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Recorded in the house of Miss Mary Byrne, Malinbeg, Co. Donegal from Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), 30 August 1968 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Lucy Hegarty (aged about 58), native of Teelin, teaching in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, 30 August 1968 [tracks 2–5]
Recorded at the house of John Byrne, Meenacross, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Byrne (aged about 70), his son James (aged about 28), Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsaias], aged about 45) and Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, (aged about 25), 1 September 1968 [tracks 6–15]

Performers:
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Track 1;
Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish Tracks 2–5;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsiais), fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15 singing in English Track 9;
James Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15, fiddle solo Tracks 7, 10;
Joseph Boyle ('Jojo'), singing in Irish Track 8;
John Byrne, fiddle solo, Track 12–14

Running Order:
1. Erin’s lovely lee (‘On March the sixth in sixty-nine we sailed from Queenstown quay...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English [session continued from 6122] [end of session]
2. Pil, pill, a rúin o, song [repeated on high pitch, verses reordered] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish 
3. An draighneán donn (‘Síleann céad fear gur leo féin mé nuair a ólaim leann...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
4. An buinneán buí (‘A bhuinneán buí ’sé mo léan do luí...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
5. Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaí, song [fragmented] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish [end of session]
6. Meenacross reel [= The pinch of snuff], reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle; James Byrne, fiddle
7. Miss McLeod’s reel / James Byrne, fiddle
8. Sean Dun na nGall (‘O grá gheal mo chroi thú, Tír Chonaill a stór...’, song / Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, singing in Irish
9. Bodenstown churchyard, song (‘In Bodenstown churchyard there lies a green grave...’), song / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, singing in English
10. Croaghacullion reel / James Byrne, fiddle
11. Michael Coleman’s reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
12. Ri Mhin na Saileach, highland / John Byrne, fiddle solo
13. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘John and Biddy’s jig’], jig [clipped at start] / John Byrne, fiddle
14. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘Lordy’s jig’ after nickname of Jojo’s grandfather, Hugh Boyle], jig / John Byrne, fiddle
15. Untitled / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle

Performers:
Digitised and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, completed December 2005.Tracks 7–19 are an off-air recording of the RTE radio programme \'The Long Note\'.The track listing that follows is a first draft showing the items that have not been digitised;
these items come from the LP record \'Mo Cheol Thu\'. They appear on the tape after track A6OMIT Air: Untitled [The Lark in the Clear Air] g o\'grady & Eily pno?OMIT Speech, Untitled [Radio announcement;
topic: background to the song \'An Clar Bog Deil\']OMIT Song: An Clar Bog DeilOMIT Polka: Untitled (incomplete) [PROBABLY END OF BAND ONE?DAT transferred digitally to hard drive and saved as 24 bit BWF using the DATs original sample rate. Files are stored on ITMA server. The WAV titles follow the convention of their relevant DAT copies. Niall Hackett, 2010Imported from Reeldubs July 2013Dubbed to DAT June 1998

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
2. Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
3. Jigs: Untitled [An Rogaire Dubh; The Black Rogue], Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap] [Dubbing of 78rpm disc]
4. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe; sound extremely faint; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
5. Strathspey?: Untitled [Levels fluctuate widely; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
6. Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled [Dubbing of 78rpm disc; this is followed by dubbings from the commercial LP 'Mo Cheol Thu'; this content has not been digitised] [END OF RELEVANT CONTENT ON BAND ONE?]
7. Speech, Speech, Single Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled, Untitled [The Long Note; signature tune of the RTE radio programme of which this is a dub; this tune is related to the reel 'Jenny's Welcome to Charlie'], Untitled [Radio announcements, the first as voice-over]
8. Jig: Untitled [The Newport Lass; The Trip to Athlone]
9. Speech, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to the next piece of music], Drowsy Maggie, Untitled
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; information about a concert of traditional music in the Tailor's Hall, Dublin, which was recorded as part of a radio series presented by Breandan Breathnach on BBB radio Northern Ireland]
11. Jigs / Marches, Speech: Montrose O'Sullivan's March, Allistrum's March [Mairseail Alasdroim], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
12. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topic: the history of the Dublin area The Little Green]
13. Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [The Blackbird; George Rowley's Blackbird], Untitled [Radio announcement]
14. Song: Lovely Nancy
15. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to poem; poem 'Leeds no Amsterdam' recited by its author]
16. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Lark in the Morning], Untitled [Radio presentation about busking in Dublin]
17. Speech, Speech, Song?: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topics: the names of islands in Scotland; introduction to the performance of mouth music that follows], Untitled [Mouth music performance]
18. Strathspeys, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
19. Instrumental Piece, Speech, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: current music events in Dublin], Untitled [Radio announcement]

Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 18 March 1975, from Eddie Butcher [tracks 1–11], from Len Graham and Joe Holmes (both from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim) [tracks 12–17]

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, speech in English Tracks 1-4, 6-9, 11, singing in English Tracks 5, 10;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 6, 11;
Graham, Len, singing in English Tracks 12, 14, 16, speech in English Tracks 13, 17;
Holmes, Joe, singing in English Tracks 12, 14-16

Running Order:
1. Go from the window, chantefable [story including song ‘The wind and the rain’] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English, singing in English
2. The lodger, story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
3. The scythe (‘This boy was hired to this farmer...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
4. The scythe (‘This boy was hired to the farmer...’), story [repeated with additional detail] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
5. Don’t come again (‘Oh, the first place that I saw my love...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Queries on local matters [The Point fair ; poteen ; rabbits], speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English
7. The bad meat house (‘There were a boy hired to a farmer yin time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
8. The rich man’s three sons (‘There were a very rich man yin time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
9. The minister’s goat (‘There were a minister yin time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
10. The cricket club and ball (‘You ranting boys of Derry toys...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Query on the ‘Irish fair’ on the Back strand, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. The nobleman’s wedding [=Another man’s wedding] (‘Once I was asked to a nobleman’s wedding...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English ; Joe Holmes, singing in English
13. Talk about the song ‘Roddy McCauley’ / Len Graham, speech in English
14. Roddy McCorley (‘You tender-hearted Christians, attention pay to me...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English
15. The Shamrock Shore (‘My friends and comrades, pray pay attention...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English
16. The dark-eyed gypsy (‘There were threee gipsies in the East...’), song [see 7504] Joe Holmes, singing in English ; Len Graham, singing in English
17. Talk about the song ‘The dark-eyed gypsy’ / Len Graham, speech in English [session continued on 7502] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 18 March 1975, from Eddie Butcher and from Len Graham and Joe Holmes (both from Ballymoney, Co. Antrim). [tracks 1–23]

Performers:
Graham, Len, singing in English Tracks 1, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, speech in English Tracks 1, 6, 8, 12, 15, 18, 21, lilting Track 23 ;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 2-3, 10, 16, 20, speech in English Track 10;
Holmes, Joe, singing in English Tracks 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, speech in English Tracks 4, 6, 15, lilting Track 23 ;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 6, 15, 18

