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Breandán Breathnach Collection. Cassette 1 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, singing in English A1;
speech in English A2–4;
fiddle solo A2, 6–10?;
fiddle in duet A5? 14–16?;
Unidentified performers [O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig,, Kerry? Murphy, Denis, Kerry? other?], fiddles in duet? trio? A4;
Unidentified performer [O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry?], accordion in duet A5, 15;
Unidentified performer [Clifford, Julia, Kerry / London?], fiddle solo A11–12;
Unidentified performer [Clifford, Billy, Kerry / London?], flute solo A13;
flute in duet A14?, 16?

Running Order:
1. Song: Down Our Street
2. Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled [Story about Padraig O'Keeffe writing a hornpipe for Denis Murphy on a bank of turf that Denis and his father were working on; the bank of turf was in a bog called 'The Runaway Bog' and was 6 sods high], The Bank of Turf [The Stook of Turf]
3. Speech: Untitled [Story about Padraig O'Keeffe borrowing a new bicycle and selling it for drink; other anecdotes about Padraig O'Keeffe, including how Padraig O'Keeffe spent a weekend drinking during his time as a teacher]
4. Polka, Speech: Untitled [The Groves of Gneevegullia], Untitled [Anecdote about how Padraig O'Keeffe lost his job as a teacher]
5. Slide: Untitled
6. Air: Untitled [Caoine Ui Neill / Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill]
7. Slide: Untitled
8. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide; The Dark Girl in Blue]
9. Air: Untitled [Caoine Ui Dhomhnaill / Caoineadh Ui Dhomhnaill / The Lament for O'Donnell; dub from an acetate disc?]
10. Air: Untitled [The Wounded Hussar; The Banks of the Danube]
11. Air: Untitled [An Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig? Dub from the LP 'The Star above the Garter'?]
12. Hornpipe: Untitled [Johnny Cope]
13. Air: Untitled [Caoine Ui Neill / Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill]; clipped at end – tape runs out] [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Slide: Untitled [Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide]
15. Slide: Untitled [Mick Mahony's (1)]
16. Polka: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's Favourite] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 1 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performers [Hunt, Michael and Tommy, Sligo?], speech in English throughout A1–18;
McDonagh, Laurence / Larry, Sligo, flute in duet A1–17;
McDonagh, Michael, Sligo, fiddle in duet A1–17;
fiddle solo A18;
Unidentified performer [Doran, Felix, Wicklow / Manchester], pipes solo A19–21

Running Order:
1. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Nicholson's [CICD 4000 (not from this recording)]
2. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Ballinafad Fancy [CICD 3104 (from this recording); The Dublin Reel, version of?]
3. Reel, Speech: Donoghue's Favourite [CICD 5429 (from this recording); The Maid of Laharc (CICD 5424, not from this recording); CRE 2, # 202 (untitled); Hughie Travers' Reel], Untitled
4. Reel, Speech: Miss Corbett [CICD 3499 (from this recording)], Untitled
5. Reel, Speech: Ganley's Reel [CICD 5951 (from this recording); The Curlews Maid (CICD 5950, not from this recording); Last Night's Fun, version of?], Untitled
6. Reel, Speech: Maggie on the Shore [CICD 2790 (from this recording)], Untitled
7. Jig, Speech: Touhey's Jig [CICD 2518 (from this recording); Mac's Fancy], Untitled
8. Jig: Reagan's Jig / Regan's Jig [Not in CICD; tape runs out during tune] [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Jig, Speech: Reagan's Jig / Regan's Jig [Continuation of previous tune], Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5691 (from this recording), where title 'Beal an Atha Fhada' is given on the card but crossed out; CICD 5690 (untitled; not from this recording)]
11. Reel, Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle [CICD 3843 (from this recording); CICD 3844 (not from this recording); Miss Brady; Esther's Reel], Untitled
12. Reel, Speech: The Cup of Coffee [CICD 5890 (untitled, from this recording; incompletely transcribed); McDonagh's Reel (2), in CRE 2, # 207; The Cup of Tea, version of?], Untitled
13. Reel: Untitled (incomplete)
14. Jig, Speech: John McNiff's Favourite [CICD 2281 (from this recording); The Farewell (CICD 2280, not from this recording)], Untitled
15. Jig, Speech: Ganley's Jig [CICD 1335 (from this recording); CICD 1666 (not from this recording)], Untitled
16. Reel, Speech: Jack Fadden's Reel [CICD 2659 (from this recording); Sailing into Walpole's Marsh, version of?], Untitled
17. Reel, Speech: Parkmore Fancy [CICD 4725 (from this recording)], Untitled
18. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2063.31 (from this recording?); The Boys of Tandaragee; The Rollicking Boys around Tandaragee]
19. Reel: Untitled [Rakish Paddy]
20. Reel: Untitled [The London Lasses]
21. Reel: Untitled [Coen's Memories; composed by Tommy Coen; The Cottage in the Grove] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 26 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [Seamas O hIghne], chanting of a Fenian lay in Irish A1;
Unidentified performer, harp [?] solo A2–4;
Unidentified performer [Keane, Sean, Dublin], fiddle solo A5–6;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Mollie / Murphy, Mrs, Cork], fiddle solo A7, 11;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Denis, Kerry], fiddle solo A8–10;
speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], pipes solo A12;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], pipes solo A13;
Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare], whistle solo A14;
Unidentified performer [Doran, Johnny, Wicklow], pipes solo A15;
Unidentified performer [Eddie Moloney, Galway], flute solo A16

Running Order:
1. Fenian Lay: Untitled [Laoi na Mna Moire]
2. Air: Untitled
3. Air: Untitled
4. Miscellaneous, Speech: Untitled [Instrument tuning], Untitled
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Gander in the Pratie Hole], Untitled [The Trip to Killavel] [This track is probably a dub from track 6 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
6. Reels: Untitled [The Congress], Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel] [This track is probably a dub from track 4 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
7. Jig: Untitled [Cnocan an Teampaill / Church Hill]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Rights of Man] (end clipped)
9. March, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [Colonel Fraser / Colonel Frazer]
11. Jig / March: Untitled [Painneach na nUbh / Painneach na n-Ubh / O'Sullivan's March]
12. Jigs: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
13. Air: Untitled [The Green Linnet]
14. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757, 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from MR); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (version of? DMI, # 79)] (running too fast)
15. Reels: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [My Love is in America], Untitled [Rakish Paddy] (running too fast)
16. Reels: Untitled [Tommy Whelan's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock] (overmodulated on original) [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 32 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified orchestra, A1;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, whistle A2, B12;
pipes A31–47, B1–11;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A3–21, 23–28, 30;
lilting A29;
Ward, Jim / Jimmie, whistling A22, 29, B13–15;
O'Loughlin, Peadar / O'Loughlin, Peter, fiddle B16–23, 25–26, 30–32;
flute B27–29, 33–34;
Reid, Sean, Clare, speech in English B24 and throughout on B16–34;
Unidentified performer, whistle B35

Running Order:
1. Orchestral piece: Untitled, short
2. Reel: The Fairy Reel / The Jolly Banger [CICD 4427 (from this recording?); WC's father's version of the tune; CRE 3, # 156 (from WC)]
3. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11, 5710 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 255 (from MR)]
4. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757, 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from MR); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (version of? DMI, # 79)]
5. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 2908 (where this recording is referenced), 2907.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 260 (from this recording?); for other versions and titles, see BB index, cards 2983, 2657]
6. Reel: The Ladies Pantalettes [CICD 5637 (from this recording), 5626–.11 (none from this recording)]
7. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3098 (from this recording); 4363.11–.12 (not from this recording); played by Johnny Byrt, a travelling carpenter from Liscannor; CRE 2, # 175 (from this recording)]
8. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3779 (where this recording is referenced); 3778.11 (not from this recording)]
9. Reel: Rakish Paddy [CICD 3109 (from this recording); 3108, 3110, 6015.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 749; CRE, # 145]
10. Reel: Drowsy Maggie (mother's version) [CICD 3896.11 (not from this recording); from MR's mother, who played the concertina; MR also plays a version that he learnt in Donegal (see CICD 3896.12–.13)]
11. Jig: Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 825 (from this recording); 818.11–.12, 823 (none from this recording; 823 gives the musician as Mick Hand, in error?)]
12. Reels: An Clochairin Ban / The Collier's Reel [CICD 4514 (from this recording); 4513, 4514.11 (none from this recording)]
13. Jig: An Chailleach is a Ceag ar a Gualainn / An Chailleach is a Ceag ar a Guala / Kitty's Rambles [CICD 1467.11 (from this recording), 1467 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 36 (from MR - card 1467?)]
14. Reel: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.11–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell; CRE 3, # 194]
15. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1605 (from this recording); 724.11, 1604 (none from this recording); major key; CRE 2, # 53 (from MR; not from this recording); The Lark's March]
16. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809 (from this recording); 1809.11 (not from this recording); minor key, tonic note A; for a version of this tune with tonic note B, see track 18 (CICD 1809.13–.14); not the same tune as that at tracks 15 and 17]
17. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [As at track 15, incomplete]
18. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.14 (where this recording is referenced); 1809.12–.13 (not from this recording); minor key, tonic note B; for a version of this tune with tonic note A, see track 15 (CICD 1809, 1809.11); not the same tune as that at tracks 15 and 17]
19. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4446 (from this recording); 4444.12, 4445 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from this recording, obviously from CICD 4446 – notes repeat the information on the card, including the mistranscription of Jimmy Mulqueeny's name as 'Jimmy Mucai')]
20. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 2364.15 (from this recording); 1162.11–.12, 2364.11–.14 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from this recording)]
21. Reel: The Boy in the Gap (old version) [CICD 2920 (from this recording); 2920.11, 2921–.11 (none from this recording); distinct from the standard version of this tune, which MR also plays.]
22. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Boy in the Gap]
23. Reel: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3561.11 (from this recording); 3086.11–.12, 3561, 3561.12 (none from this recording); The Kerry Cow; I Wish I Had a Kerry Cow; CRE 2, # 282 (from this recording) and also at CRE 2, # 116; MR also has a version of this tune as a single reel / polka]
24. Jig: Cathaoir an Phiobaire [CICD 1993.11 (from this recording); 1993 (not from this recording); The Piper's Chair; CRE, # 9 (not from MR)]
25. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [CICD 4008, 5635 (both from this recording); 5634 (where this recording is referenced); 4007.11, 5635.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 259 (from this recording); The Mother and Child Reel]
26. Reel: The Blackhaired Lass / The Blackhaired Girl / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4239 (from this recording), 4230.12–.13, (not from this recording)]
27. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1879 (from this recording); 795.11, 795.13 (not from this recording); as Gillan's Apples in CRE 2, # 7 and DMI, # 287; Apples in Winter]
28. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4006.11 (not from this recording); Connemara Stockings]
29. Song Tune / Dance Tune: Untitled
30. Reels: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.11–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell; CRE 3, # 194; also at track 14], The Bucks of Oranmore [CICD 5482 (from this recording); 5725, 5726–.14 (none from this recording)]
31. Jig: Petticoat Loose / Donall na Greine [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 76]
32. Piece: The Humours of Glin [Not in CICD; DMWC, # 54]
33. Single Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 70, as Unknown]
34. Jig: The Maiden that Jigs it in Style / Brian O'Lynn [CICD 1886 (from this recording); second part stated to be that of Brian O'Lynn; DMWC, # 66]
35. Single Jig / Dance Tune: Untitled [Not in CICD; stated in the 'Pipes' series documentation to be a single jig; dance tune (in 3/4 time?) stated to have been played by Garrett Barry; not in DMWC?]
