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Performers:
Unidentified, speech in English
McDonagh, Conor, flute
Sheridan, Brian, accordion
Johnston, Sinéad, banjo
Johnston, Aoife, concertina
Flanagan, David, guitar
Lee, Ciara, fiddle
O'Grady, Theresa, banjo
Gormley, Daithí, accordion
Ní Cheannabháin, Catríona, singing in Irish
Frain, Keith, tin whistle, flute, saxophone
Dwyer, John, tin whistle, piano
Collis, Patricia, tin whistle
Egan, Marion, tin whistle
Kearins, Caoimhe, tin whistle, fiddle
Kearins, Fionnuala, tin whistle, piano
Davey, Junior, bodhrán
Shannon, Aidan, flute
Healy, Darragh, melodeon
McCormack, Conal, bodhrán
McGuinness, Damien, accordion
Folan, Declan, fiddle
Barry, Leonard, uilleann pipes
McGowan, Shane, guitar
MacDiarmada, Óisín, fiddle
Stenson, Damien, flute
Dunleavy, Mark, uilleann pipes
McGuire, Manus, fiddle
O'Donnell, Siobhán, guitar, lilting
Doherty, Stephen, flute, bodhrán
Doocey, David, fiddle
McGuinness, Jason, fiddle
Hanley, Síofra, harp
Gavin, Tom, flute
McDonagh, Fr. James, flute, singing in Irish
Frain, Adrian, tin whistle
Frain, Mary, guitar
Ní Choisdealbha, Neansaí, flute
Doherty, Fiona, fiddle
Hurley, Michael, flute

