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Performers:
Munnelly, Tom, Dublin/Clare, speech in English, track 1, 5, 10, 15, B2, 6
Megarrity, Stephen, Armagh, warpipes, track 2-4
Matthews, Ceri Rhys, Wales, Welsh pipes in duet, track 6-9, speech in English, track 6-9
Shorland, Jonathan, Wales, Welsh pipes in duet, track 6-9, speech in English, track 8-9
Mulligan, Neillidh, Dublin, speech in Irish, track 11, 15, speech in English, track 11, 13-15, B1, pipes solo, track 12-15, B1
MacDonald, Angus, Isle of Skye, warpipes B2-5, speech in English B4
Keenan, Paddy, Dublin/Boston, speech in English B6, 8, 10-11, pipes B6-11, low whistle B8

Running Order:
1. Speech/Tuning: Introduction and background noise
2. Air/Jigs: Untitled
3. March/Strathspey: Untitled
4. Reel/Hornpipe/Reels: Untitled
5. Speech: Introduction to Ceri Rhys Matthews and Jonathan Shorland
6. Air/Dance Tunes/Speech: Untitled, The Black Cockrel's Tail, The Old Man of Pencarda?
7. Speech/Dance Tunes: The Red Piper's Conceit, This is a Love as Big as the Oceans, The Red Piper's Strain
8. Speech/Piece/Wedding Marches: Ned Poe's Farewell?, Untitled
9. Speech/Piece/Jigs: Untitled, ? Solomon, Two Plats of Flaxen Hair
10. Speech/Tuning: Introduction to Neillidh Mulligan
11. Speech/Tuning: Greeting and introduction to tunes
12. Reels: The Scholar, The Stony Steps
13. Speech/Hornpipes: Dwyer's Hornpipe, The Fairy's Hornpipe
14. Speech/Jigs: Packie Duignan's, Clancy's Drean
15. Speech/Air: Uir Chill an Creggan
16. Speech/Reels: Bar na Cuille (comp. Neillidh Mulligan), The Dublin Reel, The Pinch of Snuff
17. Speech/Tuning: Introduction to Angus MacDonald
18. March/Strathspeys/Reels: Kilbowey? Cottage, Untitled
19. Speech/Tuning/Air/Jigs/: The One Who Climbs the Brae, Inspector Campbell of Ness, Tubeular Peat
20. Air/Strathspeys: Mo Gilla Mar, Untitled
21. Speech/Tuning: Raffle and Introduction to Paddy Keenan
22. Jigs: Untitled
23. Speech/Air: Untitled (comp. Paddy Keenan)
24. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, The Harvest Home
25. Speech/Reels: Untitled, Untitled
26. Speech/Jig: Out on the Ocean (in two keys) [END OF DAT]

Speech: Untitled [Part of a lecture on the uilleann pipes, containing the following topics: history of the pipes; emergence of the pipes at the beginning of the 18th century; Ledwidge (?) described a regulator as an innovation in 1790; O'Farrell (from Clonmel) wrote a tutor in 1803 / 1804; a tutor had already been published by Geoghegan in London in 1746 for a forerunner of the uilleann pipes known as the 'pastoral bagpipes'; O'Farrell published two other books, including the 'Pocket Companion'; until 1903 / 1904 these pipes were known as the 'union pipes', thereafter as 'uilleann pipes'; Grattan Flood proposed that in the reference to 'woollen pipes' in 'The Merchant of Venice', the word 'woollen' was a corruption of 'uilleann', meaning elbow; Grattan Flood's false etymology is the source of the use of the word 'uilleann' to refer to these pipes; in the 18th century the instrument was played by high and low society; Lord Rossmore in Monaghan, lord of 40,000 acres, was an excellent performer; piper Jackson published tunes, including Jackson's Morning Brush, in 1799; instrument played widely until 1850, when the quadrilles and sets began to supersede the older dances, and the concertina and melodeon began to be popular; a revival movement began in the 1890s, by which time the former professional pipers who survived were old and in poorhouses; as part of the revival, pipers' clubs were formed in Cork and Dublin; the piping tradition then in the same state as the harping tradition had been at the close of the previous century; Eamonn Ceannt and others of the Dublin pipers' club employed Nicholas Markey (born Meath? Louth?) to teach the pipes; Markey a pupil of Billy Taylor; tradition thus kept intact; the music for the pipes consists of jigs, reels, and hornpipes; jigs are extant in Ireland since the 16th century; reels since the latter part of the 18th century; first reels to appear in Ireland are Scottish reels like Lord McDonald, Lady Mary Ramsey, and Mrs McLeod; the hornpipe is an English form, imported about 1780; hornpipes, however, played in Ireland are Irish; Robbie (Hannan?), one of the pipers due to play after the lecture, plays a set of pipes made 150 years ago, thus representing the sound that people listened to in the 18th century; in Louth, there are accounts of pipers in the works of Carleton, esp. in his stories of the Irish peasantry from c. 1820; Carleton writes of the pipers Gaynor (possibly Dan Gaynor, attested elsewhere) and Cassidy; the Taylors (half-brothers Billy and Charlie) were the sons of a good piper; the Taylor family emigrated to the USA in 1870, where Billy and Charlie became famous pipemakers in Philadelphia; they died c. 1900; before emigrating, the Taylors taught Nicholas Markey and Pat Ward] [END OF BAND ONE]