36. Jig, Reel: Bimid ag Ol is ag Pogadh na mBan [CICD 2187 (from this recording); Bimid ag Ol; DMWC, # 7; tune related to reel that follows], Sean Reid's Favourite [CICD 5066 (not from this recording; from CRE, # 83, from WC, where its title is given as Gilbert Clancy's Reel); DMWC, # 15, where its title is given as 'Sean Reid's Reel'; tune is related to the first tune in this selection]
37. Fling / Piece, Jig: An Buachaill Dreoite / An Buachaill Breoite [Track contains two versions of the same tune; neither in CICD from WC; DMWC, # 135 & 136; related to the tune at CICD 3208 (not from WC)]
38. Single Jig: The Fowler on the Moor [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 74]
39. Jig: Cailleach, do Mharais Me / A Chailleach, do Mharais Me [CICD 2581 (not from this recording); DMWC, # 49]
40. Reel: The Parson's Son / The Boyne Hunt [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 142; WC has 3 parts (usually 2)]
41. Reel: The Cameronian [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 140; WC has 3 parts (usually 2)]
42. Polka: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 68 as Unknown]
43. 43: Air: Eamon an Chnoic
44. Single Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 85 as Garrai na Saileog; often played as a hornpipe; Mrs Galvin's]
45. Jig: Strop the Razor [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 29; version of The Cook in the Kitchen; Piocfad an Snathaid (alternative name given by WC - might belong to the tune on the next track)]
46. Jig: Gallagher's / Gallagher's Frolics / The Frieze Breeches [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 12 (one of several versions given); pieced together here with difficulty; not the tune commonly known as Gallagher's Frolics]
47. Air: Untitled [Stated to be like 'The Rocks of Bawn'] [END OF BAND ONE]
48. Single Jig: Untitled [CICD 1330 (from this recording); DMWC, # 75, as Willie's Single]
49. Jig: Fasten the Leg in Her [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 73; Garrett Barry's version]
50. Jig: The Lark in the Morning [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 78; stated to be a version from WC's mother, which came from the piper Garrett Barry]
51. Fling / Reel / Single Jig: Willie's Fling [CICD 3297 (from this recording; in reel section, though with BB indication that time signature should be 12/8); DMWC, # 146, in 4/4 time as Fling No. 1]
52. Reel: Down the Broom [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 77; differs from standard version]
53. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 67, as The Dublin Lads (title supplied by Pat Mitchell, editor of DMWC, from WC's words after he plays the tune here)]
54. Reel: The Concertina Reel [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 72; CRE 2, # 220, from Pat Mitchell, as 'Ril Liam' (learnt from WC); also played by Micho Russell, whose title was The Dunagore Reel; WC & PM play it with tonic note G, M R with tonic note D]
55. Single Jig: Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 79, as The Ballintore Fancy (title from commercial recording by Leo Rowsome?); John Fleming's Jig (CRE 2, # 66)]
56. Reel: The Mayo Lasses [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 69; version of The Old Maids of Galway / Johnny When You Die]
57. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5993 (from this recording); tune incomplete; not in DMWC?]
58. Reel, Air: The Green Groves of Erin [Not in CICD from this recording; DMWC, # 71], An Seanduine [The Old Man Rocking the Cradle; DMWC, # 130]
59. Jig: Untitled [CICD 503 (from this recording?); DMWC, # 57, as Unknown]
60. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5711 (from this recording?); as Gerry Commane's Reel in CRE 3, # 203]
61. Jig: Untitled [CICD 564 (from this recording?); version of The Kesh Jig]
62. Jig / Dance Tune: Untitled
63. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; Colonel Fraser]
64. Reel: Mother's Delight [CICD 4467 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 240 (from this recording); played in two different keys, the second as played by Tommy Potts]
65. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Star of Munster]
66. Reel: The Bunch of Green Rushes [CICD 5942 (from this recording)]
67. Reel: Bobby Casey's Feathers / Toss the Feathers [CICD 3051 (from this recording?); a version of Toss the Feathers played by Bobby Casey]
68. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4984 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 223 (from this recording); learnt from Bobby Casey; Tuttle's Reel]
69. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Chicago Reel]
70. Reel: Major Harrison's Fedora [CICD 4298 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 243 (from this recording)]
71. 24: Speech: Untitled [Tracking down a musician who, according to Willie Clancy's father, had a wonderful tune]
72. Reel: The Collier's Reel [Not in CICD from this recording]
73. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; Rakish Paddy (the version recorded by James Morrison)]
74. Reel: The Flogging Reel [Not in CICD from this recording]
75. Reel: The Pride of Loughrea [CICD 2771.12 (from this recording?); The Humours of Loughrea; Tommy Whelan’s]
76. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 952, 953 (both from this recording?); I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her]
77. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2229 (from this recording?); CRE, # 34, as The Old Woman's Purse of Money; The Hag's Purse; followed by an unsuccessful attempt to think of another tune: 2nd part is that of 'I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her']
78. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5049.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 293, as The Game of Love (from this recording)]
79. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; CRE 2, # 131, as Callaghan's (not from P O'L); Now She's Purring]
80. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Flowers of Limerick]
81. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Shaskeen Reel; version recorded by the Ballinakill Ceili Band]
82. Air: Untitled [The Old Man Rocking the Cradle]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 33 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle A1–3, 4, 40–42;
Unidentified performer, accordion A4;
Russell, Micho, flute A5–10, 18–20, whistle A26–27;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle A11–17;
Unidentified performer, bones? spoons? A11–13;
Mulqueeny, James (Jim), Clare, fiddle A21–25;
Farrell, Pat, Longford, fiddle, A28–38;
Hanley, Jim, Longford, fiddle, A28–38;
Hanley / Henley, Peter, Longford, pipes A39–42

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; CICD 5695, 5696 (none from this recording?)]
2. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
3. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; CICD 4365; CRE 2, # 187 (untitled); recorded by the Castle Ceili Band?]
4. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Stony Steps / The Stony Step; CRE, # 149]
5. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4978.11–.12 (both from this recording); 4684.11–.13, 4978 (none from this recording); partly composed by MR; commonly known as Micho Russell's; CRE 2, # 294 (as Carty's Reel from MR; possibly from this recording)]
6. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1828 (from this recording); 1133.11, 1829 (none from this recording)]
7. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5091.11, 5093 (both from this recording?); 5084.11–.14, 5091.12–.13, 5096, (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
8. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4347.11, 4348 (both from this recording?); CRE 2, # 269 (from this recording; untitled); Mary McMahon (Bulmer & Sharpley, 'Music from Ireland', vol 2)]
9. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11, 5710 (both from this recording?); CRE 2, # 255 (from this recording)]
10. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757 (both from this recording); 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from MR; not from this recording); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (version of? DMI, # 79)]
11. Reels: Untitled [CICD 3800, 3801, 3804 (all from this recording); O'Connell's Trip to Parliament {CRE 2, # 217(i)}, probably from this recording (mistake in date reference in CRE 2 notes?)], Maud Miller [CICD 3693 (from this recording); not the tune of that name recorded by James Morrison]
12. Reels: Untitled [CICD 4380 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 186 (from this recording; untitled); Paddy Kelly's (?); composed by Paddy Kelly, fiddle (?)], Miss Thornton's [CICD 3133, 3134 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 172 (from this recording)]
13. Reels: Untitled [CICD 5152 (from this recording); recorded by Hughie Gillespie in 1937 as the first in a selection called 'Master Crowley's Reels'], Summer in Ireland [CICD 3275, 3276 (both from this recording); CRE 2, # 165 (from this recording; title 'Dowd's No. 9' is also given / Dowd's Number Nine)]
14. Reel: The Daisy Field [CICD 4544 (from this recording); DMI, # 538; recorded by Michael Coleman?]
15. Reel: Lady Gordon [CICD 4302 (from this recording, the source for this tune in CRE 5, # 157)]
16. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1664 (from this recording); Tonra's; name sometimes garbled as Tony Rowe's; composed by Brendan Tonra]
17. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5743; The Green Mountain (version of); tonic note C (usually D); CICD card is written with tonic note D]
18. Reel: The Dunagore Reel / The Concertina Reel [CICD 5610, 5610.12 (both from this recording?); 5610.11, 5769 (none from this recording); MR's mother played it on the concertina; CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR; 275 is probably from this recording as transcribed on CICD 5610); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72); The Old Concertina Reel]
19. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.14 (from this recording); 3988.13 (also from this recording, but corrected from the version on 137a-ITMA-REEL, track 44); 3989 (where this recording is referenced); 3988.11–.12, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from this recording)]
20. Reel: The Dublin Reel [CICD 3101, 3104.11–.12 (all from this recording?); 3103.11, 3103.12, 3103.14 (none from this recording); standard version (tonic note D); MR also plays a local version]
21. Reel: The Peeler's Pocket [CICD 5458 (from this recording?); CRE 2, # 204 (from this recording)]
22. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841 (from JM but not from this recording); The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn)]
23. Reel: The Rising Sun / Clear the Road [CICD 3443, 3445 (both from this recording); CRE 2, # 214 (ii), from CICD 3445]
24. Reel: The Knotted Chord [CICD 2681 (from this recording); The Knotted Cord; CRE 2, # 229 (from CICD 2681)]
25. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2393 (from this recording); Brosnahin's Frolic (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 59); Brosnahan's Frolic]
26. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4772–.11 (both from this recording?); 4772.12–.13 (none from this recording); The Rainy Day]
27. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5018, 5018.11 (both from this recording?); 4995.11–.12, 5016, 5017, 5018.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from this recording); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
28. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4405 (from this recording); Bonnie Ann / Bonny Ann; CRE 3, # 150]
29. Reel: Bonny Ann [CICD 2961 (from this recording)]
30. Reel: The Highland Merritor [CICD 4928 (from this recording)]
31. Reel: Old Girls of Our Town [CICD 5952.11 (from this recording?); The Pretty Girls of Our Town]
32. Reel: The New Line to Loughawn [CICD 2994 (from this recording?); a version of Sporting Paddy]
33. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3876 (from this recording?)]
34. Single Jig / [Reel / Hornpipe]: Stack the Rags [CICD 1834 (from this recording); transcribed by BB in 12/8 time, but played more like a slow reel or a hornpipe or barndance, etc]
