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Performers:
Weldon, Liam, Dublin, singing in English A1-3;
Keenan, Paddy, Dublin, pipes A1-3, 6-9;
Keenan, John?, Dublin, banjo A1-7

Running Order:
1. Song: The Nightingale
2. Song: The Nightingale
3. Song: The Dew on a Far Country [The Verdant Braes of Skreen]
4. Air: Untitled
5. Air: Untitled
6. Reels: Colonel Fraser, My Love Is in America
7. Reels: Colonel Fraser, My Love Is in America
8. Reels: Colonel Fraser, My Love Is in America (false start)
9. Song: Molly Bawn (unfinished) [END OF BANDS ONE AND TWO]

Performers:
Weldon, Liam, Dublin, singing in English A1-2, 4-6;
Keenan, Paddy, Dublin, pipes A1-5, 7-8;
whistle A6;
Unidentified performer [John Keenan Jr, Dublin?], banjo A1-8

Running Order:
1. Song: The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
2. Song, Air: Erin's Lovely Lee, Erin's Lovely Lee
3. Song: Cod Liver Oil
4. Song: The Banks of Arlow = [The Glens of Aherlow ?]
5. Song: Wild Croppy Tailor
6. Reel [? Set Dance?]: The Ace and Deuce of Pipering
7. Jig: The Rambling Pitchfork [END OF BANDS ONE AND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, pipes in duet, A1;
O'Donnell, Michael, Dublin, speech in English A1–5, 7, 9, 12;
speech in Irish A4;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English A1, 5;
O'Dowd, Dan, Dublin, speech in English A2;
Wathen, Ronnie, Wales, pipes solo A3;
speech in English A3;
Standeven, Thomas, USA, speech in English and Irish A4;
Conroy, Andy, Roscommon, pipes solo A6, 8, 10–11, 13;
speech in English A7, 9, 12

Running Order:
1. Slip Jig, Speech, Slip Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio interview; topics: progress that the organisation Na Piobairi Uillean has made; the acquisition of premises for the organisation; its membership; the status of pipemaking; the age profile of members; representation of women], Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: reedmaking; cane plantations in Spain; 40 candidates in the reedmaking workshop; the standard of piping among young people, who are learning from tapes; acquiring a practice set of pipes, price: £14–15; a full set costs £60]
3. Air, Speech, Air: A Spailpin A Run, Untitled [Radio interview; topics: description of Ronnie Wathen's pipes, which he partly made himself], A Spailpin A Run
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: piping in the USA; how the interviewee learnt Irish]
5. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: the future prospects for piping; the availability of historic recordings; the willingness of present-day players to pass on their knowledge, a contrast to the secretiveness of an earlier generation]
6. Jigs, Slip Jig: The Maid on the Green, Untitled [Jackson's Jig], Give Us a Drink of Water [A Drink of Water] [This selection was recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc by piper Patsy Touhey]
7. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: Andy Conroy's home area in Loughlynn, Co Roscommon; other musicians in the area; AC began playing the pipes in England; studying the pipes in Dublin with Leo Rowsome; what impressed AC about Rowsome; AC played the tin whistle before playing the pipes]
8. Hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle, The Leitrim Fancy [This selection was recorded on commercial 78rpm discs by pipers Michael Gallagher and Willie Clancy]
9. Speech: Untitled [Interview; topics: Andy Conroy's style of piping; was influenced by fiddlers as well as pipers; describes his style as 'staccato'; rolls up his trouser leg while playing in order to 'surround the chanter with flesh'; played in Carnegie Hall; worked as a bricklayer; went to the USA in 1952; doesn't speak with an American accent; traditional music in the USA; AC keeps in practice; problems with neighbours when practicing the pipes; introduction to next piece of music]
10. Reels: Lucy Campbell, The Cup of Tea (clipped at end; tape runs out) [This selection was recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc by piper Michael Gallagher] [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Reels: Lucy Campbell, The Cup of Tea (full version of selection at track A10?; sound fade-out during 2nd tune, then the tune is repeated)
12. Speech: Untitled [Interview; topics: the number of pipers in the USA; Thomas Standeven, who speaks several languages; Andy Conroy intends to return to Ireland; may get married; was crossed in love as a young man; introduction to the next tune]
13. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [Influenced by the version recorded by Michael Carney, pipes] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Fay, Lynette, speech in English
Fox, Edel, concertina
MacDiarmada, Óisín, fiddle
Kelly, John Joe, bodhrán
McGrath, Brian, banjo
Mulcahy, Michelle, harp
Connolly, Conor, accordion
Connolly, Ríoghnach, singing in Irish, flute, singing in Welsh, singing in English
[Devlin, Yvan?, harp, fiddle]

