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Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A1–11, 13–26;
speech in English A12 and throughout;
Breathnach, Breandán, tin whistle, occasionally;
speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel: Farewell to Connacht [CICD 3041.12 (from this recording); 3041.11 (not from this recording)]
2. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.11–.12 (from this recording); 4684.13, 4978–.12 (none from this recording); partly composed by MR; commonly known as Micho Russell's; as Carty's Reel from MR in CRE 2, # 294]
3. Jig: The Humours of Bantry [CICD 1194.11 (from this recording; DMI, # 13)]
4. Jig: Jimmy O'Brien's Jig [CICD 1860.11 (from this recording) / The Maid in the Meadows [CICD 1866–7 (not from this recording)]
5. Jig: The Frieze Breeches / La Sin' Seain / Trom La [CICD 1492.11–.13 (all from this recording); 1486, 1487, 1488, 1490 (none from this recording); standard version of the tune; for MR's 'old' version see the next track.]
6. Jig: Frieze Breeches (the old way) [CICD 954.11 (from this recording); as MR heard it played on concertina and jew's harp; for MR's 'standard' version of the tune, see the previous track.]
7. Jig: The Chorus Jig / The Kilfenora Jig [CICD 2218.11–.12 (from this recording)]
8. Jig: Is Fearr Paidir na Port [CICD 1713.11 (from this recording); MR explains that this tune is played after The Chorus Jig / The Kilfenora Jig (see previous track) and is sometimes regarded as part of it.]
9. Cudreels / Cudrils / Quadrille Tunes / [Jigs / Slides]: She Hadn't the Knack She Thought She Had [CICD 1470.12 (from this recording); 1470.11 (not from this recording)], The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.13 (from this recording); 1968.11–.12 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes that MR assigns this name to.]
10. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Patrick Killoughrey, dancer; confusion about parts of the tune that follows], The Retreat [CICD 6528, 6529, 6530 (all from this recording? Part of the tune replayed separately {card 6530?}); 6531, 6532 (none from this recording); Bonaparte's Retreat]
11. Set Dance: Rodney's Glory [CICD 6527 (from this recording)]
12. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the music on track 13, mainly topics related to dancing, including: the travelling dancing master and fiddle player Hennessy (trained local people to dance the jig, reel and hornpipe; first taught the rising step in the jig, then the side-step for the reel; was active in the 1920s and '30s; taught MR's father; {MR himself saw H.}; taught pupils individually and charged sixpence per step, then thought very expensive; used to stay and teach in Michael Flanagan's house; would stay for one to two months at a time; when the lessons were over, sets would be danced in Flanagan's house); the dancing master Stack (from Ballycotton, Co Kerry); the dancer Paddy Moloney (danced in knickerbockers; danced Sagart na mBuataisi {The Priest in his Boots} as a solo dance); dancers in the Aran Islands (made up their own steps; when dancing a set would make the figures very long); Mairtin O Griofa, Carraroe, Co Galway, solo dancer (would make up his own steps); 'single' dancing (i.e. solo dancing by one man); a girl from Belgium performed what she called 'nature dancing' at the festival in Lisdoonvarna to the tune selection in track 13 (BB enquires if she was still dressed); Father Pat Ahearn (Siamsa Tire) arranged this tune set for the Fleadh Nua; MR offers to demonstrate a double batter with heel and toe in reel or quick hornpipe time.]
