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Performers:
Harris, Charlie, accordion, melodeon

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction
2. Jigs: The Swallow's Nest, Shandon Bells
3. Jigs: The Swallow's Nest, Shandon Bells
4. Jigs: The Swallow's Nest, Shandon Bells (interrupted - unfinished))
5. Reel: Untitled
6. Reels: Untitled (repeat of A5), Untitled
7. Reel: Untitled (repeat of A5)
8. Jigs: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1, Charlie Mulvihill's No2
9. Jig: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1
10. Jig: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1
11. Jig: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1
12. Reels: Sporting Nell, Hand Me down the Tackle
13. Fling: Stirling Castle
14. Flings: Stirling Castle, The Laird of Drumblair
15. Jigs: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1, Charlie Mulvihill's No 2
16. Jigs: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1, Charlie Mulvihill's No 2
17. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
18. Reels: The Tap Room, McDermott's (started twice)
19. Slides: Untitled = [Muirsheen Durkin], Untitled (unfinished)
20. Slides: Untitled = [Muirsheen Durkin], Untitled
21. Hornpipe: Untitled (started twice - unfinished)
22. Hornpipe: Untitled
23. Hornpipe: Untitled (interrupted)
24. Hornpipe: Untitled (unfinished)
25. Hornpipe: Untitled
26. Hornpipe: Untitled
27. Hornpipe: Untitled
28. Hornpipe: Untitled

Performers:
Hayes, PJ, fiddle, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: talking about learning music, Paddy Canny, Ballinahinch Ceili Band, Tulla Ceili Band, various band members in the 1940's, recording in Dublin 1959 [All-Ireland Champions Violin ?]
2. Hornpipes: The Humours of Tullycrine, Untitled [Mikey Callaghan's]
3. Speech: talk about the previous tunes, Francis O'Neill collecting tunes in the area from fiddle player 'Johnny Allen', Paddy Mac, Pat Canny, local styles, concertina player 'John Naughton', tunes played in different keys
4. Reels: Rolling in the Barrel, The Tap Room
5. Speech: talk about the previous tunes, local versions of more common tunes
6. Reel/Speech: The Maghera Reel, talk about this tune and the following tune
7. Hornpipe/Speech: Mrs Dwyers, talk about the tune
8. Reels/Speech: P Joes, The Shores of Lough Graney [The Pullet wants a Cock], talk about the tunes
9. Reel/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune, Joe Bane
10. Reel/Speech: Joe Banes [version of Nellie Donovan], talk about the tune, talk about some of the tunes O'Neill collected
11. Reel/Speech: The Humours of Scarriff, talk about the tune, fiddle players Patrick Moloney and John Downs (Sacho)
12. Jig/Speech: Sacho's Jig [The Connachtman's Rambles], talk about the tune
13. Speech: talk about travelling musician Sacho, musicians in the area, concertina player Micho Moloney (Micho Jack), flute player Mick Moronay, Mickey Kulleen ?, popularity of the concertina in the area, piper Martin Rochford, The Dorans, farm house dances, dance halls, trips to America with the Tulla Ceili Band
14. Reels/speech: Untitled (Johnny McGreevy's), Untitled (P J Hernon's)
15. Speech: talk about Johnny McGreevy, talk about making recordings and radio broadcasts, difference in style between Joe Cooley and Paddy O'Brien, members of the ceili band
16. Reels: Untitled, talk about the tunes

Performers:
Mamin Cajun Band, instrumental group; singing in English; singing in Irish; singing in French; speech in English =
Monaghan, Seán, singing, track 2-3, 8, 11, washboard
Fahy, Sue, singing, track 1, 6, 10, 14, fiddle
Ni Chanainn, Nuala, singing, fiddle
Fitzgerald, Jimmy, singing, track 13, guitar
Rohan, David (Sammy), singing, track 7, 12 guitar
Gunning, Paul, Castigniari 4-stopper melodeon (D), Hohner 3-row (B/C/C#) accordion
Nolan, Conor, bass
Jameson, Tom, drums

