Performers: Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A1; Unidentified performers, fiddle ensemble A2-6, 8, 11-12, 14-18, fiddle solo A7, 9-10, 12-13, 19; Unidentified performer, incidental speech in English A2-19; Unidentified performer, singing in English A20; Unidentified performer, singing in Latin A21, singing in English A22, 24, singing in duet A23; Unidentified performer, singing in duet A23; Unidentified performer, singing in English A25, 28; O'Byrne, Christine, singing in English A25; Unidentified performer, singing in English A26-27; Kilcar Choir, The, singing in English A28
Running Order: 1. Song: Untitled (clipped, interrupted) 2. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) 3. Strathspey: Stirling Castle (beginning clipped) 4. Waltz: The Speaking Waltz 5. Reel: The Drake's Neck (beginning clipped) 6. Jig: Untitled (beginning clipped) 7. Jig: Paidin O'Rafferty (beginning clipped) 8. Reel: Sean sa Cheo (beginning clipped) 9. Jig: The Old Grey Goose (beginning clipped) 10. Reel: Sean sa Cheo (alternate version) (beginning clipped) 11. Jig: The Irish Washerwoman (clipped) 12. Air/March: The Coulin (beginning clipped) 13. Strathspey: Untitled 14. Reel: Untitled (clipped) 15. Reel: The Gravel Walks (beginning clipped) 16. Strathspey: Untitled (beginning clipped) 17. Strathspey: The Braes of Maas (beginning clipped) 18. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) 19. Hornpipe: The Japanese Hornpipe (beginning clipped) [END OF BAND ONE] 20. Song: [The West Awake] (beginning clipped) 21. Song: [Ave Maria] (interupted) 22. Song: Untitled 23. Song: Untitled 24. Song: Untitled (interupted) 25. Speech/Song: My Lagan Love 26. Song: Untitled 27. Song: Untitled 28. Speech/Song: Silent Night (unfinished) [END OF BAND TWO]
Performers: Digitised and catalogued by Jackie Small, November 2012Imported from Reeldubs July 2013[Tracks 1–53 contain off-air dubbings from editions of the BBC radio programme \'Folk on Friday\', presented by Jim Lloyd][Tracks 1–4 are badly affected by sound dropouts on the original reel-to-reel tape]
Running Order: 1. Jig, Speech, Song: 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], Untitled [Twa Corbies] 2. Speech, Song, Speech, Instrumental Piece (?): Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (inaudible) 3. Instrumental Piece (?): Untitled (mostly inaudible) 4. Speech, Song: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled 5. Speech, Carolan Piece: Untitled [Radio announcement, partly as voice-over], Untitled [Carolan's Concerto; as background to radio announcement] 6. Song, Speech: Ballad of Exploration [We're Only Over Here for Exploration], Untitled [Radio announcement and interview] 7. Song: Arthur McBride 8. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] 9. Song: The Lowlands of Holland 10. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and interview] 11. Song, Speech: I'm Looking for a Job, Untitled [Radio announcement] 12. Song, Speech: Fitba' Referee [Football Referee], Untitled [Radio announcement] 13. Song: Paddy Maloney Forgot That He Was Dead 14. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and interview] 15. Air, Slip Jig: The Fairy Child, The Wayward Traveller 16. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] 17. Polka, Speech: Untitled [The Grand Old Dame], Untitled [Radio announcement and interview] 18. Song: Dame Durden 19. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] 20. Speech: Untitled [Radio comedy sketch] 21. Song, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcements], Untitled [The Fermoy Lasses], Untitled [Radio announcement] 22. Song, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcements, the first as voice-over] 23. Song, Speech: Peggy and the Soldier, Untitled [Radio announcement] 24. Song, Speech: The Press Printer [Composed by Brian Badley(?), the performer here], Untitled [Radio announcement] 25. Song, Speech: Wild Blowing Sands, Untitled [Radio announcement] 26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Toss the Feathers; signature tune of radio programme], Untitled [Final radio announcement of this edition of 'Folk on Friday'; as voice-over] 27. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcements] [END OF BAND ONE] 28. Jig, Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled [The Lark in the Morning; signature tune of the BBC radio programme 'Folk on Friday', marking the beginning of another edition], Untitled [Radio announcement], Black and White, Untitled [Radio announcement] 29. Slip Jig, Speech: Drops of Brandy, Untitled [Radio announcement; the instrument played by Finbar Furey (i.e., the uilleann pipes) is named as 'the Irish pipes'] 30. Song, Speech: The Broadside Man, Untitled [Radio announcement] 31. Song, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement] 32. Song, Speech: Jennifer Gentle, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview] 33. Song: The Death of the Earl of Essex / Welladay 34. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] 35. Song, Speech: Jack Orion, Untitled [Radio announcement and interview] 36. Song: Lord Franklin 37. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] 38. Reel, Speech: Crowley's Reel [Dowd's Number Nine / Dowd's No. 9], Untitled [Radio announcement] 39. Song: Untitled 40. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] 41. Song: Untitled 42. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and interview] 43. Song: King Cotton 44. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Night Visiting Song, Untitled [Radio announcement] 45. Song, Speech, Song, Speech: Ten Thousand Miles Away, Untitled [Radio announcement], The Arethusa, Untitled [Radio announcement] 46. Song: The Humber Bridge 47. Speech, Speech, Song: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled, Untitled 48. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement] 49. Song, Speech, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio announcement] 50. Song: Untitled [The Lord of the Dance] 51. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio announcement] 52. Air, Jig, Speech: Roy's Hands, The Lark in the Morning [With sound dropout on the original reel-to-reel tape], Untitled [Radio announcement] 53. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Toss the Feathers; signature tune of radio programme], Untitled [Final radio announcement of this edition of 'Folk on Friday'; as voice-over] 54. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcements] [END OF BAND FOUR] 55. Song, Speech: Jock o' Hazeldean, Untitled 56. Reels: Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock], Untitled [The Longford Collector] 57. Reel: Untitled [Dowd's Number Nine / Dowd's No. 9] 58. Reels: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [The High Reel] 59. Carolan Piece: Untitled [Carolan's Concerto] 60. Reel: Untitled [The Pigeon on the Gate] 61. Reels: Untitled [The Moving Cloud], Untitled [Sean sa Cheo] 62. Reels: Untitled [Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite] 63. Reels: Untitled [Toss the Feathers], Untitled [The College Grove] 64. Slip Jig, Reel: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare], Untitled [The slip jig just played, here played in reel time] 65. Reel: Untitled [Another playing of the reel just played in track A10] 66. Reels: Untitled [Paddy Kelly's Reel; composed by Paddy Kelly], Untitled [Sean McGuire; composed by Bert Murray] 67. Reels: Untitled [The Plough and the Stars], Untitled [The Morning Dew; incomplete] 68. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Quarrelsome Piper] 69. Jigs: Untitled [The Walls of Liscarroll], Untitled [Bill Harte's Jig] 70. Jig: Untitled 71. Reel: Untitled [The Land of Sunshine; composed by Martin Mulhaire] 72. Reel: Untitled [Lord Ramsay's Reel] 73. Reels: Untitled [Ships Are Sailing], Untitled [The High Reel] 74. Reel: Untitled [The Connemara Stocking] [END OF RELEVANT CONTENT ON BAND THREE] 75. Reel: Untitled [Rolling in the Ryegrass; incomplete] 76. Reels: Untitled [Down the Broom], Untitled [The Gatehouse Maid] 77. Reels: Untitled [The Shoemaker's Daughter; composed by Ed Reavy], Untitled [The Eel in the Sink] 78. Reels: Untitled [Toss the Feathers], Untitled [The College Grove] 79. Reels: Untitled [Bonnie Kate], Untitled [Jenny's Chickens] 80. Reel: Untitled [Trim the Velvet] 81. Reels: Untitled [Paddy Ryan's Dream], Untitled [Mamma's Pet] 82. Reels: Untitled [The High Reel], Untitled [The Mason's Apron] 83. Reels: Untitled [The Shoemaker's Daughter; composed by Ed Reavy], Untitled [The Eel in the Sink] 84. Reels: Untitled [Lady Gordon], Untitled [Johnny When You Die], Untitled [The Old Blackthorn], Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Untitled [The Boyne Hunt] 85. Carolan Piece: Untitled [Carolan's Concerto] 86. Reels: Untitled [Down the Broom], Untitled [Tim Moloney] 87. Reels: Untitled [Lord Gordon], Untitled [Colonel Rodney] [END OF BAND TWO]
