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Recorded from Joe McCafferty at his house in Derryconor, Cloghaneely, Co. Donegal, 27 June 1976 [tracks 1-11]
Recorded from Joe McCafferty at his house in Derryconor, Cloghaneely, Co. Donegal, 30 July 1977 [copy of 7701 cassette] [track 12]

Performers:
McCafferty, Joe, singing in Irish Tracks 1, 4, 6, singing in English Tracks 1, 11, speech in English Tracks 3, 7, speech in Irish Tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 3, 6, 7, 10

Running Order:
1. Bríd óg Ní Mháille ('A Bhríd óg Ní Mháille, is tú d’fhag mo chroí cráite...’), song / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish [session continued from 7601]
2. Irish labouring boy ('As I rode out one evening, it being in the month of May...'), song / Joe McCafferty, singing in English
3. Talk about the song 'Irish labouring boy' (learnt in Scotland), speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. An Giobóg, song ('Óró,’gcluin sibh mise, a bhuachaillí, is sibhse atá le pósadh...’), speech / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish
5. Words of the song ‘An Giobóg’, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
6. Introduction to and fragments of the song ‘Cuach mo londubh buí’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish, singing in Irish
7. Story of the song ‘Cuach mo londubh buí’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish, speech in English
8. Words of the song ‘Cuach mo londubh buí’, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
9. Farewell in Irish to the Shields family [all present: Hugh, Lisa, Kitty, Michael, Denis and Philip], speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
10. Recording of middle C, sound & speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English [ end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
11. The weary scaffold ('My love he is one of the finest young men...'), song (copied at 7.5 ips from cassette 7701) / Joe McCafferty, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Biddy Joe O'Donnell (82), Plohogue, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 21 August 1977 [tracks 1-11]
Recorded at the house of Joe McCafferty, Derryconor, Cloghaneely, Co. Donegal, 22 August 1977 [tracks 12-16]
Recorded outside the house of Alice McCauley, Gortgearra, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 22–23 August 1977 [tracks 17, 24]
Recorded in the house of Alice McCauley, Gortgearra, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 22 August 1977 [tracks 18-23]
Recorded at the house of Barney Beag Gallagher, Gortgearra, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 24 August 1977 [tracks 25-30]

Performers:
O'Donnell, Biddy Joe, singing in English Track 1, speech in English Tracks 2, 5, singing in Irish Tracks 3-4, 6-7;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2;
O'Donnell, Grace, singing in Irish Track 8;
O'Donnell, Patrica, singing in Irish Track 8;
O'Donnell, Mary, melodica solo Tracks 9-10;
Unidentified performers, singing in Irish and English Track 9;
O'Donnell, Ann, tin whistle solo Track 11;
McCafferty, Joe, singing in Irish Tracks 12-13, 16, speech in Irish Tracks 14-15;
McCauley, Alice, singing in Irish Tracks 18, 20, 22, speech in English Track 19, speech in Irish Tracks 21, 23;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 19, 28;
Gallagher, Barney Beag, singing in Irish Tracks 25-27, 30, speech in English Track 28;
singing in English Track 29

