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Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 277 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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)]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 274 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A1;
Partially identified performer [Kelly, Patrick, Clare], fiddle solo A2–13;
Unidentified performer, speech in English intermittently throughout A2–13

Running Order:
1. Tune Medley: Wren Selection [Consists of the march 'The Rising of the Moon', the slide 'The Gallant Tipperary Boys' and the jig 'Petticoat Loose / Con Carthy's']
2. Jigs: The Sporting Pitchfork, The Rambling Pitchfork
3. Reel: Untitled [An Baisteadh / The Christening; Mrs Crotty's]
4. Reel: Bonny Kate [Bonnie Kate]
5. Reels: The Salamanca, The Milliner's Daughter
6. Reel: Drowsie Maggie [Drowsy Maggie; The Reel with the Beryl]
7. Reel: The Star of Munster
8. Jig: The Leitrim Jig [Old Tipperary]
9. Reel: Connemara Stockings [The Connemara Stocking; clock strikes during tune]
10. Reel: The College Grove
11. Jig: The Tidy Girleen [My Love in the Morning]
12. Reel: My Love Is in America
13. Jig: Anthony Frawley's Jig [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 262 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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

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

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 26 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [Seamas O hIghne], chanting of a Fenian lay in Irish A1;
Unidentified performer, harp [?] solo A2–4;
Unidentified performer [Keane, Sean, Dublin], fiddle solo A5–6;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Mollie / Murphy, Mrs, Cork], fiddle solo A7, 11;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Denis, Kerry], fiddle solo A8–10;
speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], pipes solo A12;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], pipes solo A13;
Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare], whistle solo A14;
Unidentified performer [Doran, Johnny, Wicklow], pipes solo A15;
Unidentified performer [Eddie Moloney, Galway], flute solo A16

Running Order:
1. Fenian Lay: Untitled [Laoi na Mna Moire]
2. Air: Untitled
3. Air: Untitled
4. Miscellaneous, Speech: Untitled [Instrument tuning], Untitled
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Gander in the Pratie Hole], Untitled [The Trip to Killavel] [This track is probably a dub from track 6 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
6. Reels: Untitled [The Congress], Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel] [This track is probably a dub from track 4 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
7. Jig: Untitled [Cnocan an Teampaill / Church Hill]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Rights of Man] (end clipped)
9. March, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [Colonel Fraser / Colonel Frazer]
11. Jig / March: Untitled [Painneach na nUbh / Painneach na n-Ubh / O'Sullivan's March]
12. Jigs: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
13. Air: Untitled [The Green Linnet]
14. 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)] (running too fast)
15. Reels: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [My Love is in America], Untitled [Rakish Paddy] (running too fast)
16. Reels: Untitled [Tommy Whelan's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock] (overmodulated on original) [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 247 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 229 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
[Tracks 27–45, and 58–63 were recorded at live events with dancing]Digitised and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, February 2008. Report year 2008Imported from Reeldubs July 2013Dubbed to DAT January 1998

