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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]

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:
McKenna, Francie, Monaghan, speech in English throughout band 1;
fiddle solo A2–8;
20–35?;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Murphy, James, Fermanagh, speech in English A9–14;
fiddle solo A10–14;
Scott, Philip, Fermanagh, speech in English A15–19;
fiddle solo A16–19;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band 1;
Fitzgerald, Jim, Kerry, fiddle solo A36–43;
speech in English intermittently throughout A36–43

Running Order:
1. Speech, Untitled
2. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Jenny's Chickens (related tune)], Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Monaghan Twig (related tune)]
4. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Tune-names are given, but it is not clear what tunes they apply to], Untitled [Drowsy Maggie (related tune?)]
5. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
6. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A11 & 32a], Untitled
8. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Reel, Speech: All White, Untitled
11. Reel: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 32a]
12. Speech: Untitled [Instructions to the performer]
13. Reel, Speech: The Glass of Beer, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
15. Speech: Untitled
16. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [The Connachtman's Rambles (related tune)]
17. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Drowsy Maggie, Untitled [Accompanied by lilting]
18. Reel, Speech: Miss Johnson, Untitled [The tune just played is stated to be like Miss McLeod's Reel]
19. Reel / Hornpipe, Speech: Dwyer's [O'Dwyer's Hornpipe in DMI], Untitled
20. Jig, Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Setting Sun], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
21. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Steeplechase], Untitled
22. Reel: Untitled [The Galway Rambler (related tune)]
23. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled [The title 'Tear the Calico' is given, but it is not clear which tune it applies to], McGrath's, Jenny Tie Your Bottom Strings, Untitled
24. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Old 'Wheels of the World'], Untitled
27. Reel: Untitled [The Chattering Magpie]
28. Speech: Untitled
29. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
30. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Miss Farr's Reel [The Ivy Leaf], Untitled
31. Reel: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail (related tune)]
32. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Emyvale Reel; for other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 11], The Dublin Reel [Local setting of], Untitled
33. Reel: Untitled [Within a Mile of Dublin]
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Fermoy Lasses (related tune?)], Untitled
35. Reel: McKenna's [Miss Thornton] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
36. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Out in the Rain [CICD 4091.13 (from this recording); The Cabin Hunter (related tune)]
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled, William O'Brien [CICD 5814.11 (from this recording)]
38. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], Sheehan's / Sheehas ? [CICD 5462.11 (from this recording; gives title 'Sheehas ?')], Untitled [About the tune to be played next; it was learned from a local player, Jack Costello, an ex-RIC man]
39. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Mount Collins Reel [CICD 4406.11 (from this recording); The Mountcollins Reel]
40. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, The Black Stripper [CICD 1176.12 (from this recording; gives the title as 'The Black Slipper', a mistranscription); The Maid at the Well], Untitled
41. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Merry Man into His Grave / Down the Merry Man into His Grave [CICD 1276.11 (from this recording); Down Goes the Merry Man into His Grave; Connie the Soldier]
42. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1814.13 (from this recording); The Rakes of Clonmel]
43. Reels, Speech: Untitled [CICD 3901.11 (from this recording); Drowsy Maggie (related tune); Toss the Feathers (related tune)], Untitled [CICD 4985.11 (from this recording); The Templeglantine Reel], Untitled [Where the performer comes from: Dromtrasna / Drom Treasna, Abbeyfeale, in west Limerick] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo A1–12, 14–17;
speech in English A13 and throughout;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1604, 1605 (both from this recording?); 724.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 53 (from this recording); The Lark's March]
2. Music Demonstration: Untitled [MR demonstrates ornamentation for BB; tune used is that played on track 1]
3. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.14 (from this recording); 1809.12–.13 (not from this recording); minor key, tonic note B; for MR's version of this tune with tonic note A, see CICD 1809 and 1809.11); not the same tune as that at track 1; this track was originally recorded at half the speed of most other tracks on this tape – perhaps as a demonstration of ornamentation]
4. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [CICD 2089 (from this recording; where BB suggests that Percy French used this tune for his song Come Back, Paddy Reilly); 2091.11 (not from this recording); Sweet Biddy Daly (DMI, # 278); the original reel-to-reel version of this track has a change of speed in mid-tune – the version here contains a preliminary edit that eliminates the speed change. The original versions of this track played at each of the speeds involved are given at tracks 16 and 17]
5. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [Repeat of tune on previous track; recorded at standard speed for this tape]
6. Reel: Matt the Thresher [CICD 5359 (from this recording); 5359.11 (not from this recording); The Holly Bush; repeated at track 12]
7. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2923 (from this recording); 2924–.11, 4033.11 (none from this recording)]
8. Jig: Willie Cronin's Jig / Willie Coleman's [CICD 1401 (from this recording; on which title is given as Willie Cronin's – error by MR?); 1406.12 (not from this recording); composed by Martin Wynne?]
9. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814 (from this recording); 1814.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
10. Polka / March: The Battle of Aughrim [CICD 6448–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 118 (from MR)]
11. Music Demonstration: Untitled [MR demonstrates ornamentation for BB; tune used is the first part of the following reel: The Maid that Left the County [CICD 4286, 4288.11–.14, 4289 (none from this recording); The Honeymoon (DMI, # 791); Lady O'Brien's Reel (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 96)]
12. Reel: Matt the Thresher [CICD 5359 (from this recording); 5359.11 (not from this recording); The Holly Bush; repeat of tune at track 6]
13. Speech: Untitled [The figures that constitute the Plain and Caledonian Sets; the Christmas figure in the Plain Set, for which a jig is played; The Boyne Water played for the last figure of the Plain Set; polka (for example, The White Cockade) played for the last figure of the Plain Set]
14. Polka, Speech: The White Cockade [CICD 6475.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 115 (from MR)], Untitled [Polka danced in MR's local area only as part of a set, never as a couple dance; words sung to The White Cockade]
15. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
16. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [The original reel-to-reel version of this track begins at 1 7/8ips and changes to 3 3/4ips in mid-track. This track reproduces the original tape version played at 1 7/8ips. For a reproduction at 3 3/4ips, see track For an edited version of the track that eliminates the speed change, see track For tune information, see track 4]
17. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [The original reel-to-reel version of this track begins at 1 7/8ips and changes to 3 3/4ips in mid-track. This track reproduces the original tape version played at 3 3/4ips. For a reproduction in its correct speed of the section at 1 7/8ips, see track For an edited version of the track that eliminates the speed change, see track For tune information, see track 4]

Performers:
McArdle, Peter, Louth, speech in English throughout;
fiddle solo throughout;
occasional lilting throughout;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A17

Running Order:
1. Speech, Untitled [Level low]
2. Jig: Tip in to Bed, Honey
3. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Old Dash Churn [The Humours of Castlelyons]
4. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tunes already played; music in the performer's family]
5. Jig / Quadrille Tune: Tickle Her Leg with a Barley Straw / Tickle My Leg with a Barley Straw [Information given in speech on track A26 for this tune]
6. Speech: Untitled [About set dancing in the performer's local area in his youth (near Ardee, Co Louth)]
7. Reels: The Boyne Hunt, Miss Monaghan, The Soldier's Joy
8. Speech: Untitled [About dancing; local singers; dances other than sets; introduction to the next piece to be played]
9. Dance Tune: Mrs Simpson Sells Beer / Cock Your Leg up / Cock a Leg up / Shoe the Donkey / Varsovienne
10. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played; schottisches as performed in the area]
11. Hornpipe / Schottische: The Boys of Bluehill [The well-known hornpipe, here as played for dancing the schottische locally]
12. Speech: Untitled [About local dances; introduction to the next piece to be played]
13. Dance Tune, Speech: The Larch Fort, Untitled [About the tune just played, with lilting; about local dances; introduction to the next piece to be played; BB says that he is not interested in collecting barn dances but nevertheless requests that an example be played]
14. Barn Dance: Untitled [The Peacock's Feather # 2 (as recorded by Frankie Gavin, fiddle); The Highland Barn Dance (Keane family, Caherlistrane, Co Galway); The Berlin Polka]
15. Speech: Untitled [About local dances; arrival of sets in the area; step-dancing was still alive in the performer's youth; community participation in music; arrival of gramophones and radios in the area]
16. Dance Tune: Untitled
17. Speech: Untitled
18. Quadrille Tune, Speech: The Cake Is on the Griddle / The Cake's on the Griddle, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Speech, Quadrille Tune: Untitled, The Ould Clay Floor / The Old Clay Floor
20. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played; BB explains that up to that point (April 1973) in his dance music collecting project, he had been collecting only double jigs, slip jigs, and reels; not even hornpipes; it is only in the last 6–8 months that he has been picking up hornpipes, polkas, and single reels; he is thus only beginning to collect those tune-types; he thus requests the performer here to 'beat out all the set tunes you can think of']
21. Quadrille Tune: Untitled
22. Speech, Quadrille Tune: Untitled, Untitled [The slide 'Scattery Island' is a related tune]
23. Speech, Quadrille Tune / Song Air: Untitled, Oh She Was a Quare One / She Was a Queer One / Mending the Roof
24. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
25. Quadrille Tune: Diggin' the Spuds / Digging the Spuds
26. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played; information about 'Tickle My Leg with a Barley Straw' (track A5)]
27. Speech, Quadrille Tune: Untitled, The Ould Elm Tree / The Old Elm Tree [Princess Margaret's Fancy]
28. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
29. Quadrille Tune: Untitled
30. Speech: Untitled
31. Speech, Quadrille Tune: Untitled, Untitled [Billy O'Rourke Is the Boy]
32. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune to be played next, which was the melody of a song as well as a dance tune; with lilting]
33. Quadrille Tune / Song Air: McCarthy / We're off to Philadelphia in the Morning [With speech interlude]
34. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played; discussion of other tunes, with lilting]
35. March / Quadrille Tune / [Polka?]: Untitled [Melody of the slide popularly known as 'Denis Murphy's Slide' (= 'The Dark Girl in Blue', CRE 3, # 50), here played in march / polka rhythm]
36. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
37. Quadrille Tune, Speech: The Pigs Ateing Nuts in the Wood / The Pigs Eating Nuts in the Wood [Melody of song 'Jack of All Trades'; played tentatively at first, then repeated; both played on fiddle and lilted], Untitled
38. Speech, Quadrille Tune: Untitled, Off the the Bog Wearing Clogs / The Lancers
39. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played & about other tunes, including 'The Swallow's Tail'; about the tune 'I Daren't Tell']
40. Jig: The Old Woman's Pipe / The Mountaineer's March [The Kesh Jig]
41. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played; double jigs were played for sets]
42. Quadrille Tune, Speech: There's no Luck about the House, Untitled [Information about the tune just played] [END OF BAND TWO - The recording session with Peter McArdle is continued on tape Breandan Breathnach Reel-to-Reel 90 (1180-ITMA-REEL)]

Performers:
McArdle, Peter, Louth, speech in English throughout;
fiddle solo throughout;
occasional lilting throughout;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Quadrille Tune: The Very Last Penny [Rural Felicity; Kathleen Hehir's (related tune)]
2. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played; the performer made many radio broadcasts]
3. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Nora Crionna, Untitled
4. Jig, Speech: The Frost Is All Over, Untitled
5. Jig: The Rakes of Tipp / The Rakes of Tipperary [Related to Three Little Drummers / Delaney's Drummers]
6. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, The Connachtman's Rambles, Untitled [With lilting]
7. Jigs, Speech: The Geese in the Bog, The Trip to the Cottage, Untitled
8. Jig, Speech, Jig, Speech: The Irish Washerwoman, Untitled, The Maid on the Green, Untitled [With lilting]
9. Jig, Speech: The Rambling Pitchfork, Untitled [Information about the tune to be played next]
10. Reel, Speech: Within a Mile of Dublin / The Silver Spear [The New Mown Meadow; Joe Mhaire Mhicilin], Untitled [Discussion about tunes that were played for set-dancing; with lilting]
11. Quadrille Tune / Song Air: Johnny I Hardly Knew You [Played for The Lancers]
12. Speech, Quadrille Tune, Speech: Untitled, There Are Very Few Straws in the Tick / There's Very Few Straws in the Tick, Untitled [About the tune just played & the tunes to be played next]
13. Quadrille Tune, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
14. Speech, Quadrille Tune / Song Air, Speech: Untitled [With lilting], The One-Eyed Reilly, Untitled
15. Quadrille Tune, Speech: The Dashing White Sergeant, Untitled [The tune just played was used for the dance 'The High Caul Cap']
16. Polka, Speech: Farewell to Whiskey, Untitled
17. Polka, Speech: La Russe, Untitled [The dance performed to the tune just played]
18. Reel, Speech: The Swallow's Tail, Untitled
19. Reel, Speech, Reel, Speech: The Pigeon on the Gate [Tonic note: G; reminiscent of the version recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by Frank O'Higgins (fiddle)], Untitled, The Pigeon on the Gate [Tonic note: E], Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
20. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, The Rose in the Heather [Related to the tune known popularly by that name], Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Donnelly, Maeve, Galway, speech in English throughout;
fiddle solo throughout;
Unidentified performer [Kelly, John (senior), Clare / Dublin?], speech in English intermittently

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [The date of recording; where the performer comes from – near Kylemore Abbey, which is near Loughrea, Co Galway]
2. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Belles of Tipperary], Untitled
3. Reels: Colonel Fraser, Untitled [The Floating Crowbar; The Rathcroghan Reel]
4. Speech: Untitled [The performer's version of Colonel Fraser was derived from Sean Keane, fiddle; how the performer acquired her music; she associates the second reel with Brendan McGlinchey, fiddle]
5. Jig: The Gold Ring [Version associated originally with Willie Clancy; popularised by Sean Keane, fiddle]
6. Speech, Jig: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], The Gold Ring
7. Speech: Untitled [Tune played in previous track is not related to that played in track before that]
8. Single Jig: Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played]
10. Reel: Untitled [Lord Gordon]
11. Jig: Untitled [The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Reels, Speech: The Mooncoin Reel (clipped at start), Untitled [Related to 'Mrs Crotty's' ?], Untitled [Related to 'The Monsignor's Blessing' ?], Untitled [About the tunes just played; the performer learned the tunes from Denis Murphy (fiddle)]
13. Jigs, Speech: The Trip to Athlone, The Pipe on the Hob [Tonic note: D], Untitled [About the tunes just played]
14. Reel: Farewell to Ireland
15. Speech: Untitled [The performer favours Sean Keane's style of playing; about the tune to be played next]
16. Reel, Speech: The Bucks of Oranmore, Untitled
17. Reels, Speech: The Wheels of the World, The Chicago Reel, Untitled [About the tunes just played]
18. Hornpipe: Untitled [Brigid of Knock; composed by Ed Reavy]
19. Speech: Untitled [The performer's sources for the pieces played in the last two tracks – Seamus Connolly (fiddle) for the hornpipe in track A18; Tommy Peoples (fiddle) for the reels in track A17] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A1;
O'Loughlin, Peadar / O'Loughlin, Peter, flute in duet A1;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2;
Kelly, John, Clare and Dublin, fiddle solo A3;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo A4, 6;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A5;
Doran, Johnny, Wicklow, pipes solo A7;
Moloney, Eddie, Galway, flute solo A8

Running Order:
1. Jig: Untitled [Cathaoir an Phiobaire], Untitled [Whelan's Jig]
2. Jigs: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Reel: The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3096.11–.16, 3097 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; MR also plays an 'old' version]
5. Slow Air: Untitled [The Green Linnet]
6. 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)]
7. Reels: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [My Love is in America], Untitled [Rakish Paddy] (incomplete)
8. Reels: Untitled [Tommy Whelan's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock] [END]

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:
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]