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Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A1, 3, 6, 10, 19;
singing in Irish A7;
Unidentified performers, fiddle A2, 11, 17–18;
Curtin, Hugh, Clare, whistle A4, 8;
O Rochain, Muiris, Clare, speech in English throughout;
Crehan, Junior, Clare, fiddle A5, 20, 28;
singing in English A9;
Unidentified performer(s), whistle A11, 21;
Kelly, John sr., Clare and Dublin, fiddle A12–14;
concertina A22–23;
Kelly, James, Clare and Dublin, fiddle A12–14, 24, 27 (?);
Mitchell, Pat, Dublin, pipes A15–16, 25–26

Running Order:
1. Reels: Sean sa Cheo [CICD 3976.11–.14, 5649 (none from this recording)], The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3096.11–.16, 3097 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; with 3 parts, the third newly-composed; MR also plays an 'old' version]
2. Reels: Untitled [The Pigeon on the Gate], Untitled [Toss the Feathers; tonic note E]
3. Jigs: Untitled [Not in CICD from MR; the first part is that of 'Port Liadroma' (CRE, # 12) and the second is that of 'Old Tipperary' (CRE, # 16)], Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 818.11–.12, 823 (where card gives the musician as Mick Hand, in error? Should be Micho Russell?), 825 (none from this recording)]
4. Reels: Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled [Reel of Rio, composed by Sean Ryan]
5. Air: A Stor mo Chroi
6. Air: Untitled [An Paistin Fionn]
7. Song: An Paistin Fionn
8. Jig: Untitled [The Lark on the Strand; CRE, # 7]
9. Song: Untitled [Lament for Willie Clancy; composed by the singer?]
10. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4347.11, 4348 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 269 (untitled); Mary McMahon (Bulmer & Sharpley, 'Music from Ireland', vol 2)]
11. Reel: Untitled [Ships Are Sailing]
12. Reel: Untitled
13. Reel: The Dublin Lassies (variant) [First part is that of 'The Boys of Ballisodare / The Dublin Lasses', second differs]
14. Air, Hornpipe / Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird; played solo by John Kelly sr], Untitled [The Blackbird; duet]
15. Jig: Untitled [The Old Hag in the Kiln]
16. Jig / March, Piece: Untitled [Painneach na nUbh / O'Sullivan's March], Untitled [Gol na mBan san Ar; as recorded on cylinder by Feis Ceoil officials from Mici Cumba O Sullivan, Kerry] (incomplete) [END OF BAND ONE]
17. Air: Untitled
18. Jig: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob; The Lovely Lad (DMI, # 406)]
19. Reels: An Clochairin Ban [CICD 4513, 4514, 4514.11 (none from this recording); The Collier's Reel], Drowsy Maggie (mother's version) [CICD 3896.11 (not from this recording); from MR's mother, who played the concertina; The Reel with the Beryl; MR plays another version, which he learned in Donegal]
20. Air, Set Dance: Untitled [Casadh an tSugain], Untitled [An Suisin Ban]
21. Jig / Slide: Untitled
22. Jig / Slide: Untitled [Clancy's Dream]
23. Reels: Untitled [Tom Keane's Reel], Untitled [The Flogging Reel]
24. Reels: Untitled [The Kerry Reel / The Green Fields of Rossbeigh], Untitled [The Boyne Hunt]
25. Hornpipe: Untitled [Chuir Me Feisteas ar mo Theachsa / The Humours of Tullycreen (CRE, # 205); The Humours of Tullycrine]
26. Jig: Untitled [The Frieze Breeches (one of the versions played by Willie Clancy)]
27. Reels: Untitled [The Leitrim Bucks], Untitled
28. Air, Jig: Untitled [Anach Cuain / Eanach Dhuin], Untitled [Anach Cuain / Eanach Dhuin played as jig] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Brid a' 'Ghabh' [Brid an Ghabha], Galway, speech in Irish A1;
singing in Irish A1, 4;
Unidentified performer [Bourke, Angela / Partridge, Angela / De Burca, Aingeal], speech in Irish throughout;
'Ghabh', Maire [Ui Cheannabhain, Maire Ghabha], Galway, speech in Irish A2–3;
singing in Irish A2–3

Running Order:
1. Speech, Song: Untitled, Beannacht Leat a Thir Mo Ghra
2. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled, Dearthairin O Mo Chroi, Untitled
3. Song, Speech: Mainistir na Buaile, Untitled
4. Song: A' bhFaca Tu Mo Sheamaisin [With lilting] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1-35, 37-55, B1-61;
singing in Irish A27;
singing in English B59;
speech in English throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (old version) [CICD 2921.11 (from this recording); 2920, 2920.11, 2921 (none from this recording); for MR's 'standard' version, see tracks A2 and B20.]
2. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (standard version) [CICD 3096.12–.13 (from this track on this recording); 3096.14–.15 (where this track on this recording is referenced; also from this recording (137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 20); 3096.11, 3096.16, 3097 (none from this recording); also at track B20; for MR's 'old' version, see track A1.]
3. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3778.11 (from this recording), 3779 (not from this recording)]
4. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4444.12 (from this recording); 4445, 4446 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)]
5. Reel: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CICD 4964.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 150 (i) (from MR)]
6. Reel: Divide the Cally Fair [CICD 5300.11 (from this recording), 5300 (not from this recording); Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, version of)]
7. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 2364.11–.12 (both from this recording); 1162.11–.12, 2364.13–.14 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
8. Jig: An Chailleach is a Ceag ar a Gualainn / An Chailleach is a Ceag ar a Guala / Kitty's Rambles [CICD 1467.11 (from this recording), 1467 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 36 (from MR)]
9. Jig: Tatter Jack Walsh / An t-Athair Jack Walsh [CICD 1394.11 (from this recording); 1393, 1394, 1394.12 (none from this recording)]
10. Jig: The Frost is All Over / Rince na gCoinini i nGarrai na hEorna [CICD 724.12 (from this recording; contains reference to 'card 2'); 809 (not from this recording)]
11. Dance Tune: Untitled [not in CICD; learned by MR from a dance group in Ghent (?) in Belgium.]
12. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 2907.11 (from this recording), 2908 (not from this recording; CRE 2, # 260 (from MR); for other versions and titles, see BB index, cards 2983, 2657]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4363.12 (from this recording); 4363.11, 3098 (not from this recording); learned from Johnny Byrt, flute player and travelling carpenter; CRE 2, # 175 (from MR)]
14. Reel: The Boys of the Lake [CICD 3199.11–.12 (both from this recording); 3195, 3196 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 164 (from MR)]
15. Jig: The Four Posts of the Bed [CICD 1349.14–.15 (from this recording); 1349.12–.13 (none from this recording)]
16. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles / Bean an Brown Dilisc [CICD 2136.11 (from this recording); 2133, 2136.12, 2138 (none from this recording)]
17. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles [Version composed by Finbar Furey, according to MR; CICD 1389.12 (from this recording)]
18. Reel: The Blackhaired Girl / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.13 (from this recording?); 4230.12 (where this recording is referenced); 4239 (not from this recording); The Blackhaired Lass]
19. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 4995.11 (from this track on this recording); 4995.12, 5018.12 (both also from this recording; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 30); 5016, 5017, 5018–.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
20. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5084.11–.14 (all from this track on this recording); 5091.12–.13 (both also from this recording; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 60); 5091.11, 5093, 5096 (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
21. Reels: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5062.11 (from this recording); 5060.12, 5062 (none from this recording)]
22. Reel: The West Clare Reel [CICD 5883.11 (from this recording), 5883 (not from this recording); Dan Breen's]
23. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2924.11 (from this recording); 2923, 2924, 4033.11 (none from this recording)]
24. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1133.11, 1828, 1829 (none from this recording)]
25. 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)]
26. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 3415.13 (from this track on this recording); 3415.11 (also from this recording; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 18); 2856.11, 2857, 3415.12, 3415.14 (none from this recording)]
27. Reel, Singing: An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 2686.11 (from this recording); 4028, 4029, 4030, 5750.11–.12 (none from this recording)], An Bhean Tinceara [Sung version]
28. Jig: Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 818.11–.12 (from this recording); 825 (not from this recording)]
29. Jig / Quadrille Tune: The Cumann na mBan Is Dead and Gone [CICD 2146.11–.12 (both from this recording); The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone; well known as a slide; one of two tunes that MR applies this name to.]
30. Jig, Singing, Speech: Christmas Day in the Morning / On Christmas Day in the Morning [CICD 2228.12 (from this recording); 2558 (not from this recording)]; Christmas Day in the Morning / On Christmas Day in the Morning [Sung version]; Untitled [Speech about the background to the tune / song 'Christmas Day in the Morning']
31. Jig: Garrett Barry's / The Ladies' Fancy [CICD 1006.11 (from this recording); 1007, 1008 (none from this recording)]
32. Polka: An Gabhairin Bui [CICD 6439.11 (from this recording); 6283 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 110 (from MR)]
33. Fling: Pop Goes the Weazel / Pop Goes the Weasel [CICD 6532.11 (from this recording)]
34. Jig: Ti-teen Girleen / Tidy Girlyeen [CICD 1326.13 (from this recording); 1325 (not from this recording); Behind the Bush in the Garden (DMI, # 398]