Running Order:
1. Polka: Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You (related tune); for another rendition of this tune, see track B12]
2. Polka: Untitled [Jim Keeffe's; for another rendition of this tune, see track B1]
3. Slide: Untitled [Wi' a Hundred Pipers and A' (related tune?); for another tune related to the one played here, see track A32]
4. Slide: Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track B4]
5. Polka: Untitled
6. Polka: Untitled [As I Went out upon the Ice]
7. Slide: Untitled [Buttercups and Daisies; Denis McMahon's Slide; for another rendition of this tune, see track A33]
8. Slide: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's]
9. Polka: Untitled [Melody of the song 'Muirsheen Durkin'; for another rendition of this tune, see track B9]
10. Polka: Untitled [Jerome Burke's] (speed and level fluctuations)
11. Slide: Untitled [CRE 4, # 61]
12. Slide: Untitled [Related to 'The Perfect Cure' and 'Sean O Duinnshleibhe's Slide']
13. Polka: Untitled [The Top of Maol; The Groves of Gneeveguillia; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks B17–18]
14. Polka: Untitled
15. Slide: Untitled [Related to 'Barrack Hill' (DMI, # 410)]
16. Slide: Untitled
17. Polka [?]: Untitled [Played more slowly than the other polkas here]
18. Polka: Untitled [O the Breeches Full of Stitches / O the Britches Full of Stitches; differs in some phrases from the standard version]
19. Polka: Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track B18b]
20. Slide: Untitled
21. Slide: Untitled [The Brosna; for another rendition of this tune, see track A34]
22. Polka: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; played here in 2 different registers; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A27, B8 & B11c]
23. Slide: Untitled [Nellie Mahony's Slide; If I Had a Wife (one of at least two slides known by this name); recorded (with words sung to it) by the Chieftains]
24. Slide: Untitled [CRE 2, # 85; played here in 2 different registers; for another rendition of this tune, see track B7]
25. Polka: Untitled
26. Polka: Untitled [Beats missing in 2nd part]
27. Polka: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A22, B8 & B11c]]
28. Slide: Untitled [The Game Cock (CRE 4, # 62); is also played as a reel, a version of which is known as 'The Bog Carrot']
29. Polka: Untitled [Maggie in the Wood]
30. Polka: Untitled [The Girl I Left behind Me]
31. Hornpipe: Untitled [Off to California]
32. Slide: Untitled [Wi' a Hundred Pipers and A' (related tune?); for another tune related to the one played here, see track A3]
33. Slides: Untitled [An Cearc ar Fad is an tAnraith (CRE 2, # 63); Charming Lovely Nancy], Untitled [Buttercups and Daisies; Denis McMahon's Slide; for another rendition of this tune, see track A7]
34. Slide: Untitled [The Brosna; for another rendition of this tune, see track A21] [END OF BAND ONE]
35. Polka: Untitled [Jim Keeffe's; for another rendition of this tune, see track A2]
36. Slide: Untitled
37. Slide: Untitled [Mount Collins; Danny Ab's # 2]
38. Slide: Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track A4]
39. Polka: Untitled [All the Ways to Galway]
40. Polka [?]: Untitled [Played more slowly than the other polkas here]
41. Slide: Untitled [CRE 2, # 85; for another rendition of this tune, see track A24]
42. Polka: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A22, A27 & B11c]
43. Polka: Untitled [Melody of song 'Muirsheen Durkin'; for another rendition of this tune, see track A9]
44. Polka: Untitled [The Croppies March (related tune)]
45. Polkas: Untitled [The Scartaglen Polka (variant of)], Untitled [The Murroe], Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; played here in 2 different registers; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A22, A27 & B8], Untitled (incomplete)
46. Polka: Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You (related tune); for another rendition of this tune, see track A1]
47. Polka: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's (2); for a closely related tune, see track B24a]
48. Polkas: Untitled [Tom Sullivan's Polka], Untitled
49. Slide / Jig: Untitled [Related to Cnocan an Teampaill / Church Hill ?]
50. Slide: Untitled [Tickle Her Leg with a Barley Straw]
51. Polka: Untitled [The Top of Maol; The Groves of Gneeveguillia; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A13 & B18]
52. Polkas: Untitled [The Top of Maol; The Groves of Gneeveguillia; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A13 & B17], Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track A19]
53. Polkas: Untitled [Bill Sullivan's; for another rendition of this tune, see track B28], Untitled [Dan Sweeney's; CRE 2, # 125 & 127]
54. Polka: Untitled [The Toormore Polkas # 1; Wallace's Cross; for another rendition of this tune, see track B24b]
55. Hornpipe: Untitled [Off to California (incomplete)]
56. Hornpipe: Untitled [Rickett's Hornpipe]
57. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Boys of Bluehill], Untitled [The Stack of Wheat]
58. Polkas: Untitled [For a closely related tune, see track B13; Jimmy Doyle's (2)], Untitled [The Toormore Polkas # 1; Wallace's Cross; for another rendition of this tune, see track B20], Untitled [The Toormore Polkas # 2]
59. Polkas: Untitled [Jer O'Connell's], Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's Favourite], Untitled [Din Tarrant's (3)], Untitled [Captain Byng (DMI, # 736, as reel)]
60. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polkas (2)]
61. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [The Knocknaboul; for another rendition of this tune, see track B29]
62. Polka: Untitled [Bill Sullivan's; for another rendition of this tune, see track B19]
63. Polka: Untitled [The Knocknaboul; for another rendition of this tune, see track B27] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 228 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A1–7;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A8

Running Order:
1. Polka: Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka]
2. Polka: Untitled [Con Thadhgo's]
3. Polkas: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'The Irish Fiddle Book'], Untitled [East Limerick Polka (2)], Untitled [Tom Billy's Polka; The Ballydesmond Polka]
4. Polka: Untitled [The Toormore Polkas (1)]
5. Polka: Untitled [Casey's Polkas (2); Denis Murphy's (1)]
6. Polka: Untitled [Saint Mary's Polka]
7. Polka: Untitled [Sweeney's Polka]
8. Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 213 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1–7, 10–12;
whistle solo A13;
speech in English A2, 5–6, 10–13;
Unidentified performer [Rowsome, Leo, Dublin ?], pipes solo A8–9, 24;
speech in English A8–9;
Unidentified performer [Talty, Martin, Clare ?], whistle solo A13;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English A5–9, 14–15, 24, 27–28;
Touhey, Patsy, Galway and USA, pipes solo A14;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A15–23, 25–30;
speech in English A15, 17–23, 26–28, 30

