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Mick O'Connor Collection

  • MOC-258273
  • Collection
  • 1968 - 1977
Collection comprises reel-to-reel tapes featuring off-air dubs of RTÉ radio programmes, dubs of commerical material, edited dubs of material recorded by John Brennan in the US, and other domestic and field recordings of traditional Irish musicians.

O'Connor, Mick

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 17 [sound recording] / Séamus Ennis

Recorded at the Dublin Folk Festival, Liberty Hall, Dublin, 19 July 1977
00:00:00 - 00:02:56 | Introduction, speech in English / Séamus Ennis, speech in English
00:02:56 - 00:06:32 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], song / Séamus Ennis, singing in Irish
00:06:32 - 00:08:50 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], slow air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:08:50 - 00:10:44 | The Connaught mans rambles, jig; The Connaught man's rambles (version), / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:10:44 - 00:14:21 | Easter snow, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:14:21 - 00:18:00 | When sick is it tea you want, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:18:00 - 00:23:02 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:23:02 - 00:26:25 | The blacksmith's hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:26:25 - 00:28:12 | Ceol na gceartán, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:28:12 - 00:30:20 | The bucks of Oranmore, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
00:30:20 - 00:33:45 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:33:45 - 00:37:06 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunters jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:37:06 - 00:39:06 | Bean an tí ar lár, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:39:06 - 00:40:50 | Unidentified, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:40:50 - 00:42:47 | The ace and deuce of piping, set dance / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:42:47 - 00:43:31 | Unidentified, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:43:31 - 00:46:27 | An chúilfhionn, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:46:27 - 00:48:33 | [Mixed audio]
00:48:33 - 00:48:40 | [Blank audio]
00:48:40 - 00:51:56 | [Jenny's welcome to Charlie, reel; unidentified reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:51:56 - 00:54:15 | [Doctor O'Neill's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:54:15 - 00:57:02 | [Unidentified, reel ; The Antrim rose, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:57:02 - 01:00:03 | [The bird in the bush, reel ; George White's favourite, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:00:03 - 01:02:05 | [The sporting pitchfork, jig ; The rambling pitchfork, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:02:05 - 01:06:04 | [Lord McDonald, reel ; Ballinasloe fair, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:06:04 - 01:10:11 | [Cherish the ladies, jig] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:10:11 - 01:12:42 | [Drowsy Maggie, reel ; The silver spear, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:12:42 - 01:16:07 | [The pinch of snuff, reel ; The wild Irishman, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:16:07 - 01:19:05 | [Drag her round the road, reel ; The shaskeen, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:19:05 - 01:22:06 | Gusty's frolics, slip jig / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:22:06 - 01:25:35 | [Red-haired Charles, reel ; Pat Touhey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:25:35 - 01:27:26 | [The king of the pipers no 2, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:27:26 - 01:31:05 | [Down the broom, reel ; The morning dew, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:31:05 - 01:32:05 | [Ballyket Courthouse, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
01:32:05 - 01:34:19 | [The fisherman's island, reel ; Mother's delight, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:34:19 - 01:36:55 | The boys of Mallin, reel ; [The high road to Linton, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:36:55 - 01:37:27 | [Blank audio]

Recorded in Spanish Point, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
01:37:27 - 01:39:37 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:39:37 - 01:43:28 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunter's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:43:28 - 01:44:49 | Bean an tí, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in the Central Mall, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 8 July 1976
01:44:49 - 01:47:37 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:47:37 - 01:48:44 | Dusty miller, jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:48:44 - 01:49:26 | Dusty miller, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:49:26 - 01:50:51 | Na Ceannabháin bána, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:50:51 - 01:52:08 | An cailín Gaelach, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:52:08 - 01:54:11 | The copperplate, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:54:11 - 01:58:56 | The frieze britches, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:58:56 - 02:00:58 | [Rip the calico], reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:00:58 - 02:02:25 | The merry blacksmith, reel / Séamus Enniss, uilleann pipes

