Showing 3525 results

Recorded in the house of Arthur Coulter, Carnaughliss, Loanends, Muckamore, Co. Antrim 25–26 June, 1968 from Arthur Coulter (age about 70), his daughter Mrs Mary Heaney (of Killead, Co. Antrim) and Fred Hull (of Largy, Crumlin, formerly of Aghalee Co. Antrim. [tracks 1-8]

Performers:
Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English Track 1
Arthur Coulter, singing in English Tracks 2–7, speech in English Tracks 3, 5
Fred Hull, singing in English Track 8

Running Order:
1. Kitty of Baltimore (‘When I was young and full of fun, a dashing, roving blade...’), song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
2. Donegore hill [fragment, the rest accidenatlly erased ; The maid From Ballygowan [starts 00:24] (‘Come all you gallant muses, I pray you now attend...’) ; discussion about The maid from Ballygowan ; songs [wrongly tracked] ; speech / Arthur Coulter singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Killeavys pride (‘Young Mary she was beautiful and called Killeaveys pride...’), song (air: cf. James McKee] / Arthur Coulter singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
4. Seven years since i had a sweetheart (‘There were two lovers and they were parting...’), song / Arthur Coulter singing in English
5. Down by the riverside (‘As I rode out one evening down by yon riverside...’), song / Arthur Coulter singing in English
6. Farewell to Kilnood* (Farewell unto you, sweet Kilnood...’), song / Arthur Coulter singing in English
7. Spanking Maggie (‘Come all you noble sporting men and listen to my song...’),song [fragment, verses 1–4 only] / Arthur Coulter singing in English
8. Aghalee heroes* (‘Oh you Protestant heroes of Ireland...’), song  / Fred Hull, singing in English [ session continued on 6802] [END OF BAND TWO] 

[Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) for Hugh Shields in the Avondale Studio, Dublin] Copy of studio recording

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English [tracks 1-5]

Running Order:
1. The 'Trader' ('Oh, come all you gallent seamen bold, now listen here a while to me...'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Inniskilling dragoon [= Enniskillen dragoon] [clipped at start], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The mountain stream where the moorcock crows ('With my dog and gun through the blooming heather...') , song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. The Fan [= The Bold lieutenant] ('In sweet Argyll there lived a lady ..'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Another man's wedding [= Nobleman's wedding] ('I was invited to another man's wedding...'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Recorded at the house of John Butcher (brother of Eddie), Drumavally, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1969 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Butcher, John, singing in English Tracks 1-2, speech in English Track 2;
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Track 3;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2

Running Order:
1. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a summer’s morning abroad as I did go...’), song / John Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6904]
2. The cocks are crowing (‘The cocks is crowing, daylight’s appearing...’), song ; speech / John Butcher, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. It is now for New England (‘It is now for New England fain would I go...’), song [clipped: for complete see 6906] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued at 6906] [END OF BAND ONE]

[Recorded from Eddie Butcher (of Magilligan, Co. Derry) for Hugh Shields in the Avondale Studio, Dublin, July 1966] Copy of studio recording

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English Tracks 1-8

Running Order:
1. Down by the canal (‘As I went a-walking one evening in June...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. When a man’s in love (When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a pleasant evening abroad as I did go...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Pat Reilly (‘Oh, as I went a-walking one morning in May, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. The ship carpenter’s wife, (‘Oh, come all you gay fellows, you flourishing folk...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The bold lieutenant [= The fan] (‘In sweet Argyle there lived a lady...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. The mountain streams where the moorcock crows (‘With my dog and gun through yon blooming heather...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English A1-4

Running Order:
1. The cocks are crowing, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Another man's wedding, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. Robin Tamson's smithy, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Adam in Paradise, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English A1-11, 14-19;
speech in English A12-13