13. Air / Slow March, Slip Jig, Reel, Air: The South Wind [not in CICD], The Foxhunter's Jig / Nead na Lachan sa mButa [CICD 272.11 (from this recording); MR's name in Irish from Donal Standun (banjo, Spiddal, Co Galway); BB says that Willie Clancy's tune The Humours of Derrykissane is a version of this], The Foxhunter's Reel [CICD 2898.11 (from this recording; transcribed only in part); BB says that Patrick Kelly (fiddle) was the first person he heard playing this, and that Sean Keane (fiddle, The Chieftains) had popularised it], The South Wind [as played earlier in this track]
14. Reel: The Green Fields of America / Molly Branagan (Molly Brannigan?) [CICD 4754.11 (from this recording); 4749 (not from this recording); DMI, # 523]
15. Reel: Rakish Paddy [CICD 6015.11 (from this recording); 3108, 3109, 3110 (not from this recording); DMI, # 749; CRE, # 145]
16. Reel: The Blackhaired Lass / The Blackhaired Girl / Cailin na Gruaige Duibhe [CICD 4230.12 (from this recording), 4230.13, 4239 (not from this recording)]
17. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4363.11 (from this recording); 4363.12, 3098 (not from this recording); played by Johnny Byrt, a travelling carpenter from Liscannor; CRE 2, # 175 (from MR)]
18. Reel: Patsy Campbell's Reel [CICD 3778.11 (where this recording is referenced); 3779 (not from this recording)]
19. Reel: Drowsy Maggie (mother's version) [CICD 3896.11 (from this recording); from MR's mother, who played the concertina; for another version, which MR learned in Donegal, see the next track.]
20. Reel: Drowsy Maggie (Donegal version) [CICD 3896.12–.13 (from this recording); version learned by MR from the Byrnes of Kilcar (fiddle players) while on a visit to Donegal.]
21. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 724.11 (from this recording); 1604, 1605 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 53 (from MR); The Lark's March]
22. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.11 (from this recording); 1809 (not from this recording); not the same tune as on previous track; minor key, tonic note A; for a version of this tune with tonic note B, see the next track]
23. Jig: The Geese in the Bog [CICD 1809.12 (from this recording); 1809.13–.14 (not from this recording); not the same tune as that at track 21; minor key, tonic note B; for a version of this tune with tonic note A, see the previous track]
24. Reel, Speech: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4444.12 (where this recording is referenced); 4445, 4446 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)], Untitled [about Jimmy Mulqueeny (fiddle), who supplied the name for this tune. From BB's comments re 'Jimmy Mucai' it looks as if he had CICD card 4446 card in front of him when talking to MR here.]
25. Jigs / Single Jigs / Slides: Mickey Callaghan's Slide [CICD 2325.11 (from this recording), 2323.11 (not from this recording)], The Clare Jig [CICD 2364.13–.14 (from this recording); 1162.11–.12, 2364.11–.12, 2364.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
26. Speech: Untitled [Speech to introduce the reel The Boy in the Gap (the old way), but tape runs out before tune gets under way.] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Kelly, James, Dublin, speech in English throughout tracks A;
fiddle solo throughout tracks A;
Breathnach, Breandán, speech in English throughout tracks A;
[unidentified performer], accordion in duet B1–4;
[unidentified performer], fiddle solo B5–6, 8–14;
speech in English throughout B5–6, 8–14;
[unidentified performers], speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B;
[unidentified performer], flute solo B7, 15;
[unidentified performer], speech in English B16;
accordion solo B16–17;
[unidentified performer], guitar in duet B1–4

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Making a living from music; instrument tuning; the tune that follows] (very low sound level initially)
2. Reel: Philip O'Beirne's Delight
3. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played and the tune to be played next]
4. Jig: The Kinnegad Slashers [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
5. Hornpipes: The Stage Hornpipe, Western Hornpipe [Transcriptions (from this recording) of both these tunes was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
6. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next]
7. Reel: Sweeney's Reel [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
8. Speech: Untitled [Visits to John Doherty in Donegal]
9. Hornpipe, Speech: Sliabh na mBan [Slievenamon; transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field], Untitled [About the tune just played and the tunes to be played next, both of which were composed by Ed Reavy]
10. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's], Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 18): see first entry in this field]
11. Speech: Untitled
12. Jig, Slip Jig: Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 15, first tune): see first entry in this field], Kitty Come down to Limerick
13. Speech: Untitled [Tunes just played were learned from the playing of John Doherty; the tune to be played next was learned from a recording of Neil O'Boyle, fiddle]
14. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Moving Cloud
15. Speech: Untitled [Neil O'Boyle composed the tune just played; the performer's experiences of meeting the Irish music community in the USA; recording music from 78rpm discs in the collection of Richard Nevins; the tune to be played next, which was the first tune that the performer learned]
16. Jig: Untitled [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 17): see first entry in this field]
17. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played, with demonstration on fiddle; the performer started playing the fiddle at the age of 3 or 4; as a boy and teenager, the performer spent much time listening to music; Michael Coleman, Patsy Touhey, Barney Delaney, Seamus Ennis, set high standards; discussion of fiddle and piping styles; one of BB's favourite piping performances is Willie Clancy playing the reel 'The Ravelled Hank of Yarn'; the tune to be played next]
18. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses [Transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol': see first entry in this field]
19. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next; with tentative playing on fiddle]
20. Speech, Jig: Untitled, Untitled [Stated to sometimes have the title 'Apples in Winter'; transcription (from this recording) of this tune was published in 'Ceol' (p. 15, second tune): see first entry in this field]
21. Speech: Untitled [Discussion about the jig title 'Apples in Winter']
22. Reel: Untitled [The Humours of Ballyconnell]
23. Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next, which the performer heard on a recording by Mrs Kenny (fiddle)]
24. Reel: All the Ways to Galway
25. Speech: Untitled
26. Jig: Untitled
27. Speech: Untitled [Discussion about the performer's work with Paddy O'Brien; playing music in the USA] [END OF BAND ONE]
28. Speech: Untitled [Playing music in the USA; the community and audience for Irish music in the USA; playing tunes in different keys from the normal; the tune The March of the King of Laois; the tune was published in Playford's collection in England in 1660; BB thinks that tunes played in the key of A have a flavour of the warpipes; similarities between Donegal and Scottish music; Scott Skinner; the music style of John Doherty and other Donegal players; BB objects to hearing John Doherty's music played on the pipes by Robbie Hannan and Joe McLaughlin; the performer's father, John Kelly (senior), had different settings of tunes for concertina and for fiddle; Seamus Connolly's fiddle-playing influenced by the accordion; Paddy Murphy's concertina-playing influenced by the fiddle; BB has a poor opinion of crans being played on the fiddle; story about Tommy Potts reproducing ornamentation by Michael Coleman] [End of recording session with James Kelly]
29. Reels: Untitled [Cross the Shannon; composed by Paddy Fahy], Untitled [Andy McGann's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor's Farewell]
30. Reel: Untitled
31. Jig: Untitled [Tonra's Jig; composed by Brendan Tonra]
32. Reel: Untitled
33. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Maid on the Green; usually with 2 parts, here with 3], Untitled
34. Reel: Untitled [The Humours of Castlefin]
35. Barn Dance / Hornpipe, Barn Dances: Untitled [Curlew Hills; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe], Untitled [Peach Blossom], Untitled [Curlew Hills; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe], Untitled [On commercial 78rpm disc by P J Conlon, accordion; Hanley's Delight]
36. Polkas, Speech: Untitled, The School in the Valley [The Bog down in the Valley], Untitled
37. Jig, Speech: Loughlin's Jig [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig], Untitled
38. Hornpipe, Speech: Kitty's Wedding, Untitled
39. Hornpipe: Untitled [Played quite fast; perhaps at speed for set-dancing]
40. Speech, Slides: Untitled, Untitled [If I Had a Wife], Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; The Dark Girl in Blue], Untitled
41. Hornpipe: Untitled [Callaghan's]
42. Speech, Air: Untitled, Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor
43. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled (incomplete)
44. Speech, Polkas, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You (related tune)], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
45. Slides: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide], Untitled [Going to the Well for Water; The Kaiser] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
[unidentified performers], concertina solo A1–10, 22–23;
speech in English throughout A1–10, 22–23;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
[unidentified performer], fiddle solo A11–20;
speech in English throughout A11–21;
[unidentified performers], speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Jig: Untitled [Out on the Ocean]
2. Polka: Untitled
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Reel, Speech: The Kilfenora Fancy [Tear the Calico], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
5. Polka: Untitled [Over the Hills and Far Away]
6. Jig: Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: The Silver Spear [The New Mown Meadow; Joe Mhaire Mhicilin], Untitled
8. Polka, Speech: My Darling I'm Fond of You [Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge; The Rose Tree in Full Bearing], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
9. Speech, Dance Tune / Hornpipe: Untitled, Untitled [The Stack of Barley]
10. Speech, Polka: Untitled, The Gabhairin Bui / The Hieland Laddie
11. Jig, Speech: Montoe's Jig [The Rakes of Clonmel], Untitled [Information about the tune just played and the musician from whom it came, John Moriarty, a local fiddle-player]
12. Reel: Untitled [Related to 'The Beauty Spot']
13. Reel: Drowsy Maggie [Usually played with two parts; with three parts here]
14. Jig: Untitled [Bryan O'Lynn; usually played with two parts; with three parts here]
15. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
16. Speech, Set Dance / Hornpipe: Untitled, Mrs Crotty's / The Wanderer [The Stranger]
17. Jig: Untitled [Connie the Soldier]
18. Jig: Untitled [Paddy Fahy's Jig; composed by Paddy Fahy]
19. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel; to illustrate the first steps that dancing beginners learn?], Untitled
20. Reel: Untitled
21. Speech: Untitled [Story about 'The Ruffian's Reel']
22. Polka: Untitled
23. Speech, Highland Fling: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, tin whistle A2–5, 7–37, B1–29, 31;
flute B32–33;
speech in English, throughout;
singing in English A1, B12;
speech in Irish B30;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, tin whistle A6, B31 and throughout;
speech in English, throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech, Song: Untitled [Name of, and words to, the hornpipe An Spealadoir / The Cuckoo's Nest; continued from previous tape (UCD 2)?], The Cuckoo's Nest
2. Hornpipe: The Plains of Boyle [CICD 6217.11 (source not given); partly transcribed only; CRE 2, # 315 (not from MR)]
3. Reel: Miss Thornton's Reel [CICD 3099.11 (from this recording)]
4. Jig: My Darling Asleep [CICD 1822.11 (from this recording; title 'The Wicklow Miners' / 'The Miners of Wicklow' given - in error?); 1822, 1822.12–.13 (not from this recording)]
5. Jig: The Rakes of Clonmel [CICD 1814.11 (from this recording); 1814.12, 1814 (not from this recording); DMI, # 149]
6. Jig, Speech: Miners of Wicklow [Not in CICD from this recording], Untitled [BB recites words sung to The Miners of Wicklow]
7. Jig: Sixpenny Money [CICD 1573.11 (from this recording?)]
8. Jig: The Guinea Gold Ring [CICD 1012–.12 (from this recording?); 3 parts played; The Gold Ring (CRE, # 47, where 4 parts are given)]
9. Jig: The Castlebar Races [CICD 795.12 (from this recording); 1672 (not from this recording); Morrison's Fancy (WSGM, # 197)]
10. Jig: The Cliffs of Moher [CICD 784.11 (from this recording?); 784.12–.15, 2113.11 (none from this recording); MR plays this tune in 2 versions, one with G as the tonic note (as here), one with A]
11. Jig: Delia McQuane and her Charlemoi / Delia McQuane and her Charlemy / Come Back, Paddy Reilly (P. French) [CICD 2091.11 (from this recording?); 2089 (not from this recording; where BB suggests that Percy French used this tune for his song Come Back, Paddy Reilly); Sweet Biddy Daly (DMI, # 278)]
12. Reel: Matt the Thresher [CICD 5359.11 (from this recording); 5359 (not from this recording)]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4033.11 (from this recording); 2923, 2924–.11 (none from this recording)]
14. Jig: Willie Coleman's [CICD 1406.12 (from this recording); 1401 (not from this recording; on which title is given as Willie Cronin's – in error?); composed by Martin Wynne?]
