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Digitised and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, completed December 2005.Tracks 7–19 are an off-air recording of the RTE radio programme \'The Long Note\'.The track listing that follows is a first draft showing the items that have not been digitised;
these items come from the LP record \'Mo Cheol Thu\'. They appear on the tape after track A6OMIT Air: Untitled [The Lark in the Clear Air] g o\'grady & Eily pno?OMIT Speech, Untitled [Radio announcement;
topic: background to the song \'An Clar Bog Deil\']OMIT Song: An Clar Bog DeilOMIT Polka: Untitled (incomplete) [PROBABLY END OF BAND ONE?DAT transferred digitally to hard drive and saved as 24 bit BWF using the DATs original sample rate. Files are stored on ITMA server. The WAV titles follow the convention of their relevant DAT copies. Niall Hackett, 2010Imported from Reeldubs July 2013Dubbed to DAT June 1998

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
2. Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
3. Jigs: Untitled [An Rogaire Dubh; The Black Rogue], Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap] [Dubbing of 78rpm disc]
4. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe; sound extremely faint; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
5. Strathspey?: Untitled [Levels fluctuate widely; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
6. Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled [Dubbing of 78rpm disc; this is followed by dubbings from the commercial LP 'Mo Cheol Thu'; this content has not been digitised] [END OF RELEVANT CONTENT ON BAND ONE?]
7. Speech, Speech, Single Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled, Untitled [The Long Note; signature tune of the RTE radio programme of which this is a dub; this tune is related to the reel 'Jenny's Welcome to Charlie'], Untitled [Radio announcements, the first as voice-over]
8. Jig: Untitled [The Newport Lass; The Trip to Athlone]
9. Speech, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to the next piece of music], Drowsy Maggie, Untitled
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; information about a concert of traditional music in the Tailor's Hall, Dublin, which was recorded as part of a radio series presented by Breandan Breathnach on BBB radio Northern Ireland]
11. Jigs / Marches, Speech: Montrose O'Sullivan's March, Allistrum's March [Mairseail Alasdroim], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
12. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topic: the history of the Dublin area The Little Green]
13. Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [The Blackbird; George Rowley's Blackbird], Untitled [Radio announcement]
14. Song: Lovely Nancy
15. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to poem; poem 'Leeds no Amsterdam' recited by its author]
16. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Lark in the Morning], Untitled [Radio presentation about busking in Dublin]
17. Speech, Speech, Song?: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topics: the names of islands in Scotland; introduction to the performance of mouth music that follows], Untitled [Mouth music performance]
18. Strathspeys, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
19. Instrumental Piece, Speech, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: current music events in Dublin], Untitled [Radio announcement]

Performers:
O'Keeffe, Patrick / O'Keeffe, Pádraig / O'Keefe, Pádraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A1–2?, 6?, 12?;
fiddle in duet A4–5?, 11;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A3?;
fiddle in duet A4–5?, 11;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A7;
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish A8;
lilting solo A8–9;
Unidentified performer(s), speech in Irish A8, 10;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, speech in English A11

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel; The Maid behind the Bar]
2. Slides: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Untitled [Anderson's; the first section of this tune is at twice the speed of the rest of the contents of the tape; speed change in mid-tune], Untitled [Kennedy's; The Hare's Foot / The Hare's Paw] [For an edited version of this track to eliminate the speed change in mid-track, see track A13]
4. Slides: Untitled, Untitled [Dingle Regatta, Sliabh Luachra version]
5. Polkas: Untitled [As I Went out upon the Ice], Untitled [Melody of the song 'Annie Laurie'], Untitled
6. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Morning Star]
7. Song: Untitled [My Darling, I'm Fond of You] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND ONE]
8. Speech, Single Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
9. Reel: Untitled
10. Speech: Untitled
11. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Information about the source of the music that follows], Untitled [Chase Me Charlie], Untitled [The Kilcummin Slide] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]
12. Reels: Untitled [Rolling on the Ryegrass / Rolling in the Ryegrass], Untitled [The Heather Breeze], Untitled [Rolling on the Ryegrass / Rolling in the Ryegrass], Untitled [The Heather Breeze] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND THREE]
13. Reels: Untitled [Anderson's; the first section of this tune is at twice the speed of the rest of the contents of the tape], Untitled [Kennedy's; The Hare's Foot / The Hare's Paw] [Edited version of track A3 to eliminate the speed change in mid-track]

Performers:
Maguire, Johnnie / Maguire, Johnny, Cavan / Belfast, whistle solo A1–6, 8;