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: Bosco Stomp
2. Speech/Song: Beidh Aonach Amarach
3. Speech/Song: Zydeco (tune trad, lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
4. Speech/Waltz: Chez Seychelles
5. Speech/Stomp ?: Lake Arthur Stomp
6. Speech/Song: Cotton-eyed Joe
7. Song/Speech: Cajun Girl (David 'Sammy' Rohan)
8. Song/Speech: Bruce's Tunes (tunes trad, learned from recording by Cajun accordion player 'Bruce Daigrepont', lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
9. Tune/Speech: Tex-Mex Tune
10. Song/Speech: Ay! Te Dejo en San Antonio
11. Speech/Song: Peigin Leitir Mhoir
12. Song/Speech: Jambalaya (Hank Williams)
13. Speech/Song: Stormy Sky (Daniel Lanois)
14. Song/Speech: Qu'elle etoile
15. Speech/Waltz: Philippe Bruneau's Waltz (Bruneau)

Performers:
Byrne, Dermot, Donegal, accordion in duet, track 1-4, 6-9, 11, accordion solo, track 10 (Saltarelle 3-voice B/C accordion using 2 treble voices)
Lewis, Liam, fiddle in duet, track 1-4, 6-9, 11, fiddle solo, track 5, speech in English throughout
O'Briain, Garry, singing in English with group instrumental, track 7, speech in English, track 7, 10

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled
2. Speech/Hornpipes: Untitled, Galway Bay
3. Speech/Jigs: Molloy's [Whelan's], Sliabh Bloom [version of 'The Frost is all Over' ?]
4. Speech/Reels: Untitled
5. Speech/Jigs: Untitled
6. Speech/Reels: The Gooseberry Bush, Bunker Hill
7. Speech/Song: My Dearest Dear
8. Jig: Knocknagow
9. Speech/Reels: Untitled, The Broken Pledge, Forget Me Not [Gerry Cronin's]
10. Speech/Hornpipes: Mac is Back for the Crack, The Japanese Hornpipe
11. Speech/Reels: Eileen Curran, Gilbert Clancy's [Sean Reid's], Paddy Lynn's Delight

Performers:
Canny, Paddy, Clare, fiddle in duet, track 1-11, 20-21, 25-26, B1-3, fiddle solo, track 22-24
Griffin, Vincent, fiddle in duet, track 1-11, 20-21, 25-26, B1-3, fiddle solo, track 12-19, B4-10
Strogen, Monica, Galway, piano throughout

Running Order:
1. Jigs: The Luckpenny, Garrett Barry (unfinished)
2. Jigs: The Luckpenny, Garrett Barry
3. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor
4. Reels: Master Crowley's, Roscommon Reel
5. Reels: The Enchanted Lady, The Holy Land
6. Reels: Paddy Fahy's, Paddy Fahy's
7. Reels: Lads of Laois, The First Month of Summer
8. Reel: The Graf Spee
9. Reels: Julia Delaney, Reel of Mullinavat
10. Reels: The Bunch of Green Rushes, Untitled
11. Reels: Dowd's Favourite, Untitled
12. Air: Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor
13. Air: Blind Mary
14. Reels: Lad O'Beirne's, The Galway Rambler (A major)
15. Reels: Untitled [composed by Tommy Coen], Brendan McGlinchey's
16. Reels: Love at the Endings, The Monsignor's Blessing, Limerick Lasses
17. Reel: Miss Langford
18. Reel: Miss Langford (retake)
19. Reel: The Donegal Traveller (unfinished)
20. Jigs: Sean Ryan's, The Cliffs of Moher (A minor)
21. Reels: Julia Delaney, Reel of Mullinavat, The Queen of May
22. Jigs: Untitled, The Cliffs of Moher (G minor)
23. Reels: The Bunch of Keys, Untitled
24. Reel: The Jolly Tinker (John Doherty version)
25. Reel: O'Rourke's (unfinished)
26. Reels: O'Rourke's, The Wild Irishman
27. Reel: Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
28. Reels: The Jolly Tinker, Maud Millar, Molloy's Favourite
29. Reel: Lord Gordon
30. Reel: Gerry Cronin's (played in C and D)
31. Reels: Bonnie Kate, Jenny's Chickens
32. Reel: The Donegal Traveller
33. Reels: Untitled [Redigan composition ?], The Moving Cloud (F major)
34. Reels: Sergeant Early's Dream, Paddy Fahy's, Paddy Fahy's
35. Hornpipe: The Swan (composed by Sean Ryan)
36. Hornpipes: Untitled (composed by Ed Reavy), The Cuckoo Hornpipe