Running Order:
1. Introduction, speech in English / Unidentified
2. The shaskeen, reel ; Matt Peoples' reels, reel set / Conor McDonagh, flute ; Brian Sheridan, accordion ; Sinéad Johnston, banjo ; Aoife Johnston, concertina ; David Flanagan, guitar ; Ciara Lee, fiddle
3. Larkin's beehive, reel ; Jim Donohue's, reel / Conor McDonagh, flute ; Aoife Johnston, concertina ; David Flanagan, guitar
4. Scatter the mud, jig ; The sunny hills of Beara, jig / Brian Sheridan, accordion ; Sinéad Johnston, banjo ; David Flanagan, guitar
5. The Cavan reel, reel ; Eileen O'Brien's, reel / Conor McDonagh, flute ; Brian Sheridan, accordion ; Sinéad Johnston, banjo ; Aoife Johnston, concertina ; David Flanagan, guitar ; Ciara Lee, fiddle
6. Return to Burton Road [comp. Richie Dwyer], jig ; Munster jig, jig / Theresa O'Grady, banjo ; Daithí Gormley, accordion
7. McKenna Country [comp. Joe Liddy], reel ; Maids of Mount Cisco, reel ; The Cappataggle shuffle [comp. Frankie Gavin], reel / Theresa O'Grady, banjo ; Daithí Gormley, accordion
8. Buachaill ón Eirne, song in Irish / Catríona Ní Cheannabháin, singing in Irish
9. The Kilmovee jig, jig ; The cat's meow, jig / Keith Frain, tin whistle ; John Dwyer, tin whistle ; Patricia Collis, tin whistle ; Marion Egan, tin whistle ; Caoimhe Kearins, tin whistle ; Fionnuala Kearins, tin whistle ; Junior Davey, bodhrán
10. Duke of Leinster, reel ; London lasses, reel / Keith Frain, tin whistle ; John Dwyer, tin whistle ; Patricia Collis, tin whistle ; Marion Egan, tin whistle ; Caoimhe Kearins, tin whistle ; Fionnuala Kearins, tin whistle ; Junior Davey, bodhrán
11. The ballad of Michael Coleman [comp. Josie MacDermott], song in English / Fionnuala Kearins, piano ; Caoimhe Kearins, fiddle, singing in English
12. Mullingar Races, reel ; Martin Wynne's no. 4, reel ; Graf Spey [Fred Finn version], reel / Fionnuala Kearins, piano ; Caoimhe Kearins, fiddle
13. The tailor's thimble, reel ; The rookery, reel ; The Rossport, reel / Aidan Shannon, flute ; Darragh Healy, melodeon ; Conal McCormack, bodhrán ; Damien McGuinness, accordion
14. The ten penny bit, jig ; The ten penny piece, slip jig / Aidan Shannon, flute ; Darragh Healy, melodeon ; Conal McCormack, bodhrán ; Damien McGuinness, accordion
15. If there weren't any women in the world, barndance ; Come west along the road, reel / Aidan Shannon, flute ; Darragh Healy, melodeon ; Conal McCormack,, bodhrán ; Damien McGuinness, accordion ; Unidentified, dancing
16. The belles of Tipperary, reel ; The Killavil jig, jig / Declan Folan, fiddle ; Leonard Barry, uilleann pipes ; Shane McGowan, guitar ; Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle ; Damien Stenson, flute
17. Unidentified, slig jig set / Declan Folan, fiddle ; Leonard Barry, uilleann pipes ; Shane McGowan, guitar ; Óisín MacDiarmada, fiddle ; Damien Stenson, flute
18. Nine points of roguery, reel ; Kiss the maid behind the barrell, reel / Declan Folan, fiddle ; Leonard Barry, uilleann pipes ; Shane McGowan, guitar ; Oisín MacDiarmada, fiddle ; Damien Stenson, flute
19. Unidentified, jig ; The frost is all over, jig / Mark Dunleavy, uilleann pipes
20. Ambrose Maloney's, reel ; My former wife, jig / Mark Dunleavy, uilleann pipes
21. The strayaway child [comp. Michael Gorman], jig / Manus McGuire, fiddle
22. Blacksmiths fancy, reel ; Hare's paw, reel ; Old copperplate, reel / Manus McGuire, fiddle
23. Cooleys, hornpipe ; Mountain top, reel / Siobhán O'Donnell, guitar ; Stephen Doherty, flute ; David Doocey, fiddle
24. The hag at the churn, jig ; Within a mile of Dublin, reel / Siobhán O'Donnell, lilting ; Stephen Doherty, bodhrán
25. The providence, reel ; Templehouse, reel / Siobhán O'Donnell, guitar ; Stephen Doherty, flute ; David Doocey, fiddle
26. The primrose, polka ; Unidentified, barndance / Jason McGuinness, fiddle ; Junior Davey, bodhrán
27. Her mantle so green, air ; Reavey's, reel ; Martin Wynnes no. 4, reel / Jason McGuinness, fiddle ; Junior Davey, bodhrán
28. Unidentified [comp. Tommy Peoples], reel ; Strike the gay harp, jig / Síofra Hanley, harp ; Tom Gavin, flute
29. Thomond bridge, hornpipe ; The golden eagle, hornpipe / Síofra Hanley, harp ; Tom Gavin, flute
30. Casadh an tsugáin, song in Irish / Síofra Hanley, harp ; Tom Gavin, singing in Irish
31. Trim the velvet, reel ; Jim Donohue's, reel / Síofra Hanley, harp ; Tom Gavin, flute
32. Joe Derrane's, jig ; Bill Collins, jig / Keith Frain, flute ; Fr. James McDonagh, flute ; Adrian Frain, tin whistle ; Mary Frain, guitar
33. Unidentified, waltz ; The Tarbolton reel, reel / Keith Frain, saxophone ; Mary Frain, guitar
34. Down the broom, reel ; Maids of Mount Cisco, reel ; Craig's pipes, reel / Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha, flute ; Keith Frain, flute ; Fr. James McDonagh, flute ; Adrian Frain, tin whistle ; Mary Frain, guitar
35. Happy to meet, sorry to part, jig ; Paddy Clancy's, jig / John Dwyer, piano ; Fiona Doherty, fiddle ; Michael Hurley, flute
36. Lad O'Beirne's, reel ; The bloom of youth, reel ; New policeman, reel / John Dwyer, piano ; Fiona Doherty, fiddle ; Michael Hurley, flute

Performers:
[performers may not necessarily be those indicated on certain tracks];
Maguire, Sean, Belfast, fiddle in duet A1-9, 21-31, B1-2, 5-9, 13-15, 17-19, 23, 27-30, fiddle solo A10-12, B3-4, 12, 16, 20-22, 25-26;
Quinn, Louis, Armagh/New York, speech in English A10-13, fiddle in trio A13-20;
O'Bierne, Lad, Sligo/New York, fiddle in trio A13-20;
Unidentified performers, fiddles in trio B10-11, 24