35. Reel: Jennie Dang the Weaver / Jinnie Bang the Weaver [CICD 3974 (from this recording?)]
36. Reel: Scotch Willie [CICD 4015 (from this recording?); version of The Mayo Lasses / Johnny When You Die]
37. Reel: The Primrose Girl [CICD 5055 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 150 (ii) (from this recording)]
38. Jig: The Little Boy Fed on the Hill [CICD 2544 (not from this recording); Larry the Beerdrinker]
39. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5036 (from this recording); related to The Irishman's Blackthorn (CRE 2, # 244) and The Hills of Kesh (CRE 3, # 181)
40. Hornpipe: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; The Groves Hornpipe (DMI, # 843)]
41. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Kitty in the Lane]
42. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; The Silver Tip / Joe Mhaire Mhicilin / The Old Silver Spear / The New Mown Meadows; related to The Silver Spear] [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 41 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Leahy, Tim, Kerry, speech in English A1, 45, 47, and intermittently throughout;
concertina solo A2–24, 41–46, 49;
singing in English A5, 7, 33, 39;
whistling solo A28, 31, 33;
;
Burke, Mick, Kerry, fiddle solo A25–26, 34–36, 38–40;
speech in English A35, 38;
singing in English A39;
Reagan, Mick / Regan, Mick, Kerry, fiddle solo A27, 29–30;
32, 37, 47?;
48;
speech in English 48?;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A47;
Unidentified performer ('man in black shirt'), speech in English A48

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Information about Jimmy O'Brien]
2. Reel, Speech: Jimmy O'Brien's Reel [CICD 2703 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
3. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Three Leaved Clover [CICD 5974 (from this recording); version of The Hunter's Purse]
4. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Bag of Potatoes [CICD 5072 (from this recording); Sporting Paddy (related tune)]
5. Speech, Song / Reel: Untitled, The Bag of Potatoes [Song sung to the tune in the previous track]
6. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Smash the Windows [CICD 5109 (from this recording)]
7. Speech, Polka / Single Reel, Speech, Song: Untitled, Biddy Martin [CICD 6437 (from this recording); described by player as a reel, but now commonly played as a polka. Written as polka in CICD; CRE 2, # 111 (from this recording); words sung to this tune are given on CICD 6437 and in CRE 2], Untitled, Biddy Martin [The song sung to the tune just played]
8. Speech: Untitled [Story about the dancing master Gerry Molyneux, Castleisland]
9. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, The Girl in Blue [Not in CICD from this recording], Untitled
10. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Scolding Wife [CICD 5040 (from this recording); The Eel in the Sink]
11. Reel: The Tinker's Reel [Not in CICD from this recording; An Bhean Tinceara]
12. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Down by the Banks of the River [CICD 5311 (from this recording)]
13. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Old Torn Petticoat that I Bought in Mullingar [Not in CICD from this recording; beginning of title clipped on recording]
14. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Parson's Daughter / The Maids of Mitchelstown [Not in CICD from this recording]
15. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3472 (from this recording)]
16. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Peter Street [Not in CICD from this recording; The Red-Haired Lass (related tune?); not the tune generally known by the name Peter Street]
17. Jig: Connie the Soldier [Not in CICD from this recording]
18. Jig: Paudeen Rafferty [Not in CICD from this recording; Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
19. Reel / Polka: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
20. Speech, Jig / Slide, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [CICD 2644.11 (from this recording); referred to as a polka by the player], Untitled
21. Polka, Speech: Untitled [CICD 6315 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about the tune that follows]
22. Speech, Jig / Slide: Untitled, Tidy Womaneen [Not in CICD from this recording; title from end of previous track; Tidy Womaneen Saucepan / Tidy Womaneen Sasta; same tune appears on track A39; referred to as a slip jig by the player]
23. Polka: The White Cockade [Not in CICD from this recording]
24. Hornpipe, Speech: Poll Ha'penny [Not in CICD from this recording; Poll Halfpenny], Untitled
25. Jig: Callaghan's Jig / Allisdrum's March [CICD 2383 (from this recording); Mairseail Alasdruim / Ollistrum Jig] [END OF BAND ONE]
26. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 3444 (from this recording)]
27. Reel: The Pigeon on the Gate [Not in CICD from this recording]
28. Polka / Single Reel, Speech: Untitled [CICD 6343 (from this track on this recording; whistled); 6344 (from track A42 on this recording; played on the concertina); The Dancing Master's], Untitled
29. Polka: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
30. Polka / March: Untitled [CICD 6450 (from this recording); The Battle of Aughrim]
31. Jig / Slide: Untitled [CICD 1050 (from this recording)]
32. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1369.11 (from this recording; partial transcription only)]
33. Slip Jig, Song: Why Didn't I Love Maire? [CICD 66 (from this recording; untitled); CRE 2, # 96 (which provides the title); both the CICD card and the entry in CRE 2 credit the performer as Mick Burke (in CRE 2 as a fiddle player, although the performance here is whistling); the performer is, in all likelihood, Tim Leahy], Why Didn't I Love Maire? [Song sung to the tune just played; words are given in CRE 2]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3375 (from this recording); The Milliner's Daughter]
35. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; related to The Broomstick (CICD 4800) and many other reels based on A, e.g. Down the Broom, The Corner House, etc]
36. Reel: The Mountain Lark [Not in CICD from this recording; The Steampacket]
37. Jig / Slide, Speech: Untitled [CICD 806.11 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about the tune just played; the performer refers to it as a slip jig]
38. Speech, Reel: Untitled, In and out the Harbour and down with the Tide / The Boyne Hunt [Not in CICD from this recording]
39. Jig / Slide, Song with Speech: Oh My Catherine / Katherine Hogan / Tidy Womaneen Saucepan / Tidy Womaneen Sasta [CICD 1326 (from this recording; untitled); Catherine Hogan], Oh My Catherine [Words sung to the tune just played; reminiscent of the words on a Frank Quinn recording of a song to the same melody on a 78 rpm disc; interspersed with discussion of the song just sung]
40. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6362 (from this recording); CRE 4, # 81 from CICD 6364–6365]
41. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Kilmeedy Jig / Kilmeady Jig [CICD 2263 (from this recording)]
42. Speech, Polka / Single Reel: Untitled, The Dancing Master's [CICD 6344 (from this track on this recording; played on the concertina); 6343 (from track A28 on this recording; whistled); CRE 2, # 126 as The Dancing Master's Reel]
43. Hop Jig / Slip Jig: Mrs Dalton's [Not in CICD from this recording]
44. Hop Jig / Slip Jig: The Old Brown Slipper [CICD 257 (from this recording; untitled); CRE 2, # 99 (which provides the title)]
45. Speech, Fling: Untitled [Discussion about the difference between a hop and a fling], When Kitty Is Convenient [Not in CICD from this recording; Love Will You Marry Me? / Some Say the Devil is Dead (songs sung to this melody)]
46. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Bass Reel [CICD 5090 (from this recording)]
47. Speech, Jig / Slide: Untitled [Information about local musicians, with fiddle playing in the background (in Lynch's pub, Listowel, 11 December 1968?)], Untitled [The Game Cock; CRE 4, # 62 (not from this recording); The Bog Carrot (popular current name for this tune when played as a reel); played in the background during the conversation just listed]
48. Jig / Slide, Speech: Rural Velocity / Rural Felicity [CICD 788 (from this recording); recorded in Lynch's pub, Listowel, 11 December 1968], Untitled
49. Reel: Toss the Feathers [Not in CICD from this recording] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 48 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Casey, Bobby, Clare / London, fiddle A1–2, 6–8;
Droney, Chris, Clare, concertina A3–4;
Brady, John, flute A5;
Unidentified performer [John Brennan, Sligo / Dublin?], speech in English A8;
Bergin, Mary, Dublin / Galway, whistle A9;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A10–17, 19–20, 22–32, 34–38, 40–46;
speech in English A18, 21, 26, 30–31, 39 and throughout A10–46;
speech in Irish A33;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout from A10

Running Order:
1. Reel: Unidentified [Paddy Fahy's; composed by Paddy Fahy]
2. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1668 (from this performer); The Gallowglass]
3. Jig: Untitled [Willie Coleman's Jig]
4. Reel: Untitled [Lord McDonald; incomplete]
5. Jig: Untitled
6. Jig: Untitled [CRE 3, # 16 (untitled but with name 'Bobby / Scully Casey's Jig' supplied); The Vaxhall Jig (CICD 1475–6; not from the performer here)]
7. Reel: Untitled [Version of a reel composed by Tommy Coen?]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [Poll Ha'penny (related tune?)]
9. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [Gilbert Clancy's / Sean Reid's Favourite]
10. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [CICD 252–252.14 (none from this recording); this tune is played by MR in two different registers, of which the higher one is here]
11. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4137.11, 5456.11–.15 (none from this recording)]
12. Reel: The Chicago Reel [CICD 4599.11 (not from this recording)]
13. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.11–.12, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR); the tune is played as a demonstration of technique; played in full at track 29]
14. Reel: The Top of the Morning [CICD 5278 (from this recording?); 5276.11, 5277–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 5, # 181 (from MR)]
15. Hornpipe: The Rights of Man [CICD 6248.11 (not from this recording)]
16. Set Dance: The Retreat [CICD 6528, 6529, 6530, 6531, 6532 (none from this recording); Bonaparte's Retreat]
17. Set Dance: Rodney's Glory [CICD 6527 (not from this recording)]
18. Speech: Untitled [Man sent from home; the high road and the wattle; The Yellow Wattle, story and tune; BB collects the tune in Kerry; it appears frequently in Kerry mss; the phrase 'half the cup of it'; Ceol na Ceartan / The Music of the Forge]
19. Jig: The Butcher's March / Hurrah for the Gallant Tipperary Boys / Lonely Old Hag Is It Tae You Want? / Hello You Old Hag Is It Tea You Want? / When Sick Is It Tea You Want? [CICD 2224 (from this recording); 2200.11–.12, 2381.12–.14 (none from this recording)]
20. Jig / Single Jig / Slide: Mickey Callaghan's Slide [CICD 2323.11 (from this recording), 2325.11 (not from this recording)]
21. Speech: Untitled [The Plain and Caledonian Sets; MR plays mainly jigs for the Plain Set; the Christmas figure and the Balance figure in the Plain Set]
22. Polka / Single Reel: Untitled [CICD 6511 (from this recording); 6511.11–.12 (not from this recording); only one part of the tune is played]
23. Polka: Rise Your Legs, Says Maire [CICD 6346 (from this recording), 6346.11 (not from this recording); The Rose Tree in Full Bearing; Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge]
24. Polka: The Bog Down in the Valley [CICD 6285 (from this recording), 6283.11 (not from this recording); played for the last figure of the Plain Set (says MR here); The British Grenadiers (title supplied by Breandan Breathnach)] [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Reel: The Heights of Alma / The Rakes of Mallow [CICD 2692.11 (not from this recording)]
26. Polka / March, Speech: The Battle of Aughrim [CICD 6448 (from this recording); 6448.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 118 (from MR)], Untitled [Origin of this tune; dancing customs related to it and to other tunes]
27. Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.11–.13, 4978–.12 (none from this recording); partly composed by MR; commonly known as Micho Russell's; CRE 2, # 294 (as Carty's Reel from MR); unfinished on this recording]
28. Reel: Fair of Ballinasloe [CICD 2812.11 (not from this recording); Ballinasloe Fair; recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by Michael Coleman]
29. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [The same tune as at track 13, q.v.; played here in full]
30. Speech, Fling / Barn Dance: Untitled [Musician from whom this tune was learned, Martin Killourhy], Moneymusk / The Barn Dance [CICD 6538 (from this recording); 6539, 6540 (none from this recording)]
31. Reel, Speech: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4275.11–.12, 4276, 4277 (none from this recording); tune of song 'The Bridal Path'], Untitled [How long does it take MR to pick up a tune?]
