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Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–11, 14–30, 35–38, B1–26, 28–34;
singing in Irish and English A31;
singing in English A33–34;
speech in Irish B27 and occasional;
speech in English B35 and throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, speech in Irish, occasional;
speech in English throughout;
Hand, Mick, Dublin, tin whistle A12–13;
Carmody, Tom, Kerry, fiddle B36–42, accordion B43–44

Running Order:
1. Reel: The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3097 (from this recording); 3096.11–.16 (none from this recording); standard version of this tune; MR also plays an 'old' version]
2. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11 (from this recording?); 5710 (not from this recording)]
3. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3779 (from this recording?); 3778.11 (not from this recording)]
4. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4445 (from this recording); 4445, 4444.12, 4446 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)]
5. Reel: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CICD 4964.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 150 (i) (from MR)]
6. Reel: The Rose in the Garden / Divide the Cally Fair [CICD 5300 (from this recording), 5300.11 (not from this recording); Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, version of); see BB index 4068)]
7. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (from this recording); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
8. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1486, 1487, 1488 (all from this recording); 1490, 1492.11–.13 (none from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; for MR's 'old' version, see CICD 954.11.]
9. Jig: Tatter Jack Walsh / Athair Jack Walsh, An t- [CICD 1393, 1394 (from this recording); 1394.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
10. Jig: The Frost is All Over / Rince na gCoinini i nGarrai na hEorna [CICD 809 (from this recording); 724.12 (not from this recording; continuation card missing)]
11. Reel: The Rising Sun [CICD 2908 (from this recording), 2907.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 260 (from MR); for other versions and titles, see BB index, cards 2983, 2657]
12. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Tear the Calico]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4787 (from this recording); The Sandmount (recorded by the Ballinakill Ceili Band); Mick Hand's]
14. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3098, 4363.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 175 (from MR)]
15. Reel: The Ships Are Sailing [CICD 2962.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
16. Reel: The Boys of the Lake [CICD 3195, 3196, 3199.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 164 (from MR)]
17. Jig: The Four Posts of the Bed [CICD 1349.12–.13 (from this recording); 1349.14–.15 (none from this recording)]
18. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles / Bean an Brown Dilisc [CICD 2133 (from this recording); 2136.11–.12, 2138 (none from this recording)]
19. Reel: The Blackhaired Girl / The Blackhaired Lass / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.12–.13, 4239 (none from this recording)]
20. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5017 (from this recording); 4995.11–.12, 5016, 5018–5018.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from MR); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
21. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5096 (from this recording); 5084.11–.14, 5091.11–.13, 5093, (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
22. Reels: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5062 (from this recording); 5060.12, 5062.11 (none from this recording)]
23. Reel: The West Clare Reel [CICD 5883 (from this recording); 5883.11 (not from this recording); Dan Breen's]
24. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2924 (from this recording); 2923, 2924.11, 4033.11 (none from this recording)]
25. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1829 (from this recording); 1133.11, 1828 (none from this recording)]
26. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 758, 759 (both from this recording); 756, 757, 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)]
27. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 2857 (from this recording); 2856.11, 3415.11–.14 (none from this recording)]
28. Reel: An Bhean Tinceara [CICD 4029 (from this recording); 2686.11, 4028, 4030, 5750.11–.12 (none from this recording)]
29. Jig: Barr na Feirsde / Barr na Feirisde / The Munster Buttermilk [CICD 823 (from this recording; card gives the musician as Mick Hand, in error? Should be Micho Russell?); 818.11–.12, 825 (not from this recording)]
30. Jig: Christmas Day in the Morning / On Christmas Day in the Morning [CICD 2558 (from this recording), 2228.12 (not from this recording)]
31. Song: Bean Dubh an Ghleanna [with verses in Irish and English]
32. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [None in CICD; tunes learned from radio broadcast by Matt Molloy on the previous Friday night.]
