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Performers:
Foley, Catherine, Cork / Limerick, speech in English A1;
Foley, Patrick, Cork, accordion solo A2–10;
singing in English A11–12

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled
2. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Plains of Boyle]
3. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Liverpool Hornpipe], Untitled [Rickett's Hornpipe], Untitled [The Stack of Barley]
4. Barndance / Hornpipe: Untitled [The Curlew Hills Barndance; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe]
5. Hornpipes: Untitled [Harvest Home], Untitled [The Boys of Blue Hill]
6. Fling: Untitled [The Moneymusk]
7. Jig: Untitled [Haste to the Wedding]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Honeysuckle]
9. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
10. Reel / Hornpipe: Untitled [The Soldier's Joy]
11. Song: Untitled [A Little Too Small]
12. Song: Untitled [The Little Beggarman] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Foley, Catherine, Cork / Limerick, speech in English A1;
Foley, Patrick, Cork, accordion solo A2–17

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled
2. Polka: Untitled [Melody of the song 'Comin' Thro' the Rye']
3. Polka: Untitled [Con Thadhgo's; Matt Teehan's Polka]
4. Polka: Untitled [Paddy Spillane's (1)]
5. Polka: Untitled [Sweeney's Polka]
6. Polka: Untitled [The Rose Tree in Full Bearing; melody of the song 'Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge']
7. Polka: Untitled [Jerome Burke's]
8. Jig: Untitled [Tobin's Favourite]
9. Jig: Untitled [Larry O'Gaff; Daniel O'Connell]
10. Jig: Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap]
11. Slide: Untitled [The Peeler and the Goat; The Bansha Peeler]
12. Jig: Untitled [The Irish Washerwoman; for another performance of this tune, see track A16]
13. Jig: Untitled [The Geese in the Bog]
14. Jig: Untitled [The Three Little Drummers (version of)]
15. Jig: Untitled [Delaney's Drummers]
16. Jig: Untitled [The Irish Washerwoman; for another performance of this tune, see track A12]
17. Jig: Untitled [The Connachtman's Rambles] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Foley, Catherine, Cork / Limerick, speech in English A1;
Foley, Patrick, Cork, accordion solo A2–13

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled
2. Polka: Untitled [The Waves of Torey (Roche, vol 3, # 136); the first 2 parts as played here are also part of 'Off to Skelligs (Quadrille)' (Roche, vol 2, # 296)]
3. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled
4. Polka: Untitled
5. Polka: Untitled
6. Quadrille Tune / Slide: Untitled [Princess Margaret's Fancy (The Fiddler's Tune-Book, ed. Kennedy, # 193)]
7. Polka: Untitled [The British Grenadiers (march), played in polka time]
8. Polka: Untitled [The Lass o' Gowrie; The Lakes of Sligo]
9. Polka: Untitled [Grand Old Dame; The Waves of Tory (Allan's Irish Fiddler, # 120, where it is the first of a set of tunes)]
10. Polka: Untitled [The Siege of Ennis (Roche, vol 3, # 139); Freedom for Ireland (as march; first 2 parts only)]
11. Polka: Untitled [The Barren Rocks of Aden (march), played in polka time]
12. Slide: Untitled [The Perfect Cure; Sean O Duinnshleibhe's Slide]
13. Polka: Untitled [The Girl I Left behind Me] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Foley, Patrick, Cork, speech in English A1;
accordion in duet A1–2, 4;
accordion solo A3;
Foley, Catherine, Cork / Limerick, whistle in duet A4