Running Order:
Introduction, speech in English / Lynette Fay

Unidentified, set / Edel Fox, concertina ; Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle ; Brian McGrath, banjo ; John Joe Kelly, bodhrán

[The piper's dance, air?] ; [Patrick's Day, air?] ; Is it the priest you want?, slide / Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle

The march of the king of Laois, march ; Feargal O'Gara, reel / Brian McGrath, banjo ; Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle ; John Joe Kelly, bodhrán

The lark in the morning, jig ; The wearied lad, jig / Edel Fox, concertina ; John Joe Kelly, bodhrán

The princess royal [comp. O'Carolan], air / Edel Fox, concertina ; Brian McGrath, banjo ; Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle

Seán Walsh's, reel ; Unidentified, reel / Brian McGrath, banjo

Madam Maxwell [comp. O'Carolan], air / Edel Fox, concertina ; Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle ; John Joe Kelly, bodhrán

The golden keyboard, reel ; My love is in America, reel ; Toss the feathers, reel / Edel Fox, concertina ; Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle ; Brian McGrath, banjo ; John Joe Kelly, bodhrán

Tabhair dom do lámh [comp. Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin], air / Michelle Mulcahy, harp

[Ochill?], air / Michelle Mulcahy, harp

Eleanor Plunkett [comp. O'Carolan], air ; Martin Wynne's, reel ; The duke of Leinster, reel / Michelle Mulcahy, harp

Unidentified, jig ; Unidentified, jig ; Darby the driver, jig / Conor Connolly, accordion

Dark Lochnagar, air / Conor Connolly, accordion

Drowsy Maggie, reel ; Unidentified, reel / Conor Connoly, accordion

Cáilín as Contae Lú, song in English / Ríoghnach Connolly, singing in Irish, flute ; [Yvan Devlin?], harp

Cariad Cyntaf [First love], song in Welsh / Ríoghnach Connolly, singing in Welsh, flute ; [Yvan Devlin?], harp

Unidentified, air / [Yvan Devlin?], harp

Old Ardboe, song in English / Ríognach Connelly, singing in English ; [Yvan Devlin?], fiddle

Performers:
O'Connor, Liam, speech in English
Armagh Pipers Club, instrumental group=
Ní Bhradáin, Caoimhe, flute
White, Annalise, accordion
White, Áine, fiddle
Smith, Aoife, uilleann pipes
MacMahon, Iarla, uilleann pipes
MacMahon, Piaras Óg, singing in English
[Jude?], accordion

Running Order:
Introduction, speech in English / Liam O'Connor

The march of Mín na Toiteán bull, march ; Unidentified [comp. Niall Vallely], march ; Unidentified [comp. Niall Vallely], reel / Armagh Pipers Club [= Caoimhe Ní Bhradáin, flute ; Annalise White, accordion ; Áine White, fiddle ; Aoife Smith, uilleann pipes]

The sunnyside, jig ; Emmet's hedgehog, jig ; Down the lane, jig / Armagh Pipers Club [= Caoimhe Ní Bhradáin, flute ; Annalise White, accordion ; Áine White, fiddle ; Aoife Smith, uilleann pipes]

Unidentified, jig set / Armagh Pipers Club [= Caoimhe Ní Bhradáin, flute ; Iarla MacMahon, uilleann pipes ]

The secondhand trousers, song in English / Armagh Pipers Club [= Piaras Óg MacMahon, singing in English]

Philis's birthday, reel ; The controversial reel, reel ; Carmel O'Mahoney's, reel / Armagh Pipers Club [= Jude?, accordion]

The rookery, reel ; The new found out, reel ; The millhouse, reel / Armagh Pipers Club [= Caoimhe Ní Bhradáin, flute ; Annalise White, accordion ; Áine White, fiddle ; Aoife Smith, uilleann pipes]