Running Order:
1. Talk about the following song ; The flower of Gortade (‘Descend ? ye chaste muses, ye bards and ye sages...’), speech ; song [Sam Henry no. 178, attributed by Sean O’Boyle to a ‘Mayoghill poet called Kane’] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Len Graham, speech in English, singing in English [session continued from 7502]
2. The Point fair (‘On the twenty-first of April, nineteen sixty-nine...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Green grows the laurel (‘Green grows the laurel and so does the rue...’), song [cf. 6912 and studio recording] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Talk by Joe Holmes about his life and about the song ‘The strands of Magilligan’, speech / Joe Holmes, speech in English
5. The strands of Magilligan (‘I’m a stranger to this country, from America I came...’), song [cf. 6910, 6920, 6926, 6130] / Joe Holmes, singing in English
6. Talk about the song ‘The strands of Magilligan’ / Joe Holmes, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Len Graham, speech in English
7. The strands of Magilligan, song [a further verse] Joe Holmes, singing in English
8. Talk about the song ‘Ri tan tin a na’ / Len Graham, speech in English
9. Ri tan tin a na (‘I am a rambling Irishman, in Ulster I was bornen...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English ; Joe Holmes, singing in English
10. The Paisley canal (‘Pray look on this victim of Cupid...’), chantefable [story incorporating the song ‘The Paisley canal’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, speech in English
11. That little thatched cabin (‘Right well I remember that little thatched cabin...’), song / Joe Holmes, singing in English
12. Talk about the song ‘My boy Willie’ / Len Graham, speech in English
13. My boy Willie [=Willy-O] (‘My Willie sails on board a tender...’), song [cf. 6821, 6827, 6828, 6832] / Len Graham, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. The pretty little cock (‘It happened for to be on a cold winter’s evening...’), song [Child no 248] / Joe Holmes, singing in English ; Len Graham, singing in English [session continued from 7502]
15. Talk about the song ‘The pretty little cock’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Joe Holmes, speech in English ; Len Graham, speech in English
16. Laurel Hill (‘When the war it oppressed every nation with horror...’), song [cf. 6112] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. The rambling boys of pleasure (‘Ye rambling boys of pleasure, give ear unto these lines I write...’), song [learnt from R. Cinnamond’s recording?] / Len Graham, singing in English ; Joe Holmes, singing in English
18. Talk about the song ‘green fields of America’ / ; Len Graham, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
19. The green fields of America (‘Farewell to old Ireland, the land of my fathers...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English
20. Burns and his Highland Mary (‘In green Caledonia there ne’er were two lovers...’), song [cf. 6811, 6832, 6125] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
21. Talk about the song ‘The rights of man’ / Len Graham, speech in English
22. The rights of man (‘I’ll speak in candour of a night in slumber...’), song / Len Graham, singing in English
23. The five-mile chase ; The boys of Ballycastle, reels [lilted] / Len Graham, lilt ; Joe Holmes, lilt [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in Brolly’s bar, Myroe, Co. Derry from John Fleming (aged about 40), lorry driver from Bellarena, Co Derry, 19 March 1975 [tracks A1–2]
Recorded at the farm of Michael O’Hara, Glack, near Limavady, Co. Derry from Jackie Devenny (aged about 35, from Coleraine) and Michael and Lizzie O’Hara, 19 March 1975 [tracks 3–8]
Recorded in the house of Eddie Butcher at Aughil crossroads, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 20 March 1975 [tracks 9–11]
Recorded in New Mallard bar, Clooney. Magilligan, Co. Derry, 20 March 1975 [tracks 12–26]

Performers:
Fleming, John, singing in English Tracks 1-2;
Devenny, Jackie, singing in English Track 3, speech in English Track 4;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English, Tracks 4, 7, 10, 18, 23;
O'Hara, Lizzie, singing in English Tracks 5-6, speech in English Track 7;
O'Hara, Michael, singing in English Track 8;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 8-9, 11, 16, 20, 26, speech in English Tracks 10, 13, 15;
Anderson, Tom, singing in English Tracks 12, 17, 19, 21-22, 24-25, speech in English Track 18, 23;
Anderson, Nelly, speech in English Tracks 14, 18, singing in English Track 21

