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Speech: Untitled [Interview for radio; topics include: origins of the name of the town Ballyvaughan; why Connemara people no longer bring turf to Clare in boats; at one time there was heavy traffic in turf on the sea between Clare and Connemara; origin of the name Ceann Boirne; the landlords in north Clare; An Craoibhin Aoibhinn / Douglas Hyde had high praise for the dialect of Irish spoken in north Clare; the characteristics of the Irish spoken in north Clare; the prospects for the Irish language in the area]

Partially identified performer [Peadar] - speech in Irish
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin] - speech in Irish

Reels: Untitled [The Heather Breeze], Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]

Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie - pipes in instrumental group
Unidentified performers - instrumental group

Speech: Untitled [Interview for radio; topics include: looking after tourists in north Clare; high seas off north Clare; how the speaker and interviewer searched unsuccessfully for bales of rubber on Oilean na bPortan / Crab Island, off Doolin, Co Clare; how the speaker acquired the nickname 'Cuckoo']

Partially identified performer [O'Brien, Pat 'Cuckoo', Clare] - speech in Irish
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin]

Reel: Untitled [The Heather Breeze]

Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare?] - whistle in duet
Unidentified performer [Russell, Pakie, Clare?] - concertina in duet

Speech: Untitled [Entertaining tourists with fiddle-playing (mainly in Irish)]

Conlon, John 'Baser', Clare - speech in Irish and English
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus - speech in Irish and English

Speech: Untitled [Entertaining tourists with fiddle-playing; how the speaker got the nickname 'Baser' (in English)]

Conlon, John 'Baser' - speech in English
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus - speech in English

Jig / Song, Speech, Jig / Song: Untitled [Jig lilted and words to it sung], Untitled, Untitled [Jig whistled and lilted and words to it sung; The Dark-Eyed Gypsy]

Conlon, John 'Baser' - lilting solo
Conlon, John 'Baser' - singing in English
Conlon, John 'Baser' - singing in Irish
Conlon, John 'Baser' - whistling solo

Reels: Untitled [The Maid of Mount Cisco], Untitled [The Hunter's Purse] [END OF BAND ONE]

Unidentified performer - flute solo

Reel: Untitled [The Peeler's Jacket]

Unidentified performer [Russell, Pakie - concertina solo

Reel: Untitled [The Bag of Potatoes]

Unidentified performer - fiddle solo