35. Reel: The Ladies Pantalettes [CICD 5626.11 (from this recording); 5626, 5637 (none from this recording)]
36. Speech: Untitled [Johnny Kilmartin, concertina, known as Johnny Sally; dancing style among the older people.]
37. Reel: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3561.12 (from this track on this recording); 3086.11–.12, 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; for MR's version of this tune as single reel / polka, see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 47]
38. Reel: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4275.12 (from this recording); 4275.11, 4276, 4277 (none from this recording)]
39. Reel: The Old Torn Petticoat [CICD 4348.11 (from this recording), 4351 (not from this recording)]
40. Reel: Fochairi Beaga na Foraoire [CICD 5943.11 (from this recording); 5943, 5947.11 (not from this recording); Spike Island Lasses (here with only two parts, rather than the usual three)]
41. Jig / Dance Tune: An Bothar o thuaidh go dti Arainn / The Handkerchief Dance [CICD 1196.11 (from this recording); 1196.12 (also from this recording?); 1197 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 65 (from MR)]
42. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [CICD 4007.11, 5635.11 (both from this recording); 4008, 5634, 5635 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 259 (from MR); The Mother and Child Reel]
43. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [Partial repeat of the tune in the previous track]
44. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.11 (from this recording); 3988.13 (where this recording is referenced; notation has been corrected from this recording?); 3988.12, 3988.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
45. Jig: Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots [CICD 1251.11 (from this recording), 1252 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 17 (from MR)]
46. Jig: Connie the Soldier / The South-west Wind [CICD 2369.11 (from this recording), 2368 (not from this recording)]
47. Jig: The Rambling Pitchfork [CICD 1649.11 (from this recording); 1648 (not from this recording)]
48. Reel: The College Grove [CICD 5573.11 (from this recording); 3484 (not from this recording)]
49. Jig: The Cliffs of Moher (a), (b) [(a) CICD 784.12 (from this recording); 784.11, 784.14 (with G as the tonic note)], (b) [CICD 784.13 (from this recording); 784.15, 2113.11 (none from this recording); (with A as its tonic note)]
50. Slip Jig: The Rocky Road to Dublin / Slainte an Briste Leathain / Slainte an Bristin Leathair [CICD 440.11–.12 (both from this recording?); 435, 436 (not from this recording)]
51. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 315.11–.12 (from this recording), 318 (not from this recording); Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429, with 3 parts); 2 parts in MR's version]
52. Reel: Dunagore Reel [CICD 5610.11 (from this recording); 5610, 5610.12, 5769 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72); The Doonagore Reel]
53. Jig: The Irish Washerwoman / The Big Jig / Paddy McGinty's Goat [CICD 1678.12–.13 (from this recording); 1678.11, 1679, 1686 (none from this recording)]
54. Jig, Speech: Nora Criona [CICD 628.11 (not from this recording; incipit only)], Untitled [information about Larry Sharry, musician who played the tune]
55. Jig: The Boys of the Town / Sean Phaidin [CICD 2228.11 (from this recording but not this track; see 137b-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 1 ); 2233 (not from this recording); unfinished] [END OF BAND ONE]
56. Jig: The Boys of the Town / Sean Phaidin [CICD 2228.11 (from this recording), 2233 (not from this recording)]
57. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1497.13 (from this recording); 1496, 1497.12 (not from this recording); Kitty Come Over (DMI, # 55); The Cow that Ate the Blanket]
58. Reel: Tear the Calico [CICD 3131.13–.14 (from this recording), 3130 (not from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; MR plays the tune in two registers, and this is the higher of the two. The other version is on the next track.]
59. Reel: Tear the Calico, the old way [CICD 3131.11 (from this recording), 3131.12 (not from this recording); MR plays the tune in two registers, and this is the lower of the two. The 'standard' version is on the previous track.]
60. Jig: The Maid on the Green / The Mountainy Boy [CICD 1202.11–.12 (from this recording), 1200 (not from this recording)]
61. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [CICD 2180.11 (from this recording), 2179 (not from this recording)]
62. Reel: The Last House in Connacht [CICD 4437.11 (from this track on this recording); 4437.12–.13 (both from track B56 on this recording)]
63. Jig: Brian O'Lynn [CICD 1567.11 (from this recording); 1565 (not from this recording)]
64. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814.12 (from this recording); 1814.11 (where this recording is referenced); 1814 (not from this recording)]
65. Reel: London Bridge [CICD 2884.11 (from this recording); 2888, 2889, 5480 (not from this recording)]
66. Polka / March / Quadrille Tune: The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.14 (from this recording); 6508.11–.13 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124 (from MR)]
67. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 4864.11 (from this recording); 4864.12–.13, 5384.11 (none from this recording); tune is featured on the Flanagan Brothers 78 rpm disc titled 'The Flanagans Chase the Banshee']
68. Jig: Willie Walsh's Jig [CICD 2386.11 (from this recording); 2382 (not from this recording); DMI, # 88 (as Willy Walsh's Jig); related to The Wandering Minstrel]
69. Jig: The Little House under the Hill [CICD 2048.11 (from this recording); 2047 (not from this recording)]
70. Reel: The Ships Are Sailing [CICD 2962.11–.12 (from this recording)]
71. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5456.14 (from this recording); 4137.11, 5456.11–.13, 5456.15 (none from this recording)]
72. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1559.14 (from this recording); 1559.13, 1559.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 67 (from MR); often played as a slide]
73. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 3415.11–.12 (both from this track on this recording); 3415.13 (also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 26); 2856.11, 2857, 3415.14 (none from this recording)]
74. Reel: Sean sa Cheo [CICD 3976.13–.14 (from this recording), 3976.11–.12, 5649 (none from this recording)]
75. Reel: The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3096.14–.15 (both from this track on this recording); CICD 3096.12–.13 (also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 2); 3096.11, 3096.16, 3097 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; for MR's 'old' version, see track A1]
76. Reel: Clochairin Ban, An [CICD 4514.11 (from this recording); 4513, 4514 (none from this recording); The Collier's Reel]
77. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4808.11 (from this recording), 4807.11 (not from this recording); Down the Broom]
78. Reel: The Gatehouse Maid [CICD 3051.11 (from this recording); 3062, 3068.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 233 (not from MR)]
79. Jig: Cathaoir an Phiobaire [CICD 1993.11 (from this recording), 1993 (not from this recording); The Piper's Chair; CRE 1, # 9 (not from MR)]
80. Jig: Cathaoir an Phiobaire [as at previous track]
81. Reel: Knocknagow [CICD 4593.12 (from this recording); 4590, 4593.11 (none from this recording); Scotch Mary]
82. Reel: Over the Moor to Maggie / Over the Meadows / Down the Meadows / Kitty's Wedding / The Dublin Reel [CICD 2804.11 (from this recording); 2804.12, 2805 (not from this recording)]
83. Reel: The Star of Munster (standard version) [CICD 4162.12 (from this recording); 4162.11, 4163, 4164 (none from this recording)], The Star of Munster (concertina version) [CICD 4019.11 (from this recording)]
84. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4772.13 (from this recording); 4772, 4772.11–.12 (none from this recording); The Rainy Day]
85. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5018.12, 4995.12 (both from this track on this recording); 4995.11 (also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 19); 5016, 5017, 5018–5018.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
86. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [CICD 252.14 (from this recording); 252–252.13 (none from this recording); recorded from MR in two different registers, of which the higher one is here]
87. Reel: The Maid that Left the County [CICD 4288.13 (from this recording); 4288.12 (where this recording is referenced); 4286, 4288.11, 4288.14, 4289 (none from this recording); The Honeymoon (DMI, # 791)]
88. Reel: The Wind that Shakes the Barley [CICD 5757.13–.14 (both from this recording); 5757.11–.12 (both also from this recording?); 5743.11 (not from this recording)]
89. Reel: The Lady on the Island [CICD 5853.12–.13 (both from this recording); 5853.11 (not from this recording)]
90. Reel: The Five Mile Chase [CICD 2914.11 (from this recording); 2880–.11 (not from this recording)]
91. Reels: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.14 (from this recording); 5075.11–.13, 5075.15–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell]
92. Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll [CICD 1092.11 (from this recording); Tumble the Tinker; MR's An Bainbhin Dubh (related tune?)]
93. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses [CICD 3945.11 (from this recording)]
94. Reel: The Connemara Stockings [CICD 4006.11 (from this recording)]
95. Jig: The Battering Ram [CICD 2195.14–.15 (from this recording); 2195.12–.13 (not from this recording)]
96. Jig: Rory O'Moore [CICD 2195.11 (from this recording)]
97. Reel: The Top of the Morning [CICD 5277.11 (from this recording); 5276.11, 5277, 5277.12, 5278 (none from this recording); CRE 5, # 181 (from MR)]
98. Reel: The Bucks of Oranmore [CICD 5726.13–.14 (from this recording); 5482, 5725, 5726–.12 (none from this recording)]
99. Jig: An Rogaire Dubh [CICD 2620.11 (from this recording); 1858, 2620.12 (none from this recording); The Black Rogue]
100. Jig: McCormick's Jig [CICD 903.11–.12 (both from this recording)]
101. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.13 (both from this recording?); 1809.12 (where this recording is referenced); 1809–.11, 1809.14 (none from this recording)]
102. Single Reel / Polka / Reel: Untitled [CICD 6496 (from this track on this recording); played here in polka-like tempo; All the Ways to Galway; for MR's version in reel tempo, see track A37.]
103. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4364.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 187 (not from MR)]
104. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5885.11–.12 (both from this recording)]
105. 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 2381.14 (from this recording); 2200.11–.12, 2224, 2381.12–.13 (none from this recording)]
106. Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll [CICD 2023.11 (from this recording); The Mug of Brown Ale; title 'The Walls of Liscarroll' given on card, in error?]
107. Jig: The Walls of Liscarroll [CICD 1483.11 (from this recording); not the tune of the same name at track B37; The Mouse in the Cupboard]
108. Jig: Cailleach a Mhairbh Me [CICD 2578.11 (from this recording); A Chailleach do Mhairis Me]
109. Hornpipe: The Flowers of Edinburgh [CICD 6256.11 (from this recording; '2 UCD 30' also given on the card as a source – in error? The tune does not appear on UCD 2)]
110. Reel: Peter Street [CICD 3440.11 (from this recording)]
111. Reel: The Last House in Connacht [CICD 4437.12–.13 (both from this track on this recording); 4437.11 (from track B7 on this recording)]
112. Jig: Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part [CICD 2127.11 (from this recording)]
113. Jig: Tom Hanna's [CICD 2374.11–.13 (all from this recording)]
114. Jig, Singing, Jig: Paddle My Own Canoe [CICD 1607.13 (from this recording)]; do. [sung version of the previous]; Back of the Haggard [CICD 1607.12 (from this recording), another version of the tune]
115. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5091.12–.13 (from this track on this recording); 5084.11–.14 (all also from this recording; see 137a-ITMA-REEL/CDR, track 20); 5091.11, 5093, 5096 (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
116. Hornpipe: Dance the Figure of Eighty on the Blackbird's Back [CICD 6191.11 (from this recording); Bantry Bay (DMI, # 823); recorded by Michael Coleman with The Stack of Barley (?)] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–11, 14–30, 35–38, B1–26, 28–34;
singing in Irish and English A31;
singing in English A33–34;
speech in Irish B27 and occasional;
speech in English B35 and throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, speech in Irish, occasional;
speech in English throughout;
Hand, Mick, Dublin, tin whistle A12–13;
Carmody, Tom, Kerry, fiddle B36–42, accordion B43–44

Running Order:
1. Reel: The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3097 (from this recording); 3096.11–.16 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; MR also plays an 'old' version]
2. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11 (from this recording?); 5710 (not from this recording)]
3. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3779 (from this recording?); 3778.11 (not from this recording)]
4. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4445 (from this recording); 4445, 4444.12, 4446 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)]
5. Reel: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CICD 4964.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 150 (i) (from MR)]
6. Reel: The Rose in the Garden / Divide the Cally Fair [CICD 5300 (from this recording), 5300.11 (not from this recording); Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, version of); see BB index 4068)]
7. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (from this recording); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
8. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1486, 1487, 1488 (all from this recording); 1490, 1492.11–.13 (none from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; for MR's 'old' version, see CICD 954.11.]
9. Jig: Tatter Jack Walsh / Athair Jack Walsh, An t- [CICD 1393, 1394 (from this recording); 1394.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
10. Jig: The Frost is All Over / Rince na gCoinini i nGarrai na hEorna [CICD 809 (from this recording); 724.12 (not from this recording; continuation card missing)]
11. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 2908 (from this recording), 2907.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 260 (from MR); for other versions and titles, see BB index, cards 2983, 2657]
12. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Tear the Calico]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4787 (from this recording); The Sandmount (recorded by the Ballinakill Ceili Band); Mick Hand's]
14. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3098, 4363.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 175 (from MR)]
15. Reel: The Ships Are Sailing [CICD 2962.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
16. Reel: The Boys of the Lake [CICD 3195, 3196, 3199.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 164 (from MR)]
17. Jig: The Four Posts of the Bed [CICD 1349.12–.13 (from this recording); 1349.14–.15 (none from this recording)]
18. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles / Bean an Brown Dilisc [CICD 2133 (from this recording); 2136.11–.12, 2138 (none from this recording)]
19. Reel: The Blackhaired Girl / The Blackhaired Lass / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.12–.13, 4239 (none from this recording)]
20. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5017 (from this recording); 4995.11–.12, 5016, 5018–5018.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
21. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5096 (from this recording); 5084.11–.14, 5091.11–.13, 5093, (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
22. Reels: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5062 (from this recording); 5060.12, 5062.11 (none from this recording)]
23. Reel: The West Clare Reel [CICD 5883 (from this recording); 5883.11 (not from this recording); Dan Breen's]
24. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2924 (from this recording); 2923, 2924.11, 4033.11 (none from this recording)]
25. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1829 (from this recording); 1133.11, 1828 (none from this recording)]
26. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 758, 759 (both from this recording); 756, 757, 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)]
27. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 2857 (from this recording); 2856.11, 3415.11–.14 (none from this recording)]
28. Reel: An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 4029 (from this recording); 2686.11, 4028, 4030, 5750.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
29. Jig: Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 823 (from this recording; card gives the musician as Mick Hand, in error? Should be Micho Russell?); 818.11–.12, 825 (not from this recording)]
30. Jig: Christmas Day in the Morning / On Christmas Day in the Morning [CICD 2558 (from this recording), 2228.12 (not from this recording)]
31. Song: Bean Dubh an Ghleanna [with verses in Irish and English]
32. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [None in CICD; tunes learned from radio broadcast by Matt Molloy on the previous Friday night.]
