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Performers:
Mullarky, Peter, singing in English in duet A1,;
Nelly, Mullarky, singing in English in duet A1,;
Gunn, Tommy, singing in English A2;
McMahon, Paddy, Belfast, singing in English A3;
Maguire, John, Tonaydrumallard, Co Fermanagh, singing in English A4-5;
Unidentified performer [Maguire, Brian], singing in English A6;
Maguire, Biddy, singing in English A7;
Abraham, Mr, singing in English A8;
Unidentified performer [Mills, Frank], singing in English A9;
Meenish, David, Tarthlogue, Co Armagh, singing in English A10

Running Order:
1. Song: The Maid of Magheraclonn
2. Song: In Praise of John Magee
3. Song: Untitled
4. Song: The Wee Croppy Tailor
5. Song: Thr Blantyre Explosion
6. Song: The Glasgow Barber
7. Song: The Hiring Fair
8. Song: The Dream
9. Song: Roll Me from the Wall
10. Song: Down by the Mellon Green (The Harbour of Dundee) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, lilting A8;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about learning to lilt, learning tunes
2. Speech: talk about getting the first real fiddle, playing with Francie Thomman, playing at a dance at Phil Murphy's house, Johnny Concart
3. Speech: talk about the old musicians in the area, learning tunes from Old Tom, Francie Thomman, story about Johnny Cathcart (possibily Johnny Concart), Johnny Gunn (The Russian)
4. Speech: talk about tin whistle players, different fiddler players who learned from Old Tom
5. Speech: talk about the Owens brothers, a ceili at the Owens' house, McGovern (flute player), John Owens
6. Speech: talk about bones players, Tommy Martin, bodhran players
7. Speech: talk about learning step dancing, the stepper, Johnny McAlvin, group dancing, Tommy Vetty Maguire, Eddie Duffy,
8. Speech/Lilt: talk about lilting, Tom and Johnny Gilroy, Paddy O'Brien's Reel
9. Speech: talk about nick-names, examples of names [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1, 9, singing in English A1, 2;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Air/Song: My Own Native Land Far Away [Erin Gra Mo Chroi], mention of Katie Gunn
2. Speech/Song: The Jazz Dance (composed by performer)
3. Speech: talk about jazz dances, modern dances, The Starlight Dance Band, the decline of traditonal music and dances, radio, record players, records from America, television, Comhaltas and the revival of traditional music
4. Speech: talk about the recordings from America, Micheal Coleman's recordings, Phil Martin's Ceili Band, the effect of Coleman's recordings on musicians, changing repetoire
5. Speech: talk about the changing repertoire of local young musicians, changes in local style, Morrison, John McKenna, Tommy McBrine, Frank McGovern
6. Speech: talk about popular instruments at the time, fiddle, accordion, Hugh Lee, Phil Martin, Brian Boru pipes
7. Speech: talk about good places for music in the locality, Andy Carne, Hugh Gunn, John Mac, John Eddie's house, Old Tom's house, Paddy Gunn's house
8. Speech: talk about local people composing tunes and songs, Eddie Corrigan
9. Speech/Reel: The Yellow Heifer
10. Speech/March: March to Vinegar Hill [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Maguire, John, singing in English A1-3

Running Order:
1. Song: Bonny Irish Boy
2. Song: The Collier Lad
3. Song: The Constant Farmer's Son [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, playing in ensemble A1;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout A;
Menish, David, singing in English A3, singing in English in ensemble A18;
Foy, Jimmy, recitation in English A4;
Metcalf, Albert, singing in English A6;
Dunlop, Jimmy, singing in English A8;
Wright, Jimmy, singing in English A10, 20;
Wright, Bob, singing in English A12;
Lowe, Mrs, singing in English A14;
Hamil, Willie, singing in English A16;
Marshall, Billy, singing in English in ensemble A18;
Unidentified performers, singing in English with guitar A21, 22;
Unidentified perfofmer, singing in English A23;
Unidentified perfofmers, singing in English in ensemble A24;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout B;
Smith, Eddie, Belturbit, speech in English B1, recitation B1, fiddle solo B2;
Keane, Sarah, Co Galway, singing in English in duet B3, singing in English in duet with accordion, B7, singing in Irish, B8, 9 (possible error on original track list for performer of B9);
Keane, Rita, Co Galway, singing in English in duet B3, singing in English in duet with accordion B7;
Unidentified performer, accordion with singing in duet B7;
Unidentified performers, singing in ? in duet, B4;
Glynn, Joe, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, singing in English B5, 11, speech in English B11;
Unidentified performer, singing in English, B6

