 3988.11, 3988.13–.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281]
34. Hornpipe: The First of May / The Skillet Pot [CICD 6222.11 (from this recording); The Sweets of May]
35. Hornpipe: Fisher's Hornpipe [CICD 6089.11 (from this recording); 6090, 6090.11 (not from this recording)]
36. Hornpipe: The Cork Hornpipe [CICD 6231.11 (from this recording); Harvest Home]
37. Hornpipe: The Boys of Blue Hill [CICD 6274.11 (from this recording; only partially transcribed)]
38. Hornpipe: An Spealadoir [CICD 6225.11 (from this recording); The Cuckoo's Nest]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout;
Crehan, Junior, Clare, speech in English A1, 14;
fiddle solo A1;
Unidentified performer [Ward, Jim, Clare], whistling solo A1;
singing in English A1;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Killeen, Tom, singing in English A2;
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A3;
accordion in duet A10;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Denis, Kerry?], fiddle solo A4, 12;
fiddle in duet A6;
Doyle, Jimmy / Doyle, Seamus, Kerry, accordion in duet A5, 22, 24;
O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry, accordion in duet A5, 6[?];
accordion solo A8;
Sweeney, Sonny, Kerry, fiddle solo A7;
Unidentified performer(s), whistle in duet A9;
whistle solo A17;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A10;
Kane, Eleanor / Neary, Eleanor, Chicago, speech in English A11;
piano solo A11;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A13;
Donoghue, Jack, Clare, concertina solo A14;
Lawlor, Peter, [Clare?], concertina or mouth organ in duet A15;
Unidentified performer, [Clare?], concertina or mouth organ in duet A15;
Clifford, Julia, Kerry / London, fiddle in duet A16;
Clifford, Billy, Kerry / London, whistle in duet A16;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A18, 28–30;
Daly, Michael, Worthing, flute solo A18;
O Meachair, Eamonn, [Clare?], fiddle in duet A19–20;
O Meachair, Padraig / Maher, Paddy, [Clare?], whistle in duet A19–20;
Cronin, Dan, whistle in duet A21, 25–26;
O'Sullivan, Cornelius, fiddle in duet A21, 24;
fiddle solo A23;
Murphy, Diarmuid, Kerry, fiddle in duet A22;
fiddle solo A27;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet A25–26;
McKeown, Tom, Tyrone, fiddle in duet A28–29, 31–32;
speech in English A28–30;
fiddle solo A30;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A28–29, 31–32

Running Order:
1. Speech with Music and Singing: Untitled [Discussion about dances performed in the area (west Clare?), with examples of dance tunes played on fiddle, whistled, and sung; dances discussed include sets and also other dances like Cock Your Leg up, Moll Roe (tune played; Father Halpin's Top Coat; The Varsovienne); Green Grow the Rushes; The Gabhairin Bui (tune played); The Peeler and the Goat; and Saint Patricks's Day; the slip jig 'Moll Roe' is whistled and words to it sung]
2. Speech, Song: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled (incomplete)
3. Jig: Untitled [Related to 'The Sports of Multyfarnham'] (clipped at both ends) [Music is followed on the tape by periods of silence interspersed with tone signals (not digitised)]
4. Jig: Untitled (incomplete)
5. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [If I Had a Wife; 3 parts; not the tune associated with that title that was recorded by the Chieftains], Untitled [For another performance of the music selection played in this track, see track A5]
6. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Blue Ribbon, The Knocknagree Polka [Dan O'Connell's Favourite]
7. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Sweeney's Polka [For another performance of this tune, see track A10b]
8. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [If I Had a Wife; 3 parts; not the tune associated with that title that was recorded by the Chieftains], Untitled [For another performance of the music selection played in this track, see track A5] (clipped at end)
9. Slides: Untitled, Untitled
10. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled [Sweeney's Polka; for another performance of this tune, see track A7], Untitled (incomplete; clipped at end)
11. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows; tune was learned from someone who was a pupil of Padraig O'Keeffe at home in Ireland and who later came to Chicago], Untitled [Terry Teahan's]
12. Polkas: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's Favourite], Untitled [Bill the Weaver's (2); Tarrant's]
13. Polkas: Untitled [Recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by John McKenna, flute], Untitled, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Molly's Lough
15. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Drink Your Tea
16. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
17. Polka: Untitled
18. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Little Green Cottage
19. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Dandy Peeler [Related to melody of song 'Finnegan's Wake'], Untitled [[Stated to be 'an old Clare set' tune]
20. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [I Looked East and I Looked West], Untitled [Melody of song 'Muirsheen Durkin']
21. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Repeat of the first tune in this selection]
22. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled
23. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled
24. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Duggan's Favourite [Composed by Mick Duggan, Kerry, fiddle, according to CICD; false start]
25. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Jimmy Barry's Polka [Sound level low]
26. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Art O'Keeffe's Jig
27. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Denis Murphy's Polka [Tom Billy's Polka]
28. Speech, Polka, Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Gurteen Cross [?] / Curtin's Cross [?] [The Church Street Polka], Untitled [Information about dancing in the local area (Galbally, Co Tyrone)]
29. Polka, Speech: Untitled [Saint Mary's Polka], Untitled
30. Polka, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
31. Polka: Untitled
32. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE - Band Two contains an episode of the radio drama series 'The Kennedys of Castleross' (not digitised)]