Performers:
Smith, Danny, accordion, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about musicians in the locality in 1910, learning music from aunt Nora O'Brien
2. Jig/Speech: Leave it Down Easy [The Killaloe Boatman]
3. Speech: talk about Tommy Ward, Globe single row accordions, house and barn dances, local sets, sets in Philadelphia
4. Jig/Polka: Untitled, The Three Little Drummers, The Three Little Drummers
5. Slides/Speech: Cock of the North, Patsy Gan Naire
6. Reel/Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle [Johnny when You Die]
7. Highland Fling/Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle
8. Highland Flings/Speech: The Eel in the Sink, The Blackberry Blossom, talk about local dances
9. Barndances/Speech: Untitled, talk about dancing a barndance
10. Barndances/Speech: Casey Jordan, The Chicken Reel
11. Barndance/Speech: Turkey in the Straw
12. Highland Flings/Speech: Untitled
13. Fling/Speech: The Flanagan's Chase the Banshee, talk about local dances
14. Polka/Speech: All the Way to Galway
15. Polka/Speech: Untitled
16. Polkas/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tunes used for local dances, lilt of 'The Irish Washerwoman'
17. Hornpipes/Speech: The Stack of Barley, The Rights of Man, The Derry Hornpipe
18. Hornpipe/Reel/Speech: The Carabhat (The Stack of Wheat), The Bird in the Tree
19. Polka/Speech: Jenny Lind
20. Waltz/Speech: Pull Down the Blind, Lurgan Stream ?
21. Speech: talk about singers, going to Philadelphia in 1927 (returned 1969), life in America, listening to the Victrola, records available at the time
22. Reels: The Tap Room Reel, The Moving Bog
23. Speech: talk about PJ Conlon, John Kimmel, accordion maker Frank Walters, description of his accordion
24. Reel/Speech: The Graff-Spey
25. Reel/Speech: Miss McLeod's Reel, talk about the style of American musicians
26. Speech: talk about playing in Ceili Bands for dances, description of sets danced in Philadelphia, highland flings, lilt of 'Shoe the Donkey', one steps
27. Katie Conors (medley)/Barndance/Speech: Katie Conor, The Arkansas Traveller, talk about the tunes used for the 'Katie Conors', examples of reels played as highland flings
28. Flings/Speech: Jenny Tie your Bonnet, Upstairs in a Tent [The Devil in the Kitchen or The Ivy Leaf]
29. Highland Flings/Speech: The Eel in the Sink, The Blackberry Blossom
30. Highland Flings/Speech: Handy Andy, Untitled, talk about musicians
31. Flings/Speech: The Moneymusk

Performers:
McKenna, Mick, tenor guitar, track 1-9; speech in English, track 2-4, 6, 9
Ni Bheolain, Niamh, Dublin, speech in English, track 7, 9; fiddle, track 7-9
Burke, Joe, speech in English, track 10-12, B1-10; accordion, track 10-12, B1-8, 10
Conroy-Burke, Anne, accordion B8, 9; speech in English B9
Ward, Kevin, speech in English, track 1, 7, 9; guitar, track 1-9
Conroy-Burke, Anne, guitar, track 10-12, B1-7, B10