Running Order:
1. Speech, Polkas: Untitled, Untitled [The Rose Tree in Full Bearing; melody of the song 'Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge'], Untitled [The Lass o' Gowrie; The Lakes of Sligo], Untitled [Grand Old Dame; The Waves of Tory (Allan's Irish Fiddler, # 120, where it is the first of a set of tunes)]
2. Jigs: Untitled [Tobin's Favourite], Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap], Untitled [The Three Little Drummers (version of)], Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap]
3. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
4. Polkas: Untitled [The Waves of Torey (Roche, vol 3, # 136); the first 2 parts as played here are also part of 'Off to Skelligs (Quadrille)' (Roche, vol 2, # 296)], Untitled [The British Grenadiers (march), played in polka time], Untitled [Sweeney's Polka] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Foley, Patrick, Cork, accordion solo A1, 3–4, 7–8, 13, 17–19, 21, 23–28, B2–4, 7–9, 12–15, 17, 21, 23, 25–26;
singing in English A2, B26;
accordion in duet A6, 9–11, 16, 22, 30, B1, 10–11;
Foley, Catherine, Cork / Limerick, singing in English A2, 20, B26;
whistle solo A5, 12, 29, B5–6, 16, 22, 24;
concertina in duet A6, 9–11, 16, 22, 30, B1, 10–11;
concertina solo A14–15, B19–20;
singing in Irish B18

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Maid behind the Bar]
2. Song: Untitled [A Little Too Small]
3. Polka: Untitled [The Waves of Torey (Roche, vol 3, # 136); the first 2 parts as played here are also part of 'Off to Skelligs (Quadrille)' (Roche, vol 2, # 296); for another performance of this tune, see track B10(b)]
4. Quadrille Tune / Slide: Untitled [Princess Margaret's Fancy (The Fiddler's Tune-Book, ed. Kennedy, # 193)]
5. Reels: Untitled [The Boys of the Lough], Untitled [The Dublin Reel]
6. Barndance / Hornpipe: Untitled [The Curlew Hills Barndance; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe]
7. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Stack of Barley]
9. Polka: Untitled
10. Polka: Untitled
11. Polka: Untitled [For another performance of this tune, see track A25(b)], Untitled [The British Grenadiers (march), played in polka time]
12. Air: Untitled [The Lonesome Boatman]
13. Jig: Untitled [Delaney's Drummers]
14. Polka: Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You]
15. Polka: Untitled [O the Britches Full of Stitches / O the Breeches Full of Stitches]
16. Polka: Untitled [The Siege of Ennis (Roche, vol 3, # 139); Freedom for Ireland (as march; first 2 parts only)]
17. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Plains of Boyle]
18. Hornpipe: Untitled [Rickett's Hornpipe]
19. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Liverpool Hornpipe]
20. Song: Untitled [Baile Bhuirne]
21. Jigs: Untitled [The Three Little Drummers (version of)], Untitled
22. Reel: Untitled [Miss Monaghan (version of)]
23. Polka: Untitled [Melody of the song 'Comin' thro' the Rye']
24. Polka: Untitled [Melody of the song 'A Hundred Pipers']
25. Polkas: Untitled [The Barren Rocks of Aden (march), played in polka time], Untitled [For another performance of this tune, see track A11(a)]
26. Song Air: Untitled [The Homes of Donegal]
27. Slide: Untitled [The Perfect Cure; Sean O Duinnshleibhe's Slide]
28. Slide: Untitled [The Peeler and the Goat; The Bansha Peeler]
29. Jigs: Untitled [The Humours of Ballyloughlin; The Hurler's March], Untitled [Tom Billy's (1)]
30. Polka: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
31. Polka: Untitled [Sweeney's Polka]
32. Jig: Untitled [The Maid on the Green; for another performance of this tune, see track B21(b)]
33. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Boys of Blue Hill], Untitled [Harvest Home]
34. Set Dance: Untitled [Saint Patrick's Day]
35. Hornpipe: Untitled [The strathspey 'The Laird of Drumblair', played in hornpipe time]
36. Polkas: Untitled [Egan's; Peg Ryan's], Untitled [East Limerick Polka (2)], Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polkas (3)]
37. Jig: Untitled [The Irish Washerwoman]
38. Jig: Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap]
39. Polka: Untitled [I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue]
40. Polka: Untitled [The Girl I Left behind Me], Untitled [The Waves of Torey (Roche, vol 3, # 136); the first 2 parts as played here are also part of 'Off to Skelligs (Quadrille)' (Roche, vol 2, # 296); for another performance of this tune, see track A3]
41. Slide: Untitled [The Leg of the Duck (version of?)]
42. Hornpipe: Untitled
43. Reel / Hornpipe: Untitled [The Soldier's Joy]
44. Jig: Untitled [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig; melody of the song 'Molly Brannigan']
45. Reel / Polka: Untitled [The Rakes of Mallow]
46. Reel: Untitled [The Fermoy Lasses]
47. Hornpipe / March: Untitled [Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine]
48. Song: Untitled
49. Dance Tune: Untitled
50. Slide: Untitled [Johnny Mickey's Slide]
51. Jigs: Untitled [Haste to the Wedding], Untitled [The Maid on the Green; for another performance of this tune, see track B2]
52. Air: Untitled [An Chuileann / The Coolin]
53. Polka: Untitled [Con Thadhgo's; Matt Teehan's Polka]
54. Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Master McDermott's; composed by Michael 'Master' McDermott]
55. Jig: Untitled [The Geese in the Bog]
56. Song, Air: Untitled [Down by the Tanyard Side], Untitled [Down by the Tanyard Side]
57. Jig: Untitled (clipped at end) [Garryowen] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
McKenna, Francie, Monaghan, speech in English throughout band 1;
fiddle solo A2–8;
20–35?;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Murphy, James, Fermanagh, speech in English A9–14;
fiddle solo A10–14;
Scott, Philip, Fermanagh, speech in English A15–19;
fiddle solo A16–19;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band 1;
Fitzgerald, Jim, Kerry, fiddle solo A36–43;
speech in English intermittently throughout A36–43