Dubbed from the Long Note, RTÉ, 1978
02:02:25 - 02:06:59 | The rocky road to Dublin, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:06:59 - 02:09:50 | Eamonn an chnoic, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:09:50 - 02:11:17 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:11:17 - 02:12:32 | Plúirín na mban donn óg, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:12:32 - 02:15:09 | An tseanbhean bhocht, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:15:09 - 02:17:24 | Unidentified, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:17:24 - 02:18:52 | The pinch of snuff, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:18:52 - 02:20:22 | The flogging reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:20:22 - 02:24:08 | The faerie's hornpipe ; The stack of barley, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:24:08 - 02:26:05 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes ; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:26:05 - 02:27:57 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:27:57 - 02:29:38 | [The boys of Bluehill, hornpipe] / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:29:38 - 02:21:38 | Unidentified, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:21:38 - 02:33:02 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:33:02 - 02:36:33 | [Unidentified, air ; Arthur Darley's jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:36:33 - 02:39:11 | [The cup of tea, reel ; Mermaid of Mullaghmore , reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:39:11 - 02:41:08 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:41:08 - 02:42:00 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:42:00 - 02:44:46 | [The princess royal, set dance] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:44:46 - 02:47:42 | [The Duke of Leinster, reel] ; The morning dew, reel / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:47:42 - 02:50:17 | [Caher Roe, reel ; Pat Tuohey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:50:17 - 02:53:07 | [The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:53:07 - 02:56:38 | Sergeant Early's dream, reel ; The rock of Cashel, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
02:56:38 - 02:59:51 | [The collier's, jig ; Pádraig O'Keeffe's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:59:51 - 03:03:58 | Patsy Tuohey's, reel ; Old Cuffe Street, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:03:58 - 03:06:07 | Rodney’s glory, set dance / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:06:07 – 03:09:05 | The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley’s, jig / [Paddy Glackin?], fiddle
03:09:05 – 03:11:47 | The Duke of Leinster, reel ; The morning dew, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:11:47 – 03:14:18 | The boys of Malin, reel ; unidentified reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:14:18 – 03:13:18 | [blank audio]

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 17 [sound recording] / Séamus Ennis

Recorded at the Dublin Folk Festival, Liberty Hall, Dublin, 19 July 1977
00:00:00 - 00:02:56 | Introduction, speech in English / Séamus Ennis, speech in English
00:02:56 - 00:06:32 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], song / Séamus Ennis, singing in Irish
00:06:32 - 00:08:50 | [Bean dubh an ghleanna], slow air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:08:50 - 00:10:44 | The Connaught mans rambles, jig; The Connaught man's rambles (version), / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:10:44 - 00:14:21 | Easter snow, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:14:21 - 00:18:00 | When sick is it tea you want, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:18:00 - 00:23:02 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:23:02 - 00:26:25 | The blacksmith's hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:26:25 - 00:28:12 | Ceol na gceartán, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:28:12 - 00:30:20 | The bucks of Oranmore, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
00:30:20 - 00:33:45 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:33:45 - 00:37:06 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunters jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:37:06 - 00:39:06 | Bean an tí ar lár, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:39:06 - 00:40:50 | Unidentified, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:40:50 - 00:42:47 | The ace and deuce of piping, set dance / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:42:47 - 00:43:31 | Unidentified, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:43:31 - 00:46:27 | An chúilfhionn, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
00:46:27 - 00:48:33 | [Mixed audio]
00:48:33 - 00:48:40 | [Blank audio]
00:48:40 - 00:51:56 | [Jenny's welcome to Charlie, reel; unidentified reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:51:56 - 00:54:15 | [Doctor O'Neill's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:54:15 - 00:57:02 | [Unidentified, reel ; The Antrim rose, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:57:02 - 01:00:03 | [The bird in the bush, reel ; George White's favourite, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:00:03 - 01:02:05 | [The sporting pitchfork, jig ; The rambling pitchfork, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:02:05 - 01:06:04 | [Lord McDonald, reel ; Ballinasloe fair, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:06:04 - 01:10:11 | [Cherish the ladies, jig] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:10:11 - 01:12:42 | [Drowsy Maggie, reel ; The silver spear, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:12:42 - 01:16:07 | [The pinch of snuff, reel ; The wild Irishman, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:16:07 - 01:19:05 | [Drag her round the road, reel ; The shaskeen, reel] / unidentified performers, fiddle
01:19:05 - 01:22:06 | Gusty's frolics, slip jig / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:22:06 - 01:25:35 | [Red-haired Charles, reel ; Pat Touhey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:25:35 - 01:27:26 | [The king of the pipers no 2, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:27:26 - 01:31:05 | [Down the broom, reel ; The morning dew, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:31:05 - 01:32:05 | [Ballyket Courthouse, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
01:32:05 - 01:34:19 | [The fisherman's island, reel ; Mother's delight, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:34:19 - 01:36:55 | The boys of Mallin, reel ; [The high road to Linton, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
01:36:55 - 01:37:27 | [Blank audio]

