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Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11–12, 14, 20, 22;
speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21;
singing in Irish A10, 16, 18–19;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21

Running Order:
1. Air (short, incomplete): Uirchill an Chreagain [Short version to start the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; for a full version, see track A3]
2. Speech: Untitled [Topics: the song 'Uirchill an Chreagain'; SE transcribed a version of the air from a cylinder in the Luke Donnellan collection at the Irish Folklore Commission]
3. Air: Uirchill an Chreagain [Full version of the tune in track A1]
4. Speech: Untitled [Topics: collecting music for the Irish Folklore Commission; SE collected the next tune from flute-player, singer, and whistler Pat Canavan from Ardmore, Carna, who later became a piper]
5. Reel: The Mist of the Hills / Ceo na gCnoc
6. Speech: Untitled [Topics: SE collecting in Connemara; the informant Colm O Caoidheain, from whom SE received the tune Titsa Miller / The Dusty Miller; story that is the background to the tune]
7. Slip Jig: Titsa Miller / The Dusty Miller [Colm O Caoidheain's version]
8. Speech with Lilting: Untitled [Topics: story told by Colm O Caoidheain that is the background to the reel 'Port na Gioboige']
9. Reel: Port na Gioboige [As learned from Colm O Caoidheain]
10. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Topics: stories relating to cats, including the story 'Lios na gCat'; introduction to the next piece of music]
11. Reel: The Drunken Landlady / Port Inis Ni [End of first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
12. Reel: The Shaskeen [Short version to begin the programme; for a full version, see track A14]
13. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: 'Laethanta na bo riabhaigh'; background to the name of the reel 'The Shaskeen']
14. Reel: The Shaskeen [Full version of the tune at track A12]
15. Speech: Untitled [Topics: folklore connected with St Patrick's Day and with Easter]
16. Song: Ri na hAoine / Dan na hAoine [Learned by SE from Mike Traoin, Waterford]
17. Speech: Untitled [Topics: The content of the song just sung; folklore about 'coileach Martan', the cock hatched in March who crows to greet the dawn; introduction to the next piece]
18. Song: Untitled [Learned from Colm O Caoidheain]
19. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Introduction to the next piece of music]
20. Jig: Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae / When the Cock Crows it is Day
21. Speech: Untitled [Topics: spring weather; introduction to the next tune, which SE learned from his father]
22. Reel: The Rainy Day / An La Baisti [End of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]