Running Order:
1. Piece: Untitled
2. Speech: background noise
3. Song: The Maple Leaf Forever
4. Recitation: Drumlister
5. Speech: background noise
6. Song: Mother Dear I Must Go
7. Speech: background noise
8. Song: The Hymn that I Sang as a Boy
9. Speech: background noise
10. Song: The Back of the HIll
11. Speech: background noise
12. Song: The Derryad Flute Band
13. Speech: background noise
14. Song: By the Old Mill Stream
15. Speech: background noise
16. Song: Faded Coat of Blue
17. Speech: background noise
18. Song: The Shadow of the Pines
19. Speech: background noise
20. Song: The Orange Maid of Sligo
21. Song: Untitled
22. Song: Untitled
23. Song: Untitled
24. Song: Untitled (unfinished) [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Speech/Recitation: Jackson and Jane
26. Jigs: Toman's Jigs
27. Song: Lord Donegal (last verse interupted by clapping)
28. Song/Speech: Holah
29. Song: Mary on the Banks
30. Song: The Cot in the Corner
31. Song: The Blackbird of Avondale
32. Song/Speech: Gra Mo Croi
33. Song: Ana Chuain
34. Speech/Song: background noise
35. Song/Speech: Mary from Glenrue [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, singing in English A1, speech in English throughout;
Maguire, John, Tonaydrumallard, Co Fermanagh, singing in English A2, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled [fragment]
2. Song: The Blantyre Explosion
3. Speech: talk about John Maguire's family,
4. Speech: talk about school
5. Recitation: Untitled
6. Speech: talk about school, tricks and games played at school
7. Speech: talk about a practical joke played on the local doctor
8. Speech/Song: talk about songs learned at school
9. Speech: talk about relatives, family, the spirits of dead people, Mary Ellen (sister) [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Speech: talk about family, brothers Edward, Brian and Patrick, sisters Maggie and Biddy
11. Speech: talk about the family home, food and meals
12. Speech: talk about working on the farm, cutting hay and corn
13. Speech/Song: talk about buying ballad sheets, Thousands Are Sailing To America
14. Speech/Song: Molly Bawn Lowry
15. Speech/Song: talk about John Maguire's mother singing, Behind Yon Blue Mountain [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer fiddle solo A1, A5;
Unidentified performer singing in English, speech in English A2-4;
Morton, Robin, singing in English with concertina A6, concertina solo A6

