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Performers:
Keegan, Joe, Armagh, flute solo A1–25, B12–13;
speech in English B13;
flute in duet C26?;
Unidentified performers, speech in English and Irish A25, 47, B11, 17, 35, C21, 23;
O Suilleabhain, Eoin, Dublin, speech in Irish and English A26–27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, B1–3, 5, 8–9, C33, 35;
Kiltormer Ceili Band, The, Galway, instrumental group A26, 28, 30, 34, 38, 40, 44;
Fallon, Joe, Galway, fiddle solo A32, 36, 42;
Unidentified performer [McGann, Andy, New York], fiddle in trio A46, B17?;
Unidentified performer [Burke, Joe, Galway], accordion in trio A46;
accordion in duet A48;
Ardellis Ceili and Old-Time Band, The, instrumental group A48;
Gardiner, Bobby, Clare / USA / Tipperary, accordion in duet A48, B26;
Eugene Leddy's Ceili Band, Cavan, instrumental group A48;
O Se, Sean, Cork, singing in Irish and English with instrumental accompaniment B1;
singing in Irish with instrumental accompaniment B4, 8, C34;
Sean O Riada agus Ceoltoiri Chualann, Dublin, instrumental accompaniment to singing B1, 4, 8, C34;
instrumental group B1–2, 8, 10, C32;
Keane, Eamon, Dublin, speech in English B3, C33;
Sheehy, Anne, Kerry, accordion solo B6–7;
Unidentified performer [Redican, Larry, New York?], fiddle in trio B17;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English B17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34;
McGann, Andy, New York, fiddle in trio B18;
Reynolds, Paddy, Longford / New York, fiddle in trio B18;
Brennan Grant, Katherine, New York, fiddle in duet B20–22;
Fishman, Dina, New York, singing in English to own guitar accompaniment B24;
Redican, Larry, New York, fiddle in duet B28–29;
Fahy, Jimmy / Fahy, Joe, Mayo / Chicago, singing in English B31;
Mulvihill, Charlie, New York, accordion in trio B33;
Mulvihill, Tom, New York, fiddle in trio B33;
Cronin, Paddy, Kerry / Boston, fiddle in duet B35;
O Murchu, Sean, Galway / Dublin, speech in Irish and English C1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18;
Killina Ceili Band, The, Roscommon, instrumental group C1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 19;
Connolly, Seamus, Clare / Boston, fiddle solo C7, 13, 17;
Partly identified performer (John Joe), accordion solo C22;
Rowsome, Liam, Dublin, fiddle solo C23;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group(s) C24, 27–31;
Unidentified performer, accordion in duet C25;
Keane, James, Dublin / USA, accordion solo C36–37

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [Sporting Nell (related tune); for another performance of this tune from this performer, see track B13]