Breathnach, Breandan - speech in English

Speech: Untitled [Part of an interview with Breandan Breathnach by Paddy Glackin for the radio programme 'The Long Note', RTE Radio 1, with occasional input from the programme producer Harry Bradshaw. Topics: continuation (from a previous tape) of a discussion about the aims of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE); a survey (of music instrumentation?) taken (within CCE?); CCE should not concern itself with the button accordion or the harp; guitar banned from CCE competitions because of its sexual symbolism; founding of Na Piobairi Uilleann (NPU) in 1968; initial discussions with Seamus McMahon, Martin Talty, and Sean Reid in Wilson's pub after a Fleadh Ceoil in Miltown Malbay; first Tionol arranged in Bettystown; Pipers Club in Thomas St, Dublin gave financial support; 50 to 60 pipers attended, including some from the USA; Seamus Ennis gave an impressive recital; before he began to play instructed everybody to turn on their tape recorders; after playing, handed his pipes to Willie Clancy, then on to anybody who wanted to play them; next was Liam O Floinn; this generosity uncharacteristic of older generation of pipes, who would not play if they thought anybody else could learn their music; one piper on his deathbed bit the reeds so that no-one else could play his pipes; another sent his wife to the door before he played to check that no-one was listening; Seamus Ennis had no trade secrets; at the first Tionol, Sean Reid proposed the founding of an organisation; this was supported by Leo Rowsome and Seamus Ennis; BB was assistant secretary of CCE at that time, and aware of problems with lengthy arguments at committee meetings; constitution of NPU restricted to 294 words; membership of NPU restricted to practitioners; great asset was the tremendous ability of Seamus Ennis, with his willingness to share his music, and thus to bind the organisation to the long tradition that he had through his father, with the connection to Nicholas Markey and the Taylor brothers; phonograph cylinders that Francis O'Neill had sent to Father Henebry in 1908 were discovered to be still extant in Cork; BB quotes Henebry's judgement of Touhey's version of 'The Shaskeen Reel'; other cylinders discovered with music from pipers born before the Famine, for example Jem Byrne and Dinny Delaney; unfortunately music from Martin Reilly was indecipherable; a bulletin, An Piobaire, was published, containing historical information and transcriptions from pipers; Ceol an Phiobaire and its contents; Wilbert Garvin produced pipe-making manual; first printing sold out very quickly; alleged errors in the pipe-making manual and BB's reaction to this accusation] [END OF BAND ONE]

Bradshaw, Harry - speech in English
Breathnach, Breandan - speech in English
Glackin, Paddy - speech in English

Speech and song: Tribute programme to Dr Tom Munnely. Jimmy McBride in conversation with Jim Whitehead. Pre-recorded songs from Christy Moore ('The well below the valley') and The Voice Squad ('The parting glass')

McBride, Jimmy - speech in English
Moore, Christy - singing in English
The Voice Squad - singing in English
Whitehead, Jim, presenter - speech in English