Running Order:
1. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped, interrupted)
2. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
3. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
4. Seán sa cheo, reel / unidentified, fiddle ; unidentified, piano
5. Tim Maloney, reel / unidentified, fiddle ; unidentified, piano
6. The boys of the lough, reel / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; James Lad O'Beirne, piano
7. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
8. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
9. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
10. Speech/Reel: The Earl's Chair
11. Speech/Reel: The Lass of Ballintra
12. Speech/Reel: The Deer's Horn
13. Speech/Jig Fragment/Piece: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
14. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
15. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
16. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
17. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
18. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
19. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
20. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
21. The mathematician [comp. James Scott Skinner], hornpipe / Seán McGuire, fiddle ; James Lad O'Beirne, piano
22. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped, interrupted)
23. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
24. Hornpipe: Untitled (clipped)
25. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
26. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped, interrupted)
27. Untitled, reel / Seán Maguire, fiddle ; unidentified, piano
28. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
29. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped, interrupted)
30. Hornpipe: Untitled
31. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) [END OF BAND ONE]
32. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
33. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
34. March: Untitled (beginning clipped)
35. Air: Untitled
36. Hornpipe: Untitled
37. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
38. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
39. Reel: Untitled
40. Strathspey/Reel: Untitled, Untitled
41. Hornpipe: Untitled
42. Hornpipe: Untitled (clipped, interrupted)
43. Air: Untitled
44. Reel: Untitled
45. Reel: Untitled
46. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
47. Jig: Untitled
48. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
49. Reel: Untitled
50. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
51. Air: Untitled (beginning clipped)
52. Jig: Untitled (beginning clipped)
53. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
54. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
55. Reel: Untitled
56. Air: Untitled
57. Reel Fragment: Untitled (beginning clipped)
58. Reel: Untitled
59. Hornpipe: Untitled (clipped)
60. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
61. Reel: Untitled (clipped) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
McElvaney, Paddy, speech in English A1, 7-9, 11, 14-15, 17, 19, 21-27, and incidental speech throughout;
Mansal, Mr (secretary of CCE), speech in English A2;
Harrington, Mrs, Ballymoate, Co Sligo, fiddle in duet A3-4;
Brophy Ceili Band, instrumental group A5-6=;
Brophy, Paddy, Dublin, ?;
Brophy, Tom, Dublin, ?;
Brophy, Mick, Dublin, pipes;
McBride, Pearl, Ballybofey, Co Donegal, fiddle=;
O'Shaughnessy, Pearl, Donegal/Dublin;
Broderick, Vincent, Loughrea, Co Galway, flute;
Broderick, Vincent, Loughrea, Co Galway, flute in duet A7-8;
Rawley, George, Drumshambo, Co Leitrim, fiddle in duet A9;
Stapleton, Ned, Arklow, Co Wicklow, flute in duet A9;
O'Brien, Paddy, Nenagh, Co Tipperary, accordion in duet A10;
Brophy, Mick, Dublin, pipes in trio A11-12;
McBride, Pearl, Ballybofey, Co Donegal, in trio A11-12=;
Grogan, Tom, Dublin, accordion in duet A13-14;
Touhey, Mick, pipes in quartet, A15-16;
Quinn, Mick, fiddle in quartet, A15-16;
Ney, Billy, accordion in quartet A15-16;
Howard, Jack, Dublin, fiddle in trio A17-18;
White, Paddy, Loughrea, Co Galway, whistle in trio A17-18;
Loughman, Mick, Athy, Co Kildare, fiddle in duet A19-21;
Dowling, Jim, pipes in quintet A22-24;
Crystal, Jimmy, fiddle in quintet A22-24;
Curran, Maurice, Waterford, fiddle in quintet A22-24;
Keenan, John, Wicklow, accordion in quintet A22-24;
Kelly, John, Clare/Dublin, fiddle in duet A25-27

