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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]

Performers:
Finnerty, Johnny, Galway, speech in English A1;
singing in English A2;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Ryan, John, Tipperary / Dublin, concertina solo A3, 5, 7, 9–10;
speech in English throughout A4–10;
concertina in duet A11;
Ryan, Eddie, Dublin, banjo in duet A11

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled [Young men of Tipperary and of Ireland far and near (etc); song about the McCormick brothers, who were hanged in Nenagh during the land troubles]
3. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [CICD 3438.11 (from a BB working copy of this recording); CRE 5, # 136] [For BB's working copy of the John Ryan material presented here on tracks A3–10, see 1359-ITMA-REEL]
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview]
5. Polka, Speech, Polkas: Untitled [CICD 6323 (from a BB working copy of this recording); CRE 5, # 85], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over], Untitled [CICD 6512 (from a BB working copy of this recording); CRE 5, # 104], Untitled [CICD 6360 (from a BB working copy of this recording); John Ryan's]
6. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played & other tunes; with lilting]
7. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [After a brief introductory performance of the tune that follows], Untitled [CICD 6446 (from a BB working copy of this recording); CRE 5, # 96], Untitled [CICD 6457 (from a BB working copy of this recording); CRE 5, # 98]
8. Speech: Untitled
9. Speech, Quadrille Tune / Set Tune: Untitled [Radio interview], Untitled [CICD 2268.11 (from a BB working copy of this recording); The Soldier's Cloak]
10. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio interview, including lyrics sung to the tune just played: I'll hang my harp on a willow tree and I'm off to the wars again], Untitled [CICD 4546.11 (from a BB working copy of this recording); CICD 4546 (probably transcribed from a different copy of this recording); CRE 5, # 162]
11. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Kingston [The Standing Abbey], Dunphy's [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Redican, Larry, New York, speech in English A1;
fiddle in duet A1;
McGann, Andy, New York, fiddle in duet A1;
Field, Paddy, Tipperary, concertina solo A2–6;
speech in English A3;
Keane, James, Dublin / New York, accordion in duet A7–11;
speech in English A9–11;
McKiernan, Jim, Leitrim, speech in English A12;
fiddle solo A12, 16;
fiddle in duet A15;
McHugh, Bernie, Leitrim, speech in English A13;
mouth organ solo A13;
Rahill, Jim, Leitrim, fiddle solo A14;
speech in English A15?;
fiddle in duet A15;
Partially identified performer [Fitzgerald, P, Leitrim?], fiddle in instrumental group A17;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A17;
Strange, N, speech in English A18;
banjo mandolin solo A18;
Reilly, Frank, speech in English A19;
fiddle solo A19;
Reilly, Michael, accordion in duet A20;
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle in duet A20, B9;
Mulkere, Jack, Clare, fiddle in duet A21;
Preston, Michael, Clare, flute in duet A21;
Canny, Paddy, Clare, fiddle solo A22–24;
Shannon Star Ceili Band, The, instrumental group A25;
McCarthy, Gerry, Kerry / Manchester / New York, fiddle in duet A26;
fiddle solo B10–12;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet A27–28, B20;
fiddle solo A31, B13–18, 21;
speech in English throughout B13–20;
Cooley, Seamus, Galway, flute solo A29–30, 32;
speech in English A30;
McMahon, Bobbie / Robbie, Clare, lilting solo A33;
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle solo B1–8;
Ray, J, accordion solo B9;
Unidentified performer, mouth organ in duet B20

Running Order:
1. Speech, Reels: Untitled, The Providence [CICD 4023 (from this recording)], The Belles of Tipperary [CICD 3599 (from this recording)] [This track was recorded on 30 April 1962]
2. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6341 (from this recording?)]
3. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 6441 (from this recording)]
4. Polka: The Humours of Whiskey [CICD 6473 (from this recording); My Love Is but a Lassie]
5. Jig: Rory O'Moore
6. Reel: The Dublin Reel
7. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Untitled [Thady Casey's Fancy], Untitled [Lady Gordon], Untitled [Mary MacMahon]
8. Reel: The Limestone Rock, Untitled [The Humours of Loughrea]
9. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Spike Island Lasses, The Sailor on the Rock
10. Speech, Jigs: Untitled, Untitled [Father Tom's Wager], The Frieze Breeches [Do You Want Any More?; same melody as The Collier's Reel]
11. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Roscommon Reel], The College Grove [Sudden dip in sound level during this tune]
12. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Hobble the Botches, Peeping through the Keyhole / Faral O'Gara
13. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Plough and the Stars
14. Reel: The Reconciliation Reel [CICD 3506 (from this recording); 3433 (from ms possibly transcribed from this recording)]
15. Speech, Reels: Untitled, The Cloone Reel [The Humours of Toonagh], The Aughavas Reel [CICD 5530 (for which this recording is a partial source); CRE 5, # 145]
16. Speech, Reels: Drowsy Maggie, The Ranting Widow [The Tap Room]
17. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Morning Mist; composed by Paddy Kelly's?], Untitled [I'm Waiting for You] [Performers on this track are listed by BB as 'Fitz et al']
18. Speech, Reels: Eleanor Kane's Reel [The Providence], The Leinster Ladies [Anderson's Reel]
19. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Gregg's Pipes [The Leitrim version of The Bucks of Oranmore; performer is identified by BB as a blacksmith]
20. Speech, Jigs: Untitled, The House in the Glen [CICD 1352, 1353 & 1354 (none from this recording; 1352 provides title)], Untitled (incomplete)
21. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Information about this track; recording was made in Crusheen, Co Clare in 1955], The Mountain Pathway
22. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next 3 tracks; they were recorded in Crusheen, Co Clare, January 1955], Sporting Nell, Ballinasloe Fair
23. Jigs: The Luckpenny, The Cherry Tree [The Humours of Ennistymon; Coppers and Brass]
24. Hornpipe: The Cuckoo Hornpipe
25. Jig: Father Hanley's Jig [CICD 2499 (partly from this recording); The Rambler]
26. Jigs: The Housekeeper [For another version, see track B4], Cailleach an Airgid [The Hag with the Money]
27. Reels: Untitled [CICD 3036 (from this recording); Tom Billy's; The New Post Office (CRE 5, # 146); The Gleanntan Reel], The Cameronian [CICD 5372 (from this recording)] [This track was recorded on 11 June 1957]
28. Jigs: The Unfortunate Rake [Apples in Winter], Untitled [CICD 749 (from this recording); The Munster Jig]
29. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Earl's Chair
30. Speech, Jigs: Untitled, The Cockadoon Man, Sean Ryan's [The Killimor; composed by Sean Ryan]
31. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Shaskeen Reel
32. Hornpipes: Untitled [CICD 6057 (from this recording); Joe Cooley's Hornpipe; composed by Paddy O'Brien], The Friendly Visit [CICD 6126 (from this recording)
33. Reel: The Mason's Apron [END OF BAND ONE]
34. Hornpipe: Fisher's Hornpipe [CICD 6092–6093 (from this recording); 6092 gives date of recording as 3 November 1960; for another version, see track B14]
35. Air: Cath Cheim an Fhia
36. Reels: Untitled [The Game of Love; The Girls of Farranfore], The Bucks of Oranmore
37. Jigs: Untitled [The Housekeeper; for another version, see track A26], The Rambling Pitchfork
38. Slides: Untitled [Merrily Kiss the Quaker], Mickeen Dawley's [CICD 2169 (not from this recording)], Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue; Denis Murphy's Slide], Mickeen Dawley's [Repeat of the second tune in this selection]
39. Reel: The New-Mown Meadows [CICD 2725–2726 (not from this recording?); Joe Mhaire Mhicilin], The Flowing Bowl [CICD 5748 (not from this recording); The Piper's Despair, version of]
40. Jig: Tell Her I Am
41. Air: Untitled [The Wounded Hussar]
42. Reels: The Road to Poulaphouca / Mulhaire's no. 4 [CICD 3334 (partly from this recording); Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band; composed by Martin Mulhaire; CRE 5, # 129], The Copperplate