Performers:
O'Reilly, Kevin, Dublin, fiddle in duet
Smith, Mikey, Dublin, pipes in duet
Browne, Ronan, pipes

Running Order:
1. Jigs: The Connachtman's Rambles, My Love is in America
2. Reels: The Steampacket, The Dublin Reel, The Woman of the House, The Boyne Hunt
3. Jigs: The Galtee Rangers, Callaghan's
4. Jig: The Gold Ring
5. Slip Jig: Paidin O Raifeartaigh
6. Reels: The Old Bush, The Braes of Busby
7. Jigs: Kitty Come Down to Limerick, Fraher's
8. Air: Farewell to Nig
9. Reels: Untitled, The Heather Breeze
10. Reels: The Curragh Races, The Bird in the Bush
11. Air: Purty Molly Brannigan
12. Slip Jigs: When Sick is it Tae You Want?, Paidin O'Raifeartaigh
13. Hornpipe: The Liverpool Hornpipe
14. Reel: The Ravelled Hank of Yarn
15. Reel Untitled [unfinished]
16. Slides: Dan O'Keeffe's Slides

Performers:
Vallely, Brian, Armagh, speech in English, track 2, 6, 8, B2
McCutcheon, Norman, Armagh, warpipes, track 3-5
Roberts, Alan, Sligo, pipes, track 7, 9
Munnely, Tom, Dublin/Clare, lecture in English, track 11, B1

Running Order:
1. Start: background noise
2. Speech: opening address and introduction to Norman McCutcheon
3. Air: Untitled
4. Air: Untitled
5. Hornpipe: The Boys of Bluehill
6. Speech: Introduction to Alan Roberts playing ther Kennedy Pipes
7. Hornpipes: Untitled, The Cork Hornpipe
8. Speech: William Kennedy's pipes and William Kennedy himself ####
9. Jigs: Untitled, Spot the Wallop
10. Speech: Introduction to Tom Munnelly lecture
11. Lecture: The Travelling Musician of Ireland and Scotland [recording continued on CDR 4b]
12. Lecture: continued...
13. Speech: general thanks [end of DAT]

The original CDR provided by Peter Browne of RTE is a copy of a radio program in the 'Late Session' series, broadcast on 3 October 200The program featured a report on the launching of the Arts Council document 'Towards a Policy for the Traditional Arts' at the Arts Council, Merrion Square, Dublin on 28 September 200The contents are as follows: Reel, Speech, Speech, Speech, Slip Jig, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Untitled [Introductory speech by Olive Braiden of the Arts Council], Untitled [Speech by John O'Donoghue, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism], Untitled [Concluding speech by Olive Braiden], Untitled [Gusty's Frolics], Speech [Interview by Peter Browne with Jerome Hynes], Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Speech [Interview by Peter Browne with Katie Verling]

Braiden, Olive, Dublin - speech in Irish and English
Browne, Peter, Dublin - speech in English
Hynes, Jerome, Dublin - speech in English
O'Donoghue, John, Dublin - speech in Irish and English
Unidentified performers - instrumental group
Verling, Katie, Clare - speech in English

Performers:
Cassidy, Dave, Dublin, speech in English, track 1, 4, mandola in trio, track 1-6
Ni Bheolain, Niamh, Dublin, speech in English, track 1-6, fiddle in trio, track 1-6
Pigott, Charlie, Cork/Galway, speech in English, track 7-14, B1-7, accordion in quartet, track 7-10, 12, 14, B1-4, 6-7, accordion in duet B5
Fahy, Martin, Clare/Galway, concertina in quartet, track 7-10, 12, 1, B1-4, 6-7, speech in English, track 13-, concertina duet/trio, track 13
Fahy, Florence, Clare/Galway, concertina in quartet, track 7-10, 12, 14, B1-4, 6-7, concertina duet/trio, track 13
O'Neylon, Tomas, Galway, storytelling in English, track 11
Ward, Kevin, guitar
O'Neylon, Tomas, bodhrán