Running Order:
1. Speech: Greetings to Louis Quinn in New York
2. Speech: Greetings to Louis Quinn in New York
3. Jig: The Old Grey Goose (beginning clipped)
4. Reel: Bonnie Kate (beginning clipped)
5. Jig: The Battering Ram
6. Reels: The First House in Connacht, The Fermoy Lasses
7. Speech/Reels: The Newly Weds, The Galway Man
8. Speech/Jigs: The Cherry Tree, Over the Ocean [=Out on the Ocean]
9. Speech/Reels: Castlekelly, The Wanderer's Return
10. Hornpipes: Untitled
11. Speech/Reel: The Mountain Heather
12. Reel: Rakish Paddy
13. Reel: Paddy on the Railway [=Paddy on the Railroad] (unfinished) [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Speech/Hornpipe: O'Donnell's Fancy
15. Speech/Jigs: The Rambling Pitchfork, The Black Rogue
16. Hornpipe: The Liverpool Hornpipe
17. Speech/Jig: The Lark in the Morning
18. Reels: Lord MacDonalds, The Copper Plate
19. Speech/Jig: The Kid on the Mountain
20. Reels: The Mountain Top, Untitled
21. Speech/Hornpipes: The Harvest Home, Hennesy's Hornpipe
22. Speech/Jig: Molly's Advice
23. Speech/Reels: The Green Mountain, Miss Monaghan
24. Speech/Hornpipe: The Plains of Boyle
25. Speech/Hornpipes: McDermott's Hornpipe
26. Speech/Reels: The Hank of Yarn, Farewell to Ireland
27. Speech/Jigs: Tumble the Tinker, The South-west Wind (unfinished - second jig unplayed) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Coleman, Owen, Sligo, speech in English A2;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], speech in English A2–3;
O'Dowd, Joe, Sligo, speech in English A3;
fiddle solo A4–16;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A17;
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A18

Running Order:
1. Tone signals
2. Speech: Untitled [Interview with Owen Coleman, brother of the fiddle-player Michael Coleman; anecdotes about Michael Coleman's interest in dancing and music as a child; his father was a flute-player; Michael Coleman was a good dancer; was small in stature; how Michael Coleman learned to play – was taught by Kipeen Scanlon (who used to spend periods of up to 6 weeks in the Coleman household), P J McDermott of Buninadden, John O'Dowd, Phil O'Beirne, and Jack Mc Hugh; Michael Coleman went to the USA about 1911 at the age of about 21]
3. Speech: Untitled [Interview with the fiddle-player Joe O'Dowd; his background as a fiddle-player; he began to play at 10 years of age, taught by his brother Jack; the community in which he was brought up was rich in music; his uncle John O'Dowd (who taught Michael Coleman) was regarded as a fine player; the bands that Joe O'Dowd played with in London; the tune that follows was a favourite of Jim Coleman, brother of Michael Coleman]
4. Reel: Miss Johnson's Reel
5. Jigs: Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon], Coleman's Jig [The Primrose Vale; The Lark on the Strand], Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon]
6. Hornpipes: The Stage Hornpipe [The Norfolk], Untitled [The Western] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
7. Reels: Lord McDonald, Ballinasloe Fair, The Round Towers of Ballymote [Touch Me If You Dare] [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
8. Slip Jigs: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Jig], Untitled [Comb Your Hair and Curl It] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
9. Reels: Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite, The Star of Munster, Miss Johnson [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
10. Reels: Farewell to Ireland [Farewell to Erin; CRE 1, # 139], The Cherry Tree [Farewell to Erin (DMI, # 701)], Reidy Johnson [Hand Me Down the Tackle]
11. Reel: The Lads of Leith [The Lads of Laois], Dungloe Reel [The Humours of Castlefin], The Green Banks of Rossbeigh [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh; The Kerry Reel]
12. Jigs: Jackson's Jigs [1] [The Humours of Kesh], Jackson's Jigs [2] [Doherty's Fancy; The Pet of the Pipers]
13. Air: The Lakes of Sligo / Loch [? E--h] [The Lass o' Gowrie]
14. Reels: The Boys of the Lough, Faral Gara
15. Set Dances: The King of the Fairies, The Blackbird
16. Reels: Faral Gara, Untitled [The Silver Spire], The Shaskeen
17. Polkas: The Green Cottage Polkas [1], The Green Cottage Polkas [2]
18. Air: The Old Man Rocking the Cradle [An Seanduine; includes part of the slip jig 'The Foxhunter's Jig'] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Harrington, Gerry, fiddle A1-7;
speech in English A1-2, 4-7;
Horan, Peter, flute A1-7;
speech in English A3