Running Order:
1. Tossing the hay, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Pat Reilly, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The ships’s carpenter’s wife, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. When a man’s in love, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Far from Killyclare, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. I once was a daysman, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. Another man’s wedding, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. Robin Tamson’s smithy, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
9. Youghal Harbour, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. Tossing the hay, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Green grows the laurel, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. [untitled], story [about the minister, the place of worship, his parishioners and their darkness] / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
13. The scythe, story ('There were a farmer one time and he had a man hired...' ) / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
14. The road to Dundee, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
15. James McKee, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
16. Nancy Whiskey [last verse repeated], song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. Green grow the laurel, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
18. The bold lieutenant, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
19. The mountain streams where the moorcocks crow, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Performers:
Butcher, Eddie, singing in English A1-2

Running Order:
1. The tractor, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
2. Down the moor, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English

Recorded from John Duggan (aged about 48) at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal , 8 September 1968 [tracks 1–2]

Performers:
John Duggan, singing in English Tracks 1–2

Running Order:
1. Molly Bawn (‘Oh come all you late fowlers, of hunting there [?] shun...’), song / John Duggan (aged about 48), singing in English [session continued from 6828] [END OF BAND ONE]
2. Barbry Ellen (‘It being about the Christmas time...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded from Miss Madge MacRory (aged about 65) at her house in Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 10 September 1968 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded from Alphonsus Ward (headmaster of Carrick National School, aged about 55) at his house in Teelin, Co. Donegal, 10 September 1968 [track 6]
Recorded from Patrick Heekin (aged about 52), of Garraros, Glencolumkille, in Gillespie’s public house, Main Street, Cashel, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 10 September 1968 [track 7]

Performers:
Miss Madge MacRory, singing in English Tracks 1–2, singing in Irish and English Track 3, speech in Irish and English Track 4, singing in Irish Track 5;
Alphonsus Ward, singing in Irish Track 6;
Patrick Heekin, singing in English Track 7

Running Order:
1. Glenswilly (‘Attention pay, my countrymen, till I relate the news...’), song / Miss Madge MacRory (aged about 65), singing in English
2. [The Carrick courtship] (‘As I roved out one morning fair, it being on the first of July...’), song [words by local man from Lurahork] / Madge MacRory, singing in English
3. My match is a-making (‘My match is a-making since there last night...’), song [macaronic] / Madge MacRory, singing in English and Irish
4. Spoken text of the macaronic song ‘My match is a-making’, recitation / Madge MacRory, speech in English and Irish
5. An sean-duine dóite (‘Tharraing [?] mé mo shean-duine isteach ins an chófra...’), song [one-verse fragment] / Madge MacRory, singing in Irish [end of session]
6. An buinneán buí (‘O ’s a bhuinneáin bhuí, ’sé mo léan do luí...’), Alphonsus Ward, singing in Irish [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Down by the riverside (‘As I roved out one evening fair down by yon riverside...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Patrick (Paddy Phrionsiais) Gillespie, Gortaloon, Kinnakillew, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 8 September 1968 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt,Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Duggan (aged about 48), 8 September 1968 [tracks 6–12]

Performers:
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrionsiais), singing Irish Track 1, fiddle solo Track 2, singing in English Track 3;
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish Tracks 4–5;
John Duggan, singing in English Tracks 6–12

Running Order:
1. An seanduine dóite (‘Óró sheanduine, sheanduine dóite...’) [refrain], song / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
2. Lord Gordon’s reel / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, fiddle
3. Kitty my love will you marry me (‘Kitty she went to the market...’), song [fragment] / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
4. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
5. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme [second take] / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
6. The lakes of Coolfin (‘It was early one morning as Willy arose...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
7. Willy O (‘Oh come you maiden[s] both fair and handsome...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
8. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one morning, it was in the month of May...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
9. The dark-eyed gipsy (‘Oh there were three gipsies in the East...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed gipsy, song [second take] / John Duggan, singing in English
11. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘Were I the king of Ireland, had I all things at my will...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
12. Barbry Ellen  (‘It being about the Christmas time...’), song [fragment of old ballad] / [END OF BAND ONE]