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Performers:
Graham, Len, singing in English A1;
Morton, Robin, speech in English A2-3;
McDermott, Josie, speech in English A2;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A2;
Horan, Seamus, speech in English A3, 7, fiddle solo A3-6

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: Untitled
2. Speech: talk about musicians from the locality, learning music, jazz music bands, playing saxophone, working for the forestry, talk about the tunes and songs recorded on 'Darby's Farewell', writing tunes, writing plays, ornamentation on the whistle
3. Speech/Hornpipe/Reel: Untitled
4. Hornpipe/Reel: Untitled The New Found Out
5. Jigs: The Geese in the Bog, [Charlie Lennon's Jig]
6. Reels: [Crowley's Reels ?]
7. Speech: talk about music in the family, musical influences, musicians in the locality, talk about some tunes previously recorded (END OF STEREO BANDS)

Performers:
Graham, Len, singing in English A1-7, lilting A4, speech in English throughout;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Song: The Green Fields of Amerikay
2. Song: The Star of Moville
3. Song/Speech: The Star of Moville (fragment)
4. Song: Paidin O Raibheartaigh
5. Song: My Willie-O
6. Song: The County Mayo
7. Song: Western Winds [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Graham, Len, singing in English A1, 3-10 lilting A4-5, speech in English throughout;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Song: My Parents Reared Me Tenderly
2. Tone: note on a concertina
3. Song/Speech: My Parents Reared Me Tenderly (fragment)
4. Song/Speech: Maggie Picken
5. Song: Maggie Picken
6. Song: Sean O Duibhir a'Ghleanna
7. Song: Daniel O'Connell and his Steam Engine
8. Song: Daniel O'Connell and his Steam Engine (fragment)
9. Song: One Morning in May
10. Song: The Knight Templar's Dream [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
McDermott, Josie, flute solo A2-3, speech in English throughout, singing in English A4-6, lilting A7;
McConnell, Cathal, speech in English A2-3

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about blindness caused by timber rash, competitions in the 1960's
2. Reels/Speech: Peg McGrath's, Ganley's Reel (fragmented)
3. Speech/Air: An Cailin Rua (The Red-Haired Girl) (fragmented)
4. Speech/Song: The Shores of My Native Land
5. Song: Ballad of the O'Carolan Country
6. Song/Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Speech/Reels: The Collier's Reel, The Bank of Ireland (two takes) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
McDermott, Josie, lilting A1, flute solo A4-6, 8, singing in English A2-3, 10, speech in English throughout, whistle solo A9

Running Order:
1. Reels: The Collier's Reel, The Bank of Ireland
2. Song: Una Wan
3. Song/Speech: Moorlough Mary (short fragment)
4. Air: Una Wan
5. Reels/Speech: The Kerry Man, The Pigeon on the Gate, talk about Sean McHugh (flute player)
6. Speech/Jigs: The Boys of the Town, O'Dywer's Jig
7. Speech: talk about Rath Crothan
8. Reels: Rath Cruachan Reel, Sporting Nell
9. Reels: The Tap Room, Toss the Feathers
10. Song: Moorlough Mary (fragmented) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet and solo throughout, speech in English throughout, singing in English A16, singing in English with fiddle A17;
[McConnell, Cathal], flute in duet and solo throughout, speech in English throughout, singing in English A16

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled
2. Speech/Reel: The Colliers Reel (The Garason Races)
3. Speech/Air: The Beauty Of Rossenure Hill
4. Speech/Air: Untitled
5. Speech/Reels: The Wild Irishman, Untitled
6. Air: The Blackbird
7. Reels: Untitled
8. Speech/Air: Untitled
9. Reel/Speech: Untitled
10. Jig: Untitled
11. Jig: Untitled
12. Jig: Untitled
13. Speech/Air: The Beauty and Boost of Athlone
14. Speech/Reel: Untitled
15. Speech/Reel: Jig Away the Donkey
16. Song: Untitled
17. Air/Song: Untitled
18. Speech/Jig: Untitled
19. Speech: brief talk about local people interested in music
20. Speech/Jigs: Death of the Dancer (The Newport Lassies), Cooley the Piper
21. Reels: Untitled (unfinished) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, singing in English B2, lilting B4;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about curing ring-worm and jaundice
2. Speech: talk about fortune tellers
3. Speech: talk about fair days
4. Speech: talk about the women selling turkeys at the fair before Christmas
5. Speech: talk about tramp fiddlers at the fairs
6. Speech: talk about items on sale at the fairs - clothes, ballad sheets
7. Speech: talk about the hiring fairs
8. Speech: talk about the when the tractor was first introduced to farming, musicians and dancers at the fairs
9. Speech: stories that where told by Robbie Doonan
10. Speech: story told by Robbie Doonan
11. Speech: talk about working and living conditions in London
12. Speech: talk about the mummers dance at Christmas, candles in the window at Christmas [END OF BAND ONE]
13. Speech: talk about Robbie Doonan, story about Jim Sweeney
14. Speech/Song: talk about Hugh Sweeney's songs, Untitled
15. Speech: talk about The Molly Maguires, The Ancient Order of Hiberians
16. Speech/March: talk about The Drumlough Fife and Drum Band, description of the band, tunes played, The Loughenvar
17. Speech: talk about orange bands, The Kinley Kelly Band, Johnny Rutlidge,
18. Speech: story about Robbie Doonan, Jimmy Waterson, John James Keave
19. Speech: stories about Tommy Gunn, getting trapped in a vault in a graveyard
20. Speech: story about a man who couldn't find his way home after working in one particular field on his farm
21. Speech: talk about putting the seven year curse on a landlord for evicting tenants
22. Speech: talk about evictions, cursed landlords with bad luck
23. Speech: talk about cursing people with rats (billeting of rats)
24. Speech: talk about cures for ring-worm [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Ellen, speech in English A1, 3, singing in English A3
Morton, Robin, speech in English A1-3, 9 singing in English with concertina A4-7, singing in English with guitar A8

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled
2. Recitation: Untitled [The Man From God Knows Where ?]
3. Speech/Song: Jingle Bells, Humpty Dumpty, Three Blind Mice
4. Song: The Lilly of the West (unfinished)
5. Song: The Lilly of the West
6. Song: The Lilly of the West
7. Song: The Lilly of the West
8. Song: On Board the Victory
9. Song: Old Leather Britches (fragmented) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mullarky, Nelly, singing in English A1-2, speech in English A2;
Mullarky, Peter, singing in English A3;
Maguire, Brian, singing in English A4, 6;
Maguire, Biddy, singing in English A5

Running Order:
1. Song: We May and Might Never All Meet Here Again
2. Speech/Song: The Guffin
3. Song: The Blantyre Explosion
4. Song: The Dream
5. Song: The Hiring Fair
6. Song: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]