Recorded in Spanish Point, Co. Clare, 9 July 1977
01:37:27 - 01:39:37 | Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:39:37 - 01:43:28 | Lament for the fox, air ; Foxhunter's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:43:28 - 01:44:49 | Bean an tí, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes

Recorded in the Central Mall, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, 8 July 1976
01:44:49 - 01:47:37 | An raibh tú ag an gcarraig, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:47:37 - 01:48:44 | Dusty miller, jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:48:44 - 01:49:26 | Dusty miller, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, whistle
01:49:26 - 01:50:51 | Na Ceannabháin bána, slip jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:50:51 - 01:52:08 | An cailín Gaelach, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:52:08 - 01:54:11 | The copperplate, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:54:11 - 01:58:56 | The frieze britches, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
01:58:56 - 02:00:58 | [Rip the calico], reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:00:58 - 02:02:25 | The merry blacksmith, reel / Séamus Enniss, uilleann pipes

Dubbed from the Long Note, RTÉ, 1978
02:02:25 - 02:06:59 | The rocky road to Dublin, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:06:59 - 02:09:50 | Eamonn an chnoic, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:09:50 - 02:11:17 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:11:17 - 02:12:32 | Plúirín na mban donn óg, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:12:32 - 02:15:09 | An tseanbhean bhocht, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:15:09 - 02:17:24 | Unidentified, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:17:24 - 02:18:52 | The pinch of snuff, reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:18:52 - 02:20:22 | The flogging reel / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:20:22 - 02:24:08 | The faerie's hornpipe ; The stack of barley, hornpipe / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:24:08 - 02:26:05 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes ; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:26:05 - 02:27:57 | Garret Barry's, jig / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes; Tommy Potts, fiddle
02:27:57 - 02:29:38 | [The boys of Bluehill, hornpipe] / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:29:38 - 02:21:38 | Unidentified, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:21:38 - 02:33:02 | My Lagan love, air / Séamus Ennis, uilleann pipes
02:33:02 - 02:36:33 | [Unidentified, air ; Arthur Darley's jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:36:33 - 02:39:11 | [The cup of tea, reel ; Mermaid of Mullaghmore , reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:39:11 - 02:41:08 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:41:08 - 02:42:00 | [The blackbird, hornpipe] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:42:00 - 02:44:46 | [The princess royal, set dance] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:44:46 - 02:47:42 | [The Duke of Leinster, reel] ; The morning dew, reel / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:47:42 - 02:50:17 | [Caher Roe, reel ; Pat Tuohey's, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:50:17 - 02:53:07 | [The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:53:07 - 02:56:38 | Sergeant Early's dream, reel ; The rock of Cashel, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
02:56:38 - 02:59:51 | [The collier's, jig ; Pádraig O'Keeffe's, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle
02:59:51 - 03:03:58 | Patsy Tuohey's, reel ; Old Cuffe Street, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:03:58 - 03:06:07 | Rodney’s glory, set dance / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:06:07 – 03:09:05 | The key of the convent, jig ; Arthur Darley’s, jig / [Paddy Glackin?], fiddle
03:09:05 – 03:11:47 | The Duke of Leinster, reel ; The morning dew, reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:11:47 – 03:14:18 | The boys of Malin, reel ; unidentified reel / Paddy Glackin, fiddle
03:14:18 – 03:13:18 | [blank audio]

Accounts and Receipts

Financial documents and receipts relating to the activities of Na Píobairí Uilleann. Included are an entry sheet for ‘Cumann na bPiobairí Uilleann / Uilleann Pipers' Club Members Private Sweep on The Grand National, Run at Aintree..., 1963; a hardback copy listing names & subscription payments to Na Píobairí Uilleann (1968-1972), the first entry is as follows ‘26th October 1968. Convention held at Bru na Gael, North Great George’s Street. Subscriptions were collected by me and the names of subscribers noted with addresses.’ The copy also includes ‘income’ and ‘expenditure’ accounts for these years. Also included are receipts for among other things, printing of the society’s newsletter An Píobaire, the printing of photographs from a pipers’ gathering in 1973, receipts for materials relating to reed making e.g. ‘12 balls of hemp, £1.07’ as well as receipts for the purchase of publications.

