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Performers:
Unidentified performer [Seamas O hIghne], chanting of a Fenian lay in Irish A1;
Unidentified performer, harp [?] solo A2–4;
Unidentified performer [Keane, Sean, Dublin], fiddle solo A5–6;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Mollie / Murphy, Mrs, Cork], fiddle solo A7, 11;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Denis, Kerry], fiddle solo A8–10;
speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], pipes solo A12;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], pipes solo A13;
Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare], whistle solo A14;
Unidentified performer [Doran, Johnny, Wicklow], pipes solo A15;
Unidentified performer [Eddie Moloney, Galway], flute solo A16

Running Order:
1. Fenian Lay: Untitled [Laoi na Mna Moire]
2. Air: Untitled
3. Air: Untitled
4. Miscellaneous, Speech: Untitled [Instrument tuning], Untitled
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Gander in the Pratie Hole], Untitled [The Trip to Killavel] [This track is probably a dub from track 6 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
6. Reels: Untitled [The Congress], Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel] [This track is probably a dub from track 4 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
7. Jig: Untitled [Cnocan an Teampaill / Church Hill]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Rights of Man] (end clipped)
9. March, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [Colonel Fraser / Colonel Frazer]
11. Jig / March: Untitled [Painneach na nUbh / Painneach na n-Ubh / O'Sullivan's March]
12. Jigs: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
13. Air: Untitled [The Green Linnet]
14. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757, 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from MR); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (version of? DMI, # 79)] (running too fast)
15. Reels: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [My Love is in America], Untitled [Rakish Paddy] (running too fast)
16. Reels: Untitled [Tommy Whelan's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock] (overmodulated on original) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Polkas: Untitled [The Ballybunnion], Untitled [The Knocknaboul (2)], Untitled [The Groves of Gneevegullia; The Top of Maol]
3. Single Jigs / Slides: Untitled [Pete Sullivan's Fancy; The Whistling Thief Jig; the melody of the song 'Cucanandy' is related to this tune], Untitled [If I Had a Wife], Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
4. Hornpipes: Fisherman's [Fisher's Hornpipe (version of)], Byron's
5. Jigs: Padraig O'Keeffe's [Tom Billy's (1)], Tom Billy's [Tom Billy's (2)]
6. Reels: The Green Banks of Rossbeigh [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh; The Kerry Reel], Colonel Fraser, The Steampacket [The Mountain Lark]
7. Hornpipes: Corney Drew's, Two Birds in a Tree [The Bird in the Bush; usually played as a reel]
8. Airs: The Red-Haired Man's Wife, O'Rahilly's Grave [For another performance of this selection, see track A11]
9. Jigs: The House in the Glen [The Rambler], The Thrush on the Strand [Heather and Sedge; The Castlebar Races], Untitled [Related to The Three Little Drummers?]
10. Reels: Mount Collins [The Girls of Farranfore; The Game of Love], The Doon Reel [Callaghan's], Patsy McCarthy's [The Mountain Top, related to?]
11. Airs: The Red-Haired Man's Wife, O'Rahilly's Grave [For another performance of this selection, see track A8] [Information in log: 'improvement on first attempt']
12. Hornpipes: Cronin's, Callaghan's [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Coleman, Owen, Sligo, speech in English A2;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], speech in English A2–3;
O'Dowd, Joe, Sligo, speech in English A3;
fiddle solo A4–16;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A17;
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A18

Running Order:
1. Tone signals
2. Speech: Untitled [Interview with Owen Coleman, brother of the fiddle-player Michael Coleman; anecdotes about Michael Coleman's interest in dancing and music as a child; his father was a flute-player; Michael Coleman was a good dancer; was small in stature; how Michael Coleman learned to play – was taught by Kipeen Scanlon (who used to spend periods of up to 6 weeks in the Coleman household), P J McDermott of Buninadden, John O'Dowd, Phil O'Beirne, and Jack Mc Hugh; Michael Coleman went to the USA about 1911 at the age of about 21]
3. Speech: Untitled [Interview with the fiddle-player Joe O'Dowd; his background as a fiddle-player; he began to play at 10 years of age, taught by his brother Jack; the community in which he was brought up was rich in music; his uncle John O'Dowd (who taught Michael Coleman) was regarded as a fine player; the bands that Joe O'Dowd played with in London; the tune that follows was a favourite of Jim Coleman, brother of Michael Coleman]
4. Reel: Miss Johnson's Reel
5. Jigs: Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon], Coleman's Jig [The Primrose Vale; The Lark on the Strand], Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon]
6. Hornpipes: The Stage Hornpipe [The Norfolk], Untitled [The Western] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
7. Reels: Lord McDonald, Ballinasloe Fair, The Round Towers of Ballymote [Touch Me If You Dare] [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
8. Slip Jigs: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Jig], Untitled [Comb Your Hair and Curl It] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
9. Reels: Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite, The Star of Munster, Miss Johnson [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
10. Reels: Farewell to Ireland [Farewell to Erin; CRE 1, # 139], The Cherry Tree [Farewell to Erin (DMI, # 701)], Reidy Johnson [Hand Me Down the Tackle]
11. Reel: The Lads of Leith [The Lads of Laois], Dungloe Reel [The Humours of Castlefin], The Green Banks of Rossbeigh [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh; The Kerry Reel]
12. Jigs: Jackson's Jigs [1] [The Humours of Kesh], Jackson's Jigs [2] [Doherty's Fancy; The Pet of the Pipers]
13. Air: The Lakes of Sligo / Loch [? E--h] [The Lass o' Gowrie]
14. Reels: The Boys of the Lough, Faral Gara
15. Set Dances: The King of the Fairies, The Blackbird
16. Reels: Faral Gara, Untitled [The Silver Spire], The Shaskeen
17. Polkas: The Green Cottage Polkas [1], The Green Cottage Polkas [2]
18. Air: The Old Man Rocking the Cradle [An Seanduine; includes part of the slip jig 'The Foxhunter's Jig'] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
McKenna, Francie, Monaghan, speech in English throughout band 1;
fiddle solo A2–8;
20–35?;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Murphy, James, Fermanagh, speech in English A9–14;
fiddle solo A10–14;
Scott, Philip, Fermanagh, speech in English A15–19;
fiddle solo A16–19;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band 1;
Fitzgerald, Jim, Kerry, fiddle solo A36–43;
speech in English intermittently throughout A36–43

Running Order:
1. Speech, Untitled
2. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Jenny's Chickens (related tune)], Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Monaghan Twig (related tune)]
4. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Tune-names are given, but it is not clear what tunes they apply to], Untitled [Drowsy Maggie (related tune?)]
5. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
6. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A11 & 32a], Untitled
8. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Reel, Speech: All White, Untitled
11. Reel: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 32a]
12. Speech: Untitled [Instructions to the performer]
13. Reel, Speech: The Glass of Beer, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
15. Speech: Untitled
16. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [The Connachtman's Rambles (related tune)]
17. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Drowsy Maggie, Untitled [Accompanied by lilting]
18. Reel, Speech: Miss Johnson, Untitled [The tune just played is stated to be like Miss McLeod's Reel]
19. Reel / Hornpipe, Speech: Dwyer's [O'Dwyer's Hornpipe in DMI], Untitled
20. Jig, Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Setting Sun], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
21. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Steeplechase], Untitled
22. Reel: Untitled [The Galway Rambler (related tune)]
23. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled [The title 'Tear the Calico' is given, but it is not clear which tune it applies to], McGrath's, Jenny Tie Your Bottom Strings, Untitled
24. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Old 'Wheels of the World'], Untitled
27. Reel: Untitled [The Chattering Magpie]
28. Speech: Untitled
29. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
30. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Miss Farr's Reel [The Ivy Leaf], Untitled
31. Reel: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail (related tune)]
32. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Emyvale Reel; for other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 11], The Dublin Reel [Local setting of], Untitled
33. Reel: Untitled [Within a Mile of Dublin]
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Fermoy Lasses (related tune?)], Untitled
35. Reel: McKenna's [Miss Thornton] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
36. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Out in the Rain [CICD 4091.13 (from this recording); The Cabin Hunter (related tune)]
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled, William O'Brien [CICD 5814.11 (from this recording)]
38. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], Sheehan's / Sheehas ? [CICD 5462.11 (from this recording; gives title 'Sheehas ?')], Untitled [About the tune to be played next; it was learned from a local player, Jack Costello, an ex-RIC man]
39. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Mount Collins Reel [CICD 4406.11 (from this recording); The Mountcollins Reel]
40. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, The Black Stripper [CICD 1176.12 (from this recording; gives the title as 'The Black Slipper', a mistranscription); The Maid at the Well], Untitled
41. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Merry Man into His Grave / Down the Merry Man into His Grave [CICD 1276.11 (from this recording); Down Goes the Merry Man into His Grave; Connie the Soldier]
42. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1814.13 (from this recording); The Rakes of Clonmel]
43. Reels, Speech: Untitled [CICD 3901.11 (from this recording); Drowsy Maggie (related tune); Toss the Feathers (related tune)], Untitled [CICD 4985.11 (from this recording); The Templeglantine Reel], Untitled [Where the performer comes from: Dromtrasna / Drom Treasna, Abbeyfeale, in west Limerick] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Harrington, Gerry, fiddle A1-7;
speech in English A1-2, 4-7;
Horan, Peter, flute A1-7;
speech in English A3

Running Order:
1. Jigs: Tell her I am, Brennan's favourite
2. Hornpipes: The Galway hornpipe, McDermott's hornpipe
3. Instrumental piece: As she sailed through Dublin Bay; Reels: The foxhunter, [unidentified]
4. Polkas: The Corkin Cross polkas, [The lakes of Sligo], Memories of Ballymote
5. Instrumental piece: Paddy's rambles through the park; Jig: The old grey goose
6. Reel: Lord Gordon's reel
7. Jigs: The gold ring, The rambling pitchfork

Performers:
Unidentified performer, speech in English A1, B27;
O Murchu, Sean, Galway / Dublin, speech in Irish and English A2–3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21–23, 25, 27–29, 31, B1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18–20, 22, 24–25, C4–5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33, 36;
Johnny Pickering Ceili Band, The, Tyrone, instrumental group A2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, B33, 37;
Moriarty, Patrick, Kerry, mouth organ / harmonica solo A6, 12, 18;
Dermot O'Brien Ceili Band, The, Louth, instrumental group A22, 24;
O'Brien, Dermot, Louth, speech in English A25;
singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A26;
O Se, Sean, Cork, singing in Irish with instrumental accompaniment A27;
Ceoltoiri Chualann, Dublin, instrumental group A27;
Dempsey, Martin, Dublin, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A28;