15. Reel: The Maid that Left the County [CICD 4288.12, 4288.14 (both from this recording); 4286, 4288.11, 4288.13, 4289 (none from this recording); The Honeymoon (DMI, # 791); Lady O'Brien's Reel (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 96)]
16. Polka: The White Cockade [CICD 6475.11 (from this recording); CRE 2, # 115 (from MR)]
17. Reel: Come West along the Road [CICD 5502.11 (from this recording); 5502, 5505 (not from this recording); DMI, # 793]
18. Reel: Miss Monaghan [CICD 3179.12 (from this recording)]
19. Reel: The Dairy Maid / Kiss the Bride in Bed [CICD 5358.11 (from this recording); CRE 3, # 191]
20. Reel: The Humours of Tulla [CICD 3857.12 (from this recording); standard setting of the tune; CRE 3, # 135; for MR's 'old' setting, see the next track]
21. Reel: The Humours of Tulla [CICD 3726.11 (from this recording); old setting, as played by the flute-player Austin Linnane, from Ballycotton; for MR's 'standard' setting, see the previous track]
22. Reel: The Heather Breeze / The Heathery Breeze [CICD 3415.14 (from this recording); 3415.12 (where this recording is referenced); 2856.11, 2857, 3415.11, 3415.13 (none from this recording); DMI, # 779]
23. Reel: Sporting Nellie [CICD 5075.11–.12 (both from this recording); 5075.13–.16 (none from this recording); Gorman's (CICD 5075, from Mrs Crotty); Sporting Nell; CRE 3, # 194]
24. Reel: Kitty's Gone a-Milking / The Dublin Reel [CICD 5211.11 (where this recording is referenced? from this recording?); not the tune generally called The Dublin Reel; DMWC, # 31]
25. Reel, Speech: The Dublin Reel (a) [not in CICD in this version; tonic note C; local version from concertina players], The Dublin Reel (b) [CICD 3103.11, 3103.12, 3103.14 (all from this recording?); 3101, 3104.11–.12 (none from this recording); standard version (tonic note D)], Untitled [78 rpm recording by William J. Mullaly]
26. Reels: The Green Groves of Erin [CICD 2913.11 (from this recording?)], The Ivy Leaf [CICD 3622.11 (from this recording); also at track 28]
27. Reel: The Pigeon on the Gate [5239.11–.12 (both from this recording? With tonic note A); 5261.11–.12 (none from this recording; with tonic note E)]
28. Reel: The Ivy Leaf [CICD 3622.11 (from this recording); also at track 26(b)]
29. Reel: The Swallow's Tail / Howley's Swallow [CICD 5060.11 (from this recording); the version played by Corney Howley; for MR's 'standard' version, see the next track]
30. Reel: The Swallow's Tail [CICD 5060.12 (from this recording); 5062–.11 (none from this recording); for a local version played by MR, see the previous track]
31. Reel: The Silver Spear [CICD 5768.11 (from this recording); CRE, # 141]
32. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5399.11 (from this recording); 5399 (not from this recording); version of Lord McDonald?]
33. Reel: Rafferty's Reel [CICD 3317.11 (from this recording); 3316.11–.12 (not from this recording); according to BB, a version of The Rising Sun; The Old Blackthorn (version)]
34. Jig: Banish Misfortune / The Irishman's Misfortune / The Shady Groves of Peamount [CICD 1367.11–.12 (both from this recording)]
35. Jig / Quadrille Tune / Slide: Untitled [CICD 708.11 (from this recording); Rural Felicity; a four-part version was recorded by De Danann as 'Kathleen Hehir's']
36. Polka: Untitled [CICD 6506.11, 6507.12 (none from this recording)]
37. Jig: Down the Back Lane / Kitty Come Down the Meadows [CICD 1097.11 (from this recording); Bimid ag Ol] [END OF BAND ONE]
38. Jig / March: Brian Boru's March [CICD 1326.14–.15 (none from this recording)]
39. Reel: Sailing into Walpole's Marsh [Not in CICD from this recording]
40. Reel: Rolling in the Ryegrass / The Shannon Breeze [Not in CICD from this recording]
41. Reel: The Peeler's Jacket [Not in CICD from this recording]
42. Reel: The Morning Star [CICD 4489.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: The Teetotaller / Old Mary Ann [Not in CICD from this recording]
44. Reel: Upstairs in a Tent [CICD 4444.12, 4445, 4446 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 190 (from MR)]
45. Jig: Come into the Town, My Lady Oh [CICD 987.11–.12 (not from this recording)]
46. Jig: Off She Goes [Not in CICD from this recording]
47. Reels: Boil the Breakfast Early [Not in CICD from this recording; DMI, # 789], Boil the Kittle Early [CICD 5498.11 (not from this recording); BB adds note: Mixture of 'Repeal of the Union' and 'Boy in the Gap'; Boil the Kettle Early]
48. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Description of the handkerchief dance / rag dance / cloth dance; danced by couples; danced to The Peeler and the Goat], The Peeler and the Goat [Not in CICD from this recording]
49. Speech, Fling, Song: Untitled [Dancing customs; the chair dance], The Keel Row [CICD 6533 (not from this recording)], The Keel Row
50. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Man in Ennistymon asks for the tune 'Bean an Ti ar Lar'], The Woman of the House / The Mistress of the House [Not in CICD from this recording; learned by MR from group from San Francisco; piping version; for the 'standard' version, see the next track]
51. Reel: The Woman of the House [Not in CICD from this recording; 'standard' version; for the piping version, see the previous track]
52. Reel: The Shaskeen [Not in CICD from this recording]
53. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; Jackie Coleman's Reel]
54. Reel: The Dunagore Reel / The Concertina Reel [CICD 5610–.12, 5769 (none from this recording); MR's mother played it on the concertina; CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72)]
55. Jig: The Donnybrook Jig [Not in CICD from this recording; Donnybrook Fair (DMI, # 79)]
56. Reel: The Sally Gardens [Not in CICD from this recording]
57. Reel: The Mason's Apron [Not in CICD from this recording; played the 'old' way, as played by local concertina players]
58. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; version of The Humours of Westport]
59. Reel: The Flogging Reel [Not in CICD from this recording]
60. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Old 'Wheels of the World' (DMWC, # 56)]
61. Reel: The Hunter's Purse / An Sceach / Maire Ni Luachra's Reel / Maire Ni Dhonaill [Not in CICD from this recording]
62. Jig: The Humours of Ennistymon / Coppers and Brass [Not in CICD from this recording]
63. Reel: The Moving Bog / Miss Wallace / The Upper Room [Not in CICD from this recording]
64. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Kinnegad Slashers (DMI, # 148)]
65. Speech with Music Demonstration: Untitled [BB questions MR about his technique and ornamentation; to demonstrate, MR plays the reels Jenny Picking Cockles and The Concertina Reel, and the jig Donall na Greine]
66. Reel: Bonny Kate [Not in CICD from this recording]
67. Speech, Untitled [Words in Irish to the jig Paidin O Raifeartaigh and to other tunes, including Slainte an Bristin Leathair and The Blackthorn Stick; information about MR's mother, Annie Moloney, a concertina player; words she had to The Blackthorn Stick]
68. Jig, Air: The Blackthorn Stick [CICD 1176.11 (not from this recording); The Maid at the Well (DMI, # 24)], The Blackthorn Stick / Buachaill on Eirne
69. Reel: The Fermoy Lasses [CICD 3945.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 573]
70. Reel: Toss the Feathers (the old way) [CICD 3630.11 (not from this recording); incomplete] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1–7, 10–12;
whistle solo A13;
speech in English A2, 5–6, 10–13;
Unidentified performer [Rowsome, Leo, Dublin ?], pipes solo A8–9, 24;
speech in English A8–9;
Unidentified performer [Talty, Martin, Clare ?], whistle solo A13;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English A5–9, 14–15, 24, 27–28;
Touhey, Patsy, Galway and USA, pipes solo A14;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A15–23, 25–30;
speech in English A15, 17–23, 26–28, 30

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Old Bush]
