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The material from 00:00:19 - 01:31:56 is a home-recording by Con Cassidy for Máire O'Keeffe:
00:00:19 - 00:01:33 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:01:39 - 00:03:00 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Miss Drummond of Perth, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:03:13 - 00:04:48 | [The braes of Maas, highland] [version of The braes of Mar, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:04:55 - 00:06:12 | [An Mullach Garbh = The rugged height, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:06:16 - 00:07:35 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Julia Delaney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:07:42 - 00:09:09 | [Dúlamán na binne buí = Seaweed from the yellow cliff, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:09:19 - 00:10:41 | [The miller o'dervil, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:10:47 - 00:12:03 | [Miss Ramsey, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:12:10 - 00:13:29 | Untitled, [highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:13:33 - 00:15:10 | Untitled, [highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:15:17 - 00:16:08 | Untitled, [highland] [version of The brown-sailed boat, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:16:29 - 00:17:50 | [The Monymusk, highland] [version of The Monymusk] [comp. Daniel Dow], strathspey / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:17:57 - 00:19:17 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Miss Stewart of Grantully, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:19:22 - 00:20:40 | [Green grow the rushes, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:20:47 - 00:22:25 | [The Donegal reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:22:29 - 00:23:32 | [The jiggedy jaggedy highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:23:43 - 00:25:08 | [The Galway hornpipe] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:25:14 - 00:27:52 | [McDermott's no. 2, hornpipe] ; [The Galway hornpipe] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:27:55 - 00:30:27 | [The Derry hornpipe] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:30:35 - 00:32:11 | [Paddy Barron's, highland ] [= Mick Carr's, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:32:16 - 00:34:12 | [Lad O'Beirne] [comp. Ed. Reavy], hornpipe / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:34:27 - 00:35:49 | [The lazy dog, highland] [version of Little Katie Kearney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:35:55 - 00:37:12 | [Miss Ramsey, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:37:17 - 00:40:13 | Untitled, march / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:40:15 - 00:42:43 | [Con Cassidy's waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:42:50 - 00:43:36 | [Taibhse Conaill = Conall's ghost, single jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:43:38 - 00:47:18 | [Gallagher's, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:47:37 - 00:50:10 | Untitled, [march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:50:11 - 00:52:20 | [La Marseillaise, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:52:27 - 00:55:58 | Untitled, [march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:56:02 - 00:58:37 | Untitled, [march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:58:44 - 00:59:51 | [The morning star, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:59:57 - 01:01:50 | [The rakes of Clonmel, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:01:58 - 01:03:49 | [Con Cassidy's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:03:51 - 01:05:18 | Untitled, [slip jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:05:25 - 01:06:00 | [Con Cassidy's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:06:55 - 01:08:52 | [Con Cassidy's jig] [= Lea Castle, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:08:59 - 01:10:22 | [The pet in the kitchen, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:10:28 - 01:12:48 | [My love is but a lassie yet, polka] [= Tripping on the mountain, polka] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:12:57 - 01:14:39 | [Doodely doodely dank, slip jig] [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:14:44 - 01:16:07 | Untitled, [jig] [version of Charlie Stewart, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:16:13 - 01:17:37 | [The rakes of Kildare, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:17:43 - 01:21:31 | [The speaking waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:21:40 - 01:23:19 | [My love is in America, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:23:25 - 01:24:30 | [Francie Byrne's, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:24:39 - 01:25:57 | Untitled, [reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:26:04 - 01:27:11 | Untitled, [reel] [version of The devil's dream, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:27:18 - 01:28:54 | [The pigeon on the gate, reel] [Neillidh Boyle version] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:29:08 - 01:31:16 | [The green groves of Erin, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:31:22 - 01:31:56 | [Biddy from Sligo, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle

The following material from 01:31:59 - 02:06:04 was recorded by Gerry Lappin in Iomaire Mhuireanáin, Teelin on 1st November 1983:
01:31:59 - 01:32:47 | Untitled, [highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:32:48 - 01:34:04 | [The lazy dog, highland] [version of Little Katie Kearney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:34:07 - 01:34:39 | [Dúlamán na binne buí = Seaweed from the yellow cliff, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:34:41 - 01:36:02 | [An Mullach Garbh = The rugged height, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:36:05 - 01:37:21 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:37:22 - 01:38:02 | [The braes of Maas, highland] [version of The braes of Mar, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:38:05 - 01:38:40 | [Miss Ramsey, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:38:41 - 01:40:22 | Untitled, [waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:40:24 - 01:45:52 | [The speaking waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:45:55 - 01:47:44 | [Parnell's march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:47:45 - 01:49:52 | [La Marseillaise, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:50:24 - 01:52:32 | [The pigeon on the gate, reel] [Neillidh Boyle version] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:52:33 - 01:54:14 | [My love is in America, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:54:15 - 01:55:24 | [Con Cassidy's jig] [= Lea Castle, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:55:29 - 01:57:58 | [Gallagher's, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:57:59 - 01:59:19 | [George White's favourite, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:59:20 - 01:59:49 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Neil Gow's wife, strathspey] / [Dermot McLaughlin?], fiddle
01:59:50 - 02:01:37 | Untitled, [polka] ; Untitled, [polka] / [Dermot McLaughlin?], fiddle
02:01:39 - 02:02:58 | [Rakish Paddy, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
02:03:00 - 02:03:54 | [McFarley's, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
02:03:55 - 02:05:15 | Untitled, [barndance] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
02:05:17 - 02:06:04 | Untitled, [barndance] / Con Cassidy, fiddle