Running Order:
1. Arranmore (‘ Oh Arranmore, loved Arranmore, I ofttimes think of thee...’), song / Biddy Joe O’Donnell, singing in English
2. Talk about the preceding song, speech / Biddy Joe O’Donnell, speech in English; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Tiocfaidh an samhradh ('Ó tiocfaidh an samhradh agus fásfaidh an féar...’), song / Biddy Joe O’Donnell, singing in Irish
4. Pleoid ort, a Neidí gan seanadh, song [fragment] / Biddy Joe O’Donnell, singing in Irish
5. The words of the song 'Pleoid ort, a Neidí gan seanadh'. speech / Biddy Joe O’Donnell, speech in Irish
6. Dúlamáin (‘Dúlamáin na buinne buí, dúlamáin Gaelach...’), song [fragment] / Biddy Joe O’Donnell, singing in Irish, speech in Irish, lilt
7. Níl sé ina lá (‘Éirí i do shuí, a bhean an tí...’), song [fragment] / Biddy Joe O’Donnell, singing in Irish
8. Níl sé ina lá, song / Grace O’Donnell, singing in Irish ; Patricia O’Donnell, singing in Irish
9. Attempt at two [?] songs 'Baidín Fheilimidh' and 'The rose of Arranmore [?]' / Mary O’Donnell, melodica, with singers
10. The dawning of the day / Mary O’Donnell, melodica solo
11. The rose of Arranmore / Mary O’Donnell, melodica solo [end of session]
12. Inis Oirthear (repeat of the song recorded by Joe at 7702, with an extra verse), song / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish
13. Tiocfaidh an samhradh (‘Ó tiocfaidh an samhradh agus fásfaidh an féar...’), song / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish
14. The words of the song ' Tiocfaidh an samhradh, speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish [END OF BAND ONE]
15. Na cailleachaí dubha (‘Tá áit thiar anseo i mbun an cnoic...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
16. Níl sé ina lá (‘Chuaidh mé isteach i dteach aréir...’), song / Joe McCafferty, singing in Irish [session contined at 7706]
17. Background noise outside of Alice McCauley's house, evening of 22 August, donkey sounds, noise [end of session]
18. Níl sé ina lá (‘Chuaidh mé isteach i dteach aréir...’), song / Alice McCauley, singing in Irish
19. Talk about the preceding song, speech / Alice McCauley, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
20. Mo phíopa ghoirid dhonn, song / Alice McCauley, singing in Irish
21. The last verse of the song Níl sé ina lá, speech / Alice McCauley, speech in English
22. Tiocfaidh an samhradh (‘Tiocfaidh an samhradh agus fásfaidh an féar...’), song / Alice McCauley, singing in Irish
23. The words of the song 'Tiocfaidh an Samhradh', speech / Alice McCauley, speech in English [end of session]
24. Background noise outside of Alice McCauley's house, lunchtime of 23 August: braying of same [she] donkey, noise [end of session]
25. Siúbhan Ní Dhuibhir ( D’eirigh mé ar maidín a tharraingt chun aoinaigh mhór...’), song / Barney Beag Gallagher, singing in Irish
26. Buachaill ón Éirne (‘Buachaill ón Éirne mé is bréagfainn féin cailín deas óg...’), song / Barney Beag Gallagher, singing in Irish
27. Bruach na Finne (‘Ar bhruach na Finne a tharlaidh damh an staidbhean chiúin...’), song / Barney Beag Gallagher, singing in Irish
28. Talk about the preceding song, speech, / Barney Beag Gallagher, speech in English
29. My young love said to me, song by Padraic Colum, with 4 verses, / Barney Beag Gallagher, singing in English
30. Máire Ní Eidhin ('Ar mo gabhail chuig an Aifrinn damh...'), song by Raftery [fragment] / Barney Beag Gallagher, singing in Irish [session continued at 7703] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Felix McGarry (age 86), Roselane Ends, Feymore, Glenavy, Co. Antrim, 22 June 1968 [tracks 1–16]
Recorded at the house of Mrs Eileen Keaney, Belfast, 23 June 1968 [tracks 17–34]
Recorded at the house of Arthur Coulter [retired farmer, Carnaughlin, Co. Antrim], 25 June 1968 [tracks 35–38]

Performers:
Felix McGarry (Aged 86), fiddle solo Tracks 1, 3–13, 15, speech in English Tracks 2, 6, 8, 14, 16
? McGarry (daughter), speech in English Track 14, singing in English Track 15
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 16
Eileen Keaney, singing in English Tracks 17–27, 34, singing in Irish Tracks 28–29, speech in English Tracks 27, 30–31, singing in English and Irish Tracks 32–33
Authur Coulter, speech in English Tracks 35, 37–38, singing in English Track 36