Running Order:
1. Speech, Untitled
2. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Jenny's Chickens (related tune)], Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Monaghan Twig (related tune)]
4. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Tune-names are given, but it is not clear what tunes they apply to], Untitled [Drowsy Maggie (related tune?)]
5. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
6. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A11 & 32a], Untitled
8. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Reel, Speech: All White, Untitled
11. Reel: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 32a]
12. Speech: Untitled [Instructions to the performer]
13. Reel, Speech: The Glass of Beer, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
15. Speech: Untitled
16. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [The Connachtman's Rambles (related tune)]
17. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Drowsy Maggie, Untitled [Accompanied by lilting]
18. Reel, Speech: Miss Johnson, Untitled [The tune just played is stated to be like Miss McLeod's Reel]
19. Reel / Hornpipe, Speech: Dwyer's [O'Dwyer's Hornpipe in DMI], Untitled
20. Jig, Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Setting Sun], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
21. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Steeplechase], Untitled
22. Reel: Untitled [The Galway Rambler (related tune)]
23. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled [The title 'Tear the Calico' is given, but it is not clear which tune it applies to], McGrath's, Jenny Tie Your Bottom Strings, Untitled
24. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Old 'Wheels of the World'], Untitled
27. Reel: Untitled [The Chattering Magpie]
28. Speech: Untitled
29. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
30. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Miss Farr's Reel [The Ivy Leaf], Untitled
31. Reel: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail (related tune)]
32. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Emyvale Reel; for other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 11], The Dublin Reel [Local setting of], Untitled
33. Reel: Untitled [Within a Mile of Dublin]
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Fermoy Lasses (related tune?)], Untitled
35. Reel: McKenna's [Miss Thornton] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
36. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Out in the Rain [CICD 4091.13 (from this recording); The Cabin Hunter (related tune)]
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled, William O'Brien [CICD 5814.11 (from this recording)]
38. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], Sheehan's / Sheehas ? [CICD 5462.11 (from this recording; gives title 'Sheehas ?')], Untitled [About the tune to be played next; it was learned from a local player, Jack Costello, an ex-RIC man]
39. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Mount Collins Reel [CICD 4406.11 (from this recording); The Mountcollins Reel]
40. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, The Black Stripper [CICD 1176.12 (from this recording; gives the title as 'The Black Slipper', a mistranscription); The Maid at the Well], Untitled
41. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Merry Man into His Grave / Down the Merry Man into His Grave [CICD 1276.11 (from this recording); Down Goes the Merry Man into His Grave; Connie the Soldier]
42. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1814.13 (from this recording); The Rakes of Clonmel]
43. Reels, Speech: Untitled [CICD 3901.11 (from this recording); Drowsy Maggie (related tune); Toss the Feathers (related tune)], Untitled [CICD 4985.11 (from this recording); The Templeglantine Reel], Untitled [Where the performer comes from: Dromtrasna / Drom Treasna, Abbeyfeale, in west Limerick] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Quill, Ellen Mary / O Duibhir, Eibhlin Bean Ui Dh- / O'Dwyer, Mrs, Limerick, concertina solo A1;
speech in English A1;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
speech in Irish throughout;
Unidentified performers, speech in English and Irish throughout;
O Duibhir, Roibeard / O'Dwyer, Robert [Limerick?], accordion solo A2–3;
O hUardaill, Padraig, Waterford [?], speech in Irish A4;
singing in Irish A5;
O Suilleabhain, Criostoir, Waterford [?], speech in Irish A5;
singing in Irish A6–7