33. Song: Untitled [The Poor Little Fisher Boy]
34. Song: Untitled [about a man with a very long nose]
35. 35: Jig: Garrett Barry's / The Ladies' Fancy [CICD 1007, 1008 (both from this recording); 1006.11 (not from this recording)]
36. 36: Polka: An Gabhairin Bui [CICD 6283 (from this recording); 6439.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 110 (from MR)]
37. 37: Fling: Pop Goes the Weazel / Pop Goes the Weasel [CICD 6532.11 (not from this recording)]
38. 38: Jig: Ti-teen Girleen / Tidy Girlyeen [CICD 1325 (from this recording); 1326.13 (not from this recording); Behind the Bush in the Garden (DMI, # 398]
39. 1: Reel: The Ladies Pantalettes [CICD 5626 (from this recording); 5626.11, 5637 (none from this recording)]
40. 2: Reel: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3561 (from this recording); 3086.11–.12, 3561.11–.12 (none from this recording); The Kerry Cow; I Wish I Had a Kerry Cow; CRE 2, # 282 (from MR) and also at CRE 2, # 116; for MR's version of this tune as single reel / polka, see CICD 6496.]
41. Reel: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4277 (from this recording); 4275.11–.12, 4276, (none from this recording)]
42. Reel: The Old Torn Petticoat [CICD 4351 (from this recording); 4348.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: Fochairi Beaga na Foraoire [CICD 5943 (from this recording); 5943.11, 5947.11 (not from this recording); Spike Island Lasses (here with only two parts)]
44. Jig / Dance Tune: An Bothar o thuaidh go dti Arainn / The Handkerchief Dance [CICD 1197 (from this recording); 1196.11–.12, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 65 (from MR)]
45. Reel: Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir Agam / An Peata Beag is a Mhathair [CICD 5634 (from this recording); 4007.11, 4008, 5635–.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 259 (from MR); The Mother and Child Reel]
46. Jig / Slide / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune: The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.12 (from this recording); 1968.11, 1968.13 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes that MR assigns this name to.]
47. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3989 (from this recording); 3988.11–.14, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
48. Jig: Sagart na mBuataisi / The Priest in his Boots [CICD 1252 (from this recording), 1251.11 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 17 (from MR)]
49. Jig: Connie the Soldier / The South-west Wind [CICD 2368 (from this recording); 2369.11 (not from this recording)]
50. Jig: The Rambling Pitchfork [CICD 1648 (from this recording); 1649.11 (not from this recording)]
51. Reel: The College Grove [CICD 3484 (from this recording); 5573.11 (not from this recording)]
52. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2241 (from this recording)]
53. Slip Jig: The Rocky Road to Dublin / Slainte an Briste Leathain / Slainte an Bristin Leathair [CICD 435 (from this recording?); 436, 440.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
54. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 318 (from this recording); 315.11–.12 (not from this recording); Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429, with 3 parts); 2 parts in MR's version]
55. Reel: Dunagore Reel [CICD 5769 (from this recording); 5610–.12 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72)]
56. Air: An Drucht Geal Ceo / The Foggy Dew [not in CICD]
57. Jig: The Irish Washerwoman / The Big Jig / Paddy McGinty's Goat [CICD 1686 (from this recording); 1678.11–.13, 1679, (none from this recording)]
58. Jig: Nora Criona [CICD 628.11 (not from this recording); incomplete]
59. Jig: Sean Phaidin [CICD 2233 (from this recording); 2228.11 (not from this recording; a version of The Boys of the Town (DMI, # 89); MR also plays a separate but related tune called The Boys of the Town (Roche 1, # 118)]
60. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1496 (from this recording); 1497.12–.13 (not from this recording); Kitty Come Over (DMI, # 55); The Cow that Ate the Blanket]
61. Reel: Tear the Calico [CICD 3130 (from this recording); 3131.13–.14 (not from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune; MR plays the tune in two registers, and this is the higher of the two.]
