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Performers:
Clingan, James 'Jimmy', Donegal, singing in English A1, 3, 5;
speech in English throughout A1–5;
fiddle solo A4–5;
O'Hara, Aidan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Clancy, John, Cavan, speech in English A6;
Clancy, Angela, Cavan, speech in English A6

Running Order:
1. The shores of Americay, song / Jimmy Clingan, singing in English
2. Speech [Talk about learning songs off records, people selling ballad sheets; Jimmy talks about his love of Gilbert and Sullivan songs which he learned from a recording of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; he saw ballad song sellers at markets and fairs in Carndonagh the last thirty years ago; tinkers, men and women sold the songs which they had printed up, songs by Thomas Moore and the like. Sheets would be three pence or four pence each; how they know what air to sing the song to; He showed me a song called 'The Bonnie Wee Lass o' the Glen', written out for him 30 or 40 years earlier by a man from Balleighan, Malin, his name, John White Paddy, a Doherty or a McLaughlin man. Jimmy said the man had a lovely voice and he liked the song; talks about the 'timbre' in a good singer's voice. "I haven't that," he said.' (description provided by AOH)] / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English]
3. Speech [Information from A O'H: 'Starts off talking about an RIC man who wrote a song about a woman he liked in Clonmany and he quotes lines from it. Sings a verse and says, "That's a good song and nobody in Inishowen hardly knows it either." He got it from hearing it sung by others. On line the song is called Dark Iniseoghain: http://celtic-lyrics.com/lyrics/566.html and http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/deante/dark_iniseoghain-lyrics-1155631.html , also http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13326, etc.; I asked him for The Star of Inishowen but he didn't know the air of it. He said he worked as a carpenter all his life and was in the Irish Army during the Emergency. He was 71 when I recorded this] ; Dark Iniseoghain, song / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English, singing in English
4. An Chúilfhionn [An Chuileann / The Coolin], air ; Speech [Information from A O'H: 'I asked him about a song called 'Came whistling o'er the hill' (same air as 'Sullivan's John'). Jimmy said it was well known locally'] / Jimmy Clingan, fiddle
5. Came whistling o'er the hill, air ; Speech [Information from A O'H: 'Talks about a song he heard only once sung by a man from Glengad. It took his fancy because it was so pleasing and he was sorry he didn't get it off him. Sings a few lines of it']; [untitled], song / Jimmy Clingan, fiddle, speech in English
6. Speech: [Information from A O'H: 'This recording was made after interview with Jimmy Clingan in 19AOH begins by reciting a few lines from verses written about the Derragarra Inn, Butler's Bridge. With him are the owners, John and Angela Clancy to whom he talks about their establishment: a recorded interview for Aidan's programme, 'Fáilte Isteach' on RTÉ Radio 1] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; John Clancy, speech in English ; Angela Clancy, speech in English

Performers:
English, John Joe, singing in English A1, 3-4, 6-7, speech in English A2-7;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Peter Emberley, song / John Joe English, singing in English
2. Speech [born in 1896, John Joe's family, music in his family, his younger brother Michael Joseph's death at age 13 from appendicitis, his mother's reaction to Michael's death, seeing a vision of him after his death, being sick himself, regaining his strength, land the family owned] / John Joe English, speech in English
3. Speech [crossing the Gut by ferry, fishing as a young boy of eleven with his uncle] ; The old leather britches, song / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English
4. Speech [finishing school aged eleven, Brian O'Lynn, learning about Ireland] ; Father O'Flynn, song / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English, singing in English
5. Speech [fishing and carpentry, his father was a carpenter and fisherman, building a motorboat] / John Joe English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Speech [the local school master Mr. Sullivan and his son Dinny Sullivan who composed sons, song fragments, Lucy Foley, being 'shipped' (hired out as farm labour), others who were 'shipped' from St John's, women’s and men’ s jobs] / John Joe English, speech in English
7. Speech [penicillin arriving, humorous story, milking, his mother being ill, hemp nets for fishing, his mother dying, leaving Branch for Montreal, practising songs with Mrs MacDonald] ; [untitled], song [fragment] / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
English, John, Joe, speech in English A1, 2-4, 7-8, singing in English A1-8;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Irish Paddy, song / John Joe English, singing in English
2. The green linnet, song / John Joe English, singing in English
3. If Jack were only here [My mother was a lady], song ; Speech [singers] / John Joe English, singing in English
4. Seven years I loved a sailor [interrupted], song / John Joe English, singing in English
5. Barbara Allen, song [end clipped] / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Barbara Allen, song [continued] / John Joe English, singing in English
7. The leaving of old Ireland [Leaving of Liverpool], song / John Joe English, singing in English
8. Still my heart beats for Maggie, song ; Speech [learning songs, songs that he’s forgotten] / John Joe English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Off-air dubs A1, 4, B1;
Dyer, Gwyn, speech in English A1;
English, John Joe, Newfoundland, speech in English A2-3, singing in English A2-3;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [off-air dubs about the arms-trade] / Gwyn Dyer, speech in English
2. Speech [introduction] ; The Seeds of Love, song / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. Fair young maid stood in her garden [Seven years I loved a sailor] [interrupted] / John Joe English, singing in English, speech in English
4. Speech [off-air dubs: opera programme; mic test; off-air dubs: the Canadian auto industry] / Mark Starowicz, executive producer [END OF BAND ONE]
5. Speech [Off-air dub of CBC’s “Sunday Morning”; features story about Billy Graham; music programming] / Marc Starowicz, executive producer [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Droney, Kate, singing in Irish, speech in Irish;
Breathnach, Diarmuid, singing in Irish, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction to a singing session, Seán Kinsella and Irish poetry and folksong] / [unnamed speaker], speech in Irish, speech in English
2. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
3. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
4. [Untitled from Waterford], song ; Speech / Diarmuid Breathnach, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
5. Aileen Ruin, song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
6. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
7. [Untitled] [Red is the rose], song / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
8. [Untitled], song ; Speech [Bellharbour and connections to Conamara] / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
9. Farewell to Bellharbour, song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
10. [Untitled set], jigs / [Unknown performers], banjo, piano, snare drum
11. Speech [tag for an upcoming radio programme] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
12. Speech [midnight marker, radio newscast] / [Unknown speaker]