Running Order:
1. Jigs: Tell her I am, Brennan's favourite
2. Hornpipes: The Galway hornpipe, McDermott's hornpipe
3. Instrumental piece: As she sailed through Dublin Bay; Reels: The foxhunter, [unidentified]
4. Polkas: The Corkin Cross polkas, [The lakes of Sligo], Memories of Ballymote
5. Instrumental piece: Paddy's rambles through the park; Jig: The old grey goose
6. Reel: Lord Gordon's reel
7. Jigs: The gold ring, The rambling pitchfork

Performers:
Wynne, John, flute A1-14;
Gurney, Paul, keyboard;
McEvoy, Paddy, piano;
McEvoy, Jacinta, guitar;
McGlynn, Arty, guitars;
Doyle, Paul, bouzouki;
Moloney, John, bodhrán

Running Order:
1. Reels: The gladstone, Farewell to Miltown Malbay = Slán le sráid na cathrach, The humours of Westport = Pléaráca Cathair na Mart
2. Jigs: The orphan [= Mrs Casey's], An dílleachta = The cow that ate the blanket = An bhó a d'ith an blaincéad, Winnie Hayes's = Port Winnie Uí Aodha
3. Reels: Farewell to Erin = Slán le hÉirinn, Austin Tierney's
4. Jigs: The wishing well = An tobar beannaithe, Both meat and drink = Deoch a bhfuil beathú inti
5. Hornpipes: The Bunglas lass = Cailín Bhun Glaise, The Belfast hornpipe = Cornphíopa Bhéal Feirste = (The Sweep's Hornpipe)
6. Polkas: Boney crossing the Alps = Boney ag dul thar na hAlpa, Tom Morrison's = Polca Tom Uí Mhuireasáin
7. Slow air: Ní ar chnoc ná ar ísleacht
8. Jigs: Rural Felicity = Sonsa sásta faoin tuath = (Catherine Hehir's), McHugh's Jig = Port Mhic Aodha
9. Hornpipe: The humours of Tullycrine = Pléaráca Thulach Ruáin; Barn dance: Terry Bingham's barn dance = Damhsa sciobóil Terry Bingham
10. Reels: The dawn = Bánú an lae, The navvy on the line = An náibhí ar an líne, The London lassies = Girseacha Londan
11. Polka: Tripping on the mountain = Ag damhsa ar an sliabh; Jigs: Farewell to Gurteen = Slán le Goirtín, Strop the razor = Stropáil an rásúr
12. Air: The gift of falling = Tréith na titime
13. Reels: Brian Quinn's = Ríl Bhriain Uí Chuinn, John Egan's = Ríl Sheáin Mhic Aogáin, The braes of busby = Malaí Bhusby
14. Jig: The ships are sailing = Longa faoi sheol; Reel: The hunter's purse = Sparán an tsealgaire

Performers:
O'Flynn, Liam, pipes A1-5;
Brady, Paul, singing in English A6-7;
Crehan, Junior, fiddle A8-11;
Crehan, Ita, whistle A8-11;
Burke, Kevin, fiddle A12;
Finn, Fred, fiddle A12;
Horan, Peter, flute

Running Order:
1. Jig: Mairseal Alasdroim ; Air: Lament (Cnoc na nOs)
2. Reels: Untitled, Over the Moor to Maggie
3. Slip jigs: Little Fair Canavans, The First Slip
4. Reels: The Pigeon on the Gate, The West Wind
5. Reels: The Rainy Day, The Pretty Girls of Mayo
6. Song: The Keech in the Creel
7. Song: The Lakes of Pontchartrain
8. Air: A Stor Mo Chroi; Reel: Untitled
9. Jig: Untitled
10. Jig: The Mist Covered Mountain
11. Jig: Casey's Jig
12. Reel: Music in the Glen [unfinished]