whistle in duet 11–12;
flute solo A10;
speech in English A7 and throughout tracks A1–12;
O'Donnell, Brian, Belfast, speech in English A7, 9;
Mulqueeny, Jim, Clare, fiddle solo A13, 33–37;
B8, 10–27, 29–32, 35–40, 42–43, 45–47;
speech in English B9, 28, 41;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A14–15;
Unidentified performer, accordion solo A16;
Russell, Micho, Clare, flute solo A17–22, 30–32;
whistle A38–39;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A23–25;
fiddle solo A26–29;
Farrell, Pat, Longford, fiddle in duet A40–50;
Hanley, Jim, Longford, fiddle in duet A40–50;
Hanley, Peter / Henley, Peter, Longford (?), pipes A51–52;
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle A51–52;
Ward, Jimmie / Ward, Jim, Clare, whistle solo B1–6, 33–37, 40;
whistling solo B7;
speech in English B8 to end;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English B41, 44 and throughout all B tracks;
speech in Irish B44;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], speech in English throughout B8–B47

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3124; The Crib of Perches]
2. Reel: Bonnie Nellie [CICD 5489; Sporting Nellie / Sporting Nelly / Sporting Nell]
3. Air: The Strand of Lake Sheelin [As sung by the performer's mother]
4. Reel: Miss Farr [CICD 5164; Miss McGuinness]
5. Reel: The Ravelled Hank of Yarn [CICD 4525, 4526 (from Ceol, vol III, no 1; from this recording?); not the tune of that name recorded by Willie Clancy; note in BB's hand on contents list for this tape says: 'N Donovan' (= Nellie Donovan?); BB gives many titles for this tune in 'The Man and His Music – Johnnie Maguire', Ceol, vol III, no 1; The Ladies Pantalettes]
6. Reel: James McInerney's Reel [CICD 5401 (from 'Ceol'; from this recording?); CICD 5400 (from this recording?); The Cameronian; Pat Ward's Jig; repeated at track 8]
7. Speech: Untitled [Local musicians, including James McInerney, fiddle; McInerney learned his music from his mother]
8. Reel: James McInerney's Reel [CICD 5401 (from 'Ceol'; from this recording?), 5400 (from this recording?); The Cameronian; Pat Ward's Jig; repeat of the tune at track 6]
9. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the music on the next three tracks, which are dubbings from the speaker's collection]
10. Reel: The Drogheda Maid [Not in CICD? Not the tune of this name on CICD 3001 (ex 'Ceol'); tune name is given on the tape by Brian O'Donnell; tune is preceded by an incomplete reel, possibly The Monaghan Twig]
11. Reel: The Concert Reel / Reynold's Reel [CICD 4841 (from this recording?); Reynolds's Reel / Reynolds' Reel]
12. Reel: Miss Flanagan [CICD 2885; Hand Me down the Tackle / Tom Steele, etc]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5696; 5695 (not from this recording)]
14. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
15. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; CICD 4365; CRE 2, # 187 (untitled); recorded by the Castle Ceili Band?]
16. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Stony Steps / The Stony Step; CRE, # 149]
17. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4978.11–.12 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4684.11–.13, 4978 (none from this recording); partly composed by Micho Russell; commonly known as Micho Russell's; CRE 2, # 294 (as Carty's Reel from MR; possibly from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
18. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1828 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 1133.11, 1829 (none from this recording)]
19. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5091.11, 5093 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 5084.11–.14, 5091.12–.13, 5096, (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
20. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4347.11, 4348 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 269 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; untitled); Mary McMahon (Bulmer & Sharpley, 'Music from Ireland', vol 2)]
21. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11, 5710 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 255 (from this recording)]
22. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from Micho Russell; not from this recording); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (DMI, # 79 – related tune?)]
23. Reels: Untitled [CICD 3800, 3801, 3804 (all from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); O'Connell's Trip to Parliament {CRE 2, # 217(i)}, probably from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy (mistake in date reference in CRE 2 notes?)], Maud Miller [CICD 3693 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); not the tune of that name recorded by James Morrison]
24. Reels: Untitled [CICD 4380 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 186 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; untitled); Paddy Kelly's (?); composed by Paddy Kelly, fiddle (?)], Miss Thornton's [CICD 3133, 3134 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 172 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
25. Reels: Untitled [CICD 5152 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); recorded by Hughie Gillespie in 1937 as the first in a selection called 'Master Crowley's Reels'], Summer in Ireland [CICD 3275, 3276 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 165 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; title 'Dowd's No. 9' is also given / Dowd's Number Nine)]
26. Reel: The Daisy Field [CICD 4544 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); DMI, # 538; recorded by Michael Coleman?]