Running Order:
1. Speech/Jigs: The Rambling Pitchfork, The Banks of Lough Gowns, The Black Rogue
2. Speech/Hornpipe: The Coarse Air
3. Speech/Reels: The Boy in the Gap, Paddy Fahey's
4. Speech/Polka: The Ukranian Polka
5. Speech/Jigs: Banish Misfortune, Out on the Ocean
6. Speech/Polkas: Untitled, Begley's Polka
7. Speech/Jigs: O'Connel's Welcome to Parliment, Willie Hayes
8. Speech/Reels: The Boyne Hunt, Clogher Reel?
9. Speech/Jigs: The Trip to Bantry (comp: Paddy O'Brien), The Bahola Jig
10. Speech/Reels: St Patrick's Night, Larkin's Beehive (both comp: Paddy O'Brien)
11. Storytelling: Humorous Tales about Poorer Times
12. Speech/Jigs: The Killavel, Untitled
13. Speech/Reels: The Hills of Tipperary, Larry's Favourite (both comp: Paddy O'Brien)
14. Speech/March/Speech: Napoleon Crossing the Alps [=Boney Crossing the Alps] [recording continued on CDR b]
15. Speech/Reels: (a setting of) The Kilarney Boys of Pleasure/The Sweat House (comp: Joe Liddy), The Fox on the Prowl (comp: Vincent Broderick)
16. Speech/Hornpipes: The Cuckoo's Nest, The Swan
17. Speech/Jigs: I Buried my Wife and Danced on her Grave, Down the Back Lane
18. Speech/Reels: Swinging on the Gate, Untitled
19. Speech/Jigs: (a setting of) The West Wind/The West-Mesth Jig, Jack Welsh's Jig
20. Speech/Jigs: The Fair Haired Boy, (a setting of) Jack Welsh's Jig/Scatter the Mud, Untitled
21. Speech/Reels: The Reel of Mullinavat, The Congress Reel [END OF DAT]

Performers:
McKenna, Mick, tenor guitar, track 1-9; speech in English, track 2-4, 6, 9
Ni Bheolain, Niamh, Dublin, speech in English, track 7, 9; fiddle, track 7-9
Burke, Joe, speech in English, track 10-12, B1-10; accordion, track 10-12, B1-8, 10
Conroy-Burke, Anne, accordion B8, 9; speech in English B9
Ward, Kevin, speech in English, track 1, 7, 9; guitar, track 1-9
Conroy-Burke, Anne, guitar, track 10-12, B1-7, B10

Running Order:
1. [Speech]: [Introduction]; Rag: The black and white rag
2. [Speech]; Jigs: Untitled
3. [Speech]; Air: I can't give you anything but love
4. [Speech]; Reels: The scholar, The teetotaler, The Boyne hunt
5. [Jazz piece]: Sweet Georgia Brown
6. Reels: Bonnie Kate, Jenny's chickens
7. [Speech]; Hornpipes: The eclipse, The tailor's twist
8. Hornpipe: The blackbird [not the commonly-known `Blackbird']
9. [Speech]; Reels: Lad O'Beirne's, The college groves, Untitled [followed by a few minutes where the following artists set up]
10. [Speech]; Jigs: Gallagher's frolics, Paddy Killoran's
11. [Speech]; Hornpipes: Fly by night, The shaskeen hornpipe
12. Reels: Paddy Kelly's four-part reel, Seán sa cheo; Speech: [speech about Paddy Kelly from East Galway, Joe and Seamus Cooley] [recording continued on 1b-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
13. [Speech]; [Air]; Jigs: Ross Memorial Hospital, Untitled, The pride of Slieve Aughton
14. Reels: The flogging reel, The pigeon on the gate; [Speech]
15. [Speech about Ian O'Kelly of Portumna]; Hornpipes: O'Kelly's fancy, The cuckoo's hornpipe, The smell of the bog
16. [Speech]; Reels: Bonnie Kate, Jenny's chicken's
17. [Speech]; Air: The bonny bunch of roses; Reels: Paddy Kelly's reels
18. [Speech]; Set dance: The humours of Bandon; Slip jig: A fig for a kiss
19. Reels: The bunch of keys, The mouse that strangled the cat
20. [Speech]; Hornpipe: Untitled; Reels: Untitled
21. [Speech]; Reels: The tailor's thimble, The red-haired lass
22. [Speech]; Reels: The yellow tinker, The sally gardens, The bucks of Oranmore [END OF DAT]