Showing 676 results

Performers:
Lloyd, Jim, London, speech in English throughout tracks A1–24, C1–28;
Dubliners, The, Dublin, folk group / singing in English A2;
Collins, Shirley, singing in English A3;
speech in English A9, 19, 21;
singing in English to (own?) banjo accompaniment A10, 20, 23;
Johnstons, The, folk group / singing in English A5;
Rennard, Jon, singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment A6;
Tansey, Seamus, Sligo, flute in duet A7;
Raven, Mike, speech in English A8;
Unidentified performers, instrumental groups A8, B6, D4, 9;
Cold Iron, Swansea, folk group / singing in English A11;
Lynskey, Eileen, Swansea, singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment A13;
Makem, Tommy, Armagh / New York, singing in English to (own?) instrumental accompaniment A14;
speech in English A14–16;
singing in English to instrumental accompaniment A15–18;
Ryder, Pete, Salford, speech in English A18;
singing in English to own guitar accompaniment A19;
Unidentified performers, singing in English to instrumental accompaniment A21, D3, 5, 14–18;
singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment D1–2, 12–13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A21;
Fairport Convention, folk group / instrumental performance A24, C1, 25;
Unidentified performer [McKenna, Barney, Dublin?], banjo in duet B1–5, 9–15;
banjo in instrumental group B6;
Unidentified performer [Kelly, Luke, Dublin?], singing in English to instrumental accompaniment B7–8;
Unidentified performer (Bourke, Ciaran, Dublin?), speech in English B15, 18;
singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment B16–17;
singing in English B18;
Pentangle, folk group / singing in English C2;
High Level Ranters, The, Newcastle, folk group / singing in English C3, 14, 26;
speech in English C9, 13;
folk group / instrumental performance C10, 20;
Rose, Tony, singing in English to (own?) concertina accompaniment C4;
Swindlefolk, Liverpool, folk group / singing in an unidentified language C6;
Harris, Suzanne, singing in English to vocal and instrumental accompaniment C7;
Storyteller, folk group / singing in English C9;
Roberts, Bob, Norwich, singing in English to (own?) concertina accompaniment C11;
Hall, Tony, Norwich, melodeon solo C12;
Mitchell, Joni, singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment C15;
singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment & vocal accompaniment C16–17;
Raven, Jon, Wolverhampton, speech in English C17;
singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment C18;
Guest, Roy, singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment C22;
speech in English C23, 25;
Collins, Judy, singing in English to instrumental accompaniment C24;
Unidentified performer [Byrnes, Martin, Galway / London], fiddle in duet D7–8;
fiddle in instrumental group D9;
Unidentified performer [O'Donnell, Al?], singing in English to (own?) guitar accompaniment D10–11

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement, marking the beginning of an edition of the radio programme 'Folk on Friday']
2. Song, Speech: The Molly Maguires, Untitled [Radio announcement]
3. Song: The Handsome Drummer
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
5. Song, Speech: Untitled [I Never Will Marry], Untitled [Radio announcement]
6. Song, Speech: Broom Besoms, Untitled [Radio announcement]
7. Jig: Untitled [The Battering Ram]
8. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and interview; clipped at end]
9. Instrumental Piece, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview]
10. Song, Speech: The Bold Fisherman, Untitled [Radio announcement]
11. Song: Untitled
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
13. Song, Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled [The Cruel War; incomplete], Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [Radio announcement]
14. Song, Speech: The Little Beggar Man, Untitled [Radio announcement]
15. Song, Speech: Henry Joy (incomplete), Untitled [Radio announcement]
16. Song, Speech: Winds of Morning, Untitled [Radio announcement]
17. Song: The Butcher Boy (incomplete)
18. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Farewell to Nova Scotia, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview]
19. Song, Speech: These Days, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview]
20. Song, Speech: The Outlandish Knight, Untitled [Radio announcement]
21. Song, Speech, Song, Speech, Song, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview], Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement and interviews], Untitled [The Black Velvet Band], Untitled
22. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
23. Song, Speech: The Banks of the Bann, Untitled [Radio announcement]
24. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Toss the Feathers; signature tune of radio programme; clipped at end], Untitled [Final radio announcement of this edition of 'Folk on Friday'; as voice-over] [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Reel: Untitled [The Humours of Scarriff]
