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Performers:
[tracks A1-4 of this recording are a copy of a portion of Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 36 = 905-ITMA-REEL];
Hammond, Davy, Belfast, singing in English A1, 4, speech in English A1-3;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A1-3;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A5

Running Order:
1. The maid of Ballydoo, song ; Speech [got the song from Joe Brannigan] / Davy Hammond, singing in English, speech in English
2. Speech [collecting, founding a record company with poet Jimmy Simmons called Poor Genius recording company for content that doesn’t have a big commercial market, including John Doherty, Sarah Makem, Geordie Hannah] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
3. Speech [young people becoming interested in music and culture, music culture of Northern Ireland] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
4. The week before Easter, song / Davy Hammond, singing in English
5. Untitled, jig / [unidentified fiddler] [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Ryan, Patrick, singing in English A1-2, speech in English A3;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A4;
Keough, Benedict, singing in English A4, speech in English A5

Running Order:
1. A young sailor, song / Patrick Ryan, singing in English
2. The July drive, song / Patrick Ryan, singing in English
3. Speech [stories about working on ships and jokes] / Patrick Ryan, speech in English
4. Speech [introduction] ; The banks of sweet Dundee, song / Unknown collector, speech in English ; Benedict Keough, singing in English
5. Speech [story of LCM Hart, Benedict’s father was a songwriter] / Benedict Keough, speech in English
6. The sinking of the LCM Hart, song / Benedict Keough, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Mac Schackhammer, singing in English with fiddle A1;
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A2;
Branch Dancers, dancing A2;
Aquina?, Gaston, fiddle solo A3;
Swindon, Scott, mandolin solo A4;
MacArthur, Leonard, fiddle solo A5;
MacArthur, Frank, dancing A5;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A3;
Whiteside, Taylor, speech in English A6-11, singing in English with guitar A6;
McDonald, David, singing in English with guitar A7, speech in English A7;
Mercer, Paul, singing in English in duet with guitar A8, speech in English A8;
Kosby, Joan, singing in English in duet with guitar A8;
Lacey, John, singing in English with guitar A9, speech in English A9;
Hynes, Ron, singing in English with guitar A10, speech in English A10;
Wakefield, John, singing in English with guitar A11

Running Order:
1. It's a shame to whip your wife, song / Mac Schwackhamer, singing in English ; [unidentified], fiddle
2. Mussels in the corner, single (clipped at end) / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; Branch dancers
3. Speech [Introduction] ; [Untitled set], reels / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Gaston Aucoin, fiddle ; Roger Gallant, guitar
4. [Untitled set], reels / Scott Swindon, mandolin ; Charlie Pennell, guitar ; [unidentified dancers]
5. [Untitled set], reels / Leonard MacArthur, fiddle ; Sears MacArthur, guitar ; Frank McArthur, dancer
6. Speech [Introduction] ; Back home again, song / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English, singing in English, guitar ; composed by John Denver
7. Speech [introduction]; Bay of Fundy, song / David McDonald, speech in English, singing in English, guitar ; composed by Gordon Bok
8. Speech [Introduction]; The ant and the grasshopper, song / Paul Mercer, singing in English, speech in English ; Joan Kosby, singing in English ; [unidentified guitar]
9. Speech [Introduction] ; Out on another highway (clipped at end) / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English ; John Lacey, singing in English, speech in English
10. Speech [Introduction] ; The great Newfie dream song / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English ; Ron Hynes, singing in English, speech in English, guitar
11. Speech [introduction] ; Hail to the men / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English ; John Wakefield, speech in English, singing in English, guitar [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Best, Anita, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Slade, Linda, speech in English A2, singing in English A2;
Lovelace, Martin, singing in English in duet A3;
Ashton, John, singing in English in duet A3;
Mooney, Jack, singing in English A4;
Goldstein, Kenneth, speech in English A1-4

Running Order:
1. Speech [Introduction] ; Hush o bye baby, song / Kenneth Goldstein, speech in English ; Anita Best, speech in English, singing in English
2. Speech [Introduction] ; The drunkard's poor wife, song / Kenneth Goldstein, speech in English ; Linda Slade, speech in English, singing in English
3. Speech [Introduction] ; The banks of Claudy, song / John Ashton, speech in English, singing in English ; Martin Lovelace, singing in English
4. Speech [Introduction] ; The pride of Glencoe, song / Jack Mooney, speech in English, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Power, Anthony, singing in English A1;
Best, Anita, singing in English A2;
Hogan, Maurice, singing in English A3;
Judge, Patsy [this performer although listed in related ephemera does not appear on the recording];
Brennan, Caroline, singing in English A4;
O'Brien, Leo, singing in English A5

