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Performers:
Cassidy, Willy, storytelling in English A1;
singing in English A2-3

Running Order:
1. Story: Continuation of The Grey Haired Norrisey's Skull
2. Song: Recruiting Song [END OF BAND ONE]
3. ???

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A1, 6;
Dunning, Ina, speech in English A1;
Mulkere, Brendan, fiddle solo A2-3, fiddle in duet A4;
Roland, Raymond, accordion in duet A4, concertina solo A5, speech in English A6

Running Order:
1. Speech [music in Spotted Dog, young people playing music in London, greetings home] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Ina Dunning, speech in English
2. The steeple chase, Seamus Breathnach's, reels / Brendan Mulkere, fiddle
3. Larry Redigans, The humours of Tulla, reels / Brendan Mulkere, fiddle
4. March/Reel: The Battle Of Aughrim, march, Paddy Cronin's, reel / Brendan Mulkere, fiddle ; Raymond Roland, accordion
5. An cuilfionn, air / Raymond Roland, concertina
6. Speech [greetings home, music scene in London, Le Cheile, recordings] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Raymond Roland, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Barry, Margaret, speech in English A1-4

Running Order:
1. Speech [recent travels, travels in Ireland and America, travelling for 40 years] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Margaret Barry, speech in English
2. Speech [learning songs and music, playing at fairs in her youth, breeding horses, her outlook in life, being sick in England] / Margaret Barry, speech in English
3. Speech [Michael Gorman] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Margaret Barry, speech in English
4. Speech [younger musicians, musicians and singers she appreciated: Seamus Ennis, Joe Heaney] / Margaret Barry, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English A1-2

Running Order:
1. Speech [description of the 'Irish Pipes and Piping' exhibition on display in the Battersea Arts Centre] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Breandan Breathnach, speech in English
2. Speech [comparison of modern day pipe makers against older makers] / Breandan Breathnach, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Nally, James, (aged 15yrs) speech in English A1;
Nally, Kathleen, speech in English A1;
McMenamin, Catriona, singing in English A2;
Jim Power Group, instrumental group A3;
Unidentified performer, banjo in duet A4-5;
Mulynn, Paddy, speech in English A6;
Martin, Tony, speech in English A7

Running Order:
1. Speech [CCE London, winning the All-Ireland, James' interest in music] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Kathleen Nally, speech in English ; James Nally, speech in English
2. Song: Hello Dolly / [Unidentified speaker] ; Catriona McMenamin, speech in English, singing in English
3. [Untitled], reels (fragment) / Jim Power Group, band
4. [Untitled], reel (fragment) / [Unidentified banjo]
5. [Untitled], reel / [Unidentified banjo]
6. Speech [The Favourite pub, other musicians in London: Raymond Roland, Roger Sherlock, Bobby Casey, Paddy Taylor, learning music] / Paddy Mulynn, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
7. Speech [how Tony became interested in making fiddles, fiddle construction] / Tony Martin, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Fallon, Paddy, speech in English A1;
Fay, Seamas, Cavan, lilting A1-2, speech in English A3;
O'Reilly, Margaret, Cavan, speech in English A4, singing in English A4;
O'Brien, Delia, speech in English A5

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction] ; [Untitled], reels / Paddy Fallon, speech in English ; Seamus Fay, lilting
2. Mrs Galvin's, [Untitled], hornpipes / Seamus Fay, lilting
3. Speech [lilting, styles of lilting, other lilters, Cavan CCE members] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Seamus Fay, speech in English
4. Speech [singing, learning from her parents] ; The red, white and green, song (fragment) ; Speech [song repertoire, CCE competitions, All Ireland Medals] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Margaret O’Reilly, speech in English, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]
5. Speech [Slough Irish Club, living in London] / Delia O’Brien [END OF BAND ONE]

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]

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]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout;
Crehan, Junior, Clare, speech in English A1, 14;
fiddle solo A1;
Unidentified performer [Ward, Jim, Clare], whistling solo A1;
singing in English A1;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Killeen, Tom, singing in English A2;
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A3;
accordion in duet A10;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Denis, Kerry?], fiddle solo A4, 12;
fiddle in duet A6;
Doyle, Jimmy / Doyle, Seamus, Kerry, accordion in duet A5, 22, 24;
O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry, accordion in duet A5, 6[?];
accordion solo A8;
Sweeney, Sonny, Kerry, fiddle solo A7;
Unidentified performer(s), whistle in duet A9;
whistle solo A17;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A10;
Kane, Eleanor / Neary, Eleanor, Chicago, speech in English A11;
piano solo A11;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A13;
Donoghue, Jack, Clare, concertina solo A14;
Lawlor, Peter, [Clare?], concertina or mouth organ in duet A15;
Unidentified performer, [Clare?], concertina or mouth organ in duet A15;
Clifford, Julia, Kerry / London, fiddle in duet A16;
Clifford, Billy, Kerry / London, whistle in duet A16;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A18, 28–30;
Daly, Michael, Worthing, flute solo A18;
O Meachair, Eamonn, [Clare?], fiddle in duet A19–20;
O Meachair, Padraig / Maher, Paddy, [Clare?], whistle in duet A19–20;
Cronin, Dan, whistle in duet A21, 25–26;
O'Sullivan, Cornelius, fiddle in duet A21, 24;
fiddle solo A23;
Murphy, Diarmuid, Kerry, fiddle in duet A22;
fiddle solo A27;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet A25–26;
McKeown, Tom, Tyrone, fiddle in duet A28–29, 31–32;
speech in English A28–30;
fiddle solo A30;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A28–29, 31–32

Running Order:
1. Speech with Music and Singing: Untitled [Discussion about dances performed in the area (west Clare?), with examples of dance tunes played on fiddle, whistled, and sung; dances discussed include sets and also other dances like Cock Your Leg up, Moll Roe (tune played; Father Halpin's Top Coat; The Varsovienne); Green Grow the Rushes; The Gabhairin Bui (tune played); The Peeler and the Goat; and Saint Patricks's Day; the slip jig 'Moll Roe' is whistled and words to it sung]
2. Speech, Song: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled (incomplete)
3. Jig: Untitled [Related to 'The Sports of Multyfarnham'] (clipped at both ends) [Music is followed on the tape by periods of silence interspersed with tone signals (not digitised)]
4. Jig: Untitled (incomplete)
5. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [If I Had a Wife; 3 parts; not the tune associated with that title that was recorded by the Chieftains], Untitled [For another performance of the music selection played in this track, see track A5]
6. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Blue Ribbon, The Knocknagree Polka [Dan O'Connell's Favourite]
7. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Sweeney's Polka [For another performance of this tune, see track A10b]
8. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [If I Had a Wife; 3 parts; not the tune associated with that title that was recorded by the Chieftains], Untitled [For another performance of the music selection played in this track, see track A5] (clipped at end)
9. Slides: Untitled, Untitled
10. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled [Sweeney's Polka; for another performance of this tune, see track A7], Untitled (incomplete; clipped at end)
11. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows; tune was learned from someone who was a pupil of Padraig O'Keeffe at home in Ireland and who later came to Chicago], Untitled [Terry Teahan's]
12. Polkas: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's Favourite], Untitled [Bill the Weaver's (2); Tarrant's]
13. Polkas: Untitled [Recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by John McKenna, flute], Untitled, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Molly's Lough
15. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Drink Your Tea
16. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
17. Polka: Untitled
18. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Little Green Cottage
19. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Dandy Peeler [Related to melody of song 'Finnegan's Wake'], Untitled [[Stated to be 'an old Clare set' tune]
20. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [I Looked East and I Looked West], Untitled [Melody of song 'Muirsheen Durkin']
21. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Repeat of the first tune in this selection]
22. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled
23. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled
24. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Duggan's Favourite [Composed by Mick Duggan, Kerry, fiddle, according to CICD; false start]
25. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Jimmy Barry's Polka [Sound level low]
26. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Art O'Keeffe's Jig
27. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Denis Murphy's Polka [Tom Billy's Polka]
28. Speech, Polka, Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Gurteen Cross [?] / Curtin's Cross [?] [The Church Street Polka], Untitled [Information about dancing in the local area (Galbally, Co Tyrone)]
29. Polka, Speech: Untitled [Saint Mary's Polka], Untitled
30. Polka, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
31. Polka: Untitled
32. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE - Band Two contains an episode of the radio drama series 'The Kennedys of Castleross' (not digitised)]