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Miscellaneous Manuscripts

Copies of 16 different miscellaneous Pádraig O’Keeffe manuscripts which were given to Caoimhín Mac Aoidh by various people over the years.
Three of the manuscripts are dated, the earliest is from April 1941 and the latest dates from October 1953. Some of the tunes were written on the inside of open cigarette packets etc. The collection is made up of 16 manuscripts in total and contains the greatest number of melodeon tablature tunes in Caoimhín Mac Aoidh's Pádraig O’Keeffe Collection.

Minutes and Meetings

One complete set of handwritten minutes for a meeting held in Ely Place on 24 Oct 1970. ‘A general meeting, Breandán Breathnach presided, about 35 present. The first thing was a minutes silence in respect of the memory of Leo Rowsome’ (Rowsome, Leo, 1903-1970); it also includes an undated fragment of minutes; a letter from Paddy Moloney to Breandán Breathnach offering apologies that he won’t be able to attend meeting on 21 Oct 1972; an original master-copy of Na Píobairí Uilleann’s headed notepaper; a copy of an announcement of the establishment of Na Píobairí Uilleann; and a copy of the society’s rules.

Mickey Duggan Manuscripts

Copies of manuscripts originally owned by Mickey Duggan a former pupil of Pádraig O’Keeffe. Some of the original manuscripts are in Pádraig O’Keeffe's music tablature system. The tune ‘Sean Ryan's wonder hornpipe’ is written in staff notation.

Míchéal Ó Súilleabháin

Correspondence between Tommie Potts and Míchéal Ó Súilleabháin between 7 July 1985 and 13 August 1986 in relation to Ó Súilleabháin's PhD thesis research into the music of Tommie Potts. Includes one letter from Potts of a more spirtual nature (14 December 1985).

Potts, Tommie, 1912-1988

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Original typed letters relating to Derek Bell’s appointment as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE). Includes letter from William Chapman, Secretary for Appointments, 10 Downing Street, London, England to Derek Bell informing him that the Prime Minister [Tony Blair] would like to submit Bell’s name to ‘The Queen’ for the coming list of Birthday Honours. He wants to know from Bell if this would ‘be agreeable’ to him (11 May 2000); also includes a letter from Tim Hitchens, Assistant Private Secretary, Buckingham Palace to Derek Bell thanking him for his CDs, which number 10 Downing Street had passed on. Hitchens will ensure ‘that Her Majesty is made aware’ of them (22 May 2000).

Mac

MAC AODHA, Caoimhín
McBURNEY, W. (Outlet recording co.)
McCabe, Mary (religious ballads)
McCAFFERTY, Joe
McCANN, Anthony
McCORMACK, W.J. (Bill)
McCUTCHEON, Mary-Ellen (Magilligan singer, niece of EB, daughter of John Butcher
McCURRY, Bob & Katie (Limavady: Bob was pals with Edddie Butcher & grand-nephew of song-writer Jimmy McC). See also GLENN
McDyer, Father James: see GLENCOLMKILLE
McGETTRICK, Paul
McGUIGAN, John (University of Pennsylvania Press)
McKIERNAN, Eoin (Irish American Cultural Inst., editor Éire Ireland)
McLEOD, Ken (Seán Reid Soc.)
Mac LOCHLAINN, Alf
McLOCHLIN, Dermot
McMARLAND, Alison
MAC MATHÚNA, Séamus (New Univ. Ulster)
McNAUGHTON, Adam (Scots singer)
McPEAKE, Isabel (student query)
McTURK, Rory (Univ. of Leeds)

Letters from Francis O’Neill to William Halpin

Letters from Capt. Francis O’Neill, 5448 Dreyfus Ave, Chicago to William Halpin, Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare. The letters refer to a number of uilleann pipers both resident in the United States of America, as well as, Ireland. These include Bernard Delaney and Patsy Touhey (Touhey, Patsy, 1865-1923), ‘two first class pipers’, Ireland’s ‘double prize winner’ Bob Thompson, ‘McAuliffe’, ‘Stephenson’, Charlie Ferguson, ‘Bishop O’Connor of Limerick’, ‘Bishop Touhy of Limerick’, ‘Andrews’, ‘Mr O’Mealy of Belfast’ (O’Mealy, Richard Lewis, 1873-1947) and Eddie Joyce. There are also references to other musicians including the fiddler John McFadden, who O’Neill describes as, ‘our best traditional fiddler’. The letters refer to phonograph piping records which O’Neill and Halpin exchange throughout the course of these letters. There are also a number of references to the Professor of Irish at University College, Cork and author of a number of books on Irish music, ‘Rev. Dr. [Richard] Henebry’ (Henebry, Richard, 1863-1916). O’Neill says that he is in correspondence with Henebry and has sent him a number of phonograph records also.

K-L

KARPELES, Maud
KEANEY, Eileen
KENNEDY, Alex (‘Danny Boy’)
KENNEDY, Elma
KERINS[?], Joe (children’s game songs)
KIRK, John (& Colin Neilands)
KIRKHAM, Graeme
KLOAREG, Brigitte
KRUDER, Barbara

LAFORTE, Conrad (Quebec)
LAUD, Ken
LAURENT, Donatien
LEADER SOUND (with Bill and Helen Leader, David Bland and Janet Kerr,1970–1979)
LEAHY, Dermot
LEONARD, Dorothy (‘The Blackbird’)
LEYDEN, Maurice
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
[LISZT IN IRELAND: notes on]
LITTLE, William (UFM photographer for SRT: see also ULSTER FOLK MUSEUM)
LIVERPOOL UNIV. LIBRARY (John Hall)
LYDON, J.F. (RSAI): see ANTIQUARIES
LLOYD, A.L. (Bert)
LONG-WILGUS, Eleanor
LORD, Bernadette
LEGACY BOOKS (Lillian Krelova)
LOVELACE, Melody
LYLE, Emily
LYNE, Gerard (Gerry) NLI
LYON, George W.

Jerry McCarthy Manuscripts

Copies of a set of manuscripts originally written by Pádraig O’Keeffe for his pupil Jerry McCarthy. Jerry played frequently with O'Keeffe before emigrating to New York where he spent some time working with Denis Murphy in the New York Zoo along with Rory O'Connor a whistle player from Doolin.
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