Running Order:
1. Dobbin’s flowery vale (‘As I roved out one evening for to view this pleasant scene...’), song / John Fleming, singing in English
2. Deep Sheephaven Bay (‘It’s far behind the Rosses hills the sun goes down to rest...’), song / John Fleming, singing in English
3. Ireland’s lovely green (‘One night as I lay slumbering on my silent bed alone...’), song [learnt from Sarah Ann O’Neill] / Jackie Devenny (of Coleraine, aged about 35), singing in English
4. Talk about the song ‘Ireland’s lovely green’ / Jackie Devenney, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
5. The bonny wee lass of the glen (‘It being on a bright summer’s morning...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English
6. The old cross of Ardboe (‘Fare thee well, my native green-clad hills, fare thee well, my shamrock glens...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English
7. Talk about the song ‘The old cross of Ardboe’ [indicating gramophone record as her source] / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
8. Cofer John (‘Cofer John’s a civil man...’), song / Mrs Lizzie O’Hara, singing in English / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
9. Come all you fair maids wherever you be, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. Talk about the song ‘Come all you fair maids wherever you be’ / Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
11. Come all you fair maids wherever you be, song [with an extra verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. The home that I left behind (‘Farewell to dear old Ireland, it’s a place you all know well...’), Tom Anderson (aged about 73), singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
13. We gied the Pope a quare touch the day (‘Ay, well this oul fellow went in to this oul woman..’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
14. Orange lilies, (‘There were a woman going up the Commons to St Malachy’s...’), story / Mrs Nelly Anderson, speech in English
15. The Pope borrowing a bicycle (‘I had a quare dream last night...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
16. It’s only a step from Killarney to Heaven (‘It was at a camp-fire concert...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. The wheel of fortune (‘When I was young I was well beloved...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
18. Talk about the song ‘The wheel of fortune’, about Sarah Sweeney from whom it was obtained, and about the sand-hills at Magilligan point, speech / Tom Anderson, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
19. The Myroe ploughing match (‘Oh, you brave boys of Newtown and likewise Myroe...’), song [incomplete] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
20. The Myroe ploughing match, song [completed with help from Tom Anderson in last verse] Eddie Butcher, singing in English / Tom Anderson, singing in English
21. Mary Acklin (‘Oh, come all you young maidens, draw near me, and the truth to you now I’ll unfold...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English / Mrs Nelly Anderson, singing in English;
22. Spencer Hill (‘Last night as I lay dreaming I fell into a dream...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English song
23. Talk about the song ‘Spencer Hill’ / Tom Anderson, speech in English ; Mrs Nelly Anderson, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
24. The wheel of fortune (‘When I was young I was well beloved...’), song [first 4 lines] / Tom Anderson, singing in English
25. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold, like I not long ago...’), song / Tom Anderson, singing in English
26. The two sweethearts (‘A group of young soldiers one night at a spree...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued on 7506] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, from Eddie and Gracie Butcher from Magilligan, Co. Derry and from Jackie Devenny (aged about 35, from Coleraine), 8 September 1975 [tracks 1–11, 15]
Recorded from Eddie Butcher in The Tradition Club, Slattery’s pub, Capel St., Dublin 8 September 1975 [tracks 12–14]

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, speech in English Tracks 1-2, 4, 9-10, singing in English Tracks 3, 5, 8, 11-15;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 1-2, 4, 7;
Butcher, Gracie, speech in English Track 2;
Devenney Jackie, singing in English Track 6, speech in English Track 7

Running Order:
1. Talk about Eddie Butcher’s father singing the ‘Silk merchants daughter’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English [session continued from 7407]
2. Talk about Kate Curry and the long songs / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Gracie Butcher, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English
3. Walling of the men (‘Oh, come all you jolly working men whereever that you be...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Talk about the song ‘Walling of the men’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Eddie Butcher, speech in English ; Gracie Butcher, speech in English
5. The very first night (‘The very first night that we were married...’), song [one-verse fragment] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. The mountainy farmer (‘I am a mountainy farmer, I’m fated to work and toil...’), song / Jackie Devenney, singing in English
7. Talk about the song ‘The mountainy farmer’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Jackie Devenney, speech in English
8. Rock my wee baby to sleep (‘I married a wife, she was just forty-five...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
9. I hae forgot the password (‘This old boy driv a hackney car...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
10. The Lord Mayor (‘This boy was walking through [the] London...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
11. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold like I not long ago...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. Sarah Jane (‘One day for my amusement, it being Sunday afternoon...’), song [words by Jimmy McCurry] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. Down the moor (‘One morn in May when fields wee gay...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. Opening of two songs not recorded [It’s only a step from Killarney to Heaven (‘It was at a campfire concert...’) and The two sweethearts] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
15. Virgin only nineteen years old (‘As I went a-walking down by the Strand...’). song [fragment of two and a half verses], / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded in the house of Joe McCafferty, Derryconor, Co. Donegal, 30 July 1977 [copied from 7701 cassette] [tracks A5–6)
Recorded in the house of Joe McCafferty, Derryconor, Co. Donegal, 18 August 1977 [tracks A1–4, 6–9)
Recorded at the house of Joe Phil Beag Rogers, Ballard, Arranmore Island, Co. Donegal, 19 August 1977 [tracks 10–17]