speech in English A29;
Maguire, Sean / McGuire, Sean, Belfast, fiddle in duet A30;
Unidentified performers, speech in English and Irish A32, B28, 31–32, 34, 36, 38, C1–3, 24;
McPeake Trio, The, Belfast, instrumental group A32–33;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A32–33, B28–30, C24, 26–28, 30;
O Lochlainn, Colm, Dublin, speech in English A33;
Bunclody Ceili Band, The, Wexford, instrumental group B1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17;
Egan, Cathleen, Tipperary, singing in English B7, 13;
Birmingham Comhaltas Ceili Band, The, Birmingham, instrumental group B19, 21, 23, 26;
Hipkiss, Michael, Birmingham singing in English B25;
Unidentified performer [McGann, Andy, New York?], fiddle in trio B28, C24;
Unidentified performer [Redican, Larry, New York?], fiddle in trio B28, C24;
Concannon, Tom / O Coinceanainn, Tomas, Galway / Boston, speech in Irish B28;
Connolly, Mickey, Galway / Boston, speech in English B29;
Mellott, Tommy / O Mealoid, Tomas, Galway / Boston, accordion in instrumental group B28, 30;
speech in Irish B29;
O'Malley, Joe, Galway / Boston, accordion in instrumental group B28, 30;
Tonra, Brendan, Mayo / Boston, fiddle in instrumental group B28, 30;
Sturr [?], Frank, Boston, piano accordion in instrumental group B28, 30;
Kelly, Jimmy, Boston, banjo in instrumental group B28, 30;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo B31;
McCusker Brothers Ceili Band, The, Armagh, instrumental group B35, 39;
Reynolds, William [Reynolds, Willie], Westmeath, pipes in duet C1–3;
Healion, Sean, Westmeath, fiddle in duet C1–3;
Malachy Doris Ceili Band, The, Tyrone, instrumental group C4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22;
Rowsome, Leon, Dublin, pipes solo C8, 14, 20;
Redican, Larry, New York, fiddle in duet C25;
speech in English C26;
McKenna, John, Leitrim / New York, flute in duet C26;
Morrison, Tom, Galway / New York, flute in duet C27;
Morrison, Jimmy / Morrison, James, Sligo / New York, fiddle in trio C27;
Coleman, Michael, Sligo / New York, fiddle in duet C29, 31;
Pride of Erin Ceili Band, The, instrumental group C32, 34–35

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Initial test message]
2. Speech, March: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Ceili House' on Radio Eireann], Untitled [Shane O'Neill's March (first part only)]
3. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; followed by test signal]
4. Reels: Untitled [The Green Mountain], Untitled, Untitled
5. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
6. Marches: Clare's Dragoons, Ninety-Eight [Who Fears to Speak of '98?]
7. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
8. Jigs: The Gold Ring, Father O'Carroll, The Irish Jig [Extraneous noise on this track]
9. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the personnel of the Johnny Pickering Ceili Band]
10. Hornpipes: Tim the Turncoat [Mistitled?; The Friendly Visit], The Fiddler's Contest
11. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
12. Set Dance: Madame Bonaparte
13. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
14. Marches: The Milkmaid, Ireland Abu [The Ballydesmond]
15. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
16. Waltzes: The Blue Ribbon, The Listener
17. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
18. Jigs: Paddy's Return, The Chorus Jig [The Queen of the Rushes]
19. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
20. Reels: The Corner House, The Mountain Road [Composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [Geoghegan's]
21. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the end of the edition of the 'Ceili House' radio programme that began in track 2]
22. Polka, Speech: Untitled [The Rakes of Mallow], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Ceili Time' on Radio Eireann]
23. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
24. Reels: Untitled [Staten Island], Untitled
25. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview with Dermot O'Brien; topics include: the reasons why O'Brien stopped playing ceili music; strict tempo in ceili music; response to criticisms of his music as 'non-traditional'; Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann]
26. Song: The Merry Ploughboy / The Jolly Ploughboy
27. Speech, Song, Jig: Untitled [Radio interview], Untitled [Ta Mo Mhadra; "Ta mo mhadra, nil mo mhadra, ta mo mhadra scaoilte" (etc)], Untitled [The Maid of the Spinning Wheel / Cailleach an Tuirne; first part only; played between verses of the song performed in this track]
28. Speech, Song: Untitled [Radio announcement], Deep in Canadian Woods
29. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview with Martin Dempsey; topics include: the recent controversy about the teaching of Irish; Dempsey's career as a performer; the recent ballad boom]
30. Reels: Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled (incomplete)
31. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
32. Speech, Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the start of a radio programme on Radio Eireann], Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
33. Speech, Air: Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: Francie McPeake telling of Irish music evenings at the house of Francis Joseph Biggar in Belfast 60 years previously; interview with Colm O Lochlainn; topics include: Biggar's role as antiquarian and as sponsor of pipe bands all over Ireland; Biggar's role in starting the Black Black Raven Pipe Band in Lusk, Co. Dublin; after the banner of the Lusk band was destroyed by the Black and Tans, O Lochlainn replaced the banner; O Lochlainn met Roger Casement at one of Biggar's music evenings; Francie McPeake used to perform 'In Bodenstown Churchyard' in Biggar's house; O Lochlainn performed William Rooney's poem "Dear Dark Head" and was congratulated for it by Casement; O Lochlainn had lunch with Biggar and Casement in Dublin], Eamon an Chnoic
34. Speech, March: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Ceili House' on Radio Eireann], Untitled [Kelly, the Boy from Killane]
35. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
36. Reels: The Bunch of Keys, Rakish Paddy, The Copperplate
37. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: the buck dance – a virility dance performed in Clare]
38. Jigs: The Barber's Jig [Molloy's Favourite], Green's Jig [Malowney's Wife], The Idle Road
39. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
40. Song: The Cliffs of Dooneen
41. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
42. Set Dances: The Jockey to the Fair, The Three Sea Captains
43. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
44. Marches: Erin go Bragh, Ar Son Eireann, The Centenary March
45. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
46. Song: Noreen Bawn / Noirin Ban (incomplete)
47. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
48. Jigs: The Wandering Minstrel, O'Brien's Fancy [Katie's Fancy]
49. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement: the personnel of the Bunclody Ceili Band]
50. Reels: The Kilmaley Reel, The High Reel, Father Kelly's [Rossmore Jetty; composed by Father Kelly; for another performance of this tune, see track C14]
51. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; signalling the end of an edition of 'Ceili House']
52. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of 'Ceili House'], Untitled [The Red-Haired Lass]
53. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
54. Reels: Larry Redican's [The Culfada; composed by Larry Redican], Dick Sherlock's [Dicky Sherlock's], Lord McDonagh's [Geoghegan's], Untitled [The Ewe Reel]
55. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
56. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled [The First Night in America], Untitled [Andy McGann's]
57. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
58. Song, Speech: The Flower of Sweet Strabane (imcomplete), Untitled [Radio announcement]
59. Hornpipes: Anne Sheehy's Hornpipe [The Flowing Tide], Chief O'Neill's (incomplete; clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
60. Speech: Untitled [Initial test message at start of tape band]
61. Reel, Speech, Speech, Reel, Speech, Reel: Untitled [McFadden's Favourite; signature tune signalling the start of an edition of the Radio Eireann programme 'American Journeywork'], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over], Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: this programme is coming from Tom Concannon's saloon in Norwood, near Boston, USA], Untitled [Down the Broom], Untitled [Radio interviews], Untitled [The Corner House]
62. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview]
63. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare / The Boys of Ballysadare], Untitled [Gregg's Pipes], Untitled [The Mason's Apron], Untitled [Radio announcement (short; incomplete)]
64. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Bonnie Kate], Untitled [Radio announcement (short; incomplete), signalling the end of a Radio Eireann programme, probably the 'American Journeywork' edition beginning on track B28]
65. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the start of a Radio Eireann programme of Irish dance music]
66. Reels: Dinny O'Brien's Reel [Composed by Paddy O'Brien], The Sally Gardens, St Anne's Reel / Saint Anne's Reel
67. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
68. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Tailor's Twist], Untitled
69. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
70. Jigs: Jackson's Morning Brush, Paddy on the Mountain [Delaney's Drummers], Kinnegad Slashers
71. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
72. Reels, Speech: Untitled [George White's Favourite], Untitled [The Bag of Potatoes / The Bag of Spuds], Untitled [The Silver Spear], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over, signalling the end of the radio programme beginning on track B32]
73. Speech, March: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the start of a Radio Eireann radio programme], Sean O'Neill [Shane O'Neill's March]
74. Speech, Jigs: Untitled [Radio announcement], Whelan's, Bill Harte's
75. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Donegal, The Leitrim [Rakish Paddy]
76. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of 'Ceili House'], Untitled [The Boys of the Lough]
77. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
78. Jigs: The Rakes of Kildare, The Fisherman's Widow [The Rambling Pitchfork], The Blackthorn Stick [The Humours of Bantry]
79. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; topics include: the use of a casadoir / twister in the making of ropes of hay or straw]
80. Air: Casadh an tSugain
81. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
82. Hornpipes: The Galway Hornpipe, The Golden Eagle, The Locomotive [Composed by James Hill of Tyneside]
83. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
84. Jigs: The Lilting Fisherman, The Humours of Ballycastle, I Will if I Can
85. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; topics include: a tongue-twister in Irish]
86. Reels: Father Kelly's [Father Kelly's Reel; Rossmore Jetty; composed by Father Kelly; for another performance of this tune, see track B17], The Green Mountain, Whelan's Reel [The Hare's Foot]
87. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
88. Marches: Captain Dunne's, Slattery's Mounted Foot, The Merry Ploughboy
89. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
90. Waltzes: The Green Glens of Antrim, The Castle of Dromore, Lovely Leitrim
91. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
92. Jig: Gillan's Apples
93. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement: the personnel of the Malachy Doris Ceili Band]
94. Reels: The Morning Mist, Peter Street, The Plough and the Stars
95. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the end of the edition of 'Ceili House' that began in track C4]
96. Reel, Speech, Speech: Untitled [McFadden's Favourite; signature tune signalling the start of an edition of the Radio Eireann programme 'American Journeywork'], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
97. Reels: Untitled [Father Kelly's], Untitled [Trim the Velvet]
98. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio interview with Larry Redican; topics include: Redican made 78rpm records with Eddie Meehan's Rosaleen Quartet; the personnel of the quartet; John McKenna], The Lady of the House
99. Speech, Reels, Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio interview with Larry Redican; topics include: older musicians in New York, including Tom Morrison (flute), who used to wake Redican up at 2.30am to hear Redican play a tune], The Dunmore Lasses, The Manchester Reel, The Castlebar Traveller, Untitled [Radio interview, continued], Miss Langford's Reel, The Milestone at the Garden [The Humours of Westport]
100. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
101. Reels: Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [The Wild Irishman]
102. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
103. Reels: The Liffey Banks, The Shaskeen
104. Reels: Untitled [The Crooked Road to Dublin], Untitled [The Ivy Leaf], Untitled [Ceol na Ceartan / Music of the Forge; The Pretty Girls of Mayo]
105. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
106. Jigs: Jim Fahy's Jig [The New House; composed by Paddy O'Brien], The Mooncoin (incomplete)
107. Reel: Untitled [A combination of the first part of 'Coen's Memories' (composed by Tommy Coen) with the second part of 'The Corner House'], Untitled, Untitled [The Reel of Bogie]
108. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A1–5;
Cronin, Paddy, Kerry, fiddle solo A6–18;
O'Loughlin, Peadar, Clare, flute solo A19–20;
Unidentified performer [O'Loughlin, Peadar, Clare? White, Aggie, Galway (suggested by BB)?], fiddle solo A21

Running Order:
1. Air: O'Rahilly's Grave [Available on RTE CD 174, track 10]
2. Jigs: Coppers and Brass / The Humours of Ennistymon [CICD 1521–1522 (from this recording?); Larry Grogan is a related tune], I Will if I Can / Up and Away [CICD 696 (from this recording?); DMI, # 207] [Available on RTE CD 174, track 11]
3. Hornpipes: John Quinn's Favourites # 1 / The Home Brew [The Wicklow Hornpipe (DMI, # 828); The Road to Boyle (CRE 3, # 227)], John Quinn's Favourites # 2 / The Sands [Stated in notes to RTE CD 174 to be a variant of Miss McLeod's Reel; An Tri is a Rian] [Available on RTE CD 174, track 11]
4. Single Jigs / Slides: The Kilcummin / Dingle Regatta / Tarrant's Slide [In notes to RTE CD 174, it is pointed out that this tune is related to the popular version of The Dingle Regatta; CICD 1075.12 (not from this recording; provides title 'Tarrant's Slide')], If I Had a Wife [(JOLSL, # 90, which also gives the title Mick Mahony's (1); CRE 3, # 41; Johnny Leary's], The Worn Torn Petticoat / Quarry Cross / The Leprechaun [CICD 1415 (untitled; from this recording?); Pucan; for another performance of this tune, see track A18] [Available on RTE CD 174, track 15]
5. Reels: Rolling in the Ryegrass [CICD 5678 (from this recording?)], The Heather Breeze, Rolling in the Ryegrass [Repeat of first tune in this selection], The Heather Breeze [Repeat of second tune in this selection]
6. Jigs: The Munster Jig [CICD 735 (not from this recording)], Tell Her I Am [For another performance of this tune, see track A12]
7. Reels: Duggan's Fancy [CICD 4744 (from this recording?); recorded on 78 rpm commercial disc by Michael Coleman, fiddle, as O'Rourke's (the first tune in a selection); The Wild Irishman (title used by Coleman for the second tune in the selection; often used for this tune and possibly Coleman's intended title for this tune)], The Galtee [The Galtee Ranger / The Galtee Rangers], Bean a' Ti ar Lar [The Woman of the House]
8. Single Jigs / Slides, Jig: Tom Billy's Fancy [Johnny Mick Dinny's (JOLSL, # 95)], Cailleach an Airgid (mi-cheart) [CICD 1775 (from this recording?); The Cat in the Corner (JOLSL, # 348)], The Humours of Kilkenny / Cailleach an Airgid [CICD 4744 (from this recording?); The Hag with the Money]
9. Single Jigs / Slides: The Dark Girl in Blue [Denis Murphy's Slide], Across the Road [Paddy Cronin's (JOLSL, # 75)]
10. Reel: The Doon Reel [The Chorus Reel], Pepper and Salt [Tansey's Favourite; CRE 3, # 136]
11. Hornpipes: Cronin's Hornpipe [JOLSL, # 171], The Brittania Hornpipe [CICD 6077 (not from this recording)], The Fisherman [Fisher's Hornpipe]
12. Jig: Down the Meadows [Related to Malowney's Wife (DMI, # 11)], Tell Her I Am [For another performance of this tune, see track A6]
13. Reels: The Dairy Maid, The Morning Star
14. Reels: The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Untitled [In BB's short-list titled 'Broom (wrongly); Wellington's Reel (CRE 3, # 110); closely related to Sheehan's Reel (DMI)]
15. Air: The Lament for O'Donnell
16. Set Dance: The Jockey to the Fair
17. Hornpipes: Byrne's Hornpipe, Untitled
18. Single Jigs, Slides: The Quarry Cross [The Dingle Regatta, in the version played by Sliabh Luachra musicians], Untitled [Barrack Hill (DMI, # 410)], Pucan [CICD 1415 (untitled; not from this track on this recording); The Worn Torn Petticoat; Quarry Cross; The Leprechaun; for another performance of this tune, see track A4]
19. Reels: The Boyne Hunt, The Flogging Reel
20. Jigs: The Maid of the Rushes [The Queen of the Rushes], Nora Crionna [Stated to be (Patsy) Touhey's version; DMWC, # 152]
21. Reel: My Love is in America [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [McConnell, Cathal, Fermanagh?], speech in English A1;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A2a;
Byrne, Anne, Dublin, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2b;
Bennett, John, speech in English A2c?, 2f?, 2i?, 2k?, 2m?;
Unidentified performers, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2d–e, 2h, 2l, 3–6;
McGuigan, Pat, harmonica in trio A2g;
McConnell, Cathal, Fermanagh, whistle in trio A2g;
Healy, James N, Cork, speech in English A2i, 2m;
singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2j;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A7;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A8;
Unidentified performer [Furey, Finbar, Dublin / Waterford?], pipes in duet A9;
Unidentified performer, whistle in duet A10–12;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet B1, 3;
fiddle solo B2, 4–9;
speech in English A7;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Art / O'Keefe, Art, Kerry], whistle in duet B1, 3,;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo B10–18;
speech in English B10–16;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B;
Doherty, John, Donegal, fiddle solo B19–30;
speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B19–30;
Unidentified performer [Kelly, John, Clare / Dublin?], speech in English and Irish B24;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Information about the contents of track A2]
2. a) Speech, b) Song, c) Speech, d) Song, e) Song, f) Speech, g) Instrumental Piece, h) Song, i) Speech, j) Song, k) Speech, l) Song, m) Speech: a) Untitled [Radio announcement], b) Can You Dance the Polka?, c) Untitled [Radio announcement], d) Farewell to Tarwathie, e) Untitled [Brief; one verse only], f) Untitled [Information about the song just song and the tune to be played next; gives the title of the tune], g) ? the Forty Second [Tune has the same melody as that of the song sung before it here], h) Untitled, i) Untitled [Interview; topic: sea songs and shanties], j) The Bug-A-Boo, k) Untitled, l) Untitled [All for Me Grog], m) Untitled [Radio announcement & interview] [This track is a poor-quality off-air dubbing of a (radio or TV) programme titled 'The Sea Folk', broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland]
3. Song: Untitled [Track A5 contains another copy of the recording on this track]
4. Song: Untitled [The Sisters of Mercy, composed by Leonard Cohen]
5. Song: Untitled [Preceded by short recording of piano-playing; track A3 contains another copy of the recording on this track]
6. Song: Untitled
7. Song: Untitled [William Hollander]
8. Reel: Untitled
9. Air: Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [The Stony Step]
11. Reel: Untitled [The Belles of Tipperary]
12. Reel: Untitled (incomplete) [The Skylark] [END OF BAND ONE]
13. Reel: Untitled [Donall a' Phumpa; CRE 5, # 147; Molly on the Shore]
14. Reel: Untitled [Donal a' Clumper's Reel; CRE 2, # 295 (where it is untitled)]
15. Reels: Untitled [The Morning Star], Untitled [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
16. Reel: Untitled [Callaghan's Reel / O'Callaghan's Reel; CRE 2, # 131]
17. Reel: Untitled [Quinn's Reel; CRE 2, # 171]
18. Reels: Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [The Doon Reel (JOLSL, ed. Moylan, # 94); Pat Ward's Jig (a version of this tune played as a single jig by Seamus Ennis)]
19. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Glountane Reel (CICD 3453)], Untitled
20. Jig: Untitled [Cailin a' Ti Mhoir / Cailin an Ti Mhoir (CRE 2, # 40); The Housekeeper; The House Maid; The Girl from the Big House]
21. Reel: Untitled [Callaghan's; The Doon Reel; Nellie Donovan; CRE 2, # 270]
22. Reel, Speech: The Boy in the Gap, Untitled
23. Reel, Speech: The Fair-Haired Boy, Untitled
24. Reel, Speech: Patsy Campbell's Reel, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Upstairs in a Tent [CRE 2, 190], Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CRE 2, 150 (i)], Untitled
27. Reel, Speech: The Rose in the Garden [Divide the Cally Fair; Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, related tune)], Untitled
28. Jig / Slide, Speech: Untitled [The Clare Jig; CRE 2, 71], Untitled [Tune just played was used for the fifth figure of a set]
29. Jig: Untitled [The Frieze Breeches]
30. Jig: Untitled [Tatter Jack Walsh]
31. Reel: Untitled [The Dispute at the Crossroads; a version of Doctor Gilbert]
32. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
33. Reel, Speech: Miss Ramsey, Untitled
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [McFarley's; a version of 'The Maids of Castlebar'], Untitled
35. Reel: The Moving Bogs of Allen [The Moving Bogs (CRE 2, # 174)]
36. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Caher Rua, Untitled
37. Slip Jig: Untitled [Hardiman the Fiddler, version of]
38. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Old Hag at the Churn [Related to Garrett Barrett's Jig]
39. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The King of the Pipers [CRE 2, # 45]
40. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The King of the Pipers; not the same tune as in the previous track], Untitled
41. Jig: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork, version of]
42. Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]