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Old Bush]
2. Air: I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles-O
3. Single Jig: Untitled [Pat Ward's Jig]
4. Reel: Untitled [The Bunch of Keys]
5. Jigs: The Butcher's March, When the Cock Crows It Is Day, Sixpenny Money
6. Hornpipes: Kelly's Hornpipe, Ballymanus Fair
7. Reels: The Silver Spear, The Dublin Reel
8. Reels: The Green Groves of Erin, The Bird in the Tree
9. Hornpipes: Fancy Fair, Untitled [The Rights of Man]
10. Reel: The Pinch of Snuff
11. Air: Untitled [An Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig?]
12. Reels: Untitled [The Silver Spear], Untitled [The Dublin Reel]
13. Story, Reel: Untitled [Did the Rum Do Da?], Untitled [Did the Rum Do Da? / Anything for John-Joe]
14. Reels: The Steampacket, Untitled [The Morning Star], Miss McLeod's
15. Hornpipe: Scuaibin an Chait [The Humours of Tullycrine; music plays too fast – for a slowed-down version, see track 28]
16. Jig: Untitled [The Rolling Wave (DMWC, # 42)]
17. Air: Ar Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce hI / For Ireland I'll Not Tell Her Name
18. Air: Casadh an tSugain / The Twisting of the Rope / The Making of the Sugan
19. Jig: Garrett Barry's Jig
20. Slip Jig: An dTiocfaidh Tu sios go Luimneach / Will You Come down to Limerick?
21. Hornpipe: The Harvest Home
22. Reel: The Steampacket
23. Reel: Rakish Paddy
24. Reels: The Congress, The Cup of Tea [Felix D?]
25. Jig: Untitled [Fraher's Jig; recorded at 7 1/2ips; playing here at half-speed. For a version at normal speed, see track 29]
26. Fling / Hornpipe: Garrai na Saileog [Mrs Galvin's; recorded at 7 1/2ips; playing here at half-speed. For a version at normal speed, see track 30] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND ONE]
27. Hornpipe: Scuaibin an Chait [The Humours of Tullycrine] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND FOUR]
28. Hornpipe: Scuaibin an Chait [The Humours of Tullycrine; slowed-down version of track 15]
29. Jig: Untitled [Fraher's Jig; repeat of track 25, playing here at normal speed]
30. Fling / Hornpipe: Garrai na Saileog [Mrs Galvin's; repeat of track 26, playing here at normal speed]

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 186 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
[unidentified performers], concertina solo A1–10, 22–23;
speech in English throughout A1–10, 22–23;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
[unidentified performer], fiddle solo A11–20;
speech in English throughout A11–21;
[unidentified performers], speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Jig: Untitled [Out on the Ocean]
2. Polka: Untitled
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Reel, Speech: The Kilfenora Fancy [Tear the Calico], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
5. Polka: Untitled [Over the Hills and Far Away]
6. Jig: Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: The Silver Spear [The New Mown Meadow; Joe Mhaire Mhicilin], Untitled
8. Polka, Speech: My Darling I'm Fond of You [Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge; The Rose Tree in Full Bearing], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
9. Speech, Dance Tune / Hornpipe: Untitled, Untitled [The Stack of Barley]
10. Speech, Polka: Untitled, The Gabhairin Bui / The Hieland Laddie
11. Jig, Speech: Montoe's Jig [The Rakes of Clonmel], Untitled [Information about the tune just played and the musician from whom it came, John Moriarty, a local fiddle-player]
12. Reel: Untitled [Related to 'The Beauty Spot']
13. Reel: Drowsy Maggie [Usually played with two parts; with three parts here]
14. Jig: Untitled [Bryan O'Lynn; usually played with two parts; with three parts here]
15. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
16. Speech, Set Dance / Hornpipe: Untitled, Mrs Crotty's / The Wanderer [The Stranger]
17. Jig: Untitled [Connie the Soldier]
18. Jig: Untitled [Paddy Fahy's Jig; composed by Paddy Fahy]
19. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel; to illustrate the first steps that dancing beginners learn?], Untitled
20. Reel: Untitled
21. Speech: Untitled [Story about 'The Ruffian's Reel']
22. Polka: Untitled
23. Speech, Highland Fling: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

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