Running Order:
1. Untitled air, waltz [untraditional] / Felix McGarry, fiddle 
2. Old Micky Trainor, speech [spoken text of Irish music-hall song] / Felix McGarry, speech in English
3. Dunphy’s, hornpipe / Felix McGarry, fiddle
4. Teetotaller’s reel, / Felix McGarry, fiddle / Felix McGarry, fiddle
5. Youghal harbour ; Teetotaller’s, Air ; reel
6. Talk about the tune ; The blackbird [air] ; The blackbird [set dance], speech ; air ; set dance / Felix McGarry, fiddle
7. The lark in the clear air, air / Felix McGarry, fiddle
8. Erin a long farewell ; talk about the tune, polka? ; speech / 
9. Untitled [The maid behind the bar], reel / Felix McGarry, fiddle
10. Untitled reel / Felix McGarry, fiddle
11. Untitled [=Tobin’s favourite), jig / Felix McGarry, fiddle
12. Untitled [=Dan the cobbler], jig / Felix McGarry, fiddle
13. Sweet vale of Avoca, air / Felix McGarry, fiddle
14. Bonny Portmore, Talk about the song ‘Bonny Portmore’ followed by spoken text of verses, speech / Felix McGarry, speech in English ; Felix McGarry’s daughter, speech in English
15. Bonny Portmore, air / Felix McGarry, fiddle ; Felix McGarry’s daughter, singing in English
16. Talk about James Garland, the author of the song ‘The banished defender’, followed by spoken text of verses) / Felix McGarry, speech in English, Hugh Shields, speech in English
17. Here she sits, a lovely creature, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
18. Green gravel, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
19. Our Queen won, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
20. Our Queen won the medal, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
21. Raddy addy and we’re not beat yet, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
22. Our queen won, our queen won the medal, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English [track missing here on this CD (‘My aunt Jane’)]
23. Hally go lee go lee, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
24. Rocking the cradle, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
25. You’re a wee bonny wean, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
26. When I was young and had no sense, song [to the air of ‘The parting glass’]  / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
27. Talk about the following song ; Untitled [election verse on De Valera and Joe Devlin], speech ; song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in EnglishEND OF BAND ONE]
28. Thios ag teach an torraimh, song [one verse] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
29. Sean Dun na nGall, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in Irish
30. Talk about the rhyme ; Ah’m, ah’m, ah’m to the dirt, ah’m, speech ; song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, speech in English
31. Talk about the rhyme ; Beatty you’re a-wanting, speech ; rhyme / Mrs Eileen Keaney, speech in English
32. Suil a Run, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
33. Suil a Run, song [one verse, to the air of ‘The parting glass’], song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English 
34. Going to Mass last Sunday (‘Fare you well, old Ireland, shal I ever see you more?...’), song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
35. Talk about how to play the game of ‘jacks’ and the rhyme used ; Sonsy Ann ; riddle ‘As I went o’er Carnearney hill’), speech ; rhyme ; riddle / Arthur Coulter, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
36. Says Willy to Nancy (‘Says Willy to Nancy will I come to bed to you?...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
37. John Peel, rhyme [parody] / Arthur Coulter, speech in English
38. Riddle me riddle me ranty co, riddle / Arthur Coulter, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of John Byrne, Meenacross, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Byrne (aged about 70), his son James (aged about 28), Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsiais), aged about 45) and Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, (aged about 25), 1 September 1968 [tracks 1–7]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (aged about 73) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September, 1968 [tracks 8–13]

Performers:
John Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 1–2, 7;
JosephBoyle, fiddle in duet Tracks 1–2, singing in Irish Track 3, singing in English Track 6;
James Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 4–5, 7;
Patrick Gillespie, fiddle in duet Tracks 4–5;
Bernard Boyle, singing in English Track 8, singing in Irish Track 11, speech in Irish Track 12;
Charles Boyle, speech in English Track 9–10, speech in Irish Track 13

Running Order:
1. Untitled, highland / John Byrne, fiddle ; Joseph ( ‘Jojo’) Boyle, fiddle
2. Erin-oh, polka / John Byrne, fiddle ; Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, fiddle
3. An bhfaca tú an sean-bhean bhocht, song [one-verse fragment] / Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle., singing in Irish
4. Brennan’s favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
5. The knights of Saint Patrick, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
6. The wild rapparee ( ‘How green are the fields that are washed by the Finn...’), song Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, singing in English
7. Maggie Pickie, dance tune / John Byrne, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle [end of session]
8. The wild rapparee, song [text from Walton’s print] / Bernard Boyle, singing in English
9. The serving-boy of Glencolumkille, story [incomplete] / Charles Boyle, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. The serving-boy of Glencolumkille, story [completed] / Charles Boyle, speech in English
11. Bríd bhán, song / Bernard Boyle, singing in Irish
12. An crochaire tárnochta, story [learnt from Charlie McCann, Ballyshannon man living in Teelin] / Bernard Boyle, speech in Irish
13. An gobán saor, story / Charles Boyle, speech in Irish [session continued on 6825]

Recorded at the house of Mrs. Tessie Molloy (aged about 60), Gannew, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 13 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, from Mrs Mary Collins, née Hegarty (age about 62), Cashel, retired National teacher and from John MacNeillus (age about 48) of Doonalt, 13 September 1968 [tracks 4–11]
Recorded at the house of Charles (75 years) and Dennis (77 years) Cunningham, Straleel, Carrick, Co. Donegal, 14 September 1968 [tracks 12–18]