Running Order:
1. [Speech]: [Introduction]; Rag: The black and white rag
2. [Speech]; Jigs: Untitled
3. [Speech]; Air: I can't give you anything but love
4. [Speech]; Reels: The scholar, The teetotaler, The Boyne hunt
5. [Jazz piece]: Sweet Georgia Brown
6. Reels: Bonnie Kate, Jenny's chickens
7. [Speech]; Hornpipes: The eclipse, The tailor's twist
8. Hornpipe: The blackbird [not the commonly-known `Blackbird']
9. [Speech]; Reels: Lad O'Beirne's, The college groves, Untitled [followed by a few minutes where the following artists set up]
10. [Speech]; Jigs: Gallagher's frolics, Paddy Killoran's
11. [Speech]; Hornpipes: Fly by night, The shaskeen hornpipe
12. Reels: Paddy Kelly's four-part reel, Seán sa cheo; Speech: [speech about Paddy Kelly from East Galway, Joe and Seamus Cooley] [recording continued on 1b-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
13. [Speech]; [Air]; Jigs: Ross Memorial Hospital, Untitled, The pride of Slieve Aughton
14. Reels: The flogging reel, The pigeon on the gate; [Speech]
15. [Speech about Ian O'Kelly of Portumna]; Hornpipes: O'Kelly's fancy, The cuckoo's hornpipe, The smell of the bog
16. [Speech]; Reels: Bonnie Kate, Jenny's chicken's
17. [Speech]; Air: The bonny bunch of roses; Reels: Paddy Kelly's reels
18. [Speech]; Set dance: The humours of Bandon; Slip jig: A fig for a kiss
19. Reels: The bunch of keys, The mouse that strangled the cat
20. [Speech]; Hornpipe: Untitled; Reels: Untitled
21. [Speech]; Reels: The tailor's thimble, The red-haired lass
22. [Speech]; Reels: The yellow tinker, The sally gardens, The bucks of Oranmore [END OF DAT]

Performers: Cherry, Rab, speech in English, tracks 1, 13 ; Mick, Brown, speech in English throughout ; Meehan, Danny, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo, tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12

Running Order:
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information about Danny Meehan, his local area, stone cutters, John Mhosai McGinley, local musicians around Mountcharles, music in the family, McGroarty family, house dances, quarantines, Thomas Doherty, Charlie McCahill, Peter Quinn, Paddy McDyer, John Doherty
Speech/Jig: Background speech, Money in both Pockets
Speech/Reel/Speech: Talk about the tune, The Maid that Dare Not Tell, further talk about the tune
Speech: Talk about fidlers Eddie Monahan, John James Cunningham, bowing technique
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, Erwin's Roar ? (Erwin Rourke's ?)
Speech: Talk about the local musicians in Danny's youth, James Byrne, music in London in the 1960's, Le Cheile
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, Untitled (Neilidh Boyle's)
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, The Graf Spey
Speech: Talk about the fiddle player 'McGonagle'
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, The Wren Jig
Speech/Jig: Talk about the tune, The Irish Washerwoman
Speech: Talk about working in London, family, music, moving back to Donegal, different tunings for the fiddle, musicians in London, advice for young fiddle players, background speech [END OF DAT]

Performers:
Mooney, Gearoid, speech in English and Irish, track 1, B9
Mc Keon, Conor, speech in English, track 2-3, 6, 8, B2, 5, 7, pipes in trio, track 2-3, 7-8, B1-2, 6-8, pipes solo, track 6, B5
Mc Keon, Sean, speech in English, track 4, 7, B1, 3, 6, 8, pipes in trio, track 2-3, 7-8, B1-2, 6-8, pipes solo, track 4, B3
Mc Keon, Gay, speech in English B4, pipes in trio, track 2-3, 7-8, B1-2, 6-8, pipes solo, track 5, B4
McGlynn, Arty, guitar, track 2-4, 6-8, B1-8
Corcoran, Mary, piano, track 7-8, B6-8
O'Neachtain, Seosamh, dancing B7