Performers: Ennis, Seamus, speech in Irish A1, B1–2; singing in Irish, English, Scots Gaelic and Welsh, A1, B1; lilting A1, B1; Unidentified performer, speech in Irish B1
Running Order: 1. Speech, Song and Lilting: Untitled [Part One of the second of two lectures in Irish given by Seamus Ennis to trainee schoolteachers; subject: children's songs, adult nonesense and extemporised verses, stories and lullabies; with singing and story-telling by Ennis in Irish, English and Scots Gaelic; topics: lullaby 'An Seanduine' [collected from Elizabeth Cronin]; lullaby 'Anonn is anall'; song/luibin 'Luibin o Lu'; song 'Deoin du o deighdil o'; lore and songs to do with the cuckoo – 'Cuach Mo Londubh Bui' and the background to the song – a relevant song in Welsh – one in Scots Gaelic – the song 'Bunclody'; 'An Chead La de Nollaig', a version in Irish of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'; the song 'Peigi na gCarad' and the story that is the background to it; 'An Cailin Rua' [melody: Finnegan's Wake]; 'Taid na Baid go Doimhin sa bhFarraige' [melody: Lannigan's Ball]; lore about faction fights – song 'Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me'; lore about fish, and the song 'The Herring Song' / 'The Song of the Herring' (repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling'); one could be executed for a crime like stealing – relevant song beginning 'An la sin a d'fhag me sraid an Chlochain Leith', collected from Hiudai Devanney [melody: Enniskillen Dragoons]; song about clogs (shoes with wooden soles)] 2. Speech, Song and Lilting: Untitled [Part Two of the second of two lectures in Irish given by Seamus Ennis to trainee schoolteachers; subject: children's songs, adult nonesense and extemporised verses, stories and lullabies; with singing and story-telling by Ennis in Irish, English and Scots Gaelic; topics: continuation from 1246a-ITMA-CS/CDR, track 1 of discussion of meaning of phrase 'O bhean an ti, cen bhuairt sin ort' in songs – stock phrase used to give singer or song extemporiser time to think of what comes next; background to song 'Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse' and performance of it; 'Bim-se istoice ag ol' [melody: Moll Roe]; Rilam Ralam – vocables used in Scotland for cantaireacht (the vocal rendering of piping music) – sung examples given, including the reel 'Clagar na gCearc'; song popular among members of the Claisceadal, 'A shaighdiuirin a chroi'; American folksong learned from Library of Congress records sent to the Irish Folklore Commission by Alan Lomax – a version of the same song, 'Soldier, Soldier' as collected from Colm O Caoidheain, who did not understand English, and for whom SE had to translate the lyrics into Irish; lore about Mikey Byrnes, An Rinn, Co Waterford, song-writer and pyromaniac – song, 'The Racket' composed by him; song, 'An tSean-bhean Bhocht'; 'Brachan Lom' (= porridge), sung words to a dance tune; Amhran na hEala / The Swan's Song] 3. Speech: Untitled [Brief; introductory, at start of lecture?]
Performers: Unidentified peformer, accordion solo A1-4, 12-13; Unidentified performers, singing in English A5-7, 9-11, 15-17, B1-4; Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A8; Unidentified performers, speech in English A14
Performers: Peoples, Tommy, Donegal, fiddle in duet A1–3, 5–6, B22; C9–16; fiddle solo A4, 7–22, B21, D3–15; Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout; Kelly, John (senior), Clare / Dublin, fiddle in trio B1–18; Kelly, James, Dublin, fiddle in trio B1–18; Glackin, Paddy, Dublin, fiddle in trio B1–18; Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet C9–12, 17–19; Unidentified performer(s), fiddle solo B19–20, D1–2; Keane, Sean, Dublin, fiddle solo C1–2, 4–8, D16–27; Crotty, Siney, Clare / Dublin, singing in English C3; Unidentified performers, instrumental group C13; Unidentified performer, guitar in duet A1–3, 5–6, B22; O'Connor, Mick, London, banjo in duet C13–19