The following material from 02:06:05 - 02:12:36 was recorded in the Highlands Hotel at the annual Glenties Fiddle Weekend in October 1983:
02:06:05 - 02:07:49 | [Cuffe Street, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
02:07:50 - 02:08:37 | [Doodely doodely dank, slip jig] [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
02:08:39 - 02:10:14 | [Last night's fun, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
02:10:15 - 02:12:05 | [Johnny Boyle's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
02:12:06 - 02:12:36 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle

The following material from 00:00:14 - 00:24:10 was recorded for the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' and features music and conversation from Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, fiddle:
00:00:14 - 00:01:37 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music
00:01:38 - 00:19:02 | Versions of tunes, speech ; How versions have changed, speech ; Joe Burke adding a third part to a tune, speech ; Dermot's first visit to south-west Donegal, speech ; Frank McHugh, fiddle player from Kilcar, speech ; Different styles and repertoires in Donegal, speech ; How Con and another Teelin fiddler were asked to play at a dance with two Meenaneary musicians but did not know any of the tunes played, speech ; How John Doherty's repertoire was enhanced by Scottish tunes, speech ; The best fiddle player John Doherty's father heard was John Mhosaí McGinley from Glencolmcille, speech ; How John Mhosaí McGinley entered a fiddle competition in the south of Ireland and was nearly stoned by the crowd before competing and went on to win the competition, speech ; Neillidh Boyle, an outstanding fiddle player, speech ; How Neillidh got much music from his mother, speech ; Putting an extra bar in the tune to put off dancers, speech ; Frank Cassidy's music not liked by dancers, speech ; Frank turned into a more 'tricky' fiddle player than his brother, John Cassidy, speech / Various performers, speech in English
00:19:10 - 00:20:59 | Cuffe Street, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:21:36 - 00:23:16 | The green fields of Rossbeigh, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:23:20 - 00:24:10 | Naming of tunes was not important / Con Cassidy, speech in English

The following recordings from 00:24:16 - 00:48:10 are dubbed from an edition of the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' / presented by Philip King and featuring Con Cassidy, Dermot McLaughlin and Caoimhín Mac Aoidh:
00:24:16 - 00:25:25 | The pigeon on the gate, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:25:26 - 00:34:18 | How people survive in Teelin, speech ; How times have improved since Con's youth, speech ; People had to emigrate, speech ; Con names the older fiddle players in Teelin, speech ; Hearing Joe Cooley play in London, speech ; First fiddler heard was his neighbour, Paddy Barron, speech ; The Doherty, McConnell and O'Rourke travelling families, speech ; Travelling pipers, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:34:31 - 00:36:47 | Taibhse Chonaill = [Conall's ghost], jig / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:36:48 - 00:41:13 | Travelling families came more to south-west Donegal for music than other parts of the county, speech ; Frank Cassidy learning off the gramophone, speech ; Why Frank got a special tone from the fiddle?, speech ; Con introduces Dermot and Caoimhín, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:41:14 - 00:42:59 | Doodely doodely dank, slip jig [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:43:00 - 00:44:08 | The naming of tunes, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English
00:44:09 - 00:46:01 | Con Cassidy's jig / Various performers, instrumental music
00:46:50 - 00:48:10 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music

00:00:01 - 00:01:38 | [The lazy dog], highland [version of Little Katie Kearney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:01:40 - 00:03:35 | [Johnny Boyle's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:03:39 - 00:04:37 | Untitled, reel (Jimmy Lyons version) / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:04:41 - 00:05:27 | [Untitled, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:05:28 - 00:06:44 | [The lazy dog, highland] [version of Little Katie Kearney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:06:46 - 00:07:20 | [Dúlamán na binne buí = Seaweed from the yellow cliff, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:07:21 - 00:08:42 | [An Mullach Garbh = The rugged height, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:08:49 - 00:10:01 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:10:03 - 00:10:43 | [The braes of Maas, highland] [version of The braes of Mar] [comp. Daniel Dow], strathspey / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:10:48 - 00:11:23 | [Miss Ramsey's, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:11:24 - 00:13:06 | Untitled, [waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:13:07 - 00:18.38 | [The speaking waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:18.42 - 00:20:29 | [Parnell's march, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:20:30 - 00:22:40 | [La Marseillaise, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:23:14 - 00:25:21 | [The pigeon on the gate, reel] (Neillidh Boyle version) / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:25:22 - 00:27:03 | [My love is in America, reel] (Con Cassidy version) / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:27:05 - 00:28:12 | [Con Cassidy's, jig] [= The Lea Castle, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:28:20 - 00:30:50 | [Gallagher's, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:30:51 - 00:32:10 | [George White's favourite, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:32:12 - 00:32:41 | [Neil Gow's wife, strathspey] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:32:42 - 00:34:32 | Untitled, [polka] ; Untitled, [polka] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:34:34 - 00:35:40 | [Con Cassidy's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot Byrne], accordion
00:35:42 - 00:37:20 | Untitled, [march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot Byrne], accordion
00:37:23 - 00:38:40 | [Rakish Paddy, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:38:43 - 00:39:38 | [McFarley's, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:39:40 - 00:40:58 | Untitled, [barndance] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:41.14 - 00:41:47 | Untitled, [barndance] / Con Cassidy, fiddle

The following material from 00:41:49 - 00:51:00 was recorded in the Highlands Hotel at the annual Glenties Fiddle Weekend in October 1983:
00:41:49 - 00:43:34 | [Cuffe street, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:43:36 - 00:44:22 | [Doodely doodely dank, slip jig] [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:44:29 - 00:46:06 | [Last night's fun, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:46:07 - 00:49:32 | [Johnny Boyle's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:49:33 - 00:51:00 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle