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Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)

Connell, Connie, Kerry - fiddle solo

Reel: Untitled

Connell, Connie, Kerry - fiddle solo

Polkas: The Captain and his Spyglass, Untitled

McGurk, Bella, Tyrone

Polka: The Kerry Cow

Loughran, John, Tyrone
McGurk, Bella, Tyrone

Polka: I've got a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue

Loughran, John, Tyrone
McGurk, Bella, Tyrone

Reel: Untitled

Loughran, John, Tyrone - fiddle solo

The following recordings from 00:00:13 - 00:07:37 and 00:09:06 - 00:09:44 were dubbed from an edition of the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' / presented by Philip King:
00:00:13 - 00:07:37 | The importance of music in the community, speech ; Lilting, speech ; The influence of Scotland on the music, speech ; The Doherty family, speech ; Different types of highland, speech ; The story of 'Taibhse Chonaill' (Conall's ghost), speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English, speech in Irish ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, speech in English ; Philip King, speech in English, speech in Irish
00:07:41 - 00:09:05 | [Dusty windowsills, jig] / Unidentified, fiddle
00:09:06 - 00:09:44 | The closing announcement of radio broadcast, speech / Philip King, speech in English

The following material from 00:09:47 - 00:12:08 was recorded at a concert in the Highlands Hotel during the 1984 Glenties Fiddle Weekend:
00:09:47 - 00:11:05 | Untitled, air / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:11:08 - 00:12:08 | The chorus reel = [The Glen road to Carrick, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle

The following recordings from 00:12:10 - 00:43:50 were dubbed from a tape recorded by Rab Cherry in a bedroom at the Highlands Hotel, Glenties, Co. Donegal during the 1984 Glenties Fiddle Weekend:
00:12:10 - 00:13:51 | The Marquis of Huntley, reel ; The hurricane [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:13:53 - 00:15:05 | 79th farewell to Gibraltar, march / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:15:11 - 00:15:35 | Untitled, highland / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:15:43 - 00:16:28 | The iron man [comp. James Scott Skinner], strathspey / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:16:31 - 00:18:41 | McSweeney's lament, [waltz] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:18:45 - 00:21:18 | The speaking waltz / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:21:23 - 00:23:05 | The chorus reel = [The Glen road to Carrick, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:23:09 - 00:24:05 | The woman of the house [?] [The black mare of Fanad, reel] = [The nine points of roguery, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:24:37 - 00:26:09 | The woman of the house [?] [The black mare of Fanad, reel] = [The nine points of roguery, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:26:21 - 00:27:57 | King of the pipers, [jig] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:27:58 - 00:29:04 | King George IV, [strathspey] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:29:07 - 00:30:23 | Nailor's hornpipe / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:30:24 - 00:31:10 | The blue angel, hornpipe / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:31:19 - 00:32:54 | Spillane's fiddle, [hornpipe] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:33:00 - 00:34:45 | Dark lonely valley (The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh), [comp. James Scott Skinner], air ; Untitled, hornpipe [strathspey] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:34:49 - 00:36:27 | Christy Marvin's reel = [T. Morrison's reel] = [The Dublin reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:36:28 - 00:37:27 | Miss Patterson's slipper, [reel] [Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne version] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:37:29 - 00:38:11 | The Donegal castle, hornpipe / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:38:12 - 00:39:04 | The glory reel / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle ; Unidentified, fiddle
00:39:09 - 00:42:31 | Tripping up the stairs, [reel] ; Limerick house, [reel] = [The drummer reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle ; Unidentified, fiddle
00:42:32 - 00:43:50 | Murdoch MacKenzie's reel / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle

The following recordings from 00:44:02 - 00:46:47 have no accompanying details:
00:44:02 - 00:45:09 | Untitled, jig / Unidentified, flute
00:45:14 - 00:46:47 | [President Garfield, hornpipe] / Various unidentified performers, instrumental music

Recording made in Carlton Hotel, Belleek, Co. Fermanagh

00:00:00 - 00:00:10 | [Blank audio]
00:00:10 - 00:02:35 | Kitty Jones, reel ; Kitty Jones (Mick Hoy version), reel / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:02:35 - 00:04:03 | The bluebird, polka / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:04:03 - 00:06:34 | Jimmy Duffy's, highland ; Jimmy Duffy's, highland ; Miss Ramsey's, reel / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:06:34 - 00:07:58 | Casey's pig, highland / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:07:58 - 00:10:07 | The cocktail, reel ; Neil Gow's, reel / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:10:07 - 00:12:06 | [Jig about the donkey, reel] ; Swing swang, reel / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:12:06 - 00:13:21 | The decca, polka / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:13:21 - 00:14:25 | The three scones of boxty, reel / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:14:25 - 00:16:37 | Eddie Duffy's, reel ; untitled, jig / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:16:37 - 00:17:58 | The granny in the woods, [polka] / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:17:58 - 00:20:19 | Mick Hoy's, jig ; Bonny wee Charlie, jig / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:20:19 - 00:21:49 | Unidentified (comp. Jim Hoy), jig / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:21:49 - 00:23:22 |Unidentified (comp. Teeny Mc Taggart), hornpipe / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:23:22 - 00:24:34 | [Blank audio]
00:24:34 - 00:27:20 | Unidentified (source: Jimmy Duffy), barndance ; Unidentified (source: Jimmy Duffy), barndance / Séamus Quinn, fiddle
00:27:20 - 00:48:50 | [Blank audio]

The following recordings from 00:00:00 - 00:47:35 were dubbed from a recording of Nicky McAuliffe made by Máire O'Keeffe in 1983:
00:00:00 - 00:02:15 | Unidentified, reel / Nicky McAuliffe, fiddle
00:02:15 – 00:04:22 | Unidentified, reel / Nicky McAuliffe, fiddle
00:04:22 – 00:05:43 | [Tommy Peoples’, reel] / Nicky McAuliffe, fiddle
00:05:43 – 00:07:22 | [Australian waters, jig] / Nicky McAulliffe, fiddle
00:07:22 - 00:08:58 | [The walls of Liscarrol, jig] / Nicky McAuliffe, fiddle
00:08:58 – 00:10:42 | Unidentified, air / Nicky McAuliffe, fiddle
00:10:41 – 00:12:45 | Unidentified, air / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:12:45 – 00:14:10 | [The dogs among the bushes, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:14:10 – 00:16:51 | [Paddy Kelly’s, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:16:51 – 00:17:56 | [Paddy Kelly’s, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:17:56 – 00:19:23 | Unidentified, air / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:19:23 – 00:21:24 | [Paddy Fahy’s, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:21:24 – 00:22:44 | [Jennifer Molloy’s, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:22:44 – 00:25:02 | [Paddy Fahy’s, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:25:02 – 00:26:26 | [The Teermaclane fancy], reel / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:26:26 – 00:28:26 | [Farewell to Milltown Malbay, reel] unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:28:26 – 00:29:37 | Unidentified, air / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:29:37 – 00:30:52 | [Patsy Campell, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:30:52 – 00:32:27 | [The bunch of roses, jig] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:32:27 – 00:33:45 | Unidentified, reel / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:33:45 – 00:35:00 | [The poet Carney, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:35:00 - 00:36:27 | [The pride of Rathmore, reel] / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:36:27 – 00:37:51 | Unidentified, air / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:37:51 – 00:39:53 | Unidentified, air / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:39:53 – 00:41:33 | Unidentified, air / unidentified performer, fiddle
00:41:33 – 00:43:28 | [The lancers’, polka] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:43:28 - 00:45:23 | [Nelly Cleare’s, polka] / unidentified performer, fiddle ; unidentified performer, flute
00:45:23 – 00:46:51 | fiddle
00:46:51 – 00:47:35 | The ragged hank of yarn, reel / unidentified performer, fiddle

The following recordings from 00:47:35 - 01:04:56 were dubbed from a recording of Pádraig O'Keeffe made by Séamus Ennis on disc for the Irish Folklore Commission in 1949:
00:47:35 – 00:50:27 | The blackbird, slow air / Pádraig O’Keeffe, fiddle
00:50:27 – 00:52:50 | The blackbird, slow air / Padraig O’Keeffe, fiddle
00:52;50 – 00:55:40 | Lament for O’Neill, slow air / Pádraig O’Keeffe, fiddle

00:55:40 – 00:59:05 | St. Anne’s, reel ; The silver spear, reel / Denis Murphy, fiddle
00:59:05 – 01:01:58 | The Kerry reel ; Colonel Fraser, reel : The steampacket, reel / Denis Murphy, fiddle
01:01:58 – 01:04:56 | The piper’s despair, reel ; Kennedy’s, reel / Denis Murphy, fiddle

Recordings made in 1949
01:04:56 – 01:07:14 | [Denis Murphy’s, slide ; The green cottage, slide] / Denis Murphy, fiddle , Pádraig O’Keeffe, fiddle
01:07:14 – 01:09:37 | The green cottage [selection], polkas / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Pádraig O’Keeffe, fiddle
01:09:37 – 01:12:39 | The Munster jig ; Tell her I am, jig / Paddy Cronin, fiddle

Recordings made in 1947
01:12:39 – 01:14:44 | The Galteemore, reel ; Callaghan’s, reel / Denis Murphy, fiddle
01:14:44 – 01:35:59 | [Blank audio]