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Performers:
Bane, Joe, tin whistle, speech in English
Unidentified performers, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech/Reel: The Bush in Bloom
2. Reel: The Old Maids of Galway
3. Speech: talk about learning and playing music, Paddy Canny, Pat Canny, Paddy Mac the blind fiddler, Johnny Allen, concertina players in the area, Sandy Carty, Bill Maher, John Downes (Sacho), pipers in the area, Felix Doran, Tom Joe Donoghue, Kitchen dances, set dances
4. Polka/Speech: Bonny Crosses the Alps, talk about the tune
5. Reel/Speech: Joe Bane's Reel [Nelly Donovan], talk about the tune
6. Reel/Speech: Sandy Carty's Reel, talk about the tune
7. Reel/speech: The Green-Gowned Lass, talk about the tune
8. Polka/Speech: Farewell to Whiskey [My Love is but a Lassie], talk about tunes used for set dancing, the whisper set
9. Jig: The Hundred Pipers, talk about the tunes used for the sets
10. Hornpipe/Speech: Off to California, talk about the tune
11. Fling: Some Say the Devil is Dead [Love will you Marry Me], talk about concertina players in the area
12. Jigs: Castle Dunavan, Have a Drink with Me, talk about the tunes, learning tunes from 78s
13. Reels: Down the Broom, The Gatehouse Maid, talk about 78s,
14. Fling/Speech: Johnny When You Die [The Keel Row], talk about the tune and the dance
15. Hornpipe/Speech: The Stack of Wheat, talk about Irish language in the area
16. Reel/Speech: The Blackberry Blossom, talk about the tune
17. March/Speech: O'Neill's March, talk about the tune
18. Polka/Speech: The Britches [can be heard nowadays played as a reel], talk about the tune
19. Fling/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune
20. Set Dance: The Job of Journeywork, talk about the tune and dancing
21. Reel/Speech: Big Pat, talk about the tune
22. Reel/Speech: Paddy Murphy's Wife, talk about the tune, Jim Donoghue, Martin Nugent
23. Reel/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune
24. Reel/Speech: The Leac Rua, talk about the tune
25. Reel/Speech: The Mountain Top, talk about learning music from Pat Canny
26. Reel/Speech: The Strawberry Blossom, talk about the tune
27. Reel/Speech: Rattigan's, talk about the tune and Martin Rocheford
28. Jig/Speech: The Hag with the Money [Cailleach an Airgead]
29. Reel/Speech: Come West Along the Road, talk about the tune and the East Clare style
30. Jig/Speech: The Boy in the Wood [Sweet Biddy Daly], talk about the East Clare style, playing tunes in different keys
31. Jigs/Speech: Untitled [Brian O'Lynn], The Lough Mountain Jig, talk about the East Clare style, playing tunes in different keys
32. Schottische/Speech: Untitled, talk about dancing the scottische, Bill Mailey, Paddy Flapper
33. Reels/Speech: Boil the Kettle Early, The Morning Star, talk about Paddy Flapper (William O Meehan) (The Flappers), Bill Mailey, talk about dancing, description of the plain set
34. Reel/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune, dancing
35. Schottische/Speech: Untitled
36. Jig/Speech: The Carraroe Jig, The Rambling Pitchfork, talk about learning music and ornamentation, styles of music and dancing
37. Reel/Speech: The Boys of the Lough
38. Jig/Speech: The Campbells are Coming , talk about local instrument makers, Tommy Dynan, local singers
39. Reel/Speech: Paddy Finlay's Fancy [The Galway Rambler], The Boys of Ballisodare

Performers:
O'Donoghue, Paddy, Clare, flute (metal Boehm) solo, track 1, 3, fiddle 4solo, track 5, 7, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Air: Peace in the 90's
2. Speech: talk about the previous tune
3. Hornpipes: The Trip to Fanore, The Arrival of the Swallows
4. Speech: talk about the previous tunes
5. Reels: The Three-in-a-row
6. Speech: talk about the previous set of tunes
7. Jigs: The Stray Cat, A Night to Remember
8. Speech: talk about the previous tunes

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:
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]

Performers:
McGivney, Eamonn, Longford/Clare, fiddle solo, track 1-15, speech in English, track 9, 14
Off-air due, speech in Irish, track 15

