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Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
speech in Irish throughout;
O Cuilleanan, Micheal, Cork, speech in Irish A2–4;
Quill, Ellen Mary / O Duibhir, Eibhlin Bean Ui Dh- / O'Dwyer, Mrs, Limerick, speech in English and Irish A5, 7;
concertina in duet A6, 8;
concertina solo A10, 15;
O Duibhir, Roibeard / O'Dwyer, Robert [Limerick?], speech in English A5, 7;
accordion in duet A6, 8;
speech in Irish A11;
accordion solo A12–14;
O Duibhir, Liam, [Limerick?], speech in English A13

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Speech: Untitled [About Seamus Goodman (the collector James Goodman); as a child, the present speaker saw G; G used to repair pipes for many pipers, who would visit him for that purpose; G spoke Irish very well; one piper who visited G was unable to walk and travelled on a donkey; G used play the pipes with the pipers who visited him; memorial to G; G lived in the glebe; G's appearance; G was a good neighbour; G's family, including Godfrey, a doctor, who would treat poor people despite their being unable to pay him; Irish in the local area (Skibbereen)]
3. Speech: Untitled [Irish in the local area (Skibbereen); people who spoke Irish; street-sweepers spoke Irish during their work; present speaker used follow the street-sweepers around the town to listen to their Irish; songs sung in the area; Sean O Duibhir an Ghleanna; Seoladh na nGamhna sa bhFasach; Ceo Draiochta; Liam O Raghallaigh; discussion of song lyrics, with examples]
4. Speech: Untitled [Damhscoil Mhuscrai; activities and meetings connected with the revival of Irish in the Skibbereen area; the first branch of Connradh na Gaeilge there; present speaker heard an tAthair Peadar O Laoghaire speak at the Munster Feis in Cork; how Damhscoil Mhuscrai was founded; An Suibhneach Meann; verses composed by the present speaker (recited); account of an tAthair Sean de Paor, including verses written about him and miracles were effected by him, even after his death; an 'aisling' poem/song written by the local poet Micheal O Suilleabhain; Sean O Coileain]
5. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
6. Reels: Nelly's Reel [The Collier's Reel], The Woman of the House
7. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
8. Jig: Paddy's Return
9. Speech: Untitled [About the tune that follows, which was played for the last figure of a set]
10. Barn Dance / Hornpipe: Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
12. Hornpipes: Sean Ryan's [McMahon's; composed by Sean Ryan], The Echo, Untitled [Slievenamon]
13. Speech with Music, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Story about the tune that follows; with music illustration], Donal an Choill's Reel [?], Untitled
14. Reels: George White's Fancy / George White's Favourite, The Bag of Potatoes / An Mala Fatai / An Mala Pratai
15. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Toss the Feathers [END OF BAND ONE]