62. Jig: The Maid on the Green / The Mountainy Boy [CICD 1200 (from this recording); 1201.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
63. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [CICD 2179 (from this recording); 2180.11 (not from this recording)]
64. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5456.11–.12 (both from this recording?); 4137.11, 5456.13–.15 (none from this recording)]
65. Speech: Untitled [words in Irish to The High Caul Cap and Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
66. Jig: Brian O'Lynn [CICD 1565 (from this recording); 1567.11 (not from this recording)]
67. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814–.12 (none from this recording)]
68. Reel: London Bridge [CICD 2889 (from this recording); 2884.11, 2888, 5480 (none from this recording)]
69. Polka / March / Quadrille tune: The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.12 (from this recording), 6508.11, 6508.13–.14 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124 (from MR)]
70. Reel: The Banshee / An Bhean Si [CICD 5384.11 (from this recording); 4864.13 (also from this recording?); 4864.11–.12 (none from this recording); tune is featured on the Flanagan Brothers 78 rpm disc titled 'The Flanagans Chase the Banshee']
71. Jig: Willie Walsh's Jig [CICD 2382 (from this recording); 2386.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 88 (as Willy Walsh's Jig); related to The Wandering Minstrel]
72. Jig: The Little House under the Hill [CICD 2047 (from this recording); 2048.11 (not from this recording)]
73. 35: Speech: Untitled [MR's words (in English) to the song Brid Ni Mhaoileoin]
74. Reel: The Fisherman's Daughter [not in CICD; tune composed by Martin Mulhaire]
75. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Crowley's; see versions at CICD 4148 and 4165; second tune of a set called Crowley's recorded by Michael Coleman]
76. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD; composed by the player]
77. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; learnt by the player from James Morrison (fiddle; with whom he recorded); Billy Bocker / Billy Brocker; see versions at CICD 5464 and 5475]
78. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Hand Me Down the Tackle / Tom Steele / etc]
79. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD from this recording; Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band, composed by Martin Mulhaire; CRE 5, # 129]
80. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD]
81. Reel: Untitled [not in CICD]
82. Jig: Tom Carthy's jig [not in CICD; version of The Irish Washerwoman?]

Performers:
Cronin, Elizabeth, Cork, singing in Irish A1, 8, 10–11, 15–16, 18–19;
singing in English A3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 20;
singing in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 17;
speech in Irish A21–23;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A24–26;
Unidentified performer [O Caoidheain, Colm, Galway], singing and speech in Irish A27;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry], fiddle solo A28–29

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled [Nil Mo Shlainte ar Fonamh (SEC, # 104)]
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled [The Charming Sweet Girl That I Love (SEC, # 154)]
4. Song: Untitled [Girleen Don't be Idle (SEC, # 62)]
5. Song: Untitled [In Kerry Long Ago (SEC, # 73)]
6. Song: Untitled [Annon's anall, is trid an Abhainn (SEC, # 22); A Chailleach do Mharais Me / O Hag You Destroyed Me]
7. Song: Untitled [The Bonny Blue-Eyed Lassie (SEC, # 148)]
8. Song: Untitled [A Chaipin-ar-Leathstuaic, a' bhFeacais na Caoire? (SEC, # 1); with lilting]
9. Song: Untitled [Sweet Lisbweemore (SEC, # 142)]
10. Song: Untitled [Cu-Cuc, a Chuaichin (SEC, # 42)]
11. Song: Untitled
12. Song: Untitled [Cuckanandy (SEC, # 41)]
13. Song: Untitled [What Would You Do if You Married a Soldier (SEC, # 191); with lilting; melody is that of the jig 'The Frost Is All Over']
14. Song: Untitled [Faiche Bhrea Aerach an Cheoil (SEC, # 57)]
15. Song: Untitled [An Gamhain Geal Ban (SEC, # 18)]
16. Song: Untitled [Cuir a Chodladh (SEC, # 43)]
17. Song: Untitled [Taim Cortha O Bheith im' Aonar im' Lui (SEC, # 144)]; I'm Weary from Lying Alone] [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Song: Untitled
19. Song: Untitled [Da mBa Liom-sa an Ainnir (SEC, # 45)]
20. Song: Untitled [Down the Green Fields (SEC, # 55)]
21. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
22. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
23. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
24. Song: Untitled [An Bonnan Bui]
25. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan]
26. Song: Untitled [Roisin Dubh]
27. Song: Untitled [Seachran Chearrbhail]
28. Air: Untitled [The Blackbird]
29. Air: Untitled [Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill] [END OF BAND TWO]

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:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A1–5;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English A1–5;
Unidentified performer, harp solo A6;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, whistle in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish [solo] A8

Running Order:
1. Jig, Jig / Slide: Donall na Greine [CICD 760.11 (both from this recording); 756, 757, 758, 759 (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)], The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (from this recording); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
2. Jig / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune / [Slide], Jig / Slide: Off She Goes [So named by MR on the tape – misnamed? The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.13 (where this recording is referenced); 1968.11–.12 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes to which MR assigns the name The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone], Mickey Callaghan's Slide [So named by MR on the tape – misnamed? Same tune as at track Ib, The Clare Jig, q.v.]
3. Speech, Polkas / Marches / Quadrille tunes, Speech: Untitled [BB recites words sung to The Boyne Water], The Battle of Aughrim (incomplete)], The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.14 (from this recording), 6508.11–.13 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124], Untitled [Conversation about the event (at the Tailor's Hall, Dublin?) for which the content on this tape is a rehearsal]
4. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [As at track 1b, q.v.] (incomplete)
5. Jig / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune / [Slide], Jig / Slide: Off She Goes, Mickey Callaghan's Slide [As at track 2, q.v.] [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Harp Tune: Untitled [Arethusa / The Princess Royal; ascribed to Carolan]
7. Song: Untitled [Eamon an Chnoic]
8. Song: Untitled (incomplete) [An Spailpin Fanach] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Digitised and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, completed December 2005.Tracks 7–19 are an off-air recording of the RTE radio programme \'The Long Note\'.The track listing that follows is a first draft showing the items that have not been digitised;
these items come from the LP record \'Mo Cheol Thu\'. They appear on the tape after track A6OMIT Air: Untitled [The Lark in the Clear Air] g o\'grady & Eily pno?OMIT Speech, Untitled [Radio announcement;
topic: background to the song \'An Clar Bog Deil\']OMIT Song: An Clar Bog DeilOMIT Polka: Untitled (incomplete) [PROBABLY END OF BAND ONE?DAT transferred digitally to hard drive and saved as 24 bit BWF using the DATs original sample rate. Files are stored on ITMA server. The WAV titles follow the convention of their relevant DAT copies. Niall Hackett, 2010Imported from Reeldubs July 2013Dubbed to DAT June 1998

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
2. Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
3. Jigs: Untitled [An Rogaire Dubh; The Black Rogue], Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap] [Dubbing of 78rpm disc]
4. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe; sound extremely faint; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
5. Strathspey?: Untitled [Levels fluctuate widely; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
6. Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled [Dubbing of 78rpm disc; this is followed by dubbings from the commercial LP 'Mo Cheol Thu'; this content has not been digitised] [END OF RELEVANT CONTENT ON BAND ONE?]
7. Speech, Speech, Single Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled, Untitled [The Long Note; signature tune of the RTE radio programme of which this is a dub; this tune is related to the reel 'Jenny's Welcome to Charlie'], Untitled [Radio announcements, the first as voice-over]
8. Jig: Untitled [The Newport Lass; The Trip to Athlone]
9. Speech, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to the next piece of music], Drowsy Maggie, Untitled
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; information about a concert of traditional music in the Tailor's Hall, Dublin, which was recorded as part of a radio series presented by Breandan Breathnach on BBB radio Northern Ireland]
11. Jigs / Marches, Speech: Montrose O'Sullivan's March, Allistrum's March [Mairseail Alasdroim], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
12. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topic: the history of the Dublin area The Little Green]
13. Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [The Blackbird; George Rowley's Blackbird], Untitled [Radio announcement]
14. Song: Lovely Nancy
15. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to poem; poem 'Leeds no Amsterdam' recited by its author]
16. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Lark in the Morning], Untitled [Radio presentation about busking in Dublin]
17. Speech, Speech, Song?: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topics: the names of islands in Scotland; introduction to the performance of mouth music that follows], Untitled [Mouth music performance]
18. Strathspeys, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
19. Instrumental Piece, Speech, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: current music events in Dublin], Untitled [Radio announcement]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, lecture in English [= speech in English] A1–23;
singing in Irish A2, 4–6, 14;
singing in English A8;
pipes solo A10–13, 16–18, 20, 23;
O Rochain, Muiris, Miltown Malbay, speech in Irish and English A23;
Unidentified performers, pipes solo A24;
Gallahar, Brian, Dublin, speech in English A24

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled (clipped at beginning and end) [Topic: background to the song 'Roisin Dubh']
2. Song: Roisin Dubh (short; clipped at beginning)
3. Speech: Untitled [Topic: singing styles; singing styles simpler in north of Ireland; Seamus Delargy said that that was also true of folk tales; singing styles and tales most intricate in south; style in Connemara is archaic; example melody: Cailin Deas Cruite na mBo / The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow; Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain; explanation of song content]
4. Song: Untitled [Introduced in previous track; associated with Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain]
5. Speech, Song: Untitled [Introduction to the next song; composed by Maire Bui Ni Laoghaire, poet from near Ballingeary], Untitled
6. Speech, Song: Untitled [Topic: Labhras O Cadhla; introduction to the next song, about a woman whose husband is away from home as a soldier], Untitled
7. Speech: Untitled [Folk music as modal music; scales and modes; sings modes in tonic solfa form; anecdote about Aeolian and Hyperdorian modes]
8. Song: Untitled [Kitty from Ballinamore]
9. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [Topic: instrumental music; Irish did not use harmony; primitively flavoured singing of Connemara; woodwind instruments carried by the Celts on their travels; these instruments derive from the shepherd's reed with which he called his flock; that reed was later developed to a bagpipe; which came first, string or reed instruments?; quotes Dryden's 'Ode to Saint Cecilia's Day'] [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic from track 9; playing too fast; intricacies are lost if speed is too fast; illustration of playing too fast using the reel 'The Sligo Maid']
11. Reel: The Sligo Maid [Played at what the performer regards as the correct speed]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics: learners should be aware of pulse and syncopation; emphasis; each tune should have its own nuances and expressions of feeling; bad emphasis illustrated using the jig 'The Munster Buttermilk']
13. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk [Played with correct emphasis]
14. Speech: Untitled [Instrumental music having its origins in vocal music; backgroung to the dandling song Na Ceannabhain Bhana; that song sung and then the melody played as dance tune]
15. Speech: Untitled [Earliest dance music was in triple time; varieties of triple time; common time and varieties of it]
16. Jig: Saddle the Pony [Example of triple time]
17. Speech, Slip Jig: Untitled [Slip jigs are in 9/8 time], The Rocky Road to Dublin
18. Speech, Single Jig: Untitled [Single jigs are in 12/8 time, which is related to common time], Untitled [Pat Ward's Jig]
19. Speech: Untitled [Development of instruments from primitive forms; the parts of the uilleann pipes; drones harmonise with any note on the chanter; regulators and harmony; harmony in fiddle playing is an imitation of the regulators; harmony highly developed in Donegal fiddle playing; limitations of the warpipes / Highland pipes; 4/4 time, the time signature for reels; origin of Miss McLeod's Reel]
20. Reel: Miss McLeod's Reel
21. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [4/4 or 2/4 used as time signatures for hornpipes; the Lancashire clog dance; the hornpipe The Standing Abbey and its associations for Ennis; remarks on the revival of Irish traditional music] [END OF BAND THREE]
22. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic on previous track]
23. Hornpipe, Speech: The Standing Abbey, Untitled [Concluding remarks by lecture chairman]
24. Recording of piping class at WCSS [Teacher: Brian Gallahar] [END OF BAND TWO]

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:
Murphy, Mollie / Murphy, Mrs, Cork, fiddle A1–20;
speech in English throughout tracks A1–20;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, speech in English throughout tracks A1–20;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout tracks A1–20;
Moran, Thomas, whistle A21–24;
Unidentified performer [Bill Andrews ?], pipes A25–26;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes A27;
whistle A27–29;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle A30;
Ni Dhonnchadha, Maire Aine, Galway, singing in Irish A31–32;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in Irish A31;
Unidentified performers, A33;
Killoran, Paddy, USA, fiddle A34;
Unidentified music group, unidentified location B1;
Wathen, Ronnie, speech in English B1, 9, 11;
Unidentified performers, singing in an unidentified language B2–3, 5–6, 9–15;
Unidentified music group, singing in an unidentified language with percussion B4, 7–8;
Unidentified performers, speech in an unidentified language B6, 9–10, 11;
Mitchell, Pat, Dublin, pipes B16–18

Running Order:
1. Jig: The Guy and His Comrade [CICD 1036–1037 (from this recording); Morrison's Jig; track includes discussion about the tune, as do many tracks featuring the performer here]
2. Reel: The Queen of Hearts [Incomplete; first part of the tune only]
3. Jig: The Humours of Ennistymon [CICD 1514.11–1514.12 (from this recording); Coppers and Brass]
4. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2182.11 (from this recording)]
5. Jig: Stick It and Hold Her [CICD 2536.11 (from this recording)]
6. Jig, Speech: Church Hill / Kitty the Rags / I Am in Love with You [The titles 'Kitty the Rags' and 'I Am in Love with You' were supplied by Denis Murphy; Cnocan an Teampaill; this recording is probably the source for CRE 2, # 54, but CICD card is missing; Kitty the Rag, I'm in Love with You], Untitled
7. Jig: Untitled [CICD 667.12 (from this recording)]
8. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2505.11 (from this recording); Fasten the Leg in Her]
9. Jig: The Ballinamuck Jig / Jimmy O'Brien's Jig / The Maid in the Meadow [Indication in the discussion that the player might be referring to a written source]
10. Jig: The Humours of Dingle [CICD 774.11 (from this recording)]
11. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2127.12 (from this recording); Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part]
12. Jig: Untitled [CICD 864 (from this recording); The Boys of the Town]
13. Jig: The Ducks in the Oats [CICD 2483.11 (from this recording)]
14. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1165 (from this recording); Connie the Soldier]
15. Jig: The Humours of Ballinacurtha / The Humours of Ballinacintha [CICD 1626.11 (from this recording; provides both titles given here); playing of the tune is followed by discussion of the spelling of the name Ballinacurtha; however, the title 'The Humours of Ballinacurtha' might not apply to the tune played here but to 'The Maid on the Green' – see BB index PRI, card 847 + ff]
16. Reel: Untitled
17. Reel: The Top Room / The Tap Room
18. Reel, Jig: The Moving Bog (brief; incomplete), The Walls of Liscarroll / The Feather Bed Jig
19. Jig: Untitled [The Ship in Full Sail]
20. Slip Jig: The Cock in the Heath [CICD 49 (from this recording)]
21. Reel: Untitled [The Sally Gardens]
22. Hornpipe: Untitled [Chief O'Neill's Favourite]
23. Hornpipe: Untitled [Off to California]
24. Polka: Sweeney's Polka
25. Reels: Untitled [Jenny's Wedding], Untitled [Jenny Tie the Bonnet] [Dubbing from commercial 78rpm disc?]
26. Reel: Untitled [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel; dubbing from commercial 78rpm disc?]
27. Hornpipe, Reel: Untitled (brief; incomplete) [The Sweeps], Untitled [The Shaskeen Reel] [Dubbings from commercial LPs?]
28. Jig: Untitled [The Maid on the Green; dubbing from commercial LP]
29. Reel: Untitled [The Mountain Road; dubbing from commercial LP]
30. Song, Song: Untitled ['S Ambo Eara], Untitled (brief; incomplete) [A Stor Mo Chroi] [Dubbing from commercial LP]
31. Song: Untitled [Is Deas an Buachaillin / Is Deas an Sagairtin; dubbing from commercial LP]
32. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan; dubbing from commercial LP]
33. Jigs: Untitled [The Banks of Lough Gowna; played for a short time at half speed], The Banks of Newfoundland [Dubbing from commercial recording]
34. Reel: The First Month of Spring [Dubbing from commercial recording]
35. Jigs: The Noonday Feast / John McMahon's Fancy [Dubbing from commercial recording]
36. Jigs: Untitled (brief; incomplete), The Sunny Banks [The Humours of Kesh (clipped at end)] [Dubbing from commercial recording] [END OF BAND ONE]
37. Piece with spoken commentary: Untitled [Music performance recorded at a ritual ceremony, with spoken commentary]
38. Song: Untitled
39. Song: Untitled
40. Song: Untitled
41. Song: Untitled
42. Song, Song, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
43. Songs: Untitled
44. Song: Untitled
45. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled
46. Song: Untitled
47. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled
48. Song: Untitled
49. Song: Untitled [Speed problem at end of track]
50. Song: Untitled
51. Song: Untitled
52. Reel: Untitled [The Merry Blacksmith]
53. Reels, Jig: Untitled [The Old Bush], Untitled [The Ravelled Hank of Yarn], Untitled (brief; incomplete) [Tumble the Tinker]
54. Jig: Untitled [Tumble the Tinker] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 18–19, 23, 25, 35, 39, 37;
speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 10, 12–15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32–34, 38;
singing in Irish A5, 13, 21, 31, 33;
whistle solo A29;
singing in Scots Gaelic A31;
singing in English A34, 36;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32–34, 36, 38;
singing in English A34, 36;
Mulqueen, Ann, Limerick, singing in English A9;
Nic an Bhaird, Maire, Donegal, singing in Irish A16;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A27

Running Order:
1. Reel: Kelly's Reel [Tim Moloney; said in track A2 to be a version of 'The Longford Collector; short version to mark the start of the radio programme; for a full version, see track A3; start of first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape, broadcast on 1 November 1972]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items]
3. Reel: Kelly's Reel / The Longford Collector [Tim Moloney; full version of the tune at track A1]
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the next item; topics include Oilean Dairire / Valentia Island, and the background to the song 'Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse']
5. Song: Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse
6. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the next item]
7. Air: Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse
8. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the next item, including mention of Denis Ryan, a member of the group 'Ryan's Fancy' in Canada]
9. Song: Dear Old Newport Town
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the next item; topics include: Seamus Ennis's home in Jamestown, in Finglas; background to the reel 'Music at the Gate']
11. Reel: Music at the Gate / Phil the Fluter's Ball
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the previous and next items; topics include: the words of the song 'Phil the Fluter's Ball'; SE's first journey as a child to the Carna area in Connemara in 1927, when he took the train to Galway and from there the train to Maam Cross; SE collected 212 songs from Colm O Caoidheain; the song Nora Ni Choncubhair Bhain; C O C the only person who had the full version of the melody of the song]
13. Song, Speech: Nora Ni Choncubhair Bhain, Untitled [Radio announcement of the next item]
14. Speech, Air: Untitled [SE remark about the tuning of his drones (dosanna)], Nora Ni Choncubhair Bhain
15. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the previous and next items]
16. Song: D'Eirigh Me Maidin De Ceadaoin
17. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the previous and next items]
18. Jigs: Sliabh Russell, Sixpenny Money [Final piece of music in this radio programme; end of first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
19. Reel: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail; short version to mark the start of the radio programme; start of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape, broadcast on 15 November 1972]
20. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the theme of the programme: birds]
21. Song: An Londubh agus an Cheirseach
22. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion, including quotation from the words of the songs 'An Sgeilpin Droighneach' and 'Coinnleach Glas an Fhomhair']
23. Air: Amhran na n-Ean [An Londubh agus an Cheirseach]
24. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items, including the background to the reel 'The Morning Thrush', composed by SE's father in 1913]
25. Reel: The Morning Thrush
26. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items]
27. Song: An Bonnan Bui
28. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items]
29. Hornpipe: Claisceadal na n-Ean [Recorded by Michael Coleman as 'The Stage Hornpipe'; published under Coleman's title in Seamus Ennis's uilleann pipes tutor 'The Master's Touch']
30. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items; topics include: the background to the next song, which SE learned from Annie Johnston, from the island of Barra, in Scotland]
31. Song: Amhran na hEala / The Swan Song
32. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items]
33. Song, Speech with Singing: Untitled [Learned from Elizabeth Cronin; the song is a conversation between two cuckoos], Untitled [Information about a version of the song in Welsh, with singing]
34. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the next item, including sung verse of the song 'The Magpie's Nest', which was sung by Sarah Makem]
35. Hornpipe: Nead na Cuaiche / The Cuckoo's Nest
36. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items, including sung versions of the next tune to be played]
37. Jig: Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae / When the Cock Crows It Is Day
38. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items; topic: story that is the background to the next tune]
39. Jig: Mairseal na Fuiseoige / The Lark's March / The Lark in the Morning / The Geese in the Bog [Final piece of music in this radio programme; end of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1, 3, 7, 11, 13;
speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12;
singing in Irish A5, 9;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12, 14;
MacMahon, Tony, Clare / Dublin, accordion solo A15

Running Order:
1. Jig: Sixpenny Money / Airgead Realach [Short version to mark the start of the radio programme; for a full version, see track A3; start of the edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items; SE talks about a dream he had that featured his father]
3. Jig: Sixpenny Money / Airgead Realach [Full version of the tune at track A1]
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about Labhras O Cadhlaigh, Co Waterford; repeat of some of the material that SE presented in a recent (at that time) appearance by SE on the TV programme 'Rogha', in which SE spoke about O Cadhlaigh; background to the next song]
5. Song: Untitled [Part of a religious song sung by a woman while she did the Stations of the Cross, as remembered by Labhras O Cadhlaigh]
6. Speech: Untitled [More information about Labhras O Cadhlaigh, Co Waterford]
7. Air: Sliabh Geal gCua na Feile
8. Speech: Untitled [Topic: A song to the air of 'Sliabh Geal gCua na Feile' that was sung by Eilis Bean Ui Chroinin / Elizabeth Cronin, Baile Mhic Ire, Co Cork; song was about a local character, Pead Bui O Loinsigh, singer, piper and fife-player, who had a dispute with the local clergy because of his heavy drinking]
9. Song, Speech: Amhran Pheaid Bhui Ui Loinsigh ar an Ol, Untitled [Remarks about the song just sung]
10. Speech: Untitled [Topics: the fiddle-player Frank Cassidy, Teelin, Co Donegal; background to the next piece of music, which was played by Frank Cassidy]
11. Air: The Mother's Croon / Cronan na Mathar
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items; SE associates the next tune with step-dancer Helen McAllister]
13. Reel: The Donegal Reel
14. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about an event in Dublin]
15. Reels: The Bank of Ireland, Cawley's Reel [The Dairy Maid] [This selection is a track from Tony MacMahon's solo Gael-linn LP, titled 'Tony MacMahon'] [END OF BAND ONE]