Running Order: 1. Reels: Untitled [The banks of the Ilen; The midnight maid], Untitled [Tom Billy's] 2. Reels: Untitled [The tempest], Untitled [The humours of Toonagh], Untitled [The college grove], Untitled [The dairy maid], Untitled [Maud Miller], Untitled [The reel of Mullinavat] 3. Reels, Speech: Untitled [O'Keeffe's 'Speed the plough'], Untitled [Lady Gordon], Untitled [Roaring Mary], Untitled [Faral Gara], Untitled [Caher Rua], Untitled [The wild Irishman], Untitled [Matt Peoples' no. 2], Untitled 4. Reel: Untitled [The green fields of Glentown; composed by Tommy Peoples (the probable performer here)] 5. Reels: Untitled [Matt Peoples' no. 1], Untitled [La Cosa Mulligan (the title given to the tune by its composer, Tommy Peoples (the probable performer here)); Jackson's reel] 6. Reels: Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled [Bean an ti ar lar; Donegal tune, i.e., not the tune commonly known by this title] 7. Reel: Untitled [The bank of Ireland] 8. Reel: Untitled [Tom Moylan's frolic] 9. Reels: Untitled [The morning star], Untitled [The wind that shakes the barley] 10. Hornpipe: Untitled [Mulqueeny's hornpipe] 11. Reel: Untitled [Drowsy Maggie (Donegal version)] 12. Reel: Untitled [Paddy Taylor's reel] 13. Reels: Untitled [Martin Ansboro's reel], Untitled [Jennie dang the weaver; The Longford tinker] 14. Slides: Untitled [Dan O'Keeffe's slide; Mount Collins], Untitled [Denis Murphy's slide; The dark girl in blue] 15. Reel: Untitled [The volunteer] 16. Reels: Untitled [The college grove], Untitled [The dairy maid] 17. Reel: Untitled [Farewell to Ireland] 18. Jig: Untitled [Port an bhrathar / the Reverend Brother's jig] 19. Reel: Untitled [The Congress reel] 20. Reel: Untitled [The foxhunter's reel] 21. Single jig: Untitled [The long note] 22. Reels: Untitled [The humours of Ballyconnell], Untitled [Tear the calico] [END OF RELEVANT CONTENT ON BAND ONE - The remaining content on band 1 consists of fragmentary sounds that might be spill-over sound from another track or dubbings inefficiently made, etc. This content has not been digitised] 23. Reels: Untitled [Farewell to Erin], Untitled [Toss the feathers], Untitled [The maids of Mitchelstown] 24. Reels: Untitled [The Limerick lasses], Untitled [The wild Irishman] 25. Reels: Untitled [Hand me down the tackle], Untitled [Lawson's favourite] 26. Reels: Untitled [The flowing bowl], Untitled [Stay for another while] 27. Reel: Untitled [The pinch of snuff] 28. Slip jig: Untitled [Gusty's frolics] 29. Reels: Untitled [Cunningham's fancy], Untitled [The bird in the bush] 30. Jig: Untitled [The Kilfenora jig] 31. Reels: Untitled [The duke of Leinster], Untitled [The duke of Leinster's wife; The ladies' pantalettes] 32. Reels: Untitled [The college grove], Untitled [The dairy maid] 33. Reels: Untitled [The sally gardens], Untitled [The old torn petticoat] 34. Slip jigs: Untitled [I have a wife of my own], Untitled [The kid on the mountain] 35. Jigs: Untitled [Old Tipperary], Untitled [The legacy jig; The tailor's wedding] 36. Reels: Untitled [Ril mhor Bhaile an Chailligh], Untitled [Nellie Donovan], Untitled [Callaghan's; The Doon reel; Nellie Donovan (related tune)] 37. Reel: Untitled [Mayor Harrison's fedora] 38. Reel: Untitled [Bean an ti ar lar; Donegal tune, i.e., not the tune commonly known by this title] 39. Reels: Untitled [La Cosa Mulligan (the title given to the tune by its composer, Tommy Peoples); Jackson's reel], Untitled [The oak tree] 40. Reels: Untitled [The boys of the lough], Untitled [The devil in Dublin; The merry blacksmith (related tune)] 41. Reels: Untitled [The Boyne hunt], Untitled [The flowing bowl], Untitled [Stay for another while] 42. Reels: Untitled [The Killarney boys of pleasure], Untitled [Lady Ann Montgomery], Untitled [My love is fair and handsome] 43. Reel: Untitled [The foxhunter's reel] 44. Reels: Untitled [O'Keeffe's 'Speed the plough'], Untitled [Lady Gordon], Untitled [Roaring Mary], Untitled [Faral Gara], Untitled [Caher Rua], Untitled [The wild Irishman], Untitled [Matt Peoples' no. 2] [END OF BAND FOUR] 45. Set dance: Untitled [The blackbird] 46. Reel: Untitled [The lads of Laois] 47. Song: Untitled 48. Jigs: Untitled [A chailleach do mharais me], Untitled [Old Tipperary] 49. Air: Untitled 50. Slides: Untitled [Dan O'Keeffe's slide; Mount Collins], Untitled 51. Reels: Untitled [The new-mown meadow; Joe Mhaire Mhicilin], Untitled [The bucks of Oranmore] 52. Reel: Untitled [Bean an ti ar lar; Donegal tune, i.e., not the tune commonly known by this title], Untitled [The glen road to Carrick], Untitled [Caher Rua] 53. Reel: Untitled [The oak tree] 54. Reels: Untitled [The humours of Ballyconnell], Untitled [The foxhunter's reel] 55. Reels: Untitled [The flax in bloom], Untitled [The college grove], Untitled [The dairy maid] 56. Reels: Untitled [The Killarney boys of pleasure], Untitled [Lady Ann Montgomery] 57. Reels: Untitled [Clipped at start; incomplete], Untitled [Miss Brady; The bunch of currants] 58. Reels: Untitled [The humours of Toonagh], Untitled [Lady Ann Montgomery] 59. Reels: Untitled [Matt Peoples' no. 1], Untitled [Matt Peoples' no. 2] 60. Reel: Untitled [La Cosa Mulligan (the title given to the tune by its composer, Tommy Peoples (who is probably the fiddle player here)); Jackson's reel] 61. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled 62. Dance tune: Untitled 63. Slide / Single jig: Untitled [Mickie Callaghan's jig] [END OF RELEVANT CONTENT ON BAND THREE] [The remaining content on band 3 consists of fragmentary sounds that might be spill-over sound from another track or dubbings inefficiently made, etc. This content has not been digitised] 64. Reel: Untitled (incomplete) 65. Reel: Untitled [The Boyne hunt] 66. Reel: Untitled [Farewell to Ireland] 67. Jigs: Untitled [Composed by Paddy Fahy?], Untitled 68. Reel: Untitled [Drowsy Maggie (Donegal version)] 69. Reel: Untitled [The scholar] 70. Reel: Untitled [The Salamanca reel; clipped at end] 71. Reel: Untitled [The oak tree] 72. Reels: Untitled [Doctor Gilbert], Untitled [The humours of Lissadell] 73. Hornpipe: Untitled [The drunken sailor] 74. Reels: Untitled [The skylark; composed by James Morrison], Untitled [Sean Reid's favourite; Gilbert Clancy's] 75. Reel: Untitled [The reel of Mullinavat], Untitled [Dowd's number nine / Dowd's no. 9] 76. Jigs: Untitled [The Carraroe jig], Untitled [Up Sligo; The trip to Sligo] 77. Reels: Untitled [The green fields of Glentown; composed by Tommy Peoples (the probable performer here)], Untitled [Ryan's rant], Untitled [Lady Ann Montgomery], Untitled [McDonagh's reel (2)] 78. Reels: Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled [Toss the feathers] 79. Reels: Untitled [Mayor Harrison's fedora], Untitled [The Providence reel; The Rossport reel; composition sometimes ascribed to John McGrath] 80. Jigs: Untitled [Jackson's morning brush], Untitled [Cherish the ladies] 81. Reels: Untitled [The duke of Leinster], Untitled [The sailor on the rock] 82. Hornpipes: Untitled [The banks], Untitled 83. Reels: Untitled [The first house in Connacht], Untitled [The west wind] 84. Slip jig: Untitled [Gusty's frolics] 85. Jig: Untitled [The humours of Ballyloughlin; The hurler's march] 86. Reels: Untitled [The wild Irishman], Untitled [Bean an ti ar lar; Donegal tune, i.e., not the tune commonly known by this title] 87. Jig: Untitled [The old grey goose] 88. Reels: Untitled [Tom Ward's downfall], Untitled [Jackson's] 89. Reel: Untitled [Rakish Paddy; Donegal version] 90. Set dance: Untitled [The blackbird; clipped at end] [END OF BAND TWO]
Performers: Unidentified performer, speech in Irish A1; Foley, Connie, singing in English with group instrumental A1; Unidentified performers, group instrumental A1; Unidentified performer, singing in Irish with harp ? A2-4; Unidentified performer, accordion solo A5; Unidentified performer, singing in Irish with accordion A6-7; Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A8; Unidentified performers, off-air dubs A9; Unidentified performers, group instrumental A10, 13; Unidentified performer, singing in English with group instrumental A11-12; Unidentified performers, group instrumental A11-12, 14-16; Donaghey, Eileen, singing in English with group instrumental A14-15; Unidentified performer, singing in English with group instrumental A16; (Kelly, Ciaran), accordion solo with group instrumental A17-20; Unidentified performers, group instrumental A17-20
Running Order: 1. Speech: Introduction of the song; Songs: The Galway shawl, The wild colonial boy (fragment) 2. Song: Untitled 3. Song: [The coolin] 4. Song: Untitled; Speech: Talk from the m.c. 5. March: Untitled 6. Song: [Sliabh na mBan] 7. Song: Untitled 8. Song: Untitled 9. Off-air dubs [END OF BAND ONE] 10. Marches: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled 11. Song: Galway Bay 12. Song: [Erin's green shore] 13. Marches: Untitled, Untitled 14. Speech: Introduction of the song; Song: Jacket's green 15. Speech: Introduction of the song; Song: Johnston's motor car 16. Speech: Introduction of the song; Song: [The old bog road] 17. Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled 18. Speech: Introduction of the tunes; Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled 19. Marches: Fáinne geal an lae, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, [Tara's hall] 20. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]
