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00:00:01 - 00:01:38 | [The lazy dog], highland [version of Little Katie Kearney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:01:40 - 00:03:35 | [Johnny Boyle's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:03:39 - 00:04:37 | Untitled, reel (Jimmy Lyons version) / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:04:41 - 00:05:27 | [Untitled, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:05:28 - 00:06:44 | [The lazy dog, highland] [version of Little Katie Kearney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:06:46 - 00:07:20 | [Dúlamán na binne buí = Seaweed from the yellow cliff, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:07:21 - 00:08:42 | [An Mullach Garbh = The rugged height, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:08:49 - 00:10:01 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:10:03 - 00:10:43 | [The braes of Maas, highland] [version of The braes of Mar] [comp. Daniel Dow], strathspey / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:10:48 - 00:11:23 | [Miss Ramsey's, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:11:24 - 00:13:06 | Untitled, [waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:13:07 - 00:18.38 | [The speaking waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:18.42 - 00:20:29 | [Parnell's march, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:20:30 - 00:22:40 | [La Marseillaise, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:23:14 - 00:25:21 | [The pigeon on the gate, reel] (Neillidh Boyle version) / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:25:22 - 00:27:03 | [My love is in America, reel] (Con Cassidy version) / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:27:05 - 00:28:12 | [Con Cassidy's, jig] [= The Lea Castle, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:28:20 - 00:30:50 | [Gallagher's, march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:30:51 - 00:32:10 | [George White's favourite, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:32:12 - 00:32:41 | [Neil Gow's wife, strathspey] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:32:42 - 00:34:32 | Untitled, [polka] ; Untitled, [polka] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:34:34 - 00:35:40 | [Con Cassidy's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot Byrne], accordion
00:35:42 - 00:37:20 | Untitled, [march] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot Byrne], accordion
00:37:23 - 00:38:40 | [Rakish Paddy, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:38:43 - 00:39:38 | [McFarley's, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:39:40 - 00:40:58 | Untitled, [barndance] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:41.14 - 00:41:47 | Untitled, [barndance] / Con Cassidy, fiddle

The following material from 00:41:49 - 00:51:00 was recorded in the Highlands Hotel at the annual Glenties Fiddle Weekend in October 1983:
00:41:49 - 00:43:34 | [Cuffe street, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:43:36 - 00:44:22 | [Doodely doodely dank, slip jig] [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:44:29 - 00:46:06 | [Last night's fun, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:46:07 - 00:49:32 | [Johnny Boyle's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle
00:49:33 - 00:51:00 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; [Dermot McLaughlin], fiddle

The following material from 00:00:14 - 00:24:10 was recorded for the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' and features music and conversation from Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, fiddle:
00:00:14 - 00:01:37 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music
00:01:38 - 00:19:02 | Versions of tunes, speech ; How versions have changed, speech ; Joe Burke adding a third part to a tune, speech ; Dermot's first visit to south-west Donegal, speech ; Frank McHugh, fiddle player from Kilcar, speech ; Different styles and repertoires in Donegal, speech ; How Con and another Teelin fiddler were asked to play at a dance with two Meenaneary musicians but did not know any of the tunes played, speech ; How John Doherty's repertoire was enhanced by Scottish tunes, speech ; The best fiddle player John Doherty's father heard was John Mhosaí McGinley from Glencolmcille, speech ; How John Mhosaí McGinley entered a fiddle competition in the south of Ireland and was nearly stoned by the crowd before competing and went on to win the competition, speech ; Neillidh Boyle, an outstanding fiddle player, speech ; How Neillidh got much music from his mother, speech ; Putting an extra bar in the tune to put off dancers, speech ; Frank Cassidy's music not liked by dancers, speech ; Frank turned into a more 'tricky' fiddle player than his brother, John Cassidy, speech / Various performers, speech in English
00:19:10 - 00:20:59 | Cuffe Street, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:21:36 - 00:23:16 | The green fields of Rossbeigh, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:23:20 - 00:24:10 | Naming of tunes was not important, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English

The following recordings from 00:24:16 - 00:48:10 are dubbed from an edition of the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' / presented by Philip King and featuring Con Cassidy, Dermot McLaughlin and Caoimhín Mac Aoidh:
00:24:16 - 00:25:25 | The pigeon on the gate, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:25:26 - 00:34:18 | How people survive in Teelin, speech ; How times have improved since Con's youth, speech ; People had to emigrate, speech ; Con names the older fiddle players in Teelin, speech ; Hearing Joe Cooley play in London, speech ; First fiddler heard was his neighbour, Paddy Barron, speech ; The Doherty, McConnell and O'Rourke travelling families, speech ; Travelling pipers, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:34:31 - 00:36:47 | Taibhse Chonaill = [Conall's ghost], jig / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:36:48 - 00:41:13 | Travelling families came more to south-west Donegal for music than other parts of the county, speech ; Frank Cassidy learning off the gramophone, speech ; Why Frank got a special tone from the fiddle?, speech ; Con introduces Dermot and Caoimhín, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:41:14 - 00:42:59 | Doodely doodely dank, slip jig [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:43:00 - 00:44:08 | The naming of tunes, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English
00:44:09 - 00:46:01 | Con Cassidy's jig / Various performers, instrumental music
00:46:50 - 00:48:10 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music