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Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2, 4, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46–47, 49, 51, 53;
speech in English throughout;
singing in Irish A6;
singing in Irish and English A8;
singing in Scots Gaelic A10;
singing in English A12, 14, 16, 18;
whistle solo A20, 28, 30;
whistle in duet A32;
pipes in instrumental group A34;
pipes in duet A36, 38;
Folan, Stephen / O Cualain, Stiofain, Galway, dancing A20;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A22;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A24, 26;
speech in English A25;
fiddle in duet A32, 36, 38;
Clifford family, the, Kerry / Limerick / London, instrumental group A34

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Air: Untitled [Uirchill an Chreagain / The Churchyard of Creggan]
3. Speech: Untitled ['I know that music...' Topics: SE's father, regarded as the best piper in Ireland; a tune played for SE in his cradle, The Munster Buttermilk]
4. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
5. Speech: Untitled ['Our house was always a house of music...' Topics: SE's family background; mother sang, father played the pipes, flute, fiddle, tin whistle; pipers visited the house; Pat Ward, piper, who played a double chanter; he was killed by a bus in Drogheda; his daughter was also a good piper; other pipers, including Jim Brogan, Sharkey, Liam Andrew; father played the Highland pipes for visitors; SE played Highland pipes; another visitor, Billy Clarke, from Co Monaghan, took part in the recording 'The Pipes of Three Nations'; Colm O Lochlainn visited the Ennis household every Thursday evening; O Lochlainn learned pipes from SE's father, and in exchange taught the Irish language to SE's father; O Lochlainn took SE with him on holidays in Connemara; SE learned his first song, An Droighnean Donn, in Rosmuc, in Connemara]
6. Song: An Droighnean Donn
7. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I can never thank Colm O Lochlainn enough...' Topics: SE's gratitude to Colm O Lochlainn; SE roamed Ireland on a bicycle to collect music for the Irish Folklore Commission; introduction to the next song]
8. Song: Untitled [Siuil A Ruin]
9. Speech: Untitled ['I found that Connemara...' Topics: riches of Connemara as a repository of folk traditions; SE enjoyed working in Connemara and hated returning to Dublin city; SE visited the Hebrides for the Irish Folklore Commission and spent 6 months there; the song 'O Son of the Earl of the White Banners']
10. Song, Speech: O Son of the Earl of the White Banners [Mhic Iarla Nam Bratach Bana], Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled ['Since then, though, I've been to Scotland several times...' Topics: SE visited the north-east of Scotland, Aberdeenshire and Banffshire; introduction to the next song]
12. Song, Speech: The Barnyards of Delgaty, Untitled
13. Speech: Untitled ['That's one my favourites...' Topic: SE visited Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, where he collected songs from Amos Beckett]
14. Song: Untitled [I Am a Wild and Wicked Youth]
15. Speech: Untitled ['Well, I suppose all of you heard of The Croppy Boy...' Topic: the source of the next song]
16. Song: Untitled [The Herring Song / The Song of the Herring; repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling']
17. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I want to let you hear something from Wales...' Topics: SE's visit to Wales; introduction to the next song, which SE heard in Fishguard]
18. Song: Untitled ['My name is Billy Williams...']
19. Speech: Untitled ['Now, all these songs remind me forcibly...' Topic: music nights in Connemara]
20. Reel with Dancing: The Copperplate Reel
21. Speech: Untitled ['I've seen some old people dancing...' Topic: information about the previous item and the next item]
22. Song, Speech: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor, Untitled ['And on this merry note...' Closing remarks at end of radio programme]
23. Speech: Untitled ['When I was in Cork the other day...' Topic: a meeting with Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe]
24. Reel: The Flowing Bowl [The Piper's Despair]
25. Speech: Untitled ['The best of Padraig's pupils...']
26. Reel: Turkey in the Straw
27. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis...' Topic: the tune 'The Mountain Road'; visiting Julia Clifford in Newcastle West; her 13-year-old son Billy plays the tin whistle for SE]
28. Reel: Kitty Gone A-Milking [Mistitled?; The Old Bush]
29. Speech: Untitled ['That's the tune he was playing...' Topic: SE teaches 'The Mountain Road' to Denis Murphy]