2. Air: I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles-O
3. Single Jig: Untitled [Pat Ward's Jig]
4. Reel: Untitled [The Bunch of Keys]
5. Jigs: The Butcher's March, When the Cock Crows It Is Day, Sixpenny Money
6. Hornpipes: Kelly's Hornpipe, Ballymanus Fair
7. Reels: The Silver Spear, The Dublin Reel
8. Reels: The Green Groves of Erin, The Bird in the Tree
9. Hornpipes: Fancy Fair, Untitled [The Rights of Man]
10. Reel: The Pinch of Snuff
11. Air: Untitled [An Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig?]
12. Reels: Untitled [The Silver Spear], Untitled [The Dublin Reel]
13. Story, Reel: Untitled [Did the Rum Do Da?], Untitled [Did the Rum Do Da? / Anything for John-Joe]
14. Reels: The Steampacket, Untitled [The Morning Star], Miss McLeod's
15. Hornpipe: Scuaibin an Chait [The Humours of Tullycrine; music plays too fast – for a slowed-down version, see track 28]
16. Jig: Untitled [The Rolling Wave (DMWC, # 42)]
17. Air: Ar Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce hI / For Ireland I'll Not Tell Her Name
18. Air: Casadh an tSugain / The Twisting of the Rope / The Making of the Sugan
19. Jig: Garrett Barry's Jig
20. Slip Jig: An dTiocfaidh Tu sios go Luimneach / Will You Come down to Limerick?
21. Hornpipe: The Harvest Home
22. Reel: The Steampacket
23. Reel: Rakish Paddy
24. Reels: The Congress, The Cup of Tea [Felix D?]
25. Jig: Untitled [Fraher's Jig; recorded at 7 1/2ips; playing here at half-speed. For a version at normal speed, see track 29]
26. Fling / Hornpipe: Garrai na Saileog [Mrs Galvin's; recorded at 7 1/2ips; playing here at half-speed. For a version at normal speed, see track 30] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND ONE]
27. Hornpipe: Scuaibin an Chait [The Humours of Tullycrine] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND FOUR]
28. Hornpipe: Scuaibin an Chait [The Humours of Tullycrine; slowed-down version of track 15]
29. Jig: Untitled [Fraher's Jig; repeat of track 25, playing here at normal speed]
30. Fling / Hornpipe: Garrai na Saileog [Mrs Galvin's; repeat of track 26, playing here at normal speed]

This tape contains copies of recordings made by Radio Eireann / RTE Radio. The sound is often distorted due to over-modulation. This tape is probably a working tape made during the CICD project; it might be a highly selectively edited copy of an original supplied by Radio Eireann / RTE. Ciaran Mac Mathuna features throughout as the radio presenter.

Running order:
1. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcements, the second as voice-over], The Liffey Banks, The Shaskeen / Larry Redican, speech in English ; Michael Coleman, fiddle
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and interview; about pipers in New York; Patsy Touhey; Michael Carney – disabled due to an accident at a handball game; Carney's occupation; anecdote about Carney inventing titles for Miss McLeod's reel; anecdotes about James Morrison, fiddle] / Larry Redican, speech in English
3. Reel, Speech: The Humours of Westport, Untitled [Radio announcement] / Paddy Cronin, fiddle
4. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcements; information about the next tunes to be played], Mulvihill's (1) [Garrett Barry's Reel], Mulvihill's (2), Murphy's [Charlie Mulvihill's (1)] / unidentified performers, instrumental group
5. Speech with Singing, Polka: Untitled [Radio interview; words in English to the polka 'O the Breeches Full of Stitches / O the Britches Full of Stitches'; version in Irish of the song sung to that tune, sung by Sean O Croinin; singing of the version in English by Denis Murphy; both the English and Irish versions are transcribed on CICD 6313], O the Breeches Full of Stitches / O the Britches Full of Stitches [CICD 6313 (from this recording)] / Denis Murphy, speech in English, singing in English, fiddle ; Sean O Cronin, singing in Irish
6. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
7. Song with Lilting: Untitled / unidentified performer, singing in Irish
8. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
9. Reel: The Queen of May [Mistitled?; recorded by John McKenna, flute, on 78rpm disc as 'The Flowers of Redhill'] / John Joe Gardiner, fiddle
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] / John Joe Gardiner, speech in English, fiddle
11. Reel: Scotch Willie / The Pigeon on the Gate
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] / John Joe Gardiner, speech in English
13. Jig: Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part / McCann's Favourite [The Races of Castlebar; Castlebar Races; Heather and Sedge] / John Joe Gardiner, flute