Songs from Co. Mayo

Handwritten, typescript, and newspaper clippings of songs from Co. Mayo, mostly lyric sheets but a few contain tonic sol-fa. One is written on the back of music manuscript paper, but appears unrelated to the lyrics. A few written by Nellie Walsh herself, but others sent to her or clipped from newspapers. Some attached to letters addressed to Walsh.

Songs from Co. Tipperary

Handwritten, typescript, photocopied printed, and newspaper clippings of songs from Co. Tipperary. These are mostly lyric sheets, but one includes tonic sol-fa and one is written on the back of music manuscript paper, which appears unrelated to the song. Many transcribed by Nellie Walsh herself, but others sent to her or clipped from newspapers. Some attached to letters addressed to Walsh.

Tionól

Letters, documents and posters relating to the organisation of piping Tionól, workshops and concerts. Notice of ‘Second annual autumn meeting of NPU on Saturday the 8th of November... in Brú na Gael, Dublin’ [1969]. Included are letters from the Irish Countrywomen’s Association, An Grianán, Termonfechin [Termonfeckin], Drogheda, Co Louth relating to the ‘Annual Conference of Na Píobairí Uilleann, May 1971’, ‘May 1972’ and 18 May 1973. A programme of events for ‘An Tionol Piobaireachta 1973, An Grianan, Termonfeckin, Co Louth’; also letters from Kieran Crinion, Neptune Hotel, Bettystown, Co Meath relating to the the pipers’ Tionól, Bettystown 20 May 1976. Letters from Séamus MacMathúna, Wexford to Breandán Breathnach about an event in [Wexford] Arts Centre on the 29 April 1978; also an undated [1970s ?] letter from C.B.S., Limerick to Breandán Breathnach about the ‘Seanchas’ event where ‘25 trainee cadets are coming down specially from the Curragh to this session.’ Also included are undated draft posters for an event ‘Pipes & Fiddles’ with ‘Seamus Ennis (Ennis, Séamus, 1919-1982), John Kelly (Kelly, John, 1912-1987), Sean Keane, Paddy Maloney [Paddy Moloney] and Guests.’

National Museum of Ireland

Draft and original correspondence between Seán Ó Téacháin, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2; draft press release and list of newspaper contact information; draft and final copies of ‘Opening speech by Breandán Breathnach at the Exhibition ‘Pipes and Piping’ at the National Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin, from 21 July 1978’; list of ‘Players at the Museum Exhibition’; invitation to the opening of ‘Pipes and Piping’; and photograph taken at the opening of the exhibition. Correspondence relating to the mounting of the piping exhibition in the National Museum of Ireland including a list of uilleann pipers who played ‘at the exhibition each day from Tuesday to Friday inclusive’, these included ‘Dan O’Dowd, Joe McLoughlin, Robbie Hannon [Hannan], Noel Pocock, Terry Moylan, Peter Browne, Paddy Keenan, Padraig MacMathúna, Ronan Browne, Pat Mitchell, Liam Óg Ó Floinn and Andy Conroy’ (Conroy, Andy, 1911-1999) (21 July 1978).

Pipe Making Proposal to Gaeltarra Éireann

Draft & original correspondence between Breandán Breathnach, Jackie Small, Ballinfoyle, Galway and two employees of Gaeltarra Éireann, Na Forbacha, Gaillimh [Galway], Cathal Mac Gabhann, Stiúrthoir, and Tomás Bairéad, Oifigeach Taighde; a typescript entitled ‘A Proposal for manufacture of Uilleann Pipes’ which proposes setting up the watchmaker, Brian Gallahar, ‘a skilled craftsman in a field which has some common ground with musical instrument making (in turning and boring fine metals)’ as a pipe maker in the Ros Muc Gaeltacht. Gaeltarra turn down Na Píobairí Uilleann’s proposal because of a similar venture which was being considered in Rinn, [Co. Waterford] involving ‘‘Sky’ and Liam Clancy (of the Clancy Brothers)’ [16 Apr 1976]
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