Running Order:
1. Reels: The Bunch of Keys, Spike Island Lasses *
2. Reels: The Sligo Maid, The Bank of Ireland *
3. Fragments
4. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
5. Jigs: Pipe on the Hob, Scully Casey's *
6. Fragment
7. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
8. Set Dance: Sean O'Duibhir a Ghleanna *
9. Speech/Set Dance: The Humours of Bandon *
10. Speech/Reels: The Longford Collector/The Hen and her Clutch *
11. Fragments
12. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
13. Fragments
14. Speech/Reels: The Star of Munster, Untitled
15. Fragments
16. Off-air dub [END OF DAT]

Performers:
Killourhy, John (Jack), Clare, whistle in duet, speech in English
Killourhy, Paddy, Clare, fiddle in duet, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Jigs: Bridgie McGrath's Jigs
2. Speech: talk about concertina player Mrs McGrath, beginning in music, Paddy making his first fiddle, concertina player Martin Killourhy, playing with Johnny Doran, long lists of local concertina players, buying concertinas in England, instruments, German concertinas, story about a clock
3. Speech/Reel: Untitled (from Martin Killourhy)
4. Reel/Speech: Kitty Jones', Pappy Looney's
5. Jig/Speech: Untitled (from Martin Killourhy)
6. Polka/Speech: Untitled (from Martin Killourhy, played for the last figure of the set)
7. Reel/Speech: Untitled (from Paddy Reynolds, Kilfenora)
8. Jigs: The Pipers Chair, Untitled (from Martin Killourhy)
9. Speech: talk about Seamus Ennis recording in the area
10. Reel/Speech: Nora Marshall's (Nora McMahon, fiddle , Kilfenora)
11. Reels/Speech: Paddy Marshall's (Paddy McMahon, Kilfenora) ['Up to your Knees in Sand', Mary Bergin, 'Feadoga Stain'], Rip the Calico (old version from Martin Killourhy)
12. Hornpipes/Speech: The Greencastle, Untitled (from Joe Byrnes) [Pretty Maggie Morrissey], May Day [Sweets of May]
13. Hornpipe/Speech: Jimmy Ward's [The Standing Abbey], O'Dwyers
14. Jigs/Speech: Jetty Howley's Jig, Jetty Howley's Jig, Willie Shannon's, talk about music for set dancing
15. Hornpipe: Murphy's
16. Speech: talk about the previous tune, listening to 78's, learning tunes
17. Reels/Speech: Pappy Tierney's [Tommy Peoples', Boys of the Lough], Dublin Porter, talk about the tunes
18. Reels/speech: Sporting Nelly, Untitled (Gus Tierney's), talk about the tunes
19. Reels/Speech: John Joe Lynch's, Sean Darcy's, talk about the tunes
20. Reels/Speech: Sporting Paddy [Steampacket], Jimmy Mulqueeny's [version of 'Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel' CRE 1,74 ?], talk about the tunes
21. Reels/Speech: Untitled (from Jimmy Ward), Untitled (from Austin Linnane), talk about the tunes
22. Jigs/Speech: Untitled, Untitled (from Paddy Bert, concertina), Untitled ['A Visit to Ireland', DMI 39]
23. Speech: stories of the supernatural, fairies in the house [END OF 244-ITMA-DAT]
24. Speech: conclusion of story of the supernatural [from previous track], talk about house dances, local musicians [END OF 245-ITMA-DAT]

Performers:
Killourhy, John (Jack), Clare, speech in English
Killourhy, Paddy, Clare, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: conclusion of story of the supernatural [from 244-ITMA-DAT track B7], talk about house dances, local musicians [END OF 245-ITMA-DAT]

Performers:
O'Donoghue, Paddy, Clare, flute (metal Boehm) solo, track 1, 3, 5, 7, fiddle solo, track 9, 11, 13, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Polka: Untitled
2. Speech: talk about changing from open-hole to keyed-system flute, members of the Tulla Ceili Band, dance bands, Sean Reids set of pipes, playing with other ceili bands, recruiting Paddy O'Brien to play accordion with the Tulla Ceili band, accordion players
3. Reels: Aine's Invitation, Trip to Peterswell
4. Speech: talk about the previous tunes, composing tunes
5. Reel: Jackie Small's Visit
6. Speech: talk about composing tunes, learning tunes from O'Neill's books, his own repertoire
7. Reels: The Boys of Ballycuneen, The Mighty Potholes
8. Speech: introduction to following tunes
9. Reels: Counting the Coppers, The Missing Fiddle
10. Speech: talk about learning fiddle, introduction to the following tunes
11. Jigs: The High Winds, The First Day of January
12. Speech: talk about the following tunes
13. Reels: The shores of Lough Breda ?, The Woods of Ballinahinch