43. Polkas: Untitled [Egan's; Peg Ryan's], Untitled [Peggy Ryan's Fancy; The Murroe], Untitled [CICD 6353 (from this recording); Denis Doody's], Untitled [CICD 6286 & 6287 (both from this recording); The Knocknaboul Polka] [Order of the tunes in this selection is 1,2,1,2,3,4]
44. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Lad among the Spriggers / The Steeplechase [CICD 5045 (from ms; transcribed possibly from this recording; gives reference to secondary source where Denis Murphy is the performer) and 5313 (not from this recording)]
45. March / Jig: O'Sullivan's March / Painneach na nUbh
46. Speech, Jigs: Untitled, The Munster Buttermilk / The Sports of Multyfarnham, The Munster Jig
47. Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled, The Fisherman's Hornpipe [CICD 6091 (not from this recording); Fisher's Hornpipe; for another version, see track B1]
48. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Sheila's Fancy [CICD 4460 (not from this recording); The Monsignor's Blessing (related tune)]
49. Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled, Walsh's Hornpipe [CICD 6119 (from this recording; recording date given as August 1966) and 6120 (where this recording is given as a secondary source)]
50. Air: Untitled [Sweet Kingwilliamstown]
51. Air: Staker Wallace [Caoine Ui Dhomhnaill / The Lament for O'Donnell]
52. Slides, Speech: The Rathawaun [CICD 1743 (not from this recording], The Hare in the Corn [CICD 1450 (not from this recording], Untitled
53. Speech, Polkas: Untitled, Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka # 2], Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka # 1]
54. Slide: Untitled [Danny Ab's; played for dancing] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish intermittently throughout;
Keogh, Dan, Tipperary, concertina solo A1;
Scallon? Scully?, Peter, Shetland, fiddle solo A3, 6;
fiddle in duet A4–5;
Scannon? Scully?, Jimmy, Shetland, fiddle in duet A4–5;
Mac Gill-Eain, Calum, Scotland, speech in English A7;
Cronin, Hannah, Kerry, singing in English A8–9;
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig,, Kerry, fiddle solo A10, 15–19;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A11–13;
fiddle in duet A14;
O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry, accordion in duet A14;
O'Dwyer, John, fiddle solo A20;
Unidentified performer, accordion solo A21;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A22;
O Murchu, Sean, Galway / Dublin, speech in English A22, B1;
McGuire, Seamus, Sligo, fiddle in duet B1;
Kelly, John, Clare / Dublin, fiddle in duet B2;
concertina in duet B3;
concertina solo B4;
Ryan, Joe, Clare, fiddle in duet B2–3;
Casey, Bobby, Clare / London, fiddle solo B5–10, 11–13?;
speech in English B5, 7;
Unidentified performer, lilting solo B14;
Russell, Micho, Clare, flute solo B15;
whistle solo B16;
Unidentified performer, concertina solo B17–18

Running Order:
1. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Information about the tune that follows; it was recorded in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary in December 1955], Untitled [Micho Russell used to sing a comic song to this melody]
2. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the music and speech on tracks A3–7, consisting of fiddle music from Shetland and information about it]
3. Dance Tune: Kail and Knockit Corn
4. Speech, Dance Tune: Untitled, The Merry Boys of Greenland
5. Speech, Dance Tune: Untitled, The Mason's Apron
6. Speech, Dance Tune: Untitled, Arrasdale [Stated to be similar to Cornphiopa na Mairnealach (The Sailor's Hornpipe); stated to have been composed by the performer]
7. Speech: Untitled [Information about the Shetland music just played; the performers were father (Jimmy) and son (Peter) Scully; the version of the performers' surname given here does not seem to match with that given in earlier speech links]
8. Speech, Song: Untitled [Information about the next performer and the song she sings], Two and Three Strings to my Bow (incomplete)
9. Song: The Ploughboy (incomplete)
10. Speech, Air: Untitled, The Blackbird
11. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Stated to be an old reel that derives from the performer's father; Anything for John Joe?; The Lisheen Reel; Did the Rum Do, Da?]
12. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Lark in the Bog / The Geese in the Bog [The Lark's March]
13. Speech, Polka: Untitled, The Green Cottage Polka
14. Speech, Slide: Untitled, I'd Rather be Married than Left Alone
15. Speech, Air: Untitled, An Buachaillin Ban [The Dear Irish Boy]
16. Speech, Air: Untitled, O'Rahilly's Grave
17. Speech, Slides: Untitled, Untitled [Mickeen Dawley's], Untitled [If I Had a Wife]
18. Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled, The Woods of Kilkenny
19. Reel: The New-Mown Meadow [Joe Mhaire Mhicilin]
20. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Information about the last tune played and about the tune that follows], Untitled
21. Jig: Untitled
22. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band; composed by Martin Mulhaire], Untitled (incomplete) [Radio announcement] [END OF BAND ONE]
23. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], The First Month of Summer, The Green Banks of Rossbeigh [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh]
24. Set Dances: Bonaparte's Retreat, The Ace and Deuce of Piping
25. Reels: Untitled [Reference given in documentation to this tune's appearance in print (The Smiles and Tears of Erin, in CRE, # 101); The Crooked Road to Dublin], Nellie Donovan [The Ladies Pantalettes] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman and J P (Pakie) Dolan, fiddles, on 78rpm commercial disc as 'The Duke of Leinster and His Wife']
26. Hornpipe: Untitled [Fisher's Hornpipe]
27. Reel: Untitled [Sporting Nell; Gorman's Reel; The Long Strand; for other performances of this tune, see tracks B6 &17]
28. Speech, Reels: Untitled, The Long Strand [Sporting Nell; Gorman's Reel; for other performances of this tune, see tracks B5 &17], The Beauty Spot
29. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled, Scully's Hornpipe, Untitled [Murphy's Hornpipe; for another performance of this tune, see track B11a]
30. Speech, Jig: Untitled, Untitled [Bobby Casey's Jig; Scully Casey's Jig; CRE 3, # 16], Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon]
31. Reels: Untitled [Dwyer's Reel; Finbarr Dwyer's Reel; The Holly Bush; Matt the Thresher; composed by Finbarr Dwyer], Untitled [The Dogs among the Bushes]
32. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Rakish Paddy; 4-part version as recorded on 78rmp disc by James Morrison, fiddle; for another performance of this version, see track B13a]
33. Hornpipes: Untitled [Murphy's Hornpipe; for another performance of this tune, see track B7b], Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe; faded out at end]
34. Jigs: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork], Untitled [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig]
35. Reels: Untitled [Rakish Paddy; 4-part version as recorded on 78rmp disc by James Morrison, fiddle; for another performance of this version, see track B10], Untitled [The Wheels of the World; faded out]
36. Jig: Untitled [The Piper's Chair]
37. Jig: Untitled [Donal na Greine]
38. Reel: Untitled [Boil the Breakfast Early]
39. Reel: Untitled [Gorman's; Sporting Nell; The Long Strand; for other performances of this tune, see tracks B5 & 6]
40. Jig: Untitled (tape runs out) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2, 4, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46–47, 49, 51, 53;
speech in English throughout;
singing in Irish A6;
singing in Irish and English A8;
singing in Scots Gaelic A10;
singing in English A12, 14, 16, 18;
whistle solo A20, 28, 30;
whistle in duet A32;
pipes in instrumental group A34;
pipes in duet A36, 38;
Folan, Stephen / O Cualain, Stiofain, Galway, dancing A20;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A22;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A24, 26;
speech in English A25;
fiddle in duet A32, 36, 38;
Clifford family, the, Kerry / Limerick / London, instrumental group A34

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Air: Untitled [Uirchill an Chreagain / The Churchyard of Creggan]
3. Speech: Untitled ['I know that music...' Topics: SE's father, regarded as the best piper in Ireland; a tune played for SE in his cradle, The Munster Buttermilk]
4. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
5. Speech: Untitled ['Our house was always a house of music...' Topics: SE's family background; mother sang, father played the pipes, flute, fiddle, tin whistle; pipers visited the house; Pat Ward, piper, who played a double chanter; he was killed by a bus in Drogheda; his daughter was also a good piper; other pipers, including Jim Brogan, Sharkey, Liam Andrew; father played the Highland pipes for visitors; SE played Highland pipes; another visitor, Billy Clarke, from Co Monaghan, took part in the recording 'The Pipes of Three Nations'; Colm O Lochlainn visited the Ennis household every Thursday evening; O Lochlainn learned pipes from SE's father, and in exchange taught the Irish language to SE's father; O Lochlainn took SE with him on holidays in Connemara; SE learned his first song, An Droighnean Donn, in Rosmuc, in Connemara]
6. Song: An Droighnean Donn
7. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I can never thank Colm O Lochlainn enough...' Topics: SE's gratitude to Colm O Lochlainn; SE roamed Ireland on a bicycle to collect music for the Irish Folklore Commission; introduction to the next song]
8. Song: Untitled [Siuil A Ruin]
9. Speech: Untitled ['I found that Connemara...' Topics: riches of Connemara as a repository of folk traditions; SE enjoyed working in Connemara and hated returning to Dublin city; SE visited the Hebrides for the Irish Folklore Commission and spent 6 months there; the song 'O Son of the Earl of the White Banners']
10. Song, Speech: O Son of the Earl of the White Banners [Mhic Iarla Nam Bratach Bana], Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled ['Since then, though, I've been to Scotland several times...' Topics: SE visited the north-east of Scotland, Aberdeenshire and Banffshire; introduction to the next song]
12. Song, Speech: The Barnyards of Delgaty, Untitled
13. Speech: Untitled ['That's one my favourites...' Topic: SE visited Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, where he collected songs from Amos Beckett]
14. Song: Untitled [I Am a Wild and Wicked Youth]
15. Speech: Untitled ['Well, I suppose all of you heard of The Croppy Boy...' Topic: the source of the next song]
16. Song: Untitled [The Herring Song / The Song of the Herring; repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling']
17. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I want to let you hear something from Wales...' Topics: SE's visit to Wales; introduction to the next song, which SE heard in Fishguard]
18. Song: Untitled ['My name is Billy Williams...']
19. Speech: Untitled ['Now, all these songs remind me forcibly...' Topic: music nights in Connemara]
20. Reel with Dancing: The Copperplate Reel
21. Speech: Untitled ['I've seen some old people dancing...' Topic: information about the previous item and the next item]
22. Song, Speech: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor, Untitled ['And on this merry note...' Closing remarks at end of radio programme]
23. Speech: Untitled ['When I was in Cork the other day...' Topic: a meeting with Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe]
24. Reel: The Flowing Bowl [The Piper's Despair]
25. Speech: Untitled ['The best of Padraig's pupils...']
26. Reel: Turkey in the Straw
27. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis...' Topic: the tune 'The Mountain Road'; visiting Julia Clifford in Newcastle West; her 13-year-old son Billy plays the tin whistle for SE]
28. Reel: Kitty Gone A-Milking [Mistitled?; The Old Bush]
29. Speech: Untitled ['That's the tune he was playing...' Topic: SE teaches 'The Mountain Road' to Denis Murphy]
30. Reel: The Mountain Road
31. Speech: Untitled ['I put on the drones at the end of it...']
32. Reel: The Mountain Road
33. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis. I could see young Billy Clifford's eyes...' Topics: the Clifford family learn to play the reel 'The Mountain Road']
34. Reel: The Mountain Road
35. Speech: Untitled ['It was a long road home...' Topics: going home after a long session of music with the Clifford family; setting a clutch of eggs under a turkey; introduction to the next piece of music]
36. Jig: The Humours of Lisheen
37. Speech: Untitled ['All I can say is...']
38. Reel: The Woman of the House [End of a programme?]
39. Miscellaneous: Untitled [End-of-tape noises, including the sound of the original tape rewinding] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle A1, 7–8, 22;
speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
pipes solo A3, 5, 14, 16, 20;
singing in English A10;
singing in Irish A12, 18;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
lilting A8

Running Order:
1. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
2. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: how long does it take to make a piper? 7 years learning, 7 years practising, 7 years playing to become a piper; story about squabbling brothers; the test piece for pipers (the tune that follows); introduction to the next piece of music, which SE learned from his father]
3. 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]
4. 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]
5. Reel: The Shaskeen Reel
6. 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']
7. Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta], Untitled
8. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide] with lilting by C Mac M
9. 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]
10. Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]
11. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; introduction to the next item]
12. Song: Untitled [Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me; song used to start a faction fight]
13. Speech: Untitled [Discussion of topics related to the previous song, 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]
14. Reel: An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom
15. Speech: Untitled [Topics including: SE plays many instrument, including the fiddle and the Jew's Harp; SE does not play a melodeon or accordion, because the notes are 'ready made'; John Clarke of the Pipers' Club said that accordions were not allowed in the club; story about a changeling who plays the fiddle and later plays the melodeon after being thrown in the river; story about the blacksmith and the Scolaire Bocht – 'se buile moch an Luain agus buile deanach an tSathairn ata dod mhilleadh']
16. Reel: The Merry Blacksmith
17. Speech: Untitled [Lore about blacksmiths, including: blacksmiths are never tired; the tiredness of the blacksmith is put over on the tinker; story about holy person who wants to get a pin made for a cloak – the tinker refuses to do it, but the blacksmith agrees, and for this reason tinkers are cursed; a poet or musician should never be refused in a forge; introduction to the song that follows]
18. Song: Amhran na nGaibhne [About a musician who went to a forge to borrow a spade]
19. Speech: Untitled [The richness of folklore in the Carna area in Connemara; introduction to the reel The Drunken Landlady, which SE learnt in Inis Ni, near Cloch na Ron [Roundstone], in Connemara; SE found the name for the tune in Co Cavan]
20. Reel: The Drunken Landlady
21. Speech: Untitled [Lore about competitions between musicians, which were based on repertoire; story about Henry Bohannon, who got the gift of music from the fairies – competition between him and another piper – wins the competition with The Lark's March / Mairseail na Fuiseoige]
22. Jig: The Lark's March / Mairseail na Fuiseoige / The Lark in the Morning (incomplete; fades out) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Kelly, James, Dublin, speech in English throughout tracks A;
fiddle solo throughout tracks A;
Breathnach, Breandán, speech in English throughout tracks A;
[unidentified performer], accordion in duet B1–4;
[unidentified performer], fiddle solo B5–6, 8–14;
speech in English throughout B5–6, 8–14;
[unidentified performers], speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B;
[unidentified performer], flute solo B7, 15;
[unidentified performer], speech in English B16;
accordion solo B16–17;
[unidentified performer], guitar in duet B1–4

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Making a living from music; instrument tuning; the tune that follows] (very low sound level initially)
2. Reel: Philip O'Beirne's Delight
3. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played and the tune to be played next]
4. Jig: The Kinnegad Slashers [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
5. Hornpipes: The Stage Hornpipe, Western Hornpipe [Transcriptions (from this recording) of both these tunes was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
6. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next]
7. Reel: Sweeney's Reel [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
8. Speech: Untitled [Visits to John Doherty in Donegal]
9. Hornpipe, Speech: Sliabh na mBan [Slievenamon; transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field], Untitled [About the tune just played and the tunes to be played next, both of which were composed by Ed Reavy]
10. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's], Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 18): see first entry in this field]
11. Speech: Untitled
12. Jig, Slip Jig: Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 15, first tune): see first entry in this field], Kitty Come down to Limerick
13. Speech: Untitled [Tunes just played were learned from the playing of John Doherty; the tune to be played next was learned from a recording of Neil O'Boyle, fiddle]
14. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Moving Cloud
15. Speech: Untitled [Neil O'Boyle composed the tune just played; the performer's experiences of meeting the Irish music community in the USA; recording music from 78rpm discs in the collection of Richard Nevins; the tune to be played next, which was the first tune that the performer learned]
16. Jig: Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 17): see first entry in this field]
17. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played, with demonstration on fiddle; the performer started playing the fiddle at the age of 3 or 4; as a boy and teenager, the performer spent much time listening to music; Michael Coleman, Patsy Touhey, Barney Delaney, Seamus Ennis, set high standards; discussion of fiddle and piping styles; one of BB's favourite piping performances is Willie Clancy playing the reel 'The Ravelled Hank of Yarn'; the tune to be played next]
18. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
19. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next; with tentative playing on fiddle]
20. Speech, Jig: Untitled, Untitled [Stated to sometimes have the title 'Apples in Winter'; transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 15, second tune): see first entry in this field]
21. Speech: Untitled [Discussion about the jig title 'Apples in Winter']
22. Reel: Untitled [The Humours of Ballyconnell]
23. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next, which the performer heard on a recording by Mrs Kenny (fiddle)]
24. Reel: All the Ways to Galway
25. Speech: Untitled
26. Jig: Untitled
27. Speech: Untitled [Discussion about the performer's work with Paddy O'Brien; playing music in the USA] [END OF BAND ONE]
28. Speech: Untitled [Playing music in the USA; the community and audience for Irish music in the USA; playing tunes in different keys from the normal; the tune The March of the King of Laois; the tune was published in Playford's collection in England in 1660; BB thinks that tunes played in the key of A have a flavour of the warpipes; similarities between Donegal and Scottish music; Scott Skinner; the music style of John Doherty and other Donegal players; BB objects to hearing John Doherty's music played on the pipes by Robbie Hannan and Joe McLaughlin; the performer's father, John Kelly (senior), had different settings of tunes for concertina and for fiddle; Seamus Connolly's fiddle-playing influenced by the accordion; Paddy Murphy's concertina-playing influenced by the fiddle; BB has a poor opinion of crans being played on the fiddle; story about Tommy Potts reproducing ornamentation by Michael Coleman] [End of recording session with James Kelly]
29. Reels: Untitled [Cross the Shannon; composed by Paddy Fahy], Untitled [Andy McGann's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor's Farewell]