27. Reel: Lady Gordon [CICD 4302 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; CRE 5, # 157 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
28. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1664 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Tonra's; name sometimes garbled as Tony Rowe's; composed by Brendan Tonra]
29. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5743 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); The Green Mountain (related tune); tonic note C (usually D); CICD card is written with tonic note D]
30. Reel: The Dunagore Reel [CICD 5610, 5610.12 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 5610.11, 5769 (none from this recording); MR's mother played it on the concertina; CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR; 275 is probably from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy, as transcribed on CICD 5610); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72); The Old Concertina Reel]
31. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.14 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 3989 (where reference is made to the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 3988.13 (initially from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy, but corrected from another?); 3988.11–.12, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from this recording)]
32. Reel: The Dublin Reel [CICD 3101, 3104.11–.12 (all from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 3103.11, 3103.12, 3103.14 (none from this recording); standard version (tonic note D); Micho Russell also plays a local version]
33. Reel: The Peeler's Pocket [CICD 5458 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 204 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks B18 & 22]
35. Reel: The Rising Sun / Clear the Road [CICD 3443, 3445 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 214 (ii), from CICD 3445; for another performance of this tune, see track B23]
36. Reel: The Knotted Cord [CICD 2681 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 229 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
37. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2393 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Brosnahin's Frolic (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 59); Brosnahan's Frolic]
38. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4772–4772.11 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4772.12–4772.13 (none from this recording); The Rainy Day]
39. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5018, 5018.11 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4995.11–4995.12, 5016, 5017, 5018.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
40. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4405 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Bonnie Ann / Bonny Ann; CRE 3, # 150]
41. Reel: Bonny Ann [CICD 2961 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Bonny Anne]
42. Reel: The Highland Merritor [CICD 4928 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
43. Reel: Old Girls of Our Town [CICD 5952.11 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
44. Reel: The New Line to Loughawn [CICD 2994 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); Sporting Paddy (related tune)]
45. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3876 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
46. Single Jig / [Reel / Hornpipe / Barndance]: Stack the Rags [CICD 1834 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); transcribed by BB in 12/8 time, but played more like a slow reel or a hornpipe or barndance, etc]
47. Reel: Jennie Dang the Weaver / Jinnie Bang the Weaver [CICD 3974 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
48. Reel: Scotch Willie [CICD 4015 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); The Mayo Lasses / Johnny When You Die (related tune)]
49. Reel: The Primrose Girl [CICD 5055 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 150 (ii) (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
50. Jig: The Little Boy Fed on the Hill [CICD 2544 (not from this recording); Larry the Beerdrinker]
51. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5036 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); related to The Irishman's Blackthorn (CRE 2, # 244) and The Hills of Kesh (CRE 3, # 181)
52. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Groves Hornpipe (DMI, # 843)] [END OF BAND ONE]
53. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4365]
54. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3634, 3635 (from this performer)]
55. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2884 (from this recording?); related to 'Tim Moloney' and 'Garrett Barry's Reel'?]
56. Jig: Untitled [CICD 564 (from this performer); The Kesh Jig (related tune)]
57. Reel / Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD?]
58. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5149; note on card: 'by Mulhaire?' (a reference to tune composer Martin Mulhaire)]
59. Set Dance: The Humours of Bandon [CICD 1945 (from this performer; in the jig section of CICD); note on card: 'Clare version']
60. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5385; for another performance of this tune, see track B10]
61. Speech: Untitled [Musicians from whom Jim Mulqueeny learned his music, including Michael Staunton and Austin Tierney]
62. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5385; for another performance of this tune, see track B8]
63. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4170; The Black-Haired Girl (title from BB index for 1363-ITMA-REEL); The Watchmaker (title from CICD 4173, ex Gus Tierney)]
64. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3987; CRE 5, # 149 (from CICD 3987)]
65. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD?]
66. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4849]
67. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5380 (from the performer who plays it here); The Sunny Banks (CRE, # 148 – related tune)]
68. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5924; CRE 5, # 209 (from CICD 5924)]
69. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4663; The Humours of Westport (related tune)]
70. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (not from JM; untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks A34 and B22]
71. Reel: Toss the Feathers [CICD 3810 (with errors in the transcription of the first part); CICD 2924.12 (with correct transcription and code); CRE 2, # 291 (from CICD 2924.12); tonic note: E]
72. Reel: Tim Dillons [CICD 5896; Tim Dillon's; CRE 5, # 206 (from CICD 5896); recorded by the group Altan as 'Tommy Peoples']
73. Reel: The Scotch Hunt [CICD 5015, 5020 (none from this recording?); CRE 5, # 176 (from CICD 5015 & 5020)]
74. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (not from JM; untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks A34 and B18]
75. Reel: The Rising Sun / Clear the Road [CICD 3443, 3445 (none from this section of this tape); CRE 2, # 214 (ii), from CICD 3445; for another performance of this tune, see track A35]
76. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4449; Upstairs in a Tent]
77. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4823; CRE 5, # 171 (from CICD 4823)]
78. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4949]
79. Reel: The Traveller [CICD 5793; Peggy on the Settle (DMI, # 518)]
80. Speech: Untitled [Dancing customs; the hesitation step; anecdotes: incidents relating to set dancing, etc]
81. Jigs: Untitled [CICD 2601.11; The Sporting Pitchfork], Untitled [CICD 1872; CRE 5, # 39 (from CICD 1872); The Maiden That Jigs It in Style (related tune)]
82. Jig: Untitled [CICD 560; CRE 5, # 3 (from CICD 560)]
83. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording? Cherish the Ladies / Jackson's Thought]
84. Jig: A Rogaire, Stad, Stad [CICD 768 & 768.11; CRE 2, # 68 (i) as 'Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae / When the Cock Crows it is Day' (from CICD 768.11); Be Easy You Rogue]
85. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4466.11 & 4466.12; The Dublin Porter (CRE 3, # 155)]
86. Reel: The West Clare Reel [Not in CICD from this recording; Up to Your Knees in Sand (CRE 3, # 159)]
87. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
88. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD? Mulqueeney's Hornpipe (title on recording of this tune by Tommy Peoples, fiddle)]
89. Breakdown / Waltz / Mazurka: Untitled [Not in CICD; described as a breakdown by the musicians, but this is contradicted by BB]
90. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD]
91. Polka Mazurka, Speech: Untitled [Not in CICD; Sonny's Mazurka (?)], Untitled [The dance called the Polka Mazurka; tunes were named by the name of the dance performed to them, e.g. the Highland Fling]
92. Barndance: Untitled [Not in CICD; as played by Austin (Tierney?)]
93. Speech: Untitled [Words to the slip jig 'The Kid on the Mountain'; also known as 'The Bottle of Wine'; Largy O'Loughlin recited some of the words for BB, but would not recite it in full because the words were obscene]
94. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 100.11; Come Upstairs with Me; CRE 5, # 59 (from CICD 100.11)]
95. Slip Jigs: Untitled [CICD 191.11], Untitled [CICD 262; The Humours of Whiskey]
96. Slip Jig, Speech: Judy Brannigan [Not in CICD from this recording; Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429)], Untitled [Words to this tune, beginning 'Twas on a windy night' (recited by the performer); tune known in Connemara as 'Coinnigh do Thoin as na Driseachai' (BB); words to other tunes (recited by BB, including words in Irish beginning 'Goideadh do ghe, do ghe')]
97. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2381.11; Mac's Fancy]
98. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording?; Banish Misfortune]
99. Reel: Untitled (incomplete) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Casey, Bobby, Clare / London, fiddle A1–2, 6–8;
Droney, Chris, Clare, concertina A3–4;
Brady, John, flute A5;
Unidentified performer [John Brennan, Sligo / Dublin?], speech in English A8;
Bergin, Mary, Dublin / Galway, whistle A9;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A10–17, 19–20, 22–32, 34–38, 40–46;
speech in English A18, 21, 26, 30–31, 39 and throughout A10–46;
speech in Irish A33;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout from A10

Running Order:
1. Reel: Unidentified [Paddy Fahy's; composed by Paddy Fahy]
2. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1668 (from this performer); The Gallowglass]
3. Jig: Untitled [Willie Coleman's Jig]
4. Reel: Untitled [Lord McDonald; incomplete]
5. Jig: Untitled
6. Jig: Untitled [CRE 3, # 16 (untitled but with name 'Bobby / Scully Casey's Jig' supplied); The Vaxhall Jig (CICD 1475–6; not from the performer here)]
7. Reel: Untitled [Version of a reel composed by Tommy Coen?]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [Poll Ha'penny (related tune?)]
9. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [Gilbert Clancy's / Sean Reid's Favourite]
10. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [CICD 252–252.14 (none from this recording); this tune is played by MR in two different registers, of which the higher one is here]
11. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4137.11, 5456.11–.15 (none from this recording)]
12. Reel: The Chicago Reel [CICD 4599.11 (not from this recording)]
13. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.11–.12, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR); the tune is played as a demonstration of technique; played in full at track 29]
14. Reel: The Top of the Morning [CICD 5278 (from this recording?); 5276.11, 5277–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 5, # 181 (from MR)]
15. Hornpipe: The Rights of Man [CICD 6248.11 (not from this recording)]
16. Set Dance: The Retreat [CICD 6528, 6529, 6530, 6531, 6532 (none from this recording); Bonaparte's Retreat]
17. Set Dance: Rodney's Glory [CICD 6527 (not from this recording)]
18. Speech: Untitled [Man sent from home; the high road and the wattle; The Yellow Wattle, story and tune; BB collects the tune in Kerry; it appears frequently in Kerry mss; the phrase 'half the cup of it'; Ceol na Ceartan / The Music of the Forge]
19. 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 2224 (from this recording); 2200.11–.12, 2381.12–.14 (none from this recording)]
20. Jig / Single Jig / Slide: Mickey Callaghan's Slide [CICD 2323.11 (from this recording), 2325.11 (not from this recording)]
21. Speech: Untitled [The Plain and Caledonian Sets; MR plays mainly jigs for the Plain Set; the Christmas figure and the Balance figure in the Plain Set]
22. Polka / Single Reel: Untitled [CICD 6511 (from this recording); 6511.11–.12 (not from this recording); only one part of the tune is played]
23. Polka: Rise Your Legs, Says Maire [CICD 6346 (from this recording), 6346.11 (not from this recording); The Rose Tree in Full Bearing; Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge]
24. Polka: The Bog Down in the Valley [CICD 6285 (from this recording), 6283.11 (not from this recording); played for the last figure of the Plain Set (says MR here); The British Grenadiers (title supplied by Breandan Breathnach)] [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Reel: The Heights of Alma / The Rakes of Mallow [CICD 2692.11 (not from this recording)]
26. Polka / March, Speech: The Battle of Aughrim [CICD 6448 (from this recording); 6448.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 118 (from MR)], Untitled [Origin of this tune; dancing customs related to it and to other tunes]
27. Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.11–.13, 4978–.12 (none from this recording); partly composed by MR; commonly known as Micho Russell's; CRE 2, # 294 (as Carty's Reel from MR); unfinished on this recording]
28. Reel: Fair of Ballinasloe [CICD 2812.11 (not from this recording); Ballinasloe Fair; recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by Michael Coleman]
29. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [The same tune as at track 13, q.v.; played here in full]
30. Speech, Fling / Barn Dance: Untitled [Musician from whom this tune was learned, Martin Killourhy], Moneymusk / The Barn Dance [CICD 6538 (from this recording); 6539, 6540 (none from this recording)]
31. Reel, Speech: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4275.11–.12, 4276, 4277 (none from this recording); tune of song 'The Bridal Path'], Untitled [How long does it take MR to pick up a tune?]
32. Hornpipe: The Home Brew [CICD 6257 (from this recording); 6257.11–.12 (not from this recording); version of The Road to Boyle (CRE 3, # 227)]
33. Speech: Untitled [MR recites verse in Irish]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5703.12–.13 (from this recording), 5703.11 (not from this recording)]
35. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.11–.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
36. Hornpipe: The First of May [CICD 6222.11 (not from this recording); The Sweets of May; tune of the song The Skillet Pot]
37. Hornpipe: Fisher's Hornpipe [CICD 6089.11 (from this recording); 6090, 6090a (not from this recording)]
38. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1490 (from this recording); 1486, 1487, 14881492.11–.13 (none from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune, but with 2 parts only; for MR's 'old' version, see CICD 954.11]
39. Speech: Untitled [Conversation between MR and other person present in the room (not BB)]
40. Reels: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3086.11–.12, 3561–.12 (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 CICD 6496], Miss Thornton's Reel [CICD 3099.11 (not from this recording)]
41. Jig: My Darling Asleep [CICD 1822, 1822.11 (where title 'The Miners of Wicklow' is given - in error?), 1822.12–.13 (none from this recording); DMI, # 159]
42. Jig: Sixpenny Money [CICD 1573.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: The Foxhunter's Reel [Not in CICD from MR?]
44. Reel: Rakish Paddy [CICD 3108, 3110 (from this recording); 3109, 6015.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 749; CRE, # 145]
45. Jigs: The Guinea Gold Ring [CICD 1012 (from this recording), 1012–.12 (none from this recording); The Gold Ring (CRE, # 47)], The Castlebar Races [CICD 1672 (from this recording); 795.12 (not from this recording); Morrison's Fancy (WSGM, # 197)]
46. Jig: The Cliffs of Moher [CICD 784.11–.12, 784.14 (none from this recording); MR plays this tune in 2 versions, one with G as the tonic note (as here); for his version with A as the tonic note, see CICD 784.13, 784.15, 2113.11] [END OF BANDS THREE AND FOUR]

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]