Running Order:
1. The valley of Kilbride, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
2. The plains of Waterloo, songs / Anita Best, singing in English
3. The last fair charge, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
4. I'll make bonny Mary my bride, song / Caroline Brennan, singing in English
5. The German kaiser's dream, song / Leo O’Brien, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Felix, Ron, accordion A1-2;
Penney, Susie, singing in English A3;
English, John Joe, recitation in English A4, 13, singing in English A6;
Slade, Linda, singing in English A5, 7, speech in English A7;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A8, singing in English A8;
Byrne, Joe, speech in English A9, lilting A9;
Bowman, Bill, whistle solo A10;
Best, Anita, singing in English A11;
Judge, Patsy, speech in English A12, singing in English A12

Running Order:
1. Untitled, jig / Ron Felix, accordion ; [unidentified guitar]
2. Untitled, reel / Ron Felix, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
3. Barbara Allen, song / Susie Penney, singing in English
4. What is the best thing in life?, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
5. Lovely Nancy, song / Linda Slade, singing in English
6. On the pillow of despair, song / John Joe English, singing in English
7. Bachelor's hall, song / Linda Slade, speech in English, singing in English
8. Now I'm sixty-four, song / [unidentified singer and guitar]
9. Speech [gob music] ; Little Beggarman, lilting / Joe Byrne, lilting
10. The half-door, march and reel / Bill Bowman, tin whistle ; [unknown bodhrán]
11. Anti-confederation song / Anita Best, singing in English
12. Speech [introduction] ; The hat me father wore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
13. The railway disaster hero, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
English, John Joe, recitation in English A1;
White, John, singing in English with guitar A2;
Slade, Linda, singing in English in duet A3, singing in English A4;
Unidentified performer, singing in English in duet A3;
Hogan, Maurice, singing in English A2, speech in English A6;
Judge, Patsy, singing in English in duet A6;
Judge, Bride, singing in English in duet A6;
Power, Pius, singing in English A7

Running Order:
1. Lobster salad, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
2. Why didn’t you say so before, song / John White, singing in English, guitar
3. I’se goin' to marry 'Arry, song / Linda Slade, singing in English ; [Unidentified singer]
4. Chrisy's dick, song / Linda Slade, singing in English
5. Untitled [about a farmer boy and cow], recitation / Maurice Hogan, speech in English
6. Agricultural Irish girl, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English ; Bride Judge, singing in English
7. Annaliza Jones, song / Pius Power Sr, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
McGonigle, Tommy, speech in English A1-10, accordion solo A1-3, 5-7, 9-10, 12, accordion in duet A11;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
Byrne, Cara, fiddle solo A4, speech in English A4, 8, 10, 14, fiddle in duet A11

Running Order:
1. Untitled [third part of a set], jig / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
2. Untitled [fourth part of a set], march ; Speech [parts of a dance set] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. Untitled [last part of a set], reel / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
4. Untitled, polka ; Speech [got the tune from Seamus Grant of Clonmany, Inishowen, very common dance tune in the area] / Cara Byrne, fiddle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English; Tommy McGonigle, speech in English
5. I have a polka trimmed with blue [=I have a bonnet trimmed with blue], polka ; Speech [lift of tunes, playing for old versus new dancers] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
6. [I have a bonnet trimmed with blue], polka / Tommy McGonigle, accordion
7. Untitled [danced for The Marine Four-Step], jig ; speech [descriptions of lancers versus the Marine Four Step] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
8. Speech [descriptions of dance nights: refreshments at dances, dances bringing people together, very few halls, singing] / Tommy McGonigle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Cara Byrne, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Untitled, jig / Cara Byrne, fiddle ; Tommy McGonigle, accordion
10. Untitled, jig ; Speech / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
11. Untitled set, jigs / Tommy McGonigle, accordion ; Cara Byrne, fiddle
12. Untitled [first part of a set], jig ; Speech [parts of the set] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
13. Untitled [second part of a set], polka ; Speech / Tommy McGonigle, accordion
14. Speech [tunes named after musicians instead of the types of tunes, the melodeon, dancers liked rhythmic players, being asked to leave following a dance, never saw the old sets, lancers and polkas danced in Tommy's time during the winter, waltzes and round dances, the big swing] / Cara Byrne, speech in English ; Tommy McGonigle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Droney, Kate, singing in Irish, speech in Irish;
Breathnach, Diarmuid, singing in Irish, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction to a singing session, Seán Kinsella and Irish poetry and folksong] / [unnamed speaker], speech in Irish, speech in English
2. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
3. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
4. [Untitled from Waterford], song ; Speech / Diarmuid Breathnach, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
5. Aileen Ruin, song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
6. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
7. [Untitled] [Red is the rose], song / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
8. [Untitled], song ; Speech [Bellharbour and connections to Conamara] / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
9. Farewell to Bellharbour, song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
10. [Untitled set], jigs / [Unknown performers], banjo, piano, snare drum
11. Speech [tag for an upcoming radio programme] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
12. Speech [midnight marker, radio newscast] / [Unknown speaker]