30. Reel: Untitled
31. Jig: Untitled [Tonra's Jig; composed by Brendan Tonra]
32. Reel: Untitled
33. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Maid on the Green; usually with 2 parts, here with 3], Untitled
34. Reel: Untitled [The Humours of Castlefin]
35. Barn Dance / Hornpipe, Barn Dances: Untitled [Curlew Hills; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe], Untitled [Peach Blossom], Untitled [Curlew Hills; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe], Untitled [On commercial 78rpm disc by P J Conlon, accordion; Hanley's Delight]
36. Polkas, Speech: Untitled, The School in the Valley [The Bog down in the Valley], Untitled
37. Jig, Speech: Loughlin's Jig [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig], Untitled
38. Hornpipe, Speech: Kitty's Wedding, Untitled
39. Hornpipe: Untitled [Played quite fast; perhaps at speed for set-dancing]
40. Speech, Slides: Untitled, Untitled [If I Had a Wife], Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; The Dark Girl in Blue], Untitled
41. Hornpipe: Untitled [Callaghan's]
42. Speech, Air: Untitled, Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor
43. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled (incomplete)
44. Speech, Polkas, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You (related tune)], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
45. Slides: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide], Untitled [Going to the Well for Water; The Kaiser] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
O'Keeffe, Patrick / O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle in duet A1–5;
fiddle solo A6–13;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet A1–5;
Cronin, Patrick / Cronin, Paddy, Kerry, fiddle solo B1–8

Running Order:
1. Polkas: The Green Cottage Polkas (1), The Green Cottage Polkas (2), The Green Cottage Polkas (3)
2. Polkas: Untitled [As I Went out upon the Ice; for another performance of this tune, see track A3], Untitled [Campdown Races], Untitled, Untitled
3. Polkas: The Ballymacelligot Polkas (1) [As I Went out upon the Ice; for another performance of this tune, see track A2], The Ballymacelligot Polkas (2) [Related to the melody of the song 'Annie Laurie'], The Ballymacelligot Polkas (3)
4. Slides: Tom Billy's Medley (1), Tom Billy's Medley (2), Tom Billy's Medley (3) [Dingle Regatta, Sliabh Luachra version]
5. Slides: The Mountcollins Slides (1) [If I Had a Wife], The Mountcollins Slides (2) [Chase Me Charlie]
6. Jig: Gallagher's Jig [Log gives information: '(NB Frieze Britches and Rolling Wave?)' and '(Seven parts)'; version of The Frieze Breeches]
7. Reels: Carrigcastle Reel [The Lass of Carracastle; George White's Favourite], Kennedy's Reel [Related to The Hare's Foot / The Hare's Paw], The Road to Newbridge [The Teetotaller]
8. Air: O'Donnell's Lament [Log gives information: 'Note on disc label – words now lost'; The Lament for O'Donnell / Caoine Ui Dhomhnaill]
9. Air: Lament for Aogan O Rathaile
10. Jigs: The Humours of Ennistymon [Coppers and Brass], I Will If I Can
11. Hornpipes: John Quinn's Favourites (1) [The Home Brew], John Quinn's Favourites (2) [An Tri is a Raon / An Tri is a Rian; The Sands]
12. Single Jigs / Slides: Untitled [The Kilcummin Slide], Untitled [If I Had a Wife, Johnny Leary's / Johnny O'Leary's], Untitled [The Worn Torn Petticoat; The Leprechaun; Quarry Cross]
13. Reels: Rolling on the Ryegrass [Rolling in the Ryegrass], The Heather Breeze, Rolling on the Ryegrass [Rolling in the Ryegrass], The Heather Breeze [CONTINUED ON TRACKS B]
14. Jigs: The Munster Jig, Tell Her I Am [CONTINUED FROM TRACKS A]
15. Reels: Duggan's Fancy / O'Rourke's, The Galtee Mountains [The Galtee Ranger / The Galtee Rangers], The Woman of the House
16. Jigs: Tom Billy's Fancy, The Humours of Kilkenny, Cailleach an Airgid
17. Single Jigs / Slides: The Dark Girl in Blue, Across the Road
18. Reels: The Doon Reel [The Chorus Reel], Pepper and Salt [Tansey's Favourite]
19. Hornpipes: Cronin's Hornpipe, The Green Banner, The Fisherman [Fisher's Hornpipe]
20. Jigs: Down the Meadows [Related to Malowney's Wife (DMI, # 11)], A Tailor I Am [Tell Her I Am] [On the same acetate disc as track B8]
21. Reels: The Dairy Maid, The Morning Star [On the same acetate disc as track B7]
22. Reels: The Wind that Shakes the Barley, The Broom [Wellington's Reel (CRE 3, # 110); closely related to Sheehan's Reel (DMI, # 490); recorded on 78rpm disc by James Morrison, fiddle] (clipped at end) [END OF BANDS ONE AND TWO]