2. Reel: Untitled [Rattigan's Reel; for another performance of this tune from this performer, see track B14]
3. Reel: Untitled [The Cup of Tea]
4. Reel: Untitled [The Ewe Reel]
5. Reel: Untitled [Master McDermott's Reel; composed by Master McDermott]
6. Reel: Untitled [The Star of Munster]
7. Reel: Untitled [The Blackberry Blossom]
8. Reel: Untitled [Sporting Paddy]
9. Reel: Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock; sound level very low on original tape]
10. Reel: Untitled [The Beauty Spot]
11. Reel: Untitled [Miss Monaghan; sound level low]
12. Reel: Untitled [The Plough and the Stars]
13. Reel: Untitled [The Collier's Reel]
14. Jigs: Untitled [Do You Want Any More; The Collier's Reel (related tune)], Untitled (incomplete)
15. Jig: Untitled [Garrett Barry's Jig]
16. Reel: Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman]
17. Reel: Untitled [Paddy Taylor's Reel (related tune?)]
18. Reel: Untitled
19. Reels: Untitled [Dinny O'Brien's Reel; composed by Paddy O'Brien], Untitled [Farewell to Connacht]
20. Reel: Untitled [Tim Moloney]
21. Reel: Untitled [Down the Broom]
22. Reel: Untitled [The Old Torn Petticoat]
23. Reel: Untitled [Tory Island; Murphy's Greyhound]
24. Reel: Untitled [The Steampacket]
25. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Earl's Chair], Untitled [Radio announcement
26. Speech, March / Jig: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Ceili House' on Radio Eireann], Untitled [The Men of the West]
27. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
28. Reels: The Piper's Dream [The Red-Haired Lass], Buckley's Reel, Father Kelly's [Ben Hill Reel; composed by Father Kelly]
29. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the personnel of the Kiltormer Ceili Band]
30. Jigs: The Liverpool Jig [Tonra's Jig; composed by Brendan Tonra], The Chestnut Grove [Ellis' Jig], The Tulla Jig [Ceol a' Mala / Ceol an Mhala]
31. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
32. Hornpipe: Sean Ryan Number Four [Sean Ryan's No. 4; The Ballyoran; composed by Sean Ryan]
33. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
34. Marches: The Minstrel Boy, My Singing Bird, God Save Ireland
35. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
36. Jigs: The Idle Road, Trip to Belfast [The First Night in America]
37. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
38. Hornpipes: Andy McGann's [Flaherty's], O'Brien's [The Humours of Tuamgraney]
39. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
40. Polkas: My Aunt Jane, Gurteen March, The Road to Blarney [St. Mary's Polka / Saint Mary's Polka]
41. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
42. Reels: Killabeg House [Ah Surely], Joe Fallon's Number Three / Joe Fallon's No. 3
43. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
44. Jigs: The Kilfenora (clipped at end)
45. Test Signal: Untitled
46. Reels: Untitled [The Girl Who Broke My Heart / The Girl That Broke My Heart], Untitled [Sean sa Cheo; Sean sa Cheo]
47. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
48. March, Reels, Speech, Set Dance: Untitled (short; incomplete), Untitled [The Sally Gardens], Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore], Untitled [Radio announcement], The King of the Fairies (short; incomplete)
49. Speech, Song, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Flea Cheoil an Raidio' on Radio Eireann], An Spailpin Fanach [Sung with verses in Irish and English], Untitled [The Traveller; played between verses of the song sung in this track]
50. Speech, Carolan Piece: Untitled [Radio announcement], Planxty Drury
51. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (short; incomplete)
52. Song: Untitled
53. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
54. Reels: Paddy Fahy's, Farrell's [The Killavil Fancy]
55. Hornpipe: Burke's
56. Speech, Song, Jig: Untitled [Radio announcement], Torramh an Bhairille, Untitled [The Humours of Ennistymon; played between verses of the song sung in this track]
57. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
58. Carolan Piece: Planxty Maguire [Faded out; end of the edition of 'Flea Cheoil an Raidio' that began in track B1]
59. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
60. Reel: Untitled [The Liffey Banks]
61. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Sporting Nell (related tune); for another performance of this tune from this performer, see track A1], Untitled
62. Reel: Untitled [Rattigan's Reel; for another performance of this tune from this performer, see track A2]
63. Jig: Untitled (incomplete; tape runs out) [END OF BAND ONE]
64. Test Signal: Untitled
65. 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; topic: this programme is the last of the current series of music from the USA]
66. Reel: Paddy Fahy's Reel
67. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
68. Air: Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor
69. Jig: Paddy Fahy's Jig [Composed by Paddy Fahy]
70. Reel: Farewell to Ireland [Mistitled?; Faral Gara]
71. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
72. Song: As I Roved out through Galway City
73. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
74. Reels: Untitled [Music in the Glen], Untitled [The Donegal Traveller]
75. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
76. Set Dance: Peggy O'Neill
77. Reels: Untitled [Father Kelly's], Untitled [Trim the Velvet]
78. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
79. Song: The Colleen Bawn
80. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
81. Reel: Untitled [Stated in track B32 to have been composed by Charlie Mulvihill; is included in book of Father Kelly's compositions with the titles 'Derrycrag Reel' and 'Fr Kelly's No. 1']
82. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
83. Reel, Speech: The Humours of Westport, Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the end of the edition of 'American Journeywork' that began in track B17]
84. Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the start of an edition of the programme 'Ceili House' on Radio Eireann], Untitled [The Plains of Boyle]
85. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
86. Reels: The Dublin Reel, Jackie Coleman's Reel, Miss McDonald
87. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
88. Jigs: Doctor O'Neill's, Strike the Gay Harp
89. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
90. Reel: Lord Gordon
91. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
92. Hornpipes: The Plains of Kilcorkery [The Home Brew], The Harristown Hornpipe [The Ballyoran; composed by Sean Ryan]
93. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
94. Marches: The Farmer's March, Sarsfield's March
95. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
96. Reels: Tom Ward's Downfall, The Mullinavat Reel [The Reel of Mullinavat]
97. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
98. Jigs: The Maid at the Spinning Wheel, The Lad from Briarfield [Langstern Pony / Langstrom Pony]
99. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
100. Hornpipe, Jig: Cooley's Hornpipe [Composed by Paddy O'Brien], Paddy Canny's Jig [Dougherty's; The Lark in the Morning (DMI, # 240)]
101. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement: the personnel of the Killina Ceili Band]
102. Reels: The Humours of Ballyconnell [Mistitled?; Lucky in Love; The Bloom of Youth], Postman's Knock [The Cameronian], The Woods of Clohanyquinn [?] [The Green Mountain], The Four Mile House [Boil the Breakfast Early]
103. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the end of the edition of 'Ceili House' that began in track C1]
104. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
105. Reels: Pride of Erin [The Green Groves of Erin], Congress [The Abbey Reel]
106. Speech, Air, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Se Fath Mo Bhuartha (short; incomplete), Untitled [Radio announcement]
107. Reels: Untitled [The Sally Gardens], Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [Christmas Eve; composed by Tommy Coen]
108. Carolan Piece: Untitled [Planxty Drury]
109. Jig: Untitled [The Lark in the Morning]
110. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Sunshine Hornpipe], Untitled [The Standing Abbey]
111. Reels: Untitled [Martin Mulhaire's Number 9; composed by Martin Mulhaire], Untitled [The Steampacket]
112. Jigs: Untitled [Andy McGann's], Untitled [The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan], Untitled [Sacco's Jig; Tripping up the Stairs]
113. Reels: Untitled [Rattigan's], Untitled [Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire; composed by Martin Mulhaire], Untitled [The Hare's Foot]
114. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Fairy Queen], Untitled [The Ballyoran; composed by Sean Ryan]
115. Reel: Untitled [The Ewe Reel]
116. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (short; incomplete)
117. Song: Untitled
118. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
119. Jig: Langstrom Pony [Langstern Pony]
120. Reels: The Graf Spee [The Grand Spy], Mother's Delight (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1, 25, B1, 14, 27;
Keegan, Joe, Armagh, flute solo A2–29, B2–7, 28;
speech in English B1;
Kilfenora Ceili Band, The, Clare, instrumental group B8, 10;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in Irish and English B9, 11, 13, 19–20, 22, 24, 26;
Owens, Jesse, Dublin, singing in Irish and English in duet to own guitar accompaniment B12;
Byrne, Anne, Dublin, singing in Irish and English in duet to guitar accompaniment B12;
McKenna, Barney, Dublin, banjo in trio B14;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group(s) B15–18;
Staunton, Donal / Standuin, Donal, Galway, banjo in trio B19;
Keane, Sean, Dublin, fiddle in trio B19;
Mulqueen, Ann, Limerick, singing in English B21;
Flynn, Liam / O Floinn, Liam, Kildare, pipes solo B23;
O Se, Sean, Cork, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment B25;
Sean O Riada agus Ceoltoiri Chualann, Dublin, instrumental accompaniment to singing B25;
instrumental group B27

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Test signals, etc]
2. Jig: Garrett Barry's
3. Reel: The Ewe Reel
4. Reel: Hand Me down the Tackle
5. Reel: The Cup of Tea
6. Reel: Down the Broom
7. Reel: The Milliner's Daughter
8. Reel: Music in the Glen
9. Reel: The Longford Collector
10. Reel: Untitled [Sporting Nell (related tune)]
11. Reel: Dinny O'Brien's [Composed by Paddy O'Brien]
12. Reel: Tom Ward's Downfall
13. Reel: Lucy Campbell
14. Reel: Miss McLeod's Reel
15. Reel: Untitled
16. Reel: The Liffey Banks
17. Reels: The Earl's Chair, Sporting Paddy
18. Reel: The Bunch of Keys
19. Reel: Gold Ring Jig [The Gold Ring]
20. Reel: McDermott's Reel [Master McDermott's Reel; composed by Master McDermott]
21. Jig: The Queen of the Fair
22. Jig: Kitty in the Lane [Kitty's Rambles; The Rambles of Kitty]
23. Reel: The Broken Pledge
24. Reel: Within a Mile of Dublin
25. Reel, Speech: Crowley's No. 1 [First tune in a set of 2 called 'Crowley's Reels' recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on 78rpm disc], Untitled
26. Reel: Roaring Mary
27. Reel: Down the Broom
28. Reel: The Sligo Maid
29. Reel: The Flax in Bloom [END OF BAND ONE]
30. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Test signal], Untitled
31. Jig: Untitled [Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part (related tune)]
32. Jig: Untitled [Connie the Soldier]
33. Jig: Untitled [Do You Want Any More; The Collier's Reel (related tune)]
34. Reel: Untitled [The Liffey Banks]
35. Reel: Untitled [Lucy Campbell]
36. Reel: Untitled [Dicky Sherlock's]
37. Jigs: Untitled [Richard Brennan's Favourite], Untitled [The Idle Road] [Music signalling the start of a radio programme on Radio Eireann / RTE radio]
38. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
39. Reels: Untitled [The Kilmaley Reel], Untitled [The Hunter's House; composed by Ed Reavy; Reavy's Reel], Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [Tierney's Reel?], Untitled [Bonnie Kate], Untitled [Sean McGuire; composed by Bert Murray]
40. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
41. Song: Ballinderry
42. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
43. Reels, Speech: Untitled [My Love Is in America], Untitled [The Collier's Reel], Untitled [Radio announcement]
44. Jigs: Untitled [Andy McGann's], Untitled [The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan], Untitled [Sacco's Jig; Tripping up the Stairs]
45. Reels: Untitled [Rattigan's], Untitled [Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire; composed by Martin Mulhaire], Untitled [The Hare's Foot]
46. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Fairy Queen], Untitled [The Ballyoran; composed by Sean Ryan]
47. Jigs: Untitled [The Lilting Fisherman], Untitled [Father Kelly's; Lough Derg Jig; composed by Father Kelly]
48. Reels, Speech: The Moving Bog, Miko Russell's / Micho Russell's, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
49. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
50. Song: The Blackbird of Sweet Avondale
51. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
52. Reels: The Boy in the Gap, The Mistress [Maistreas an Ti / The Mistress of the House], The Cup of Tea
53. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
54. Song: The Boys of Kilmichael
55. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
56. Reels, Speech: Ril Mor Bhaile an Chalaidh, Untitled [Nelly Donovan], Untitled [The Shaskeen Reel], Untitled [Radio announcement; short; incomplete]
57. Reel: Untitled [The Milliner's Daughter] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Maguire, Johnnie / Maguire, Johnny, Cavan / Belfast, whistle solo A1–6, 8;
whistle in duet 11–12;
flute solo A10;
speech in English A7 and throughout tracks A1–12;
O'Donnell, Brian, Belfast, speech in English A7, 9;
Mulqueeny, Jim, Clare, fiddle solo A13, 33–37;
B8, 10–27, 29–32, 35–40, 42–43, 45–47;
speech in English B9, 28, 41;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A14–15;
Unidentified performer, accordion solo A16;
Russell, Micho, Clare, flute solo A17–22, 30–32;
whistle A38–39;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A23–25;
fiddle solo A26–29;
Farrell, Pat, Longford, fiddle in duet A40–50;
Hanley, Jim, Longford, fiddle in duet A40–50;
Hanley, Peter / Henley, Peter, Longford (?), pipes A51–52;
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle A51–52;
Ward, Jimmie / Ward, Jim, Clare, whistle solo B1–6, 33–37, 40;
whistling solo B7;
speech in English B8 to end;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English B41, 44 and throughout all B tracks;
speech in Irish B44;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], speech in English throughout B8–B47

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3124; The Crib of Perches]
2. Reel: Bonnie Nellie [CICD 5489; Sporting Nellie / Sporting Nelly / Sporting Nell]
3. Air: The Strand of Lake Sheelin [As sung by the performer's mother]
4. Reel: Miss Farr [CICD 5164; Miss McGuinness]
5. Reel: The Ravelled Hank of Yarn [CICD 4525, 4526 (from Ceol, vol III, no 1; from this recording?); not the tune of that name recorded by Willie Clancy; note in BB's hand on contents list for this tape says: 'N Donovan' (= Nellie Donovan?); BB gives many titles for this tune in 'The Man and His Music – Johnnie Maguire', Ceol, vol III, no 1; The Ladies Pantalettes]
6. Reel: James McInerney's Reel [CICD 5401 (from 'Ceol'; from this recording?); CICD 5400 (from this recording?); The Cameronian; Pat Ward's Jig; repeated at track 8]
7. Speech: Untitled [Local musicians, including James McInerney, fiddle; McInerney learned his music from his mother]
8. Reel: James McInerney's Reel [CICD 5401 (from 'Ceol'; from this recording?), 5400 (from this recording?); The Cameronian; Pat Ward's Jig; repeat of the tune at track 6]
9. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the music on the next three tracks, which are dubbings from the speaker's collection]
10. Reel: The Drogheda Maid [Not in CICD? Not the tune of this name on CICD 3001 (ex 'Ceol'); tune name is given on the tape by Brian O'Donnell; tune is preceded by an incomplete reel, possibly The Monaghan Twig]
11. Reel: The Concert Reel / Reynold's Reel [CICD 4841 (from this recording?); Reynolds's Reel / Reynolds' Reel]
12. Reel: Miss Flanagan [CICD 2885; Hand Me down the Tackle / Tom Steele, etc]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5696; 5695 (not from this recording)]
14. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
15. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; CICD 4365; CRE 2, # 187 (untitled); recorded by the Castle Ceili Band?]
16. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Stony Steps / The Stony Step; CRE, # 149]
17. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4978.11–.12 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4684.11–.13, 4978 (none from this recording); partly composed by Micho Russell; commonly known as Micho Russell's; CRE 2, # 294 (as Carty's Reel from MR; possibly from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
18. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1828 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 1133.11, 1829 (none from this recording)]
19. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5091.11, 5093 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 5084.11–.14, 5091.12–.13, 5096, (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
20. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4347.11, 4348 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 269 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; untitled); Mary McMahon (Bulmer & Sharpley, 'Music from Ireland', vol 2)]
21. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11, 5710 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 255 (from this recording)]
22. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from Micho Russell; not from this recording); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (DMI, # 79 – related tune?)]
23. Reels: Untitled [CICD 3800, 3801, 3804 (all from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); O'Connell's Trip to Parliament {CRE 2, # 217(i)}, probably from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy (mistake in date reference in CRE 2 notes?)], Maud Miller [CICD 3693 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); not the tune of that name recorded by James Morrison]
24. Reels: Untitled [CICD 4380 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 186 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; untitled); Paddy Kelly's (?); composed by Paddy Kelly, fiddle (?)], Miss Thornton's [CICD 3133, 3134 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 172 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
25. Reels: Untitled [CICD 5152 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); recorded by Hughie Gillespie in 1937 as the first in a selection called 'Master Crowley's Reels'], Summer in Ireland [CICD 3275, 3276 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 165 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; title 'Dowd's No. 9' is also given / Dowd's Number Nine)]
26. Reel: The Daisy Field [CICD 4544 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); DMI, # 538; recorded by Michael Coleman?]
27. Reel: Lady Gordon [CICD 4302 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; CRE 5, # 157 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
28. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1664 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Tonra's; name sometimes garbled as Tony Rowe's; composed by Brendan Tonra]
29. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5743 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); The Green Mountain (related tune); tonic note C (usually D); CICD card is written with tonic note D]
30. Reel: The Dunagore Reel [CICD 5610, 5610.12 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 5610.11, 5769 (none from this recording); MR's mother played it on the concertina; CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR; 275 is probably from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy, as transcribed on CICD 5610); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72); The Old Concertina Reel]
31. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.14 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 3989 (where reference is made to the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 3988.13 (initially from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy, but corrected from another?); 3988.11–.12, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from this recording)]
32. Reel: The Dublin Reel [CICD 3101, 3104.11–.12 (all from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 3103.11, 3103.12, 3103.14 (none from this recording); standard version (tonic note D); Micho Russell also plays a local version]
33. Reel: The Peeler's Pocket [CICD 5458 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 204 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks B18 & 22]
35. Reel: The Rising Sun / Clear the Road [CICD 3443, 3445 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 214 (ii), from CICD 3445; for another performance of this tune, see track B23]
36. Reel: The Knotted Cord [CICD 2681 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 229 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
37. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2393 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Brosnahin's Frolic (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 59); Brosnahan's Frolic]
38. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4772–4772.11 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4772.12–4772.13 (none from this recording); The Rainy Day]
39. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5018, 5018.11 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4995.11–4995.12, 5016, 5017, 5018.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
40. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4405 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Bonnie Ann / Bonny Ann; CRE 3, # 150]
41. Reel: Bonny Ann [CICD 2961 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Bonny Anne]
42. Reel: The Highland Merritor [CICD 4928 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
43. Reel: Old Girls of Our Town [CICD 5952.11 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
44. Reel: The New Line to Loughawn [CICD 2994 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); Sporting Paddy (related tune)]
45. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3876 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
46. Single Jig / [Reel / Hornpipe / Barndance]: Stack the Rags [CICD 1834 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); transcribed by BB in 12/8 time, but played more like a slow reel or a hornpipe or barndance, etc]
47. Reel: Jennie Dang the Weaver / Jinnie Bang the Weaver [CICD 3974 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
48. Reel: Scotch Willie [CICD 4015 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); The Mayo Lasses / Johnny When You Die (related tune)]
49. Reel: The Primrose Girl [CICD 5055 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 150 (ii) (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
50. Jig: The Little Boy Fed on the Hill [CICD 2544 (not from this recording); Larry the Beerdrinker]
51. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5036 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); related to The Irishman's Blackthorn (CRE 2, # 244) and The Hills of Kesh (CRE 3, # 181)
52. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Groves Hornpipe (DMI, # 843)] [END OF BAND ONE]
53. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4365]
54. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3634, 3635 (from this performer)]
55. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2884 (from this recording?); related to 'Tim Moloney' and 'Garrett Barry's Reel'?]
56. Jig: Untitled [CICD 564 (from this performer); The Kesh Jig (related tune)]
57. Reel / Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD?]
58. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5149; note on card: 'by Mulhaire?' (a reference to tune composer Martin Mulhaire)]
59. Set Dance: The Humours of Bandon [CICD 1945 (from this performer; in the jig section of CICD); note on card: 'Clare version']
60. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5385; for another performance of this tune, see track B10]
61. Speech: Untitled [Musicians from whom Jim Mulqueeny learned his music, including Michael Staunton and Austin Tierney]
62. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5385; for another performance of this tune, see track B8]
63. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4170; The Black-Haired Girl (title from BB index for 1363-ITMA-REEL); The Watchmaker (title from CICD 4173, ex Gus Tierney)]
64. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3987; CRE 5, # 149 (from CICD 3987)]
65. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD?]
66. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4849]
67. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5380 (from the performer who plays it here); The Sunny Banks (CRE, # 148 – related tune)]
68. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5924; CRE 5, # 209 (from CICD 5924)]
69. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4663; The Humours of Westport (related tune)]
70. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (not from JM; untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks A34 and B22]
71. Reel: Toss the Feathers [CICD 3810 (with errors in the transcription of the first part); CICD 2924.12 (with correct transcription and code); CRE 2, # 291 (from CICD 2924.12); tonic note: E]
72. Reel: Tim Dillons [CICD 5896; Tim Dillon's; CRE 5, # 206 (from CICD 5896); recorded by the group Altan as 'Tommy Peoples']
73. Reel: The Scotch Hunt [CICD 5015, 5020 (none from this recording?); CRE 5, # 176 (from CICD 5015 & 5020)]
74. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (not from JM; untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks A34 and B18]
75. Reel: The Rising Sun / Clear the Road [CICD 3443, 3445 (none from this section of this tape); CRE 2, # 214 (ii), from CICD 3445; for another performance of this tune, see track A35]
76. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4449; Upstairs in a Tent]
77. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4823; CRE 5, # 171 (from CICD 4823)]
78. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4949]
79. Reel: The Traveller [CICD 5793; Peggy on the Settle (DMI, # 518)]
80. Speech: Untitled [Dancing customs; the hesitation step; anecdotes: incidents relating to set dancing, etc]
81. Jigs: Untitled [CICD 2601.11; The Sporting Pitchfork], Untitled [CICD 1872; CRE 5, # 39 (from CICD 1872); The Maiden That Jigs It in Style (related tune)]
82. Jig: Untitled [CICD 560; CRE 5, # 3 (from CICD 560)]
83. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording? Cherish the Ladies / Jackson's Thought]
84. Jig: A Rogaire, Stad, Stad [CICD 768 & 768.11; CRE 2, # 68 (i) as 'Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae / When the Cock Crows it is Day' (from CICD 768.11); Be Easy You Rogue]
85. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4466.11 & 4466.12; The Dublin Porter (CRE 3, # 155)]
86. Reel: The West Clare Reel [Not in CICD from this recording; Up to Your Knees in Sand (CRE 3, # 159)]
87. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
88. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD? Mulqueeney's Hornpipe (title on recording of this tune by Tommy Peoples, fiddle)]
89. Breakdown / Waltz / Mazurka: Untitled [Not in CICD; described as a breakdown by the musicians, but this is contradicted by BB]
90. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD]
91. Polka Mazurka, Speech: Untitled [Not in CICD; Sonny's Mazurka (?)], Untitled [The dance called the Polka Mazurka; tunes were named by the name of the dance performed to them, e.g. the Highland Fling]
92. Barndance: Untitled [Not in CICD; as played by Austin (Tierney?)]
93. Speech: Untitled [Words to the slip jig 'The Kid on the Mountain'; also known as 'The Bottle of Wine'; Largy O'Loughlin recited some of the words for BB, but would not recite it in full because the words were obscene]
94. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 100.11; Come Upstairs with Me; CRE 5, # 59 (from CICD 100.11)]
95. Slip Jigs: Untitled [CICD 191.11], Untitled [CICD 262; The Humours of Whiskey]
96. Slip Jig, Speech: Judy Brannigan [Not in CICD from this recording; Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429)], Untitled [Words to this tune, beginning 'Twas on a windy night' (recited by the performer); tune known in Connemara as 'Coinnigh do Thoin as na Driseachai' (BB); words to other tunes (recited by BB, including words in Irish beginning 'Goideadh do ghe, do ghe')]
97. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2381.11; Mac's Fancy]
98. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording?; Banish Misfortune]
99. Reel: Untitled (incomplete) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Finnegan, Thomas, Galway, singing in English A2;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Keaveney, Patrick, Galway, singing in English A3;
Kelly, Jim / Kelly, James, Galway, singing in English A4, 6, 11, 13;
speech in English A4, 13;
Glynn, William / Glynn, Willie, Galway, speech in English A7, 9–10, 12, 14;
singing in English A8, 10, 12, 14;
Clancy, Jack ('Jack the Jigger'), Clare, lilting solo A15–16;
speech in English A15;
Crotty, Elizabeth, Clare, speech in English A17;
singing in English A18;
concertina solo A20;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
fiddle solo A24;
Hegney, Agnes, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
Mulhaire, Thomas, Galway, fiddle in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Brendan, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Martin, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
accordion solo A28;
Tracy, John Joe, Galway, flute in trio A30;
Downey, Patsy, Galway, accordion in trio A30;
Dooley, Michael Joe, Galway, fiddle in trio A30;
Finnerty, Johnny, Galway, speech in English A31;
singing in English A31

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows, recorded in Glenamaddy, Co Galway in June 1956]
2. Song: Untitled [In a dreary old cabin sat a grey-haired old father (etc)]
3. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Only a Bunch of Violets; Out in a moonlit garden, far from the ballroom bright (etc)]
4. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Maid of Athenry
5. Speech: Untitled [Song just sung was recorded in Corofin, Co Galway in June 1956]
6. Song: The Kellys and Molloys [Stated to be related to the American song 'The Martins and the Coyles']
7. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows]
8. Song: The 1916 Rising in County Galway
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Song, Speech: John Reilly, Untitled
11. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Star of Donegal
12. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Woodlands of Loughglynn (incomplete)
13. Speech, Song: Untitled, A Bird without a Gall / Captain Woodburn's Courtship [Captain Wedderburn's Courtship]
14. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [About Louis Darcy of Headford, County Galway]
15. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork ?], Untitled
16. Reel: Down the Broom
17. Speech: Untitled
18. Song: An Droighnean Donn [Version in English; learned from Mrs Lillis, Cooraclare, Co Clare]
19. Speech: Untitled [The song and music here from Mrs Crotty was recorded in Kilrush, Co Clare in June 1956]
20. Reel: Bean an Tinceara [An Bhean Tinceara]
21. Speech: Untitled [About the tune that follows, recorded in Tom White's pub, Ballinakill, Co Galway in January 1956]
22. Reels: The Bird in the Tree, The Shannon Breeze [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
23. Speech: Untitled
24. Reels: Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [Colonel Rodney]
25. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; recorded in Kiltormer, Co Galway in February 1956]
26. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Martin Mulhaire's Reel [Composed by Martin Mulhaire (a member of the trio that plays here)]
27. Speech: Untitled
28. Reel: Untitled [The Golden Keyboard; composed by the performer]
29. Speech: Untitled
30. Reel: Dowd's Favourite [O'Dowd's Favourite]
31. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Young men of Tipperary and of Ireland far and near (etc); song about the McCormick brothers, who were hanged in Nenagh during the land troubles] (incomplete; repeated on tape Breandan Breathnach Reel-to-Reel 348) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ni Dhonnchadha, Maire Aine / Ni Dhonncha, Maire Aine, singing in Irish A1–6;
'Ac Donncha, Sean / Mac Donncha, Sean / Mac Donnchadha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin, singing in Irish A7, 10;
Unidentified performer(s), singing in Irish A8, 9, 11

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled [Mna Deasa Locha Riabhach]
3. Song: Untitled [Bruach na Carraige Baine]
4. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan]
5. Song: Untitled [Anach Cuain / Eanach Dhuin]
6. Song: Untitled [Donal Og] (unrecorded section during song) [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Song: Untitled [An Bonnan Bui] (overmodulated on original recording)
8. Song: Untitled [An Sgeilpin Droighneach]
9. Song: Untitled [Amhran Mhaighinse]
10. Song: Untitled [Spailpin A Run]
11. Song: Untitled [Liam O Raghallaigh] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Giles, Tomás, concertina;
McCarthy, Rose, fiddle;
Glies, Peadar, uilleann pipes;
Benagh, Elizabeth, fiddle;
Keane, Tommy, guitar;
Keane, Pádraic, uilleann pipes;
Keane, Maisie, fiddle;
Benagh, Lucy, concertina;
Keane, Siobhán, piano;
Benagh, Annie-Ruth, tin whistle

Running Order:
1. Britches full of stitches, polka ; Out on the ocean, jig / Tómas Giles, concertina
2. The swallow's tail, reel / Rose McCarthy, fiddle
3. Alexander's hornpipe / Peadar Giles, uilleann pipes
4. Poll Halpenny, hornpipe / Elizabeth Benagh, fiddle
5. La Partida, waltz / Harry Giles, fiddle ; Tommy Keane, guitar
6. The Connacht heifers, reel ; The ravelled hank of yarn, reel / Pádraic Keane, uilleann pipes
7. Farewell to Miltown, reel ; The shaskeen reel / Maisie Keane, fiddle
8. Na Ceannabháin bána, jig ; Hardiman the fiddler, slip jig / Lucy Benagh, concertina
9. Marbhna Luimnigh, air / Siobhán Keane, piano
10. The dear Irish boy, air ; Trim the velvet, reel / Annie-Ruth Benagh, tin whistle