Performers:
McCafferty, Joe, speech in Irish Tracks 1, 3, 7-8, speech in English Tracks 2, 4, singing in English Tracks 5-6;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 4, 11-12, 15-16;
Shields, Lisa, speech in English Track 4;
McCafferty, Cait, speech in Irish Track 9;
Rogers, Joe Phil Beag, singing in English Tracks 10, 13-14, 17, speech in English Tracks 11-12, 15-16

Running Order:
1. Story: Leann den fhraoch (‘Nuair a thainig na hÉireannaig— na Lochlannaí isteach go hÉirinn...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
2. Queries on the songs ‘Gleanntán an coillidh uaignigh’, ‘Rusty mare’, ‘Séamus Mac Murchaidh’, ‘Seacht ndólas na Maighdine Muire’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Joe McCafferty, speech in English
3. Liam an tSoip [see English version ‘Willy the Wisp’ on HS 7702] (‘Bhí fear ann fadó shin: gabaha a bhí ann...’), story / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
4. Talk about the story 'Liam an tSoip' and Joe McCafferty's family history,speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Lisa Shields, speech in English
5. The Grey Fanad Mare (‘Yous Donegal heroes wherever you be...’) / Joe McCafferty singing in English, song [copied from HS 7701 cassette] / Joe McCafferty singing in English
6. The Grey Fanad Mare (take two), song / Joe McCafferty singing in English
7. Speech: Farewell (‘Beannacht leat [to Lisa] agus coisreacadh De agus na Maighdine Muire...’), speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
8. Farewell (‘Beannacht...’) (fresh start), speech / Joe McCafferty, speech in Irish
9. Farewell (‘Mo seacht mbennacht agus beannacht De oraibh uile...’), speech / Cáit McCafferty, speech in Irish [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Caroline of Edinburgh Town (‘Come all you lads and lasses and listen to my rhyme...’), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English
11. Talk about the song 'Caroline of Edinburgh Town', speech / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
12. Introduction to the song 'The Rocks of Islandcrone', speech / Joe Phil Beag ; Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
13. The Rocks of Islandcrone (‘Come all you lads and lasses wherever you may be...’), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English
14. The Rocks of Islandcrone (fresh start), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English
15. Speech: Text of a verse from the song 'The Rocks of Islandcrone' spoken, speech / Joe Phil Beag ; Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
16. Introduction to the song 'Come All You sporting fellows', speech / Joe Phil Beag ; Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
17. Song: Come All You sporting fellows (Come all you sporting fellows along with me did run...’), song / Joe Phil Beag Rogers, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in Andrew Early's lounge bar, Leabgarrow, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 26 August 1977 [tracks1–19]
Recorded in Andrew Early's sitting room, Leabgarrow, Arranmore, Co. Donegal, 26 August 1977 evening [tracks 20–26]
Recorded in the house of Charlie Rua Coll, age 93, Ballintra, Arranmore, 31 July 1977 [session copied from cassette 7701, spoiled by hum] [tracks 27–35]

Performers:
?, Condy, accordion solo Tracks 1-4;
Boner, Packy, accordion solo Tracks 5-8, 10, 12, 14-16, speech in English Tracks 9, 11, A16, lilting Track 17;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 9, 11, 16, 20, 26, 30, 33, 35;
Molloy, Mick, speech in English Tracks 10, 13, 19, singing in English Tracks 13, 18;
Early, Andrew, speech in English Tracks 20, 22, 26, 28, singing in Irish Tracks 21, singing in English Tracks 23-25;
Coll, Charlie Ruaidh, singing in English Tracks 27, 29, 34, speech in English Tracks 28, 30, 33 35;
Mary née McColl, singing in Irish, singing in English Track 31, speech in English Tracks 32-33