30. Reel: The Mountain Road
31. Speech: Untitled ['I put on the drones at the end of it...']
32. Reel: The Mountain Road
33. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis. I could see young Billy Clifford's eyes...' Topics: the Clifford family learn to play the reel 'The Mountain Road']
34. Reel: The Mountain Road
35. Speech: Untitled ['It was a long road home...' Topics: going home after a long session of music with the Clifford family; setting a clutch of eggs under a turkey; introduction to the next piece of music]
36. Jig: The Humours of Lisheen
37. Speech: Untitled ['All I can say is...']
38. Reel: The Woman of the House [End of a programme?]
39. Miscellaneous: Untitled [End-of-tape noises, including the sound of the original tape rewinding] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Polkas: Untitled [The Ballybunnion], Untitled [The Knocknaboul (2)], Untitled [The Groves of Gneevegullia; The Top of Maol]
3. Single Jigs / Slides: Untitled [Pete Sullivan's Fancy; The Whistling Thief Jig; the melody of the song 'Cucanandy' is related to this tune], Untitled [If I Had a Wife], Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
4. Hornpipes: Fisherman's [Fisher's Hornpipe (version of)], Byron's
5. Jigs: Padraig O'Keeffe's [Tom Billy's (1)], Tom Billy's [Tom Billy's (2)]
6. Reels: The Green Banks of Rossbeigh [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh; The Kerry Reel], Colonel Fraser, The Steampacket [The Mountain Lark]
7. Hornpipes: Corney Drew's, Two Birds in a Tree [The Bird in the Bush; usually played as a reel]
8. Airs: The Red-Haired Man's Wife, O'Rahilly's Grave [For another performance of this selection, see track A11]
9. Jigs: The House in the Glen [The Rambler], The Thrush on the Strand [Heather and Sedge; The Castlebar Races], Untitled [Related to The Three Little Drummers?]
10. Reels: Mount Collins [The Girls of Farranfore; The Game of Love], The Doon Reel [Callaghan's], Patsy McCarthy's [The Mountain Top, related to?]
11. Airs: The Red-Haired Man's Wife, O'Rahilly's Grave [For another performance of this selection, see track A8] [Information in log: 'improvement on first attempt']
12. Hornpipes: Cronin's, Callaghan's [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Cronin, Paddy, Kerry, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Jigs: Untitled [The Munster Jig; CICD 735], Untitled [Tell Her I Am; for another performance of this tune, see track A8]
3. Reels: Untitled [Duggan's Fancy; CICD 4744; recorded on 78 rpm commercial disc by Michael Coleman, fiddle, as O'Rourke's (the first tune in a selection); The Wild Irishman (title used by Coleman for the second tune in the selection; often used for this tune and possibly Coleman's intended title for this tune)], Untitled [The Galtee / The Galtee Ranger / The Galtee Rangers], Untitled [The Woman of the House, Bean a' Ti ar Lar]
4. Single Jigs / Slides, Jig: Untitled [Tom Billy's Fancy; Johnny Mick Dinny's (JOLSL, # 95)], Untitled [CICD 1775; The Cat in the Corner (JOLSL, # 348)], Untitled [The Humours of Kilkenny; Cailleach an Airgid; CICD 4744; The Hag with the Money]
5. Single Jigs / Slides: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue; Denis Murphy's Slide], Untitled [Across the Road; Paddy Cronin's (JOLSL, # 75)]
6. Reels: Untitled [The Doon Reel; The Chorus Reel], Untitled [Pepper and Salt; Tansey's Favourite; CRE 3, # 136]
7. Hornpipes: Untitled [Cronin's Hornpipe (JOLSL, # 171)], Untitled [The Brittania Hornpipe; CICD 6077], Untitled [The Fisherman's Hornpipe; Fisher's Hornpipe]
8. Jigs: Untitled [Down the Meadows; related to Malowney's Wife (DMI, # 11)], Untitled [Tell Her I Am; for another performance of this tune, see track A2]
9. Reels: Untitled [The Dairy Maid], Untitled [The Morning Star]
10. Reels: Untitled [The Wind that Shakes the Barley], Untitled [Wellington's Reel (CRE 3, # 110); closely related to Sheehan's Reel (DMI)]
11. Air: Untitled [The Lament for O'Donnell / Caoine Ui Dhomhnaill]
12. Set Dance: Untitled [The Jockey to the Fair]
13. Hornpipes: Untitled [Byrne's Hornpipe], Untitled
14. Single Jigs, Slides: Untitled [The Quarry Cross; The Dingle Regatta, in the version played by Sliabh Luachra musicians], Untitled [Barrack Hill (DMI, # 410)], Untitled [Pucan; CICD 1415; The Worn Torn Petticoat; Quarry Cross; The Leprechaun] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Coleman, Owen, Sligo, speech in English A2;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], speech in English A2–3;
O'Dowd, Joe, Sligo, speech in English A3;
fiddle solo A4–16;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A17;
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A18

Running Order:
1. Tone signals
2. Speech: Untitled [Interview with Owen Coleman, brother of the fiddle-player Michael Coleman; anecdotes about Michael Coleman's interest in dancing and music as a child; his father was a flute-player; Michael Coleman was a good dancer; was small in stature; how Michael Coleman learned to play – was taught by Kipeen Scanlon (who used to spend periods of up to 6 weeks in the Coleman household), P J McDermott of Buninadden, John O'Dowd, Phil O'Beirne, and Jack Mc Hugh; Michael Coleman went to the USA about 1911 at the age of about 21]
3. Speech: Untitled [Interview with the fiddle-player Joe O'Dowd; his background as a fiddle-player; he began to play at 10 years of age, taught by his brother Jack; the community in which he was brought up was rich in music; his uncle John O'Dowd (who taught Michael Coleman) was regarded as a fine player; the bands that Joe O'Dowd played with in London; the tune that follows was a favourite of Jim Coleman, brother of Michael Coleman]
4. Reel: Miss Johnson's Reel
5. Jigs: Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon], Coleman's Jig [The Primrose Vale; The Lark on the Strand], Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon]
6. Hornpipes: The Stage Hornpipe [The Norfolk], Untitled [The Western] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
7. Reels: Lord McDonald, Ballinasloe Fair, The Round Towers of Ballymote [Touch Me If You Dare] [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]
8. Slip Jigs: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Jig], Untitled [Comb Your Hair and Curl It] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
9. Reels: Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite, The Star of Munster, Miss Johnson [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]
10. Reels: Farewell to Ireland [Farewell to Erin; CRE 1, # 139], The Cherry Tree [Farewell to Erin (DMI, # 701)], Reidy Johnson [Hand Me Down the Tackle]
11. Reel: The Lads of Leith [The Lads of Laois], Dungloe Reel [The Humours of Castlefin], The Green Banks of Rossbeigh [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh; The Kerry Reel]
12. Jigs: Jackson's Jigs [1] [The Humours of Kesh], Jackson's Jigs [2] [Doherty's Fancy; The Pet of the Pipers]
13. Air: The Lakes of Sligo / Loch [? E--h] [The Lass o' Gowrie]
14. Reels: The Boys of the Lough, Faral Gara
15. Set Dances: The King of the Fairies, The Blackbird
16. Reels: Faral Gara, Untitled [The Silver Spire], The Shaskeen
17. Polkas: The Green Cottage Polkas [1], The Green Cottage Polkas [2]
18. Air: The Old Man Rocking the Cradle [An Seanduine; includes part of the slip jig 'The Foxhunter's Jig'] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A2–9?;
fiddle in duet A10?;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet A10?

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Slides: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Quinn's [CRE 2, # 171], Callaghan's [The Doon Reel], Bean a' Ti ar Lar [The Woman of the House]
4. Hornpipe: Johnny Cope
5. Hornpipes: Campbell's Hornpipe [The Smoky Chimney; with extra parts, including one from 'Kitty O'Neill'?], English Hornpipe
6. Single Jigs / Slides: Sheehan's Jig, Untitled, Untitled
7. Reel: Untitled [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel; The Maid behind the Bar; with more parts than in the standard version]
8. Reel: Untitled [First part is that of Colonel Fraser; second differs]
9. Air: Untitled [The Wounded Hussar]
10. Slides: Untitled, Untitled [Chase Me Charlie], Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Connell, Connie, Kerry, fiddle solo A1-6

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
2. Reel: Untitled
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Reel: Untitled
5. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
6. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

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]