Running Order:
1. Jigs: Untitled
2. Song/Speech: Untitled
3. Song/Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
4. Speech/Song: Willie in [Yarrow]
5. Hop Jigs: Untitled
6. Song/Jigs: Untitled (fragmented) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Maguire, John, Tonaydrumallard, Co Fermanagh, speech in English throughout, singing in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: Behind Yon Blue Mountain
2. Speech: talk about going to house dances, tunes used for dancing
3. Song: My Charming Mary
4. Speech: talk about house dances, the singer Joe Higgins
5. Song/Speech: Joe Higgins, talk about the singer Michael Nann
6. Song: Bold Jack Donohue
7. Speech talk about ghost stories, local football matches [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Speech: talk about a fight at a football match, football, cycling, hunting, a song about hunting
9. Song: Hunting Song (fragment)
10. Speech: talk about the troubles in Ireland, army curfews
11. Speech: talk about cock fighting
12. Song: The Follom Brown-Red Cock
13. Speech: talk about cock fighting
14. Speech: talk about customs at wakes, how people behaved at wakes [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English;
Morton, Robin, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about coming back after the war, men who were killed at war, Joe Russell, landing in England, 'de-mobed', going home to Ireland, Tommy Martin, Matt Dugar,
2. Speech: talk about leaving England to go home, Gerry and Molly Tully, work with the Post Office Engineers in 1949, decription of crash-landing planes in Burma
3. Speech: talk about music, Cluanard, McPeake Family, James MacMahon (flute), Corrigan (banjo), Jimmy McPeake (accordion), Francie McPeake (pipes), Tommy ? (whistle & bass fiddle), Jim McKendrick (fiddle), ? Galway, ? Lavery (drums), The Bay Hotel, Corey Fleadh competitions, Johnny Doherty, John Rea (dulcimer & fiddle), Brian O'Donnell, Comhaltas branch 1954, Fergus Tagert (fiddle), Willie Jones (fiddle), Cormac Lunny (accordion), Jimmy Grimes (banjo), Billie Brown (accordion), Frank Sweeney, Liam Donnelly (fiddle), Sean Maguire (fiddle), 'Ann McCoys dancers', Jim Seary, Paddy Gunn, Pat McManus, ? McConnell, John Joe Maguire, John Mac
4. Speech: talk about pipe pipe makers, Chris Maguire, Frank McFadden, Rowesome, Sean McAluan,
5. Speech: talk about Frank Sweeney (Newry), Billie Brown, John Rea, Mickey MacAlhatten
6. Speech: talk about poitin, Johnny Concart, good long description of the process of making poitin [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Speech: description of process of making poitin, uses for poitin,
8. Speech: talk about bad poitin, problems with the police
9. Speech: talk about hiding the poitin, hiding the poitin still, being caught making poitin, six months in prison
10. Speech: talk about the priests attitude to poitin, police raids
11. Speech: description of the use of the 'seperator', making poitin in a kettle, tools for making poitin
12. Speech: talk about cock fighting, smuggling poitin over the border
13. Speech: talk about the island people on Lough Erne
14. Speech: talk about disasters on Lough Erne, Willie and James Rooney, Iniscorkish, Benny McBrine, Dr McQuade
15. Speech: talk about the living in 95 Botanic Avenue, Belfast
16. Speech: talk about old musicians, Eddie Corrigan, Johnny Cathcart, Hugh Gunn, John McCusker, Old Johnny Gunn, Phil Hoynes, Francie Tommans, Eddie Catcart, homemade fiddle made by Eddie Corrigan, homemade silk strings, mule-hair bow, larch tree roisin, the tune 'Poor Old Joe', Ellen McBrine, Tommy McBrine [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Maguire, John, singing in English A1-3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, speech in English A2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer [Biddy Maguire ?]: singing in English A7;
Unidentified performer: singing in English A10

Running Order:
1. Song: James Magee
2. Song/Speech: The Gauger's Song, talk about the following song, Bob McManus
3. Song: The Lass from Glasgow Town
4. Speech: talk about hearing the next song
5. Song: The Mountain Dew
6. Speech: talk about people being caught making poitin
7. Song: The Hiring Fair
8. Speech: talk about Jamie Davis who sang the following song
9. Song: The Rocks of Giberaltar [The Rocks of Gibraltar] (fragment)
10. Song: The Glasgow Barber (fragment) [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Song: The Rocks of Giberaltar [The Rocks of Gibraltar]
12. Speech: talk about making a poitin still, a local man 'Big Phil', 'Paddy Cadden' and the following song
13. Song: Untitled
14. Song: talk about 'Paddy Cadden', learning the following song from a man in Scotland
15. Song: Untitled
16. Speech: talk about the previous song, old stories about the Danes [END OF BAND TWO]