Running Order:
1. Speech: introduction to the concert
2. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Tom Billy's, The Hag at the Churn, The Horseshoe
3. Speech/Hop Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Comb Your Hair and Curl it, The Dusty Miller
4. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Jackson's Morning Brush, Untitled, Happy to Meet Sorry to Part
5. Slow Air: Untitled [An Speic Seoigheach]
6. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Garret Barry's Reel, The Maid in the Cherry Tree, The Flax in Bloom
7. Speech/O'Carolan Pieces: introduction to Mary Corcoran, talk about the following tunes, Bumper Squire Jones, Planxty Charles O'Connor
8. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Blackthorn Stick, Tansey's Favourite, Barr na Cuile [END OF THE FIRST HALF OF CONCERT]
9. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Pretty Girls of Mayo, The Jolly Tinker
10. Speech/Hornpipes: talk about the following tunes, An tSean Bhean Bhocht, The Buck from the Mountain
11. Speech/Fling/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair, Farewell to Erin, The Silver Spear
12. Speech/Slip Jigs: talk about the following tunes, talk about his set of pipes, An Phis Fliuch, The Humours of Derrykissane
13. Speech/Reels: The Salamanca, The Braes of Busby, Bonnie Kate
14. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, The Humours of Lisheen, The Gallowglass, The Chordal Jig
15. Speech/Reels: thanking various people, talk about the following tunes, The Dublin Reel, Peter Street, The Fairy Reel
16. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Crooked Road to Dublin, The Bucks of Oranmore
17. Speech: closing of the concert

Performers:
O Maonaigh, Ciaran, speech in English, track 1, 6, 11, 17, B1, 7
McGinley, Martin, speech in English, track 2-5, B2-3, 6, 8, fiddle solo, track 2-5, B2-3, fiddle trio B6, 8
O'Dowd, Seamie, speech in English, track 7-10, B4, fiddle solo, track 7-10, B2, 4, fiddle trio B6, 8
Harper, Brid, speech in English, track 12-16, B5, fiddle solo, track 12-16, B2, 5, fiddle trio B6, 8
O'Dowd, Seamie, fiddle B3, 5
McGinley, Martin, fiddle B4-5

Running Order:
1. Speech: introduction to concert and first performer
2. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Falcarrach Reel, Untitled
3. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Untitled [The Frost is All Over], Untitled [The Irish Washerwoman]
4. Speech/Slow Air/March: talk about the following tunes, Untitled, Untitled
5. Speech/Waltzes: talk about the following tunes, Untitled (from Ringo Cunningham), Untitled (from James Byrne)
6. Speech: introduction to the following performer
7. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Boys of the Lough, The Devils of Dublin, The Shaskeen
8. Speech/Hornpipes: talk about the following tunes, The Leveret?, The Flowing Tide
9. Speech/Slow Air/Slip Jigs: talk about the following tune, The White Mountain, My Mind Will Never Be Easy, Out to Sea
10. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Fara O'Gara's, Untitled, Jenny Chickens, Untitled
11. Speech: introduction of next performer
12. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, The Smiling Bride, Untitled
13. Speech/Slow Air/Strathspey/Reel: When My Love and I Parted, Untitled, Untitled (comp. Maurice Lennon)
14. Speech/Hornpipes: talk about the following tunes, The Golden Eagle, The Queen of the West
15. Speech/Slip Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Gort na Mona, Tigh Rafferty
16. Speech/Slow Air/Jig: talk about the following tunes, Lament for Liam McCabe, Untitled
17. Speech: closure of first half of concert [END OF THE FIRST OF CONCERT]
18. Speech: introduction to second half
19. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Boys of Ballisadare, The Sligo Maid, Rakish Paddy
20. Speech/Waltz/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Untitled
21. Speech/Polkas: talk about the following tunes, Untitled
22. Speech/Slides: talk about the following tunes, The Glentaun Slide, The Toomore? Slide, Untitled
23. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Untitled [Apples in Winter], Untitled [The Old Grey Goose]
24. Speech: closure of concert
25. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Lucy Campbell's, The Gravel Walks [END OF THE SECOND OF CONCERT]