Performers:
McNamara, Mary, concertina

Running Order:
1. Spoken Introduction
2. Reels: Martin Rochford's, Kitty Gone A Milking
3. Reels: The Morning Mist, The Reel on the Doorstep
4. Jigs: John Naughton's, The Cliffs of Moher
5. Reels: The Tap Room, The Earl's Chair [interrupted]
6. Reels: Brendan Breathnach's, Martin Hayes', Droney's Favourite [interrupted]
7. Reels: Paddy Canny's, Pigeon on the Gate
8. Jigs: Paddy Joe's Jigs
9. Reels: Come West Along the Road, Martin's [interrupted]
10. Reels: Martin's, Anderson's [CONTINUED ON 52a-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
11. Reels: Cooley's McDermott's (interrupted)
12. Reels: The Abbey Reel, Boys of Ballisodare
13. Hornpipe: Golden Castle (interrupted)
14. Reels: The Ash Plant, Bird in the Tree (interrupted)
15. Reel: Untitled
16. Reels: Fisherman's Net, My Love Is in America
17. Hornpipe: Martin's Hornpipe
18. Reels: Martin Rochford's, Kitty Gone A-Milking [DAT ENDS]

Performers:
McGivney, Eamonn, fiddle

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction
2. Reels: The Old Longford Collector, The Pullet, Jenny Tie the Bonnet
3. Reel: The Hen and Her Clutch [fragment]
4. Reels: The Hen and Her Clutch, The Tap Room
5. Reels: The Old Longford Collector, The Pullet, Jenny Tie the Bonnet
6. Reel: The Hen and Her Clutch (unfinished)
7. Reels: The Hen and Her Clutch, The Tap Room (unfinished)
8. Reels: The Hen and Her Clutch, The Tap Room
9. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 1
10. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2 (started a few times) (unfinished)
11. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2
12. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2 (started a few times)
13. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2 (started twice)
14. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2
15. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 3
16. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 3
17. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 4
18. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 4
19. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 5
20. Hornpipe: Sean O Duibhir a' Ghleanna
21. Reel: Untitled (unfinished)
22. Hornpipe: Sean O Duibhir a' Ghleanna
23. Reels: Sean Reid's, The Star of Munster
24. Hornpipe: An Buachaill Dreoite
25. Hornpipe: An Buachaill Dreoite
26. Jigs: Bimis ag Ol, Untitled
27. Hop jigs: The Night of Fun, Tip It Off (started twice)
28. Hop jigs: The Night of Fun, Tip It Off
29. Hop jigs: The Night of Fun, Tip It Off [RECORDING CONTINUES ON 72b-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
30. Reels: Gerdie Commane's, An Bean Tinceara
31. Reels: Gerdie Commane's, An Bean Tinceara
32. Reels: The Steampacket (started twice), Toss the Feathers
33. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor (unfinished)
34. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor
35. Set dance: The Drunken Gauger
36. Set dance: The Priest in His Boots (started twice)
37. Set dance: Untitled
38. Set dance: The Humours of Bandon
39. Set dance: Jockey to the Fair
40. Set dance: The Ace and Deuce of Piping (unfinished)
41. Set dance: The Ace and Deuce of Piping [Casey referred to is Bobby Casey]
42. Jigs: The Gallowglass, Jimmy Ward's (started twice) (unfinished)
43. Jigs: The Gallowglass, Jimmy Ward's
44. Jigs: The Gallowglass, Jimmy Ward's
45. Reel: An Gliomach, Toimin O'Dea's Reel
46. Set dance: Poll Halfpenny [Junior referred to is Junior Crehan] [version made popular by Patsy Touhey] (unfinished)
47. Set dances: Poll Halfpenny, The Plains of Boyle
48. Set dance: Poll Halfpenny [Bobby Casey version] (unfinished)
49. Set dances: Poll Halfpenny, Murphy's
50. Set dances: Scully Casey's, Sruthan a' Chait (started twice) [Scully Casey = Bobby Casey's father]
51. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor
52. Hornpipes: The Cuckoo's Nest [John Kelly/John Doherty's version], The Cuckoo's Nest, Untitled
53. Hornpipe: The Cuckoo's Nest [DAT ENDS]