Running Order:
1. Reel, Speech: Toss the Feathers (clipped at start) [Part overlap and continuation of the last track on BB_RR_353], Untitled
2. Jigs, Speech: Garrett Barry's Favourite, The Leitrim Double Jig [The Leitrim Jig], Garrett Barry's Favourite, Untitled
3. Country Dance Tunes [Polkas]: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [The Croppies' March], Untitled [Repeat of first tune in this selection]
4. Speech: Untitled
5. Song, Speech: Bruach na Carraige Baine [With alternate verses in Irish and English], Untitled
6. Song: Untitled [Sliabh na mBan]
7. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
speech in Irish throughout;
O Cuilleanan, Micheal, Cork, speech in Irish A2–4;
Quill, Ellen Mary / O Duibhir, Eibhlin Bean Ui Dh- / O'Dwyer, Mrs, Limerick, speech in English and Irish A5, 7;
concertina in duet A6, 8;
concertina solo A10, 15;
O Duibhir, Roibeard / O'Dwyer, Robert [Limerick?], speech in English A5, 7;
accordion in duet A6, 8;
speech in Irish A11;
accordion solo A12–14;
O Duibhir, Liam, [Limerick?], speech in English A13

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Speech: Untitled [About Seamus Goodman (the collector James Goodman); as a child, the present speaker saw G; G used to repair pipes for many pipers, who would visit him for that purpose; G spoke Irish very well; one piper who visited G was unable to walk and travelled on a donkey; G used play the pipes with the pipers who visited him; memorial to G; G lived in the glebe; G's appearance; G was a good neighbour; G's family, including Godfrey, a doctor, who would treat poor people despite their being unable to pay him; Irish in the local area (Skibbereen)]
3. Speech: Untitled [Irish in the local area (Skibbereen); people who spoke Irish; street-sweepers spoke Irish during their work; present speaker used follow the street-sweepers around the town to listen to their Irish; songs sung in the area; Sean O Duibhir an Ghleanna; Seoladh na nGamhna sa bhFasach; Ceo Draiochta; Liam O Raghallaigh; discussion of song lyrics, with examples]
4. Speech: Untitled [Damhscoil Mhuscrai; activities and meetings connected with the revival of Irish in the Skibbereen area; the first branch of Connradh na Gaeilge there; present speaker heard an tAthair Peadar O Laoghaire speak at the Munster Feis in Cork; how Damhscoil Mhuscrai was founded; An Suibhneach Meann; verses composed by the present speaker (recited); account of an tAthair Sean de Paor, including verses written about him and miracles were effected by him, even after his death; an 'aisling' poem/song written by the local poet Micheal O Suilleabhain; Sean O Coileain]
5. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
6. Reels: Nelly's Reel [The Collier's Reel], The Woman of the House
7. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
8. Jig: Paddy's Return
9. Speech: Untitled [About the tune that follows, which was played for the last figure of a set]
10. Barn Dance / Hornpipe: Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
12. Hornpipes: Sean Ryan's [McMahon's; composed by Sean Ryan], The Echo, Untitled [Slievenamon]
13. Speech with Music, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Story about the tune that follows; with music illustration], Donal an Choill's Reel [?], Untitled
14. Reels: George White's Fancy / George White's Favourite, The Bag of Potatoes / An Mala Fatai / An Mala Pratai
15. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Toss the Feathers [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
speech in Irish throughout;
Harrington, Mrs, Sligo / Dublin, fiddle in instrumental group A2, 4;
Gardiner, John [Gardiner, John Joe], Sligo / Louth, flute in instrumental group A2, 4;
Gardiner, Pauline, Louth, flute in instrumental group A2, 4;
Gardiner, Pat, Louth, flute in instrumental group A2, 4;
Toibin, Padraig, Waterford, singing in Irish A6–8;
speech in Irish A6, 8;
Liddy, Joe, Dublin, speech in English A9;
O Droma, Tomas, Waterford, speech in Irish A9;
singing in Irish A9;
White, James, Wexford, speech in English A10;
singing in English A10