32. Hornpipe: The Home Brew [CICD 6257 (from this recording); 6257.11–.12 (not from this recording); version of The Road to Boyle (CRE 3, # 227)]
33. Speech: Untitled [MR recites verse in Irish]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5703.12–.13 (from this recording), 5703.11 (not from this recording)]
35. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.11–.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
36. Hornpipe: The First of May [CICD 6222.11 (not from this recording); The Sweets of May; tune of the song The Skillet Pot]
37. Hornpipe: Fisher's Hornpipe [CICD 6089.11 (from this recording); 6090, 6090a (not from this recording)]
38. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1490 (from this recording); 1486, 1487, 14881492.11–.13 (none from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune, but with 2 parts only; for MR's 'old' version, see CICD 954.11]
39. Speech: Untitled [Conversation between MR and other person present in the room (not BB)]
40. Reels: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3086.11–.12, 3561–.12 (none from this recording); The Kerry Cow; I Wish I Had a Kerry Cow; CRE 2, # 282 (from MR) and also at CRE 2, # 116; for MR's version of this tune as single reel / polka, see CICD 6496], Miss Thornton's Reel [CICD 3099.11 (not from this recording)]
41. Jig: My Darling Asleep [CICD 1822, 1822.11 (where title 'The Miners of Wicklow' is given - in error?), 1822.12–.13 (none from this recording); DMI, # 159]
42. Jig: Sixpenny Money [CICD 1573.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: The Foxhunter's Reel [Not in CICD from MR?]
44. Reel: Rakish Paddy [CICD 3108, 3110 (from this recording); 3109, 6015.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 749; CRE, # 145]
45. Jigs: The Guinea Gold Ring [CICD 1012 (from this recording), 1012–.12 (none from this recording); The Gold Ring (CRE, # 47)], The Castlebar Races [CICD 1672 (from this recording); 795.12 (not from this recording); Morrison's Fancy (WSGM, # 197)]
46. Jig: The Cliffs of Moher [CICD 784.11–.12, 784.14 (none from this recording); MR plays this tune in 2 versions, one with G as the tonic note (as here); for his version with A as the tonic note, see CICD 784.13, 784.15, 2113.11] [END OF BANDS THREE AND FOUR]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 51 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Digitised and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, February 2008. Report year 2008The title of the DAT(s) was altered from the old title (DCS) to the new title (ITMA-REEL/DAT) using different numbers in order to establish consistency in the titling of DAT copies of reel-to-reel tapes, Niall Hackett, 2010DAT 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.Imported from Reeldubs July 2013ARDI: Tracks A19–B9: see documentation for 4145-LP in CSRECS databaseTracks A19–B9 have the same contents as the commercial recording \'The Humours of Lisheen\', released by Topic Records in their LP series \'Music from Sliabh Luachra\'. That recording was later re-released on cassette by Ossian

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled [Dublin Porter], Untitled [The Old 'Wheels of the World'] [Several breaks in the recording]
2. Jig: Untitled [The Geese in the Bog; The Lark's March] [Several breaks in the recording]
3. Reels: Untitled [The Mountain Road], Untitled
4. Polkas: Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka], Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polka]
5. Reels: Untitled [Boil the Breakfast Early], Untitled [Bunker Hill]
6. Air: Untitled [An Buachaill Caol Dubh / The Dark Slender Boy]
7. Reels: Untitled [The Crooked Road to Dublin], Untitled
8. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled
9. Jigs: Untitled [Port Sheain tSeosaimh; Old Joe's Jig], Untitled [The Leitrim Jig]
10. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled
11. Reel: Untitled [The Chicago Reel]
12. Set Dance: Untitled [Bonaparte's Retreat]
13. Jigs: Untitled [Connie the Soldier], Untitled [Port Chuilinn Ui Chaoimh / The Cullen Jig; The Humours of Glin (related tune)]
14. Song Air / Set Dance[?]: Untitled [The Palatine's Daughter / The Garden of Daisies]
15. Hornpipe: Untitled [Flee as a Bird (as recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by James Morrison, fiddle)]
16. Jig: Untitled [Cherish the Ladies]
17. Hornpipe: Untitled [Father Dollard's Hornpipe]
18. Reels: Untitled [The Old Bush], Untitled [Within a Mile of Dublin]
19. Jigs: Untitled [The Humours of Lisheen; The Thrush in the Straw], Untitled [Art O'Keefe's / Art O'Keeffe's] [HL / MSL, side A, track 1]
20. Reels: Untitled [Tap the Barrel], Untitled [Jenny Tie the Bonnet / Jenny Tie Your Bonnet / Tie the Bonnet] [HL / MSL, side A, track 2]
21. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Frisco Hornpipe] [HL / MSL, side A, track 3]
22. Jig / Slide: Untitled [Biddy Crowley's Ball; Mo Ghrasa ar Maidin / My Love in the Morning] [HL / MSL, side A, track 4]
23. Air, Slide: Untitled [The Bold Trainor O / The Bold Trainer O; The Green Linnet], Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide; Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide] [HL / MSL, side A, track 5]
24. Polkas: Untitled [The Blue Riband], Untitled [Up and Away] [HL / MSL, side A, track 6]
25. Jig: Untitled [Cailin an Ti Mhoir; The Housekeeper] [HL / MSL, side A, track 7]
26. Polka: Untitled [Tom Sullivan's Polka] [HL / MSL, side A, track 8]
27. Hornpipes: Untitled [Freddy Kimmel's Hornpipe], Untitled [The Home Brew; The Wicklow Hornpipe] [HL / MSL, side A, track 9]
28. Polka: Untitled [Padraig O'Keefe's / Padraig O'Keeffe's] [HL / MSL, side B, track 1]
29. Hornpipe: Untitled [Poll Ha'penny / Poll Ha'penny] [HL / MSL, side B, track 2]
30. Jigs: Untitled [John Mahinney's No 2], Untitled [The Ducks and the Oats; The Tenpenny Bit (related tune?)] [HL / MSL, side B, track 3]
31. Polka: Untitled [I Looked East and I Looked West] [Continued on tracks B] [HL / MSL, side B, track 4]
32. Slides: Untitled, Untitled [The Worn Torn Petticoat] [Continued from tracks A] [HL / MSL, side B, track 5]