14. Reel, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled (incomplete), Untitled, Untitled (incomplete), Untitled [Discussion about the tune to be played next] / John Joe Gardiner, flute ; unidentified performer, lilting
15. Reel: Gardiner's Favourite [London Lasses] / John Joe Gardiner ; unidentified performer, fiddle
16. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] / John Joe Gardiner ; unidentified performer
17. Reels: The Mountain Top, The Cailin Ban [The Longford Collector (related tune)] / John Joe Gardiner, flute ; unidentified performer
18. Jig: Untitled [The Walls of Liscarroll; Andy Hehir's Favourite] / unidentified performer [Elizabeth Crotty], concertina solo
19. Polka: An Gabhairin Bui / unidentified performer [Elizabeth Crotty], concertina solo
20. Reel: Untitled [Gorman's Reel; Sporting Nell (related tune)] / unidentified performer [Elizabeth Crotty], concertina solo [END OF BAND ONE]
21. Jig: Cathaoir an Phiobaire [The Piper's Chair] / unidentified performer [Micho Russell], flute solo
22. Reel: The Green Mountain / unidentified performer, fiddle
23. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (incomplete), Untitled (faded out) / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Johnny O'Leary, accordian
24. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Dawn / Joe Cooley, accordian
25. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Concert Reel], Untitled [The Laurel Bush] / Kevin Henry, flute
26. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Lucky in Love [Mistitled?; The Pretty Girls of Mayo; The Music of the Forge; Ceol na Ceartan], Glenallen [Mistitled?; Tansey's Favourite; CRE 3, # 136; recorded by Paddy Killoran, fiddle, on 78rpm disc] / Bobby Gardiner, accordian
27. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], Feargal Gara [Faral Gara] / Joe Cooley, speech in English
28. Reel: Untitled / Jack Marken [?], whistle
29. Reel, Speech: Martin Wynne's [Composed by Martin Wynne], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over] / Larry Redican, fiddle ; Andy McGann, fiddle
30. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Julia Murphy [Clifford], fiddle
31. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Julia Murphy [Clifford], fiddle
32. Reels: Untitled, Donal a' Phumpa [CICD 3941 (where this recording is referenced)] / Denis Murphy, fiddle ; Julia Murphy [Clifford], fiddle
33. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Sailor's Cravat (DMI, # 681)], The Green Fields of Rossbeigh [Mistitled?; The Reel of Bogey] / John Bowe, accordian
34. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Radio announcement; the performer who plays next was aged 16 when the next item was recorded in June 1964], Come Along with Me [DMI, # 337] / unidentified performer, accordian
35. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the next performer comes from Castlefrench, near Ahascragh, Co Galway]
36. Jig: Paddy Fahy's Jig [Composed by Paddy Fahy] / Mairtin Byrnes, fiddle
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled (incomplete), Mairtin Byrnes, lilting and speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A1–7;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A8

Running Order:
1. Polka: Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka]
2. Polka: Untitled [Con Thadhgo's]
3. Polkas: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'The Irish Fiddle Book'], Untitled [East Limerick Polka (2)], Untitled [Tom Billy's Polka; The Ballydesmond Polka]
4. Polka: Untitled [The Toormore Polkas (1)]
5. Polka: Untitled [Casey's Polkas (2); Denis Murphy's (1)]
6. Polka: Untitled [Saint Mary's Polka]
7. Polka: Untitled [Sweeney's Polka]
8. Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
[Tracks 27–45, and 58–63 were recorded at live events with dancing]Digitised and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, February 2008. Report year 2008Imported from Reeldubs July 2013Dubbed to DAT January 1998

Running Order:
1. Polka: Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You (related tune); for another rendition of this tune, see track B12]
2. Polka: Untitled [Jim Keeffe's; for another rendition of this tune, see track B1]
3. Slide: Untitled [Wi' a Hundred Pipers and A' (related tune?); for another tune related to the one played here, see track A32]
4. Slide: Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track B4]
5. Polka: Untitled
6. Polka: Untitled [As I Went out upon the Ice]
7. Slide: Untitled [Buttercups and Daisies; Denis McMahon's Slide; for another rendition of this tune, see track A33]
8. