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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:
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]

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]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare?], whistle in duet A1;
Unidentified performer [Russell, Pakie, Clare?], concertina in duet A1;
concertina solo A2;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A3–4;
Unidentified performer, Clare, speech in Irish A5–6;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], speech in Irish A5–7, 9;
speech in Irish and English A10;
speech in English A11;
Unidentified performer, Clare, speech in Irish A7;
Unidentified performer, Clare, singing in English A8;
Unidentified performer, Clare, speech in Irish A9;
singing in Irish A9;
Conlon, John 'Baser', Clare, speech in Irish and English A10;
speech in English A11;
lilting solo A12;
singing in Irish A12;
whistling solo A12;
singing in English A12;
Unidentified performer, flute solo A13

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Heather Breeze]
2. Reel: Untitled [The Peeler's Jacket]
3. Reel: Untitled [The Bag of Potatoes]
4. Jig: Untitled
5. Speech: Untitled [Includes a story about Diarmaid and Grainne at Ceann Leime / Loophead]
6. Speech: Untitled
7. Speech: Untitled [Includes discussion about blindness & reading by means of Braille]
8. Song: Untitled
9. Speech, Song: Untitled, Taimse im Chodladh is na Duisigh Me
10. Speech: Untitled [Entertaining tourists with fiddle-playing (mainly in Irish)]
11. Speech: Untitled [Entertaining tourists with fiddle-playing; how the speaker got the nickname 'Baser' (in English)]
12. Jig / Song, Speech, Jig / Song: Untitled [Jig lilted and words to it sung], Untitled, Untitled [Jig whistled and lilted and words to it sung; The Dark-Eyed Gypsy]
13. Reels: Untitled [The Maid of Mount Cisco], Untitled [The Hunter's Purse] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Ryan, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A2, 4, 6, 8;
Supple, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A2, 4, 6, 8;
Keogh, Dan, Tipperary, concertina solo A10;
Hayes, Matt, Tipperary, singing in English A12;
Rainsford, Mary B, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A14;
Walsh, Michael, Tipperary, flute in instrumental group A14;
Ahern, Mrs, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A14;
O'Brien, Liam, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A14;
O'Donnell, Joseph, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A14;
Dick Ryan 'Larry', Tipperary, fiddle in trio A16–17;
Anthony Ryan 'Donal', Tipperary, accordion in trio A16–17;
Shaw, Pat, Tipperary, fiddle in trio A16–17;
Mulkere, Jack, Clare, fiddle solo A19;
Preston, Michael, Clare, flute in trio A21;
Shaughnessy, Jack, Clare, fiddle in trio A21;
Divinney, Pat, Clare, fiddle in trio A21

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; the music on tracks A2–8 was recorded in Annacotty, Co Limerick in December 1955]
2. Reel: The Swallow's Tail
3. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
4. Hornpipe: The Woods of Kilkenny (fades out)
5. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
6. Jig: Old Man Dillon
7. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
8. Reel: The Boyne Hunt
9. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; the performances on tracks A10–12 were recorded in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary in December 1955]
10. Polka: Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
12. Song: Hollyford
13. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
14. Jigs: The Shandon Bells, Haste to the Wedding
15. Speech: Untitled [About the performances that follow on tracks A16–17]
16. Jig: The Merry Maiden [Related to The Wandering Minstrel?]
17. Reel: Far from Home
18. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows, which was recorded in Crusheen, Co Clare in January 1955]
19. Air: The Dark Woman of the Mountain
20. Speech: Untitled [About the performances that follow]
21. Jigs: Gallagher's Frolics, Paddy's Favourite [Whelan's Jig]
22. Reels: The Wheels of the World [Joe Cooley's version of 'The Morning Dew'], Cooley's Reel [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Finnegan, Thomas, Galway, singing in English A2;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Keaveney, Patrick, Galway, singing in English A3;
Kelly, Jim / Kelly, James, Galway, singing in English A4, 6, 11, 13;
speech in English A4, 13;
Glynn, William / Glynn, Willie, Galway, speech in English A7, 9–10, 12, 14;
singing in English A8, 10, 12, 14;
Clancy, Jack ('Jack the Jigger'), Clare, lilting solo A15–16;
speech in English A15;
Crotty, Elizabeth, Clare, speech in English A17;
singing in English A18;
concertina solo A20;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
fiddle solo A24;
Hegney, Agnes, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
Mulhaire, Thomas, Galway, fiddle in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Brendan, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Martin, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
accordion solo A28;
Tracy, John Joe, Galway, flute in trio A30;
Downey, Patsy, Galway, accordion in trio A30;
Dooley, Michael Joe, Galway, fiddle in trio A30;
Finnerty, Johnny, Galway, speech in English A31;
singing in English A31

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows, recorded in Glenamaddy, Co Galway in June 1956]
2. Song: Untitled [In a dreary old cabin sat a grey-haired old father (etc)]
3. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Only a Bunch of Violets; Out in a moonlit garden, far from the ballroom bright (etc)]
4. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Maid of Athenry
5. Speech: Untitled [Song just sung was recorded in Corofin, Co Galway in June 1956]
6. Song: The Kellys and Molloys [Stated to be related to the American song 'The Martins and the Coyles']
7. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows]
8. Song: The 1916 Rising in County Galway
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Song, Speech: John Reilly, Untitled
11. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Star of Donegal
12. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Woodlands of Loughglynn (incomplete)
13. Speech, Song: Untitled, A Bird without a Gall / Captain Woodburn's Courtship [Captain Wedderburn's Courtship]
14. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [About Louis Darcy of Headford, County Galway]
15. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork ?], Untitled
16. Reel: Down the Broom
17. Speech: Untitled
18. Song: An Droighnean Donn [Version in English; learned from Mrs Lillis, Cooraclare, Co Clare]
19. Speech: Untitled [The song and music here from Mrs Crotty was recorded in Kilrush, Co Clare in June 1956]
20. Reel: Bean an Tinceara [An Bhean Tinceara]
21. Speech: Untitled [About the tune that follows, recorded in Tom White's pub, Ballinakill, Co Galway in January 1956]
22. Reels: The Bird in the Tree, The Shannon Breeze [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
23. Speech: Untitled
24. Reels: Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [Colonel Rodney]
25. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; recorded in Kiltormer, Co Galway in February 1956]
26. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Martin Mulhaire's Reel [Composed by Martin Mulhaire (a member of the trio that plays here)]
27. Speech: Untitled
28. Reel: Untitled [The Golden Keyboard; composed by the performer]
29. Speech: Untitled
30. Reel: Dowd's Favourite [O'Dowd's Favourite]
31. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Young men of Tipperary and of Ireland far and near (etc); song about the McCormick brothers, who were hanged in Nenagh during the land troubles] (incomplete; repeated on tape Breandan Breathnach Reel-to-Reel 348) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, concertina in duet A2–5;
Unidentified performer, flute in duet A2–5;
Kilfenora Ceili Band, The, Clare, instrumental group A6–11;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Hayes, P.J., Clare, fiddle solo A13;
Tulla Ceili Band, The, Clare, instrumental group A14–16;
Preston, Michael, Clare, flute solo A18–19;
Griffin, Vincent, Clare, fiddle solo A21;
Malley, Bill, Clare, fiddle in duet A22;
Houlihan, Pat, Clare, whistle in duet A22;
Canny, Paddy, Clare, fiddle in duet A25–26;
Bane, Joe, Clare, whistle in duet A25–26;
whistle solo A28;
McMahon, Robert [McMahon, Robbie], Clare, singing in English A30;
Ryan, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A32;
Supple, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A32

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Reels: Untitled [The Wind that Shakes the Barley], Untitled [Music in the Glen]
3. Reels: Untitled [The Sally Gardens], Untitled [Dillon's Fancy]
4. Reels: Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Angry Peeler], Untitled [Shares first part with The Ship in Full Sail – second differs]
6. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Limerick Lasses], Untitled
7. Jigs: Untitled [Cherish the Ladies], Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics]
8. Reels: Untitled [The Boyne Hunt], Untitled [The Fermoy Lasses]
9. Jigs: Untitled [Paddy's Return; What Would You Do if the Kettle Boiled over], Untitled [The Kilfenora Jig]
10. Hornpipes: Untitled [Kitty's Wedding], Untitled [Fisher's Hornpipe]
11. Reels: Untitled [The Doon Reel], Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore; not the standard version]
12. Speech: Untitled [About the performers and date of recording of the music on this tape]
13. Jigs: John Ryan's Jig [Sean Ryan's Jig; The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan], Untitled [The Nightingale; composed by Sean Ryan]
14. Reels: Untitled [The Sally Gardens], Untitled [The Bag of Potatoes; The Bag of Spuds], Untitled [The Congress Reel]
15. Jigs: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], Untitled [Cailleach an Tuirne; The Maid of the Spinning Wheel], Untitled [The Trip to the Cottage]
16. Reels: Untitled [The Maid of Mount Cisco], Untitled [The Hunter's Purse]
17. Speech: Untitled
18. Reels: The Mist on the Mountain, The Cameronian
19. Reel: Farewell to Ballinakill [Miss Pierce's]
20. Speech: Untitled
21. Reels: The Sally Gardens, Jenny's Chickens
22. Speech: Untitled
23. Reels: The Glandree Reel [The Honeymoon]
24. Speech: Untitled
25. Reels: Down the Broom, The Gatehouse Maid
26. Jigs: Untitled [The Shandon Bells], Untitled [The Lark in the Morning]
27. Speech: Untitled
28. Reels: Paddy Finlay's Fancy [The Galway Rambler], Untitled [The Traveller]
29. Speech: Untitled
30. Song: The Hills of Sweet Mayo
31. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows, which was recorded in Annacotty, Co Limerick in December 1955]
32. Reel: The Swallow's Tail (incomplete; tape runs out) [This performance is available in full on BB_RR_349] [END OF BAND ONE]