Running Order:
1. The cock of the North, slide / Condy, accordion solo [continuation of 7706]
2. Popular air, / Condy, accordion solo
3. Father Murphy, air / Condy, accordion solo
4. Undentified reel, / Condy, accordion solo
5. An chrubach i dToraigh / Packy Boner, accordion solo
6. The Shamrock Shore / Packy Boner, accordion solo ; Condy, singing in English
7. Unidentified marches / Packy Boner, accordion solo
8. Glendoon Highland, / Packy Boner, accordion solo
9. Talk about the tune ‘Glendoon Highland’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Packy Boner, speech in English
10. Miss [Mrs.] Drummonds of Perth, jig / Packy Boner, accordion solo
11. Talk about the jig ‘Miss/Mrs. Drummonds of Perth’ / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Packy Boner, speech in English ; Mick Molloy, speech in English
12. Westering home, waltz / Packy Boner, accordion
13. We started with George Wimpy (‘Sure we’re back in old Ireland in the County Mayo...’), recitation [fragment] and song / Mick Molloy, speech in English, singing in English
14. Father Murphy, air / Packy Boner, accordion solo
15. The Londonderry hornpipe / Packy Boner, accordion solo
16. All the ways to go, jig and talk about it, speech / Packy Boner, accordion solo, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
17. All the ways to go, jig / Packy Boner, lilt
18. Football song / Mick Molloy, singing in English
19. 1967 The European Cup (‘Eleven men they hammered until Gemmell found the crack...’), recitation / Mick Molloy, speech in English [end of session]
20. Introduction to the song ‘Tá crioth ar mo chroí’, speech / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Andrew Early, speech in English
21. Tá crioth ar mo chroí (‘.........nach gneasoinn go deo [?]...’), song / Andrew Early, singing in Irish
22. The lonely Jersey bull (‘I was born in far-off Canada where prairies do abound...’) , recitation song [learnt by AE in America from the composer, Pete Sweeney, from whom he also learned Irish] / Andrew Early, singing in Irish, speech in English
23. The Lowlands of Holland (‘The first night I got married, on a marriage bed I lay...’), song (clipped) [learnt from the well-known ‘Róise na namhrán’, Mrs Green, Scraigathoke, Arranmore] / Andrew Early, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
24. The lowlands of Holland (‘The first night I got married and lay on a marriage bed...’) (complete) / Andrew Early, singing in English
25. The lonely Jersey bull, song / Andrew Early, singing in English
26. Talk about the song ‘The lonely Jersey bull’, speech / Andrew Early, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English [end of session]
27. The loyal lover (‘Come all you loyal lovers, wherever you may be...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
28. Talk about the song ‘The loyal lover’, speech [copied from 7701 cassette]] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English [copied from 7701 cassette]
29. Caroline of Edinburgh town (‘Come all you loyal lovers and come listen to my rhyme...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
30. Talk about the song ‘Caroline of Edinburgh town, speech [copied from 7701 cassette] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English ; Mary née McColl [?], speech in English
31. The words of the bilingual song ‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh’ (‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh ‘s an grian ag gabháil a luí...’), song [session copied from 7701 cassette / Mary née McColl [Charlie’s daughter], singing in Irish, singing in English
32. Trathnóna álainn samhraidh [fragment], and talk, song ; speech / Mary née McColl, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
33. Talk about the song ‘Trathnóna álainn samhraidh’ and local matters, speech [copied from 7701 cassette]/ Mary née McColl, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English
34. Erin’s green shore (‘ [One evening] of late as I strayed on the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song [copied from 7701 cassette] / Charlie Rua McColl, singing in English
35. Talk about the song ‘Erin’s green shore’, speech [copied from 7701 cassette] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Charlie Rua McColl, speech in English [end of the session copied from 7701 cassette. Original tape has recording here of middle C on the Orion cassette machine used for HS 7701 from which this session was copied] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Miss Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’, 74 years), Bunglass Road, Teelin, Co. Donegal, 18 September 1968

Performers:
Mary Byrne, singing in Irish Tracks 1–4, 11, singing in English Tracks 8, 10, lilting Track 9;
Mrs Mary Cassidy, singing in English Tracks 5, 7, singing in Irish Tracks 6–7