26. Jigs: Untitled [The Piper's Chair], Untitled [Bill Harte's Jig], Untitled [The Knights of Saint Patrick]
27. Reel: Untitled [The Mullingar Races]
28. Reel: Untitled [Toss the Feathers; incomplete]
29. Reel: Untitled [Toss the Feathers]
30. Instrumental Piece: Untitled
31. Song: Untitled [The Jail of Cluain Meala]
32. Song: Untitled [An Bonnan Bui / The Yellow Bittern]
33. Reels: Untitled [The Heather Breeze], Untitled [The Flowers of Edinburgh]
34. March & Reel: Untitled [The Drunken Piper]
35. Instrumental Piece: Untitled
36. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Drunken Sailor]
37. Waltz: Untitled
38. Reel: Untitled [The London Lasses]
39. Speech: Untitled [About the song to be performed next]
40. Song: Untitled [The Trip to Jerusalem; written by Joe Dolan, founder member of the folk group 'Sweeney's Men']
41. Song: Untitled [The Trip to Jerusalem; written by Joe Dolan; clipped at start]
42. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [The Traveller All Over the World] [END OF BAND FOUR]
43. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Lark in the Morning; signature tune of the BBC radio programme 'Folk on Friday', marking the beginning of an edition], Untitled [Radio announcement]
44. Song, Speech: Light Flight, Untitled [Radio announcement]
45. Song, Speech: We Went Along a Bit Further, Untitled [Radio announcement]
46. Song: The Bell Ringing (incomplete)
47. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
48. Song, Speech: Viva, Untitled [Radio announcement]
49. Song: We're Using Up the World
50. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
51. Song, Speech: The Ballad of Old Three Laps, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview]
52. Slip Jigs: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
53. Song, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement]
54. Instrumental Piece: Untitled
55. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and interview]
56. Song: Buy Broom Besoms
57. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Conversation, Untitled [Radio announcement]
58. Song, Speech: The Circle Game, Untitled [Radio announcement]
59. Song, Speech: Big Yellow Taxi, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview]
60. Song: The Queen of Hearts
61. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
62. Rants / Reels: Untitled [Staten Island], Untitled [Da Tushkar]
63. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
64. Song: Cosher Bailey's Engine
65. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; an account of Roy Guest's career; including snatches of music from The Weavers, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, and others]
66. Song: Untitled
67. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Rakish Paddy], Untitled [Radio announcement]
68. Song: Hexamshire Lass
69. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
70. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Toss the Feathers; signature tune of radio programme; clipped at end], Untitled [Final radio announcement of this edition of 'Folk on Friday'; as voice-over] [END OF BAND THREE]
71. Song: Untitled
72. Song: Untitled
73. Song: Untitled [The Hills of Connemara]
74. Reels Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [O'Rourke's]
75. Song: Untitled [The Trees They Do Grow High]
76. Song: Untitled [Route to the Blue]
77. Reels: Untitled [Maudabawn Chapel; composed by Ed Reavy], Untitled [The Longford Collector]
78. Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird]
79. Reels: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail], Untitled [The Sligo Maid]
80. Songs: Untitled [Sammy's Bar], Untitled [The Maid on the Mountain; melody: The Munster Cloak]
81. Song: Untitled [The Spanish Lady]
82. Song: Untitled [Henry My Son]
83. Song: Untitled [The Recruiting Sergeant]
84. Song: Untitled [The Town of Kiandra]
85. Song: Untitled [Pretty Saro]
86. Song: Untitled [Come by the Hills]
87. Song: Untitled [The Handsome Cabin Boy]
88. Song: Untitled [Fiddlers' Green] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle in duet A1, 7–8;
fiddle solo B10;
Collins, Kieran, Galway / London, whistle in duet A2;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English A2, 23;
Unidentified performer(s), pipes solo A3;
pipes in duet A7–8;
Ryan, Sean, Tipperary, fiddle in duet A4;
Moloney, P. J. / Maloney, P. J., Tipperary, flute in duet A4;
Unidentified performer [O Conluain, Proinsias, Dublin?], speech in English A4;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group(s) A5, 9, 22–24, B3, 5, 24, 26;
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A6, B1–2, 6–9, 11–23, 25, 27–29;
accordion in duet B4;
Tansey, Seamus, Sligo, flute solo A10–11, 15;
Coleman Country Ceili Band, The, Sligo, instrumental group A12, 17, 19;
Unidentified performer [O Murchu, Sean, Galway / Dublin], speech in English A12, 16, 18, 29;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A13–14, 20–21;
Cooley, Joe, Galway / USA, accordion in instrumental group A22–24;
Farrelly, Sean, London, accordion, tracks B (unspecified);
Unidentified performer [de Buitlear, Eamon, Wicklow], speech in English and Irish B26;