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; Mrs Harrington and John (= John Joe?) Gardiner are sister and brother; Pauline and Pat Gardiner are John's daughters]
2. Reel: The Mountain Top
3. Speech: Untitled
4. Jig: The Frost Is All Over
5. Speech: Untitled [Preceded by a short and incomplete recording of music]
6. Song, Speech: Inion an Fhaoit on nGleann, Untitled
7. Song: Na Connerys
8. Speech, Song: Untitled, Idir Aird Mhor is Eochaill
9. Speech, Song: Untitled, Bean Dubh an Ghleanna
10. Speech, Song: Untitled, Carroll Ban [Followed by a short and incomplete recording of singing] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Hartnett, John Joe, Limerick, flute in instrumental group A2;
flute in duet A4;
Coyne, Michael, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A2;
accordion in duet A6;
Collins, Sean, Limerick, banjo in instrumental group A2;
banjo in duet A6;
O'Sullivan, Patrick, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A2;
fiddle in duet A4;
O'Keeffe, Paid / O'Keefe, Paid, Limerick, singing in English A8, 10;
Clifford, Billy, Limerick, whistle solo A12;
McEnery, James, Limerick, fiddle solo A14–15, 17;
Cussen, Mick / Cussen, Michael, Limerick, fiddle solo A19, 21, 33;
Sullivan, Tom, Limerick, accordion solo A23–24;
Sheehy, Dan, Limerick, accordion solo A26–27;
fiddle solo A32;
Tuohy, Aine, Limerick, singing in Irish A29;
step-dancing A33;
singing in English A35;
McCarthy, Gerry, Kerry / New York, fiddle solo A30;
O'Connor, Vincent, Limerick, banjo mandolin A34;
Unidentified performer, flute solo A36

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Preceded by a short recording of music]
2. Jigs: The Cook in the Kitchen, Tell Her I Am
3. Speech: Untitled
4. Hornpipes: O'Dwyer's, The Plains of Boyle
5. Speech: Untitled
6. Hornpipe: The Echo
7. Speech: Untitled
8. Song, Speech: The Tinker, Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Song, Speech: Untitled [The Bandy-Legged Mule], Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; performer is aged 13]
12. Reels: Untitled [The Flowing Bowl], Untitled [The Cup of Tea]
13. Speech: Untitled
14. Air: An Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig
15. Air: Untitled [The Palatine's Daughter]
16. Speech: Untitled
17. Reels: The Boys of the Lough, Johnny Allen
18. Speech: Untitled
19. Air: The Coolin [An Chuileann]
20. Speech: Untitled
21. Air: Untitled [Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor]
22. Speech: Untitled
23. Jig: Untitled [The Idle Road]
24. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
25. Speech: Untitled
26. Jig: Untitled [The Luckpenny]
27. Hornpipe, Strathspey, Speech: Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's; composed by Ed Reavy], Untitled [The Laird of Drumblair], Untitled
28. Speech: Untitled
29. Song: An Binsin Luachra
30. Speech, Jigs, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Painneach na nUbh; version of], Untitled
31. Reel: The Kerry Reel [Quinn's Reel]
32. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Bonnie Kate], The Contradiction, Untitled
33. Hornpipe: Untitled [McMahon's; composed by Sean Ryan; with step-dancing]
34. Speech, Airs: Untitled, Untitled [The Meeting of the Waters], Untitled [The Moon behind the Hill]
35. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Old Fenian Gun (sound drop-out in mid-song)
36. Jig: Untitled [Contentment Is Wealth]
37. Speech: Untitled (incomplete; tape runs out) [END OF BAND ONE]