33. Song: Untitled [The Poor Little Fisher Boy]
34. Song: Untitled [about a man with a very long nose]
35. 35: Jig: Garrett Barry's / The Ladies' Fancy [CICD 1007, 1008 (both from this recording); 1006.11 (not from this recording)]
36. 36: Polka: An Gabhairin Bui [CICD 6283 (from this recording); 6439.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 110 (from MR)]
37. 37: Fling: Pop Goes the Weazel / Pop Goes the Weasel [CICD 6532.11 (not from this recording)]
38. 38: Jig: Ti-teen Girleen / Tidy Girlyeen [CICD 1325 (from this recording); 1326.13 (not from this recording); Behind the Bush in the Garden (DMI, # 398]
39. 1: Reel: The Ladies Pantalettes [CICD 5626 (from this recording); 5626.11, 5637 (none from this recording)]
40. 2: Reel: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3561 (from this recording); 3086.11–.12, 3561.11–.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.]
41. Reel: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4277 (from this recording); 4275.11–.12, 4276, (none from this recording)]
42. Reel: The Old Torn Petticoat [CICD 4351 (from this recording); 4348.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: Fochairi Beaga na Foraoire [CICD 5943 (from this recording); 5943.11, 5947.11 (not from this recording); Spike Island Lasses (here with only two parts)]
44. Jig / Dance Tune: An Bothar o thuaidh go dti Arainn / The Handkerchief Dance [CICD 1197 (from this recording); 1196.11–.12, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 65 (from MR)]
45. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [CICD 5634 (from this recording); 4007.11, 4008, 5635–.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 259 (from MR); The Mother and Child Reel]
46. Jig / Slide / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune: The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.12 (from this recording); 1968.11, 1968.13 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes that MR assigns this name to.]
47. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3989 (from this recording); 3988.11–.14, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
48. Jig: Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots [CICD 1252 (from this recording), 1251.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 17 (from MR)]
49. Jig: Connie the Soldier / The South-west Wind [CICD 2368 (from this recording); 2369.11 (not from this recording)]
50. Jig: The Rambling Pitchfork [CICD 1648 (from this recording); 1649.11 (not from this recording)]
51. Reel: The College Grove [CICD 3484 (from this recording); 5573.11 (not from this recording)]
52. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2241 (from this recording)]
53. Slip Jig: The Rocky Road to Dublin / Slainte an Briste Leathain / Slainte an Bristin Leathair [CICD 435 (from this recording?); 436, 440.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
54. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 318 (from this recording); 315.11–.12 (not from this recording); Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429, with 3 parts); 2 parts in MR's version]
55. Reel: Dunagore Reel [CICD 5769 (from this recording); 5610–.12 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72)]
56. Air: An Drucht Geal Ceo / The Foggy Dew [not in CICD]
57. Jig: The Irish Washerwoman / The Big Jig / Paddy McGinty's Goat [CICD 1686 (from this recording); 1678.11–.13, 1679, (none from this recording)]
58. Jig: Nora Criona [CICD 628.11 (not from this recording); incomplete]
59. Jig: Sean Phaidin [CICD 2233 (from this recording); 2228.11 (not from this recording; a version of The Boys of the Town (DMI, # 89); MR also plays a separate but related tune called The Boys of the Town (Roche 1, # 118)]
60. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1496 (from this recording); 1497.12–.13 (not from this recording); Kitty Come Over (DMI, # 55); The Cow that Ate the Blanket]
61. Reel: Tear the Calico [CICD 3130 (from this recording); 3131.13–.14 (not from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; MR plays the tune in two registers, and this is the higher of the two.]
62. Jig: The Maid on the Green / The Mountainy Boy [CICD 1200 (from this recording); 1201.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
63. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [CICD 2179 (from this recording); 2180.11 (not from this recording)]
64. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5456.11–.12 (both from this recording?); 4137.11, 5456.13–.15 (none from this recording)]
65. Speech: Untitled [words in Irish to The High Caul Cap and Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
66. Jig: Brian O'Lynn [CICD 1565 (from this recording); 1567.11 (not from this recording)]
67. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814–.12 (none from this recording)]
68. Reel: London Bridge [CICD 2889 (from this recording); 2884.11, 2888, 5480 (none from this recording)]
69. Polka / March / Quadrille tune: The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.12 (from this recording), 6508.11, 6508.13–.14 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124 (from MR)]
70. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 5384.11 (from this recording); 4864.13 (also from this recording?); 4864.11–.12 (none from this recording); tune is featured on the Flanagan Brothers 78 rpm disc titled 'The Flanagans Chase the Banshee']
71. Jig: Willie Walsh's Jig [CICD 2382 (from this recording); 2386.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 88 (as Willy Walsh's Jig); related to The Wandering Minstrel]
72. Jig: The Little House under the Hill [CICD 2047 (from this recording); 2048.11 (not from this recording)]
73. 35: Speech: Untitled [MR's words (in English) to the song Brid Ni Mhaoileoin]
74. Reel: The Fisherman's Daughter [not in CICD; tune composed by Martin Mulhaire]
75. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Crowley's; see versions at CICD 4148 and 4165; second tune of a set called Crowley's recorded by Michael Coleman]
76. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD; composed by the player]
77. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; learnt by the player from James Morrison (fiddle; with whom he recorded); Billy Bocker / Billy Brocker; see versions at CICD 5464 and 5475]
78. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Hand Me Down the Tackle / Tom Steele / etc]
79. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band, composed by Martin Mulhaire; CRE 5, # 129]
80. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD]
81. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD]
82. Jig: Tom Carthy's jig [not in CICD; version of The Irish Washerwoman?]

Performers:
Cronin, Elizabeth, Cork, singing in Irish A1, 8, 10–11, 15–16, 18–19;
singing in English A3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 20;
singing in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 17;
speech in Irish A21–23;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A24–26;
Unidentified performer [O Caoidheain, Colm, Galway], singing and speech in Irish A27;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry], fiddle solo A28–29

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled [Nil Mo Shlainte ar Fonamh (SEC, # 104)]
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled [The Charming Sweet Girl That I Love (SEC, # 154)]
4. Song: Untitled [Girleen Don't be Idle (SEC, # 62)]
5. Song: Untitled [In Kerry Long Ago (SEC, # 73)]
6. Song: Untitled [Annon's anall, is trid an Abhainn (SEC, # 22); A Chailleach do Mharais Me / O Hag You Destroyed Me]
7. Song: Untitled [The Bonny Blue-Eyed Lassie (SEC, # 148)]
8. Song: Untitled [A Chaipin-ar-Leathstuaic, a' bhFeacais na Caoire? (SEC, # 1); with lilting]
9. Song: Untitled [Sweet Lisbweemore (SEC, # 142)]
10. Song: Untitled [Cu-Cuc, a Chuaichin (SEC, # 42)]
11. Song: Untitled
12. Song: Untitled [Cuckanandy (SEC, # 41)]
13. Song: Untitled [What Would You Do if You Married a Soldier (SEC, # 191); with lilting; melody is that of the jig 'The Frost Is All Over']
14. Song: Untitled [Faiche Bhrea Aerach an Cheoil (SEC, # 57)]
15. Song: Untitled [An Gamhain Geal Ban (SEC, # 18)]
16. Song: Untitled [Cuir a Chodladh (SEC, # 43)]
17. Song: Untitled [Taim Cortha O Bheith im' Aonar im' Lui (SEC, # 144)]; I'm Weary from Lying Alone] [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Song: Untitled
19. Song: Untitled [Da mBa Liom-sa an Ainnir (SEC, # 45)]
20. Song: Untitled [Down the Green Fields (SEC, # 55)]
21. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
22. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
23. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
24. Song: Untitled [An Bonnan Bui]
25. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan]
26. Song: Untitled [Roisin Dubh]
27. Song: Untitled [Seachran Chearrbhail]
28. Air: Untitled [The Blackbird]
29. Air: Untitled [Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill] [END OF BAND TWO]

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:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A1–5;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English A1–5;
Unidentified performer, harp solo A6;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, whistle in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish [solo] A8

Running Order:
1. Jig, Jig / Slide: Donall na Greine [CICD 760.11 (both from this recording); 756, 757, 758, 759 (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)], The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (from this recording); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
2. Jig / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune / [Slide], Jig / Slide: Off She Goes [So named by MR on the tape – misnamed? The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.13 (where this recording is referenced); 1968.11–.12 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes to which MR assigns the name The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone], Mickey Callaghan's Slide [So named by MR on the tape – misnamed? Same tune as at track Ib, The Clare Jig, q.v.]
3. Speech, Polkas / Marches / Quadrille tunes, Speech: Untitled [BB recites words sung to The Boyne Water], The Battle of Aughrim (incomplete)], The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.14 (from this recording), 6508.11–.13 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124], Untitled [Conversation about the event (at the Tailor's Hall, Dublin?) for which the content on this tape is a rehearsal]
4. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [As at track 1b, q.v.] (incomplete)
5. Jig / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune / [Slide], Jig / Slide: Off She Goes, Mickey Callaghan's Slide [As at track 2, q.v.] [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Harp Tune: Untitled [Arethusa / The Princess Royal; ascribed to Carolan]
7. Song: Untitled [Eamon an Chnoic]
8. Song: Untitled (incomplete) [An Spailpin Fanach] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
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:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, lecture in English [= speech in English] A1–23;
singing in Irish A2, 4–6, 14;
singing in English A8;
pipes solo A10–13, 16–18, 20, 23;
O Rochain, Muiris, Miltown Malbay, speech in Irish and English A23;
Unidentified performers, pipes solo A24;
Gallahar, Brian, Dublin, speech in English A24

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled (clipped at beginning and end) [Topic: background to the song 'Roisin Dubh']
2. Song: Roisin Dubh (short; clipped at beginning)
3. Speech: Untitled [Topic: singing styles; singing styles simpler in north of Ireland; Seamus Delargy said that that was also true of folk tales; singing styles and tales most intricate in south; style in Connemara is archaic; example melody: Cailin Deas Cruite na mBo / The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow; Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain; explanation of song content]
4. Song: Untitled [Introduced in previous track; associated with Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain]
5. Speech, Song: Untitled [Introduction to the next song; composed by Maire Bui Ni Laoghaire, poet from near Ballingeary], Untitled
6. Speech, Song: Untitled [Topic: Labhras O Cadhla; introduction to the next song, about a woman whose husband is away from home as a soldier], Untitled
7. Speech: Untitled [Folk music as modal music; scales and modes; sings modes in tonic solfa form; anecdote about Aeolian and Hyperdorian modes]
8. Song: Untitled [Kitty from Ballinamore]
9. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [Topic: instrumental music; Irish did not use harmony; primitively flavoured singing of Connemara; woodwind instruments carried by the Celts on their travels; these instruments derive from the shepherd's reed with which he called his flock; that reed was later developed to a bagpipe; which came first, string or reed instruments?; quotes Dryden's 'Ode to Saint Cecilia's Day'] [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic from track 9; playing too fast; intricacies are lost if speed is too fast; illustration of playing too fast using the reel 'The Sligo Maid']
11. Reel: The Sligo Maid [Played at what the performer regards as the correct speed]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics: learners should be aware of pulse and syncopation; emphasis; each tune should have its own nuances and expressions of feeling; bad emphasis illustrated using the jig 'The Munster Buttermilk']
13. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk [Played with correct emphasis]
14. Speech: Untitled [Instrumental music having its origins in vocal music; backgroung to the dandling song Na Ceannabhain Bhana; that song sung and then the melody played as dance tune]
15. Speech: Untitled [Earliest dance music was in triple time; varieties of triple time; common time and varieties of it]
16. Jig: Saddle the Pony [Example of triple time]
17. Speech, Slip Jig: Untitled [Slip jigs are in 9/8 time], The Rocky Road to Dublin
18. Speech, Single Jig: Untitled [Single jigs are in 12/8 time, which is related to common time], Untitled [Pat Ward's Jig]
19. Speech: Untitled [Development of instruments from primitive forms; the parts of the uilleann pipes; drones harmonise with any note on the chanter; regulators and harmony; harmony in fiddle playing is an imitation of the regulators; harmony highly developed in Donegal fiddle playing; limitations of the warpipes / Highland pipes; 4/4 time, the time signature for reels; origin of Miss McLeod's Reel]
20. Reel: Miss McLeod's Reel
21. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [4/4 or 2/4 used as time signatures for hornpipes; the Lancashire clog dance; the hornpipe The Standing Abbey and its associations for Ennis; remarks on the revival of Irish traditional music] [END OF BAND THREE]
22. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic on previous track]
23. Hornpipe, Speech: The Standing Abbey, Untitled [Concluding remarks by lecture chairman]
24. Recording of piping class at WCSS [Teacher: Brian Gallahar] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ni Dhonnchadha, Maire Aine / Ni Dhonncha, Maire Aine, singing in Irish A1–6;
'Ac Donncha, Sean / Mac Donncha, Sean / Mac Donnchadha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin, singing in Irish A7, 10;
Unidentified performer(s), singing in Irish A8, 9, 11

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled [Mna Deasa Locha Riabhach]
3. Song: Untitled [Bruach na Carraige Baine]
4. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan]
5. Song: Untitled [Anach Cuain / Eanach Dhuin]
6. Song: Untitled [Donal Og] (unrecorded section during song) [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Song: Untitled [An Bonnan Bui] (overmodulated on original recording)
8. Song: Untitled [An Sgeilpin Droighneach]
9. Song: Untitled [Amhran Mhaighinse]
10. Song: Untitled [Spailpin A Run]
11. Song: Untitled [Liam O Raghallaigh] [END OF BAND TWO]