Running Order:
1. An sean-duine dóite (‘Dá bhfuighfeadh an sean-duine an úsáid ba chóir dó...’), song / Miss Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’,  74 years), singing in Irish
2. Bríd bhán (‘Ní thaaitneann liom-sa an sliabh...’), song [fragment] /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in Irish
3. Bríd bhán, song [fragment] /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in Irish 
4. Bríd bhán, song [complete] /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in Irish
5. She left the fair shores (‘She left the fair shores of her own native Ireland...’), song / Mrs Mary Cassidy (née Haughey, age about 54), singing in English
6. Is trua gan mé thiar ag Eóinín Ó Ragadáin, song [fragments—for complete version by her mother see  6833 track A6] / Mrs Mary Cassidy, singing in Irish
7. Rock a bye baby on the tree top ; seo ba, seo ba, seo ba , mo leanbh [fragment], lullabies [to  air  of ‘Rocking the cradle’] /  Mary Cassidy, singing in English, singing in Irish
8. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one evening it being in the month of June...’), song  /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), singing in English
9. Sidhe piper’s tune, reel  /  Mary Byrne (‘Máire Johnny Johndy’), lilt
10. Lough Swilly shore (‘Farewell, friends, I’m going to leave you...’) /  Mary Cassidy, singing in English
11. A chaora bheag dhílis, song [from school] /  Mary Cassidy, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded from Eddie Butcher at the house of his brother John Butcher, Drumavally, Magilligan, 17 July 1969 [track 1]
Recorded from Magilligan children in the house of Eddie Butcher , Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 19 July 1969 [tracks 2–18]

Performers:
Butcher, Edward, singing in English Track1;
McDaid, Jacqueline, singing in English Tracks 4, 10-15, 17;
Fleming, Ann, speech in English Tracks 2-3, singing in English Tracks 8, 10, 12-15, 17;
Cunning, Sheila, singing in English Tracks 6, 10, 12-15, 17;
McDonnell, Olive, speech in English Track s 2-3, 9, singing in English Tracks 10, 12-15, 17;
Sweeney, Ruby, speech in English Track 5, singing in English Tracks 10-15, 17;
McDaid, Margaret, speech in English Tracks 7, 16, singing in English Tracks 7, 10-15, 17;
Gill, Rosemary, singing in English Track 18;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Tracks 2, 16

Running Order:
1. It is now for New England, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6905]
2. Two little dicky birds, rhyme [recited out of doors with children skipping] / Olive McDonnell (8), speech in English ; Ann Fleming (7), speech in English
3. Two little dicky birds, rhyme [recited out of doors] / Olive McDonnell (8), speech in English ; Ann Fleming (7), speech in English
4. Fifty years ago (‘Put on your hat, my darling Pat..’), song [stage Irish, fragment] / Jacqueline McDaid (7), singing in English
5. Kneeling on the carpet so so sweet, rhyme [for game] / Ruby Sweeney (9), speech in English
6. Little sister, dance with me, song [from class] / Sheila Cunning (8), singing in English
7. On a mountain stands a lady, song [for game]; recitation / Margaret McDaid (10), singing in English, speech in English
8. Round and round goes the gilly gilly ship, rhyme / Olive McDonnell (8), speech in English
9. A little thing goes wandering about, song [for game, fragment] /Ann Fleming (7), singing in English
10. A little thing goes wandering about, song / all the children, singing in English
11. On a mountain stands a lady, song [sung to play] / all the children, singing in English
12. A little thing goes wandering about, song / Margaret McDaid (10), singing in English ;  Ruby Sweeney (9), singing in English ; Jacqueline McDaid (7), singing in English
13. Round and round goes the gilly gilly ship, song / all the children, singing in English
14. Sweep the house to the maid comes in, song / all the children, singing in English
15. Ten guineas to know her name, song / all the children, singing in English
16. The preceding game [tracks 13–15 combined], explained, speech / Margaret McDaid (10), speech in English
17. The above three rhymes repeated to play the game, song [sung to play] // all the children, singing in English
18. Ba ba black sheep, song / Rosemary McGill, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]