Reck, Tommy, Dublin, pipes solo B26;
Unidentified performers, speech in English B30;
Unidentified performer, guitar in duet A1;
Teague, Frank, London, guitar in duet A2;
Unidentified performer, percussion in duet B4

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The maids of Castlebar]
2. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Miss McLeod's reel], Untitled [The copperplate], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
3. Reel: Untitled [The maid behind the bar; Kiss the maid behind the barrel]
4. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Fahy's favourite / Fahey's favourite; The Galway reel (CICD 2861, from Julia Clifford)], Untitled [Down the broom], Untitled [The first house in Connacht / Connaught], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
5. Jigs: Untitled [Paddy Fahey's jig / Paddy Fahy's jig; composed by Paddy Fahey / Paddy Fahy], Untitled [Related to 'The Killaloe boat'?], Untitled [Tonra's jig; composed by Brendan Tonra]
6. Reel: Untitled [Rossmore Jetty; Father Kelly's no. 2 / Father Kelly's number two; composed by Father P. J. Kelly]
7. Reels: Untitled [The old bush], Untitled [The Sligo maid]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The harvest home]
9. Jig: Untitled [Bill Harte's jig; The rookery]
10. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled [Strike the gay harp]
11. Reels: Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's favourite], Untitled [Never was piping so gay; composed by Ed Reavy]
12. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The first night in America], Untitled [Saddle the pony], Untitled [Radio announcement]
13. Song: Untitled
14. Song: Untitled [Old McDonald had a farm]
15. Hornpipe: Untitled [The western]
16. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; information about the tune selection that follows; four titles are supplied but only three tunes are played]
17. Reels: The first house in Connacht [The first house in Connaught], The London lassies [Supplied title is incorrect?; Geoghegan's], The traveller
18. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
19. Jig: Untitled [Paddy Clancy's]
20. Song: Untitled (incomplete)
21. Song: Untitled [The boys of the county Armagh]
22. Jigs: Untitled [The queen of the fair], Untitled [Out on the ocean]
23. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The queen of the fair], Untitled [The rambling pitchfork], Untitled [Radio announcement]
24. Reel: Untitled [Dowd's number nine / Dowd's no. 9] [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Reels: Untitled [The shaskeen reel], Untitled [Buckley's fancy]
26. Jigs: Untitled [The Lough Derg jig; composed by Father P. J. Kelly], Untitled [The Nova Scotia]
27. Reels: Untitled [The old bush], Untitled [The high reel]
28. Reel: Untitled [The bag of potatoes / The bag of spuds]
29. Reel: Untitled [The humours of Lissadell]
30. Jig: Untitled [Richard Brennan's favourite]
31. Hornpipe: Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's; composed by Ed Reavy]
32. Jigs: Untitled [Jack Coen's jig; The Dundalk jig], Untitled [Katie's Fancy]
33. Jig: Untitled [The frieze breeches; incomplete]
34. Reel: Untitled [Paddy Fahy's reel / Paddy Fahey's reel; composed by Paddy Fahy / Fahey]
35. Jigs: Untitled [Andy McGann's], Untitled [Tonra's jig; composed by Brendan Tonra]
36. Reel: Untitled [The green groves of Erin]
37. Reel: Untitled [The copperplate (2)]
38. Hornpipe: Untitled [Cooley's hornpipe; composed by Paddy O'Brien]
39. Reels: Untitled [The boys of Ballisodare], Untitled [The five mile chase]
40. Reel: Untitled [The first house in Connacht / Connaught]
41. Reels: Untitled [Paddy Kelly's reel; composed by Paddy Kelly], Untitled [The sally gardens]
42. Hornpipe: Untitled [The cuckoo]
43. Reel: Untitled [Tear the calico]
44. Waltz: Untitled (incomplete)
45. Reel: Untitled [The morning mist; composed by Joe Burke]
46. Reels: Untitled [Ben Hill reel], Untitled [Rossmore Jetty; Father Kelly's no. 2, Father Kelly's number two] [Both tunes in this selection were composed by Father P. J. Kelly]
47. Jig: Untitled (incomplete)
48. Reel: Untitled [The Kilmaley]
49. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Ballyoran; composed by Sean Ryan]
50. Jig, Speech, Reels: Untitled [The coach road to Sligo], Untitled [Radio announcement], Bonnie Kate, Miss McLeod, Fermoy Lasses [This track contains a dubbing from an RTE radio programme]
51. Reels: Untitled [Castle Kelly], Untitled [Within a mile of Dublin]
52. Fling / Hornpipe, Hornpipe: Untitled [Mrs Galvin], Untitled [The western]
53. Speech, Jigs: Untitled [Radio announcement], The shady groves of Piedmont [Port an bhrathar / the Reverend Brother's jig], Sonny Brogan's jig [Bill Harte's jig; The rookery] [This track contains a dubbing from an RTE radio programme]
54. Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle solo A2, 8–9, 17, 19, 23, 33;
speech in English and Irish throughout;
pipes solo A4, 6, 15, 25, 27, 31;
singing in English A11;
singing in Irish A13;
singing in Irish and English A21, 29;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout;
lilting in duet A9

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; short version to begin the 1st edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; full version at track A9]
3. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: how long does it take to make a piper? Time required: 7 years learning, 7 years practising, 7 years playing; story about 3 squabbling brothers; introduction to the tune that follows, a test piece for pipers; SE plays his father's version]
4. Set Dance: A hAon is a Do na Piobaireachta / The Ace and Deuce of Piping [One of two versions of this tune that SE played; tonic note A]
5. Speech: Untitled [About the title of the piece of music that follows, The Shaskeen Reel; bo sheasc is a cow that is not giving milk, perhaps a barren cow; the word 'seaiscin' is the affectionate diminutive of the word 'seasc', referring to such a cow that is kept as a pet]
6. Reel: The Shaskeen Reel
7. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the theme of the story that follows; story about the hiring fairs, 'Don Nippery Septo'; story about the king of Greece who wanted to give his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who could tell the longest story – the story without end; Ennis refers to the tune that follows as 'The Eternal Slide']
8. Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta (Sliabh Luachra version)], Untitled
9. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; with lilting; full version; short version at track A2]
10. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the song that follows, which was learnt from Mrs Cronin of Ballyvourney and her son Michael; song is about the treaty of Limerick, Sarsfield and the flight of the Wild Geese]
11. Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; factions Carabhat & Seana-Bheist; introduction to the next item]
13. Song: Untitled [Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me; song used to start a faction fight]
14. Speech: Untitled [Discussion of topics related to the song just sung, including: faction fighting; dragging one's coat to start a fight; fair days and faction fights; '12 o'clock in the day and not a blow struck'; Labhras O Cadhlaigh interested in piping; An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom, reel popular in Ring, Co Waterford]
15. Reel: An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom [End of the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
16. Tone signal
17. Polka: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; not the tune with a similar title in tracks A2 & 9; short version to begin the second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; a full version of the tune is at track A19(a)]
18. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the tune at tracks A1 and 3 was learned by SE from Padraig O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy in Sliabh Luachra; polkas seldom have names]
19. Polkas: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; not the tune with a similar titled in tracks A2 & 9; full version of tune played in track 17], Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka # 2]
20. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: travels in the Sliabh Luachra area, including Gneeveguillia; introduction to the next song, about a pup that strays and later returns to its owner, Con Carthy of Claedeach; the song has alternate verses in Irish and English]
21. Song: The Pup Came Home from Claedeach
22. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to next piece of music, which SE learned from his father]
23. Air: The Trip We Took over the Mountain
24. Speech: Untitled [Flag floors in country houses; the dancer's flagstone, which had an inverted cauldron under the flag, to resonate under the dancer's feet; introduction to next piece of music]
25. Reel: The Flags of Dublin
26. Speech: Untitled [Topics: Quote from Raftery's poem 'Anois Teacht an Earraigh'; introduction to next piece of music, which SE plays in a version learned from his father]
27. Slip Jig: The Kid on the Mountain
28. Speech: Untitled [Topics: SE working at translating Irish songs into English; SE's translation of Peig Sayers's book 'Machnamh Sean-Mhna / Reflections of an Old Woman' for Oxford University Press; memorial to Peig Sayers being prepared in Dunquin; introduction to the song that follows]
29. Song with Speech: Sliabh na mBan [With each verse sung in both Irish and English; English translations by SE; with spoken interjection]
30. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to next piece of music]
31. Reel: Nil Aon Airgead Agam / I Have No Money
32. Speech: Untitled
33. Polka: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; the tune played already at tracks A17 & 19; end of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; faded out] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2–3, 5–11;
singing in Irish A4

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Air: An Droimeann Donn Dilis [Available on RTE CD 199; slightly fuller here]
3. Air: An Cruiscin Lan [Available on RTE CD 199; slightly fuller here]
4. Song: Untitled [Eamonn a' Chnoic; different recording from that available on RTE CD 199?]
5. Airs: Untitled [Version of An Caisideach Ban?], Untitled [An Droighnean Donn] [Not available on RTE CD 199]
6. Reels: Untitled [The First House in Connacht], Untitled [Miss Monaghan], Untitled [The First House in Connacht] [Not available on RTE CD 199]
7. Jigs: Untitled [When the Cock Crows it is Day; Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae], Untitled [Sixpenny Money] [Not available on RTE CD 199]
8. Reels: The Fair-Haired Girl, The Bucks of Oranmore [Available on RTE CD 199; slightly fuller here]
9. Air, Set Dance: An Droighnean Donn, The Garden of Daisies [Available on RTE CD 199; slightly fuller here]
10. Jig / Single Jig, Slip Jigs: Smash the Windows, The Drops of Brandy, The Tenpenny Piece [Available on RTE CD 199; slightly fuller here]
11. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Bantry Hornpipe], Untitled [The Tailor's Twist] [Track not available on RTE CD 199] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1–9;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A10

Running Order:
1. Air: Untitled [The Trip We Took over the Mountain]
2. Air: Untitled [I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles - O]
3. Air, Slip Jig: Untitled [Lament from 'The Fox Chase'], Untitled [The Foxhunter's Jig]
4. Air: Untitled [Uirchill an Chreagain]
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
6. Hornpipes: Untitled [Ballymanus Fair; The Pleasures of Hope; a version of 'Fisher's Hornpipe'], Untitled [Alexander's Favourite], Untitled [The Londonderry Hornpipe / The Derry Hornpipe]
7. Reels: Untitled [The Silver Spear], Untitled [The Dublin Reel], Untitled [Miss Monaghan]
8. Reels: Untitled [The Salamanca], Untitled (incomplete; tape runs out) [Lord Gordon] [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Reels: Untitled (clipped at start) [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel]
10. Reels: Untitled [The First House in Connacht], Untitled (clipped at end) [The Skylark; composed by James Morrison] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11–12, 14, 20, 22;
speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
singing in Irish A10, 16, 18–19;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21

Running Order:
1. Air (short, incomplete): Uirchill an Chreagain [Short version to start the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; for a full version, see track A3]
2. Speech: Untitled [Topics: the song 'Uirchill an Chreagain'; SE transcribed a version of the air from a cylinder in the Luke Donnellan collection at the Irish Folklore Commission]
3. Air: Uirchill an Chreagain [Full version of the tune in track A1]
4. Speech: Untitled [Topics: collecting music for the Irish Folklore Commission; SE collected the next tune from flute-player, singer, and whistler Pat Canavan from Ardmore, Carna, who later became a piper]
5. Reel: The Mist of the Hills / Ceo na gCnoc
6. Speech: Untitled [Topics: SE collecting in Connemara; the informant Colm O Caoidheain, from whom SE received the tune Titsa Miller / The Dusty Miller; story that is the background to the tune]
7. Slip Jig: Titsa Miller / The Dusty Miller [Colm O Caoidheain's version]
8. Speech with Lilting: Untitled [Topics: story told by Colm O Caoidheain that is the background to the reel 'Port na Gioboige']
9. Reel: Port na Gioboige [As learned from Colm O Caoidheain]
10. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Topics: stories relating to cats, including the story 'Lios na gCat'; introduction to the next piece of music]
11. Reel: The Drunken Landlady / Port Inis Ni [End of first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
12. Reel: The Shaskeen [Short version to begin the programme; for a full version, see track A14]
13. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: 'Laethanta na bo riabhaigh'; background to the name of the reel 'The Shaskeen']
14. Reel: The Shaskeen [Full version of the tune at track A12]
15. Speech: Untitled [Topics: folklore connected with St Patrick's Day and with Easter]
16. Song: Ri na hAoine / Dan na hAoine [Learned by SE from Mike Traoin, Waterford]
17. Speech: Untitled [Topics: The content of the song just sung; folklore about 'coileach Martan', the cock hatched in March who crows to greet the dawn; introduction to the next piece]
18. Song: Untitled [Learned from Colm O Caoidheain]
19. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Introduction to the next piece of music]
20. Jig: Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae / When the Cock Crows it is Day
21. Speech: Untitled [Topics: spring weather; introduction to the next tune, which SE learned from his father]
22. Reel: The Rainy Day / An La Baisti [End of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle A1, 3, 7, 16, 18, 22;
speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–14, 17, 19–21;
pipes solo A9, 11, 15;
singing in Irish and English A5, 13, 20;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–14, 17, 19–21

Running Order:
1. Polka: Untitled [Short version to begin the radio programme; full version at track A3(a)]
2. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the tune at tracks A1 and 3 was learned by SE from Padraig O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy in Sliabh Luachra]
3. Polkas: Untitled [Full version of the tune played in track A1], Untitled
4. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: travelling in Sliabh Luachra; introduction to next song, about a man whose pup returned to him; the song has alternate verses in Irish and English]
5. Song: Untitled ['The pup came home from Claedeach...']
6. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to next piece of music, which SE learned from his father]
7. Air: The Trip We Took over the Mountain
8. Speech: Untitled [Flag floors in country houses with the dancer's flagstone; introduction to next piece of music]
9. Reel: The Flags of Dublin
10. Speech: Untitled [Topics: Raftery's poem 'Anois Teacht an Earraigh'; introduction to next piece of music, which SE plays in a version learned from his father]
11. Slip Jig: The Kid on the Mountain
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics: SE working at translating Irish songs into English; SE's translation of Peig Sayers's book 'Reflections of an Old Woman' for Oxford University Press]
13. Song with Speech: Sliabh na mBan [With each verse sung in both Irish and English; English translations by SE; with spoken interjection]
14. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to next piece of music]
15. Reel: Nil Aon Airgead Agam / I Have No Money [End of first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
16. Reel: An Mala Fatai / The Bag of Potatoes [Short version to begin this edition of 'Ceolta Tire'; full version at track A18]
17. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the tune at tracks A16 and 18 was learned by SE in 1941 from a man named Geoghegan, a member of the Gardai in Salthill, Galway; superstition about sowing potatoes on Good Friday; dependency on potatoes in Connemara; fairy story relating to the potato crop during the famine, told to SE by Colm O Caoidheain, Glinsce, Connemara]
18. Reel: An Mala Fatai / The Bag of Potatoes [Full version of the tune played in track A16]
19. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: stories about the fairy folk spiriting away cows or newly-wed women to serve their need for milk]
20. Song with Speech: Amhran na Bo Baine [With explanatory speech interjection by SE]
21. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: snuff; story that is the background to the next tune]
22. Reel: The Pinch of Snuff [End of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English A1–4, 9–11, 13, 17, 19, 21, B3, 15;
speech in Irish A25;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A1–4, B3–4, 8–10, 15–17, B3–4, 8–10, 15–19;
speech in English B15;
Rowsome, Leo, Dublin, pipes solo A5–8, 22–24, B5–7;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English A9;
Doran, Felix, Wicklow / Manchester, speech in English A9–10, 17, 19;
pipes solo A9–11, 18, 20–21;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, speech in Irish and English A12–13, 15;
pipes solo A12, 14–16;
Moloney, Paddy, Dublin, pipes solo A26–27, B1;
Touhey, Patsy, Galway / New York, pipes solo B2;
O Murchu, Sean, Galway / Dublin, speech in English B5, 7;
O'Loughlin, Peter, Clare, pipes solo B11–14;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in Irish B20;
O hEanai, Seosamh / Einiu, Joe / Heaney, Joe, Galway, singing in Irish B21

Running Order:
1. Speech, Air: Untitled, The Rocks of Bawn [Stated to be a version of the melody of the song generally known by this title]
2. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Information about the date of recording], The Old Bush
3. Speech, Reels: Untitled, The West Wind, Sean Reid's Fancy [Sean Reid's Favourite; Gilbert Clancy's]
4. Speech, Slip Jig: Untitled, An dTiocfaidh Tu sios go Luimneach / Kitty Come down to Limerick / The Munster Gimlet
5. Air: An Chuileann [The Coolin]
6. Reels: The Bag of Potatoes, Untitled [Dillon's Fancy], Untitled [The Moving Cloud], The Maid behind the Bar [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel]
7. Airs: An Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig, The Castle of Dromore [For a different performance of this piece by the same performer, see track B6]
8. Reels: The Sligo Maid, The First House in Connacht
9. Speech, Speech, Reel: Untitled [Information that the performance that follows was recorded at a Fleadh Ceoil in Mullingar, Co Westmeath in 1963; further detail in documentation], Untitled, The Maid in the Cherry Tree
10. Speech, Reel: Untitled [How Felix Doran began playing the pipes; his family background in piping], Untitled [The Pigeon on the Gate]
11. Speech, Jig: Untitled, Untitled [The Newport Lass; The Newport Lasses; The Trip to Athlone], Garrett Barry's Jig
12. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Story about the scolaire bocht, the poor scholar], An Scolaire Bocht / The Scholar [The Poor Scholar]
13. Speech: Untitled [Topics: about Seamus Ennis's pipes; story about a headstrong woman]
14. Reel: The Woman of the House [The Mistress of the House]
15. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Gold Ring
16. Air: Untitled (clipped at start) [Tiarna Mhaigh Eo / Lord Mayo; in a version deriving from Frank Cassidy, fiddle, Donegal]
17. Speech: Untitled [Topics: Felix Doran's new set of pipes, made by Leo Rowsome; how Irish traditional music is faring in Manchester]
18. Reel: The Mayo Lasses [Mistitled? George White's Favourite]
19. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: Felix Doran had just acquired a new set of pipes at the time of this recording; his first experience of learning the pipes, in 1932; his family background in piping; his father was a good player; his grandfather Cash; other piping members of his family; he travelled a lot in counties Galway and Clare, and played especially with musicians Paddy Fahy, Paddy Kelly, Willie Clancy and Joe Leary; how the chanter of his pipes got broken in a traffic accident in Laytown, Co Meath; buying his first set of pipes, a practice set, in 1932 in Capel St in Dublin]
20. Reel: The Mountain Lark [The Steampacket]
21. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Toss the Feathers
22. Descriptive Piece: The Fox Chase
23. Reels: Untitled [Johnny When You Die], The Woman of the House
24. Reel: The Star of Munster, The Copperplate
25. Speech: Untitled [Stage announcement]
26. Hornpipe: Untitled [Pretty Maggie Morrissey]
27. Air: A Spailpin a Run [END OF BAND ONE]
28. Reel: Trim the Velvet
29. Reel: The Mountain Lark [The Steampacket], The Morning Star, Miss McLeod's Reel [Dubbing from a 78 rpm commercial disc]
30. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Star of Munster
31. Jigs: The Frieze Breeches [Version of; I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her], Old Tipperary
32. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Scholar, The Primrose Lass
33. Air, Jig: The Castle of Dromore [For a different performance of this piece by the same performer, see track A7], Untitled [Malowney's Wife]
34. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Radio announcement], Bonaparte's Retreat
35. Reels: The Copperplate, Rakish Paddy
36. Hornpipe: The Plains of Boyle
37. Jig: Garrett Barry's Jig
38. Set Dance: The Blackbird
39. Jigs: The Butcher's March, Down the Back Lane
40. Hornpipes: The Leitrim Fancy, Untitled [Byrne's]
41. Speech, Air, Reel: Untitled, Sliabh na mBan, Gilbert Clancy [Sean Reid's Favourite]
42. Speech, Jig: Untitled, Down the Back Lane
43. Jig: Paidin O Raifeartaigh
44. Air: The Trip We Took over the Mountains
45. Reel: The Connacht Heifer
46. Reels: The Old Bush, The Ravelled Hank of Yarn [Dub from a 78 rpm Gael-Linn commercial disc]
47. Song: Ta na Paipeir Da Saighneail
48. Song: Ta na Paipeir Da Saighneail [Mistitled?] [END OF BAND TWO]