33. Air: Untitled [Taimse im' Chodhladh / Taimse im Chodladh] [HL / MSL, side B, track 6]
34. Slide: Untitled [Going to the Well for Water; The Kaiser] [HL / MSL, side B, track 7]
35. Polkas: Untitled [Julia Clifford's; Tarrant's], Untitled [Bill the Waiver's / Bill the Weaver's; Din Tarrant's] [HL / MSL, side B, track 8]
36. Jig / Slide / March: Untitled [Maguire's Kick] [HL / MSL, side B, track 9]
37. Hornpipe: Untitled [Johnny Cope] [HL / MSL, side B, track 10]
38. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to a polka set; identifies the musicians about to play], Untitled [John Clifford's] [HL / MSL, side B, track 11a]
39. Speech, Jig / Slide: Untitled, Behind the Bush in the Garden [Billy O'Rourke Is the Boy] [HL / MSL, side B, track 11b]
40. 9: Slide: Untitled [Going for Water (title given on commercial release); Going to the Well for Water; Scattery Island] [HL / MSL, side B, track 11c] [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 52 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
McKenna, Francie, Monaghan, speech in English throughout band 1;
fiddle solo A2–8;
20–35?;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Murphy, James, Fermanagh, speech in English A9–14;
fiddle solo A10–14;
Scott, Philip, Fermanagh, speech in English A15–19;
fiddle solo A16–19;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band 1;
Fitzgerald, Jim, Kerry, fiddle solo A36–43;
speech in English intermittently throughout A36–43

Running Order:
1. Speech, Untitled
2. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Jenny's Chickens (related tune)], Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Monaghan Twig (related tune)]
4. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Tune-names are given, but it is not clear what tunes they apply to], Untitled [Drowsy Maggie (related tune?)]
5. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
6. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A11 & 32a], Untitled
8. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Reel, Speech: All White, Untitled
11. Reel: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 32a]
12. Speech: Untitled [Instructions to the performer]
13. Reel, Speech: The Glass of Beer, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
15. Speech: Untitled
16. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [The Connachtman's Rambles (related tune)]
17. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Drowsy Maggie, Untitled [Accompanied by lilting]
18. Reel, Speech: Miss Johnson, Untitled [The tune just played is stated to be like Miss McLeod's Reel]
19. Reel / Hornpipe, Speech: Dwyer's [O'Dwyer's Hornpipe in DMI], Untitled
20. Jig, Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Setting Sun], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
21. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Steeplechase], Untitled
22. Reel: Untitled [The Galway Rambler (related tune)]
23. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled [The title 'Tear the Calico' is given, but it is not clear which tune it applies to], McGrath's, Jenny Tie Your Bottom Strings, Untitled
24. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Old 'Wheels of the World'], Untitled
27. Reel: Untitled [The Chattering Magpie]
28. Speech: Untitled
29. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
30. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Miss Farr's Reel [The Ivy Leaf], Untitled
31. Reel: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail (related tune)]
32. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Emyvale Reel; for other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 11], The Dublin Reel [Local setting of], Untitled
33. Reel: Untitled [Within a Mile of Dublin]
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Fermoy Lasses (related tune?)], Untitled
35. Reel: McKenna's [Miss Thornton] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
36. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Out in the Rain [CICD 4091.13 (from this recording); The Cabin Hunter (related tune)]
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled, William O'Brien [CICD 5814.11 (from this recording)]
38. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], Sheehan's / Sheehas ? [CICD 5462.11 (from this recording; gives title 'Sheehas ?')], Untitled [About the tune to be played next; it was learned from a local player, Jack Costello, an ex-RIC man]
39. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Mount Collins Reel [CICD 4406.11 (from this recording); The Mountcollins Reel]
40. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, The Black Stripper [CICD 1176.12 (from this recording; gives the title as 'The Black Slipper', a mistranscription); The Maid at the Well], Untitled
41. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Merry Man into His Grave / Down the Merry Man into His Grave [CICD 1276.11 (from this recording); Down Goes the Merry Man into His Grave; Connie the Soldier]
42. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1814.13 (from this recording); The Rakes of Clonmel]
43. Reels, Speech: Untitled [CICD 3901.11 (from this recording); Drowsy Maggie (related tune); Toss the Feathers (related tune)], Untitled [CICD 4985.11 (from this recording); The Templeglantine Reel], Untitled [Where the performer comes from: Dromtrasna / Drom Treasna, Abbeyfeale, in west Limerick] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 53 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Cronin, Patrick / Cronin, Paddy, Kerry, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Air: The Lament for O'Donnell [Caoine Ui Dhomhnaill]
2. Set Dance: The Jockey to the Fair [Log contains comment: 'Beginning Faulty. Check disc']
3. Hornpipes: Delahunty's Hornpipe [Byrne's Hornpipe], Byrne's Hornpipe [Names given in incorrect order in log?]
4. Single Jigs / Slides: The Quarry Cross [The Dingle Regatta, in the version played by Sliabh Luachra musicians], Re Bui Frolics [Barrack Hill (DMI, # 410)], The Pocan [The Pucan; The Worn Torn Petticoat; Quarry Cross; The Leprechaun; log contains comment: 'Bad thump on tape at start'] [END OF BAND ONE]

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