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Performers:
Hand, Mick, speech in English, track 1
Carolan, Nicholas, Louth / Dublin, Director, Irish Traditional Music Archive, speech in English, track 2

Running Order:
1. Official Opening

Performers:
Brophy, Eamon, uilleann pipes, track 2-6, 8, 9, 11, B2-9; speech in Irish, track 7, B4; singing in Irish, track 13, B1; speech in English, track 10, 12 =
[Ó Bróithe, Éamonn]

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction
2. Reels: The Mountain Top, Tim Moloney's
3. Reels: The West Wind, Maistir sa Tigh, Untitled
4. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled
5. Jigs: Kitty Magee, The Piper's Picnic
6. Reels: Collier's, Jenny Picking Cockles, The Floating Crowbar
7. Verse: Untitled
8. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Paddy O'Brien tunes]
9. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
10. Jigs: The Fly in the Porter, Untitled
11. Speech: Eamon's pipes
12. Poem: Untitled
13. Set dance: The Job of Journeywork; Hornpipe: The Fairy Hornpipe
14. Speech: Na Spailpini
15. Song: An Corran [CONTINUED on 79b-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
16. Song: [Eamonn Paor Bhaile Ghaigin?]
17. Air: An Chead Mhairt den Fhomhair [version]
18. Air: Ar Bhruach Dhun Reimhe
19. Poem, air: Maire Chaoch
20. Air: Sliabh na mBan
21. Air: Cath Cheim an Fhia
22. Reels: The Travelling Sheehan's [two versions]
23. Jigs: Down the Back Lane, An Sean Droighean, The Boys of Thomastown
24. Reels: Miss McLeod's, The Virginia [DAT ENDS]

Performers:
McGivney, Eamonn, Longford/Clare, fiddle solo, track 1-15, speech in English, track 9, 14
Off-air due, speech in Irish, track 15

Running Order:
1. Reels: The Bunch of Keys, Spike Island Lasses *
2. Reels: The Sligo Maid, The Bank of Ireland *
3. Fragments
4. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
5. Jigs: Pipe on the Hob, Scully Casey's *
6. Fragment
7. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
8. Set Dance: Sean O'Duibhir a Ghleanna *
9. Speech/Set Dance: The Humours of Bandon *
10. Speech/Reels: The Longford Collector/The Hen and her Clutch *
11. Fragments
12. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
13. Fragments
14. Speech/Reels: The Star of Munster, Untitled
15. Fragments
16. Off-air dub [END OF DAT]

Performers:
Track listings refer to the CDR dubs of the DVCAM soundtrack
Potts, Sean, Dublin, compere, speech in English, track 1, 3, 5, 10, B1, speech in Irish, track 1
Brady, Dr Ciaran, lecture in English, track 2 (sometimes off-mic)
O'Briain, Micheal, Dublin, speech in English, track 4, B3, pipes solo, track 4, B4, pipes in duet with voice, track 11
O'Connor, Liam, Dublin, fiddle in duet, track 6-9, speech in English, track 7, 9
McKeon, Conor, Dublin, speech in English, track 5-6, 8, pipes in duet, track 6-9
Holohan, Gabrielle, Dublin, singing in Irish in duet, track 11
Holohan, Michael, Dublin, speech in English B2

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction to the night's events and Dr Ciaran Brady
2. Lecture: The Battle of Kinsale, 24 December 1601, a brief historical account
3. Speech/Tuning: Introduction to Micheal O'Briain
4. Speech/Descriptive Piece: The Road to Lough Swilly (comp. Michael Holohan): Introduction - The Cuckoo, The Rascal Horseboy (The Young Hugh) - Reel, The Queen's Pageant (at the Earl of Leicester's, Kenilworth) - Court dance, Lament for the Earl of Desmond (d. 1583) - Air, Mabel Bagenal (The elopment, 1591) - Hornpipe, The Yellow Ford (1598) - March in Jig-time, (a) The Running Beast - Descriptive piece, (b) O'Donnell's March (Sliabh Phelim) - March, (c) The Battle of Kinsale (24th Dec. 1601) - Descriptive piece, The Broken Stone (After the Battle) - Air, The Submission (Mellifont 1603) - Air, The Flight of the Earls (Lough Swilly 1607) - Slip-jig
5. Speech/Tuning: Introduction to Conor McKeon and Liam O'Connor
6. Tuning/Speech/Jigs: Jackson's Morning Brush, Dunkin's
7. Speech/Reels: Dispute at the Crossroads, Untitled
8. Speech/Hop Jigs: Untitled, Dusty Miller
9. Speech/Planxty/Reels: Planxty O'Connor, Miss Ramsey, The Dublin Reel
10. Speech/Tuning: Introduction to Gabrielle Holohan and Micheal O'Briain
11. Song: Ar nAthair (arr. Michael Holohan) [recording continued on CDR B]
12. Speech: Overview of Michael Holohan's composition and introduction to Michael Holohan
13. Speech: Michael Holohan gives an overview of the process of writing the piece
14. Speech: Thanks from Micheal O'Briain
15. Despriptive Piece: The Road to Lough Swilly
16. Speech: final thanks [end of DAT]

Performers:
Carolan, Nicholas, Louth/Dublin, speech in English, speech in Irish [CD and book]
Vallely, Fintan, Armagh, speech in English [book]
Cronin, Michael, speech in English [book]
Ó Casaide, Odhrán, fiddle
Unidentified, pipes
Unidentified, flute
Unidentified, bodhran

Running Order:
1. Speech: Launch of 'Amhrain Ghrá' by Nicholas Carolan
2. Speech: Introduction to 'Companion to Irish traditional music, 2nd ed.' by Fintan Vallely
3. Speech: Launch of 'Companion to Irish traditional music, 2nd ed.' by Nicholas Carolan and Professor Michael Cronin.

Performers: Cherry, Rab, speech in English, tracks 1, 13 ; Mick, Brown, speech in English throughout ; Meehan, Danny, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo, tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12

Running Order:
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information about Danny Meehan, his local area, stone cutters, John Mhosai McGinley, local musicians around Mountcharles, music in the family, McGroarty family, house dances, quarantines, Thomas Doherty, Charlie McCahill, Peter Quinn, Paddy McDyer, John Doherty
Speech/Jig: Background speech, Money in both Pockets
Speech/Reel/Speech: Talk about the tune, The Maid that Dare Not Tell, further talk about the tune
Speech: Talk about fidlers Eddie Monahan, John James Cunningham, bowing technique
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, Erwin's Roar ? (Erwin Rourke's ?)
Speech: Talk about the local musicians in Danny's youth, James Byrne, music in London in the 1960's, Le Cheile
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, Untitled (Neilidh Boyle's)
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, The Graf Spey
Speech: Talk about the fiddle player 'McGonagle'
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, The Wren Jig
Speech/Jig: Talk about the tune, The Irish Washerwoman
Speech: Talk about working in London, family, music, moving back to Donegal, different tunings for the fiddle, musicians in London, advice for young fiddle players, background speech [END OF DAT]