Performers:
Mrs. Tessie Molloy, singing in English Tracks 1–2, singing in Irish Track 3;
Mrs. Mary Collins, speech in Irish Tracks 4–6, Tracks 9–11, speech in English Track 6, singing in Irish Track 7;
John MacNeillus, speech in Irish Track 8;
Charles Cunningham, singing in English Tracks 12, 14–15, speech in English Tracks 13, 17–18, singing in Irish Track 16

Running Order:
1. In a lonely little valley (‘In a lonely little valley midst the hills of Donegal...’), song [words by Miss Carrie Crawford, Post Office, Gannew] / Mrs Tessie Molloy (age about 60), singing in English
2. There’s a corner of old Ireland (‘There’s a corner of old Ireland that’s home sweet home to me...’) / Mrs Tessie Molloy, singing in English
3. Thart fa dtaobh de’n bhaile, song [translation of the game song ‘Round and round the village] / Mrs Tessie Molloy, singing in Irish
4. Nóg nóg nae, rhyme [used by Christmas rhymers] / Mrs Mary Collins (aged about 62), speech in Irish
5. Norik agus Malik, story [learnt in Teelin] / Mrs Mary Collins, speech in Irish
6. Talk about the song ‘Cuir na ba’ with fragments recited, speech / Mrs Mary Collins, speech in Irish, speech in English
7. Cuir na ba (‘Óró, cuir na ba, cuir na ba i gcónaí [?]...’), song [learnt from her aunt Peggy Hegarty in Teelin] / Mrs Mary Collins, singing in Irish
8. Colmcille agus an fear tinn, story / John MacNeillus (age about 48, of Doonalt), speech in Irish
9. Seán amadán, story / Mrs Mary Collins, speech in Irish, speech in English
10. (‘Goidé’n bior a chuir Fionn sa bhrat?...’), riddle / Mrs Mary Collins, speech in Irish, speech in English
11. An tsean bhean bheag, rhyme / Mrs Mary Collins, speech in Irish, speech in English
12. Pat Molloy and the cockney (‘When Pat Molloy an Irish boy that left sweet county Clare...’), song / Charles Cunningham (age 75), singing in English
13. The wonderful feather, story [continued from track A18] / Charles Cunningham, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Willy O (‘Come all you maids both fair and handsome...’), song / Charles Cunningham, singing in English
15. The banks of the Ayr [= Burns and his highland Mary] (‘In green Caledonia there ne’er were two lovers...’), song / Charles Cunningham, singing in English
16. Ins an aimsir aoibhinn aerach (‘Ins an aimsir aoibhinn aerach fhad [?] nuair a bhí mé féin ’mo scafaire...’), song / Charles Cunningham, singing in Irish
17. The black thief, story [fragment] / Charles Cunningham, speech in English
18. The wonderful feather [story continues on track A13] [session continued on 6833] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded from Richard O'Driscoll (spare-time weaver, native Irish-speaker) in the garage-cum-weaving room of his house Glenawilling, Knockadoon, Co. Cork, and from Mrs Mary Wall, 18 August 1972 (tracks 1–19)

Performers:
Wall, Mary, singing in English Tracks 1, 7-11, 17, speech in English Track 2, singing in Irish Tracks 3, 13;
O'Driscoll, Richard, singing in Irish Tracks 4, 6, 14, 16, 18, speech in English Tracks 5, 15, speech in Irish Track 19, singing in English Track 12;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 5, 15, speech in Irish Track 19

Running Order:
1. Knockadoon (‘I’ll sing tonight of a lovely spot in a village by the sea...’), song [words by her uncle, Michael Welsh] / Mrs Mary Wall (aged about 55, of Glenawilling, was native speaker as a child in Knockadoon), singing in English
2. Talk about the songs ‘Knockadoon’ and ‘Baile Mhic Coda’, speech / Bill Shanahan, speech in English ; Mary Wall, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Baile Mhic Códa (‘A Bhaile Mhic Códa, táim tinn lag breoite...’), song [words by Michael Welsh] / Mrs Mary Wall, singing in English
4. Eochaill (‘Maidin Domhnaigh ’s mé ag dul go hEochaill...’), song [learnt from local man Séamus Welsh] / Richard O’Driscoll, singing in Irish
5. Talk about the source of the song ‘Eochaill’, speech / Richard O’Driscoll, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
6. Casadh an tsúgáin, song [learnt from Séamus Welsh] / Richard O’Driscoll, singing in Irish
7. Good luck to those people (‘Good luck to those people and safe may they land...’), song [learnt from her uncle Michael Welsh] / Mrs Mary Wall, singing in English
8. I am longing for the day (‘I am longing for the day when my barque shall sail away...’), song [Knockadoon song, words recently composed, air: Snowy-breasted pearl]  / Mrs Mary Wall, singing in English
9. Barbara Allen (‘It was early early all in the spring-time of the year...’), song / Mrs Mary Wall, singing in English
10. The curly fair moustache (‘Once I loved a charming boy...’), song [air: Close of an Irish day, in 6:8] / Mrs Mary Wall, singing in English  [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Johnny me darling lad (‘Oh when will we get married, Johnny me darling lad...’) / Mrs Mary Wall, singing in English  
12. Seán O Duír an ghleanna (‘After Aughrim’s great disaster...’), song [literary version, learnt from a Cork city man] / Richard O’Driscoll, singing in English
13. Cáit Ni Dhuír (‘Tráthnóinín beag déanach...’), song [incomplete, learnt locally] / Richard O’Driscoll, singing in Irish
14. Donal óg, song [learnt from an old woman in Ring, Co. Waterford] / Richard O’Driscoll, singing in Irish
15. Conversation about the song ‘Donal óg’[which R. O’D sang at the Oireachtas and which the adjudicator, Sorcha Ní Ghuairim, condemned on the grounds that it was a song ‘from the Deise’ and he had no business singing it], speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Richard O’Driscoll, speech in English
16. Ná beadh buachaillín deas ag sile (‘Ná beadh buachaillín deas ag sile dá bpósadh sí mé féin mar fhear...’), song [learnt locally] / Richard O’Driscoll, singing in Irish
17. Seana Eire na nGael go deo (‘The song I sing is a song of hope ...’), song / Mrs Mary Wall, singing in English
18. Cá rabhais ar feadh an lae uaim, song [Irish version of the old ballad ‘Lord Randal’ learnt locally in his childhood] / Richard O’Driscoll, singing in Irish
19. Conversation about the song ‘Cá rabhais ar feadh an lae uaim’,  speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Richard O’Driscoll, speech in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO

Recorded from Joe McCafferty at his house in Derryconor, Co. Donegal, 9 September 1982 [track 1]
Recorded from Neilí Ní Dhomhnaill at her house in Ranafast, Co. Donegal, 10 September 1982 [tracks 2–17]

Performers:
McCafferty, Joe, speech in Irish Track 1;
Ni Dhomhnaill, Neilli, singing in English Tracks 2, 11, speech in Irish Tracks 3-4, 6-8, 10, 12, 14-15, A17, singing in Irish Tracks 5, 9, 13, 16;
Shields, Hugh, speech in Irish Tracks 3, 7, 10, 14, 17

Running Order:
1. An clibhistín maol óir (‘Bhí rí agus banríon ann fad ó shin...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
2. Barbara Allen (‘Oh Christmas comes but once a year...’), song / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, singing in English
3. Talk about the song ‘Barbara Allen’, speech / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish
4. Story of the song ‘A bhean udaí thall’ (‘[Bhí fear agus bean agus bhí siad pósta agus] bhí páistí acu...’), story / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish
5. A bhean udaí thall , (‘Tá no ghruag gheal bhuí, a shíogó...’), song’ / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, singing in Irish
6. The end of the story of the song ‘A bhean udaí thall’, story / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish
7. Talk about the song ‘A bhean udaí thall’, speech / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish
8. Story of the following unidentifed song (‘Sagart agus fad ó shin nuair a bhí an fiabhras go holc...’), story
9. Unidentified song, / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, singing in Irish
10. Talk about the preceding song, speech / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish
11. Wed to another (‘I courted a wee lass, I lved her so well...’), song / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, singing in English
12. Talk about the song ‘Aoibhneas na Maidne’, speech / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish
13. Aoibhneas na maidne (‘Maidin chiúine deas ar an tsamhraidh[?]...’), song [words by Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill] / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, singing in Irish
14. Talk about the song ‘Aoibhneas na maidne’, speech / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish
15. Talk about the song ‘Aisling an deoraí’, speech / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish
16. Aisling an deoraí (‘Ó, mo bheannacht go deo leis an bhaile...’), song [words and title by Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill] / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, singing in Irish
17. Talk about the songs ‘Aisling an deoraí’ and ‘Aoibhneas na maidne’, speech / Neillí Ní Dhomhnaill, speech in Irish ; Hugh Shields, speech in Irish [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in Dublin [in Hugh Shields’s house] from Millán Urdiales and his wife Patricia Shaw de Urdiales, [summer 1962]. [tracks 1–12]
Recorded from Mrs Eileen Keaney [at her housein Belfast], November 1964. [tracks 28–31]
Recorded from Robert John Shields and Mrs Nora Shields [at their house in Belfast], November 1964 tracks 32–43]
Recorded in Magilligan, Co. Derry [in Eddie Butcher’s house and elsewhere], November 1964. [tracks 44–54]
Recorded in Dublin [in Hugh Shields’s house] from ‘Aunt Judy’ (elderly Russian refugee), 6 January 1964. [track 55]
Recorded in Dublin [in Hugh Shields’s house] from Katharine and Hilary Simms (young cousins of Lisa Shields), 6 January 1964 [tracks 56–57]

Domestic recordings of BBC 3rd programme broadcasts, various dates 1962–1964:
Venezuelan folk music [tracks 13-23]
Aucassin & Nicolette [track 24]
Rameau's harpsichord music [track 25]
Epic Survivals no 3 (of 5): Africa [track 26]
Early medieval music of church and court Early medieval music of church and court [track 58]
The modern evolution of Southern African music [track 59]
The Welsh triple harp [track 60]
Sixteenth century choral music by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd [track 62]

Performers:
Urdiales, Millán, recitation in Spanish Tracks 1-9, 12
Shaw de Urdiales, Patricia (English wife of above Spaniard) recitation in Spanish Tracks 10-11
Reina Family (Venezuela), singing in Spanish Tracks 13, 19-23
Reina, Federico, cuatro (guitarra) solo Tracks 14-18
Unidentified performers, speech in English Track 24, singing in French Track 24
Unidentified performer, speech in English Track 25
Kohnen, Robert, harpsichord Track 25
Alarius Ensemble of Brussels Track 25
Wachsmann, K.P, speech in English Track 26
Unidentified performers, singing in African Track 26
Shields, Norah, Belfast, age 58 (Hugh's mother), singing in English Tracks 27, 32, 37, 39, recitation in English Tracks 35-36, 38, 41-42, speech in English Tracks 39, 41-43
Keaney, Mrs. Eileen, Belfast, formerly Glenelly, co. Tyrone (see Ceol 2 no 1 pp 6-10, no 3 pp 62-66), singing in Irish Track 28, speech in English Track 29, singing in English Tracks 29-31,
Shields, Robert John, Belfast, (Hugh's father), singing in English Tracks 33, 40, recitation in English Track 34
Butcher, Eddie Aughil, Magilligan, co. Derry [1900-1980], recitation in English Tracks 44-47, singing in English Tracks 48-53
Gunning, Marion, recitation in English Track 54
'Aunt Judy' (Russian emigre? living in Dublin) Recitations in Russian D29, singing in French Track 55
Simms, Katharine, Dublin, age 15, singing in English Track 56
Simms, Hilary, Dublin, age 11, singing in English Track 57
(John Whitworth, Gerald English, Edgar Fleet, Marylin Wales, Edith Lake, Archy Camden), singing in French, Provencal and Latin, and group instrumentals
'Aunt Judy' (Russian refugee) living in Dublin) Recitations in Russian D29, singing in French Track 58
Unidentified performer, speech in English Track 58
Unidentified performer, speech in English Track 59
Unidentified performers, singing in African language Track 59
Rimmer, Joan, speech in English Track 60
Richards Jones, Nancy, triple harp solo Track 60
Loyd, A.L, speech in English Track 61
Elliot, John, singing in English Track 61
Elliot, Jack, singing in English Track 61
Killen, Lou, singing in English Track 61
Unidentified performers, choral singing Track 62

Running Order:
1. El Conde Arnaldos, romance [old ballad] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
2. Romance del prisionero, romance [old ballad] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
3. Fonte frida, romance [old ballad] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
4. La batalla de Roncesvalles (‘Mala la vistes, franceses, la caza de Roncesvalles...’), romance [old ballad] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
5. La batalla de Roncesvalles (‘En París esta Dona Alda...’), romance [old ballad] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
6. Ayer vite en la fonte, poem [from [Maud] Karpeles, folk songs of Europe / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
7. Romance de la luna, luna, poem [by Federico García Lorca] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
8. La casada infiel, poem [by Lorca / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
9. A Don Francisco Giner de los Ríos [by Antonio Machado] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Spanish
10. Que no quiero amores en Inglaterra, poem / Patricia Shaw de Urdiales, speech in Spanish
11. Miraba la mar la malcasada, poem / Patricia Shaw de Urdiales, speech in Spanish
12. Os Lusiadas, poem [by Luís de Camões, extract] / Millán Urdiales, speech in Portuguese
13. Mampolorio, song [sung at the death of a child: first track from radio programme: on Venezuelan folk music, presented by A.L. Lloyd, and sung by the Reina family. BBC 3rd programme, 2 September 1962 [tracks 13-23, recorded off air] / Reina family member, singing in Spanish, guitar
14. Tune: Whip-tune, tune / Federico Reina, ‘cuatro’ [4-stringed guitar]
15. Tune: Caricario, classical dance tune ‘folklorized; / Reina family member, ‘cuatro’ [4-stringed guitar]
16. Tune: Uno y catorce, tune / Reina family, ‘cuatro’ guitar ; percussion [maramba?]
17. Tune: Joropo - El gavilan (pasaje), tune / Reina family, 2 ‘cuatro’ guitars ; moraja?
18. Tune: Joropo, tune / Reina family, 2 ‘cuatro’ guitars ; moraja?
19. A mi negra la quiero, song / Reina family, singing in Spanish ; ‘cuatro’ guitar
20. Velada de la cruz; Todas las floren se fueron, songs [quasi-religious] / female Reina family member [child?] performer), song / Reina family, singing in Spanish to guitars
21. Corrido - A la una, song, / Reina family, guitar
22. Songs: Aguinaldo tun-tun?, song / female Reina family member, singing in Spanish to guitar
23. Quién es? Gente de paz, song [Christmas carol], / Reina family, guitars
24. Aucassin & Nicolette, radio programme [English adaptation of the medieval French chantefable, incomplete, recorded off air, BBC 3rd programme, 1962 or 1963] [end of band one]
25. Rameau’s harpsichord music, radio programme [recorded off air from BBC third programme], speech ; baroque music / unidentified presenter, speech in English ; Robert Kohnen, harpsichord solo ; Alarius ensemble of Brussels, various instruments
26. [Domestic recording of a BBC 3rd programme radio rebroadcast [of 31 January 1965] Epic Survivals no 3 (of 5) ‘Traces of the epic in Africa’, by K.P. Wachsmann, presented by K.P Wachsmann, reader Denys Hawthorne, 25 May 1963] / K.P Wachsmann, speech in English ; Denys Hawthorne, speech in English ; various performers singing in African dialects, various native instruments. [The series editor was A.L. Lloyd. Nos 1, 2 and 5 are on 6108 (CID239818) No 3 is on 6106 (CID 55169), no 4 on 6113 (CID 239880)]
27. My aunt Jane, song / Mrs Norah Shields, singing in English
28. Thíos ag teach an torraimh, song, / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in Irish
29. Poor Toby is dead, talk about the following ; song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, speech in English, singing in English
30. Here are the robbers coming through, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
31. Henry Joy McCracken, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
32. Green gravel (‘Dear Dolly dear Dolly...’), song [3 lines only] / Mrs Norah Shields, singing in English
33. Our queen up the river, song / Robert John Shields, singing in English
34. Granma granma Gray, rhyme / Robert John Shields, speech in English
35. Granma granma Gray, rhyme / Mrs Norah Shields, speech in English
36. Eettle attle blue bottle, rhyme / Mrs Norah Shields, speech in English
37. One two three alery, song / Mrs Norah Shields, singing in English
38. A rah chickapa, rhyme [‘counting out for tig’] / Mrs Norah Shields, speech in English
39. Here are the robbers, talk about the following ; song / Mrs Norah Shields, speech in English, singing in English
40. Our queen can burl her leg / Robert John Shields, singing in English
41. One potato, two potato, talk about the following ; rhyme / Mrs Norah Shields, speech in English
42. As I went over Corney hill, talk about the following ; rhyme / Mrs Norah Shields, speech in English
43. In mud eels is, talk about the following ; rhyme / Mrs Norah Shields, speech in English
44. As I went over Corney hill, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
45. As I was going to St. Ives, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
46. How many feet has forty sheep, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
47. Twenty six sheep, rhyme / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
48. My aunt Jane, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
49. When a man’s in love, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
50. The old plaid shawl (‘Not far from Conamara when the merry month of May...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
51. The croppy boy (‘Good men and true in this house who dwell...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
52. Longfield bank (‘On a dull October morning...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
53. Anglers on the Roe(‘ Come gather round you fishermen...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
54. In and out go the dusty bluebells, rhyme / Marion Cunning, speech in English [end of band two]
55. Babushki ladushki, song [for children] ; Do do, l’enfant do, lullaby.; Morozh i solntse, den’ chudesny, poem [by Alexandr Pushkin] ; rhymes [snatches] / ‘Aunt Judy’ [elderly Russian refugee living in Dublin], singing in Russian, singing in French, speech in Russian
56. Master McGrath, song [fragment] / Katharine Simms (15), singing in English
57. The Kerry recruit (‘Mrs McGee the sergeant said...’) / Hilary Simms (11), singing in English
58. Early medieval music of church and court, radio programme [recorded off air from BBC 3rd programme, 6 January 1964], songs ; medieval instrumental music / Martindale Sidwell choir and various soloists, singing in Provençal, various instruments [including hurdy-gurdy, Gothic harp, crwth]
59. Chaka to King Kong: the modern evolution of Southern African music, radio programme [recorded off air from BBC third programme, 13 January 1964] / Percival R. Kirby, speech in English ; various performers singing in African dialects ; various musicians
60. The triple harp, radio programme [recorded off air from BBC 3rd programme presented by Joan Rimmer, 13 January 1964] , traditional Welsh and baroque music / Joan Rimmer, speech in English ; Nancy Richards Jones, Welsh triple harp [end of band three]
61. The songs of the Durham miners, radio programmes [recorded off air from BBC third programme, presented by A.L. LLoyd: part 1 ‘The older stratum’ 27 January 1964 ; part 2 ‘The newer seam’ 3 February 1964] / A.L. Lloyd, speech in English ; Jack Elliot, singing in English, John Elliot ; singing in English ; various performers, singing in English
62. Sixteenth century choral music by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd (including Byrd’s Cantiones Sacrae, 1575), radio programme [recorded off air from BBC 3rd programme] / Cantores in Ecelesia (conductor Michael Howard), singing in Latin [end of band four]

Recorded at the house of Charles Boyle (aged about 73), Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal, 29 August 1968 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of Miss Mary Byrne, Malinbeg, Co. Donegal from Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), 30 August 1968 [tracks 2–3]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (‘Barney’, aged 87) and Bernard Maguire junior (‘Bernard’, aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 4–8]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, speech in Irish Track 1;
Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), singing in English Tracks 2–3;
Barney Maguire, (aged 87), singing in Irish Tracks 4–5, singing in English Track 8;
Maguire, Bernard, singing in English Track 6, singing in Irish Track 7

Running Order:
1. Buachaill seirbhíse Ghleann Cholm Cille (=The serving boy of Glencolmkille), story / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), speech in English
2. Skibbereen (‘Oh father dear, I often hear you speak of Erin’s isle...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English
3. Peggy Bawn (‘As I gazed o’er the highland hills to a farmer’s house I came...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English song [recording session continued at 6823] [END OF BAND ONE]
4. Brón ar an choladh, song / Barney Maguire (Bernard senior, age 87), singing in Irish
5. Chuaidh mise ’un Rosa ar cuairt (‘Chuaidh mise ’un Rosa ar cuairt, o, Go mbreathfainn uaim an spéir...’), song / Bernard (junior, age about 45), singing in Irish
6. The good ship Cambr[i]a (‘You Irishmen both one and all, wherever you may be...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
7. O tá cailíní deasa i Srathlaoil, song [words by Brian Beag MacFhionnghaile], / Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish
8. All you that loves the shamrock green (‘All you that loves the shamrock green attend both young and old...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in English [recording session continued on 6821] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Patrick (Paddy Phrionsiais) Gillespie, Gortaloon, Kinnakillew, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 8 September 1968 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt,Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Duggan (aged about 48), 8 September 1968 [tracks 6–12]

Performers:
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrionsiais), singing Irish Track 1, fiddle solo Track 2, singing in English Track 3;
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish Tracks 4–5;
John Duggan, singing in English Tracks 6–12

Running Order:
1. An seanduine dóite (‘Óró sheanduine, sheanduine dóite...’) [refrain], song / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
2. Lord Gordon’s reel / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, fiddle
3. Kitty my love will you marry me (‘Kitty she went to the market...’), song [fragment] / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
4. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
5. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme [second take] / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
6. The lakes of Coolfin (‘It was early one morning as Willy arose...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
7. Willy O (‘Oh come you maiden[s] both fair and handsome...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
8. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one morning, it was in the month of May...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
9. The dark-eyed gipsy (‘Oh there were three gipsies in the East...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed gipsy, song [second take] / John Duggan, singing in English
11. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘Were I the king of Ireland, had I all things at my will...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
12. Barbry Ellen  (‘It being about the Christmas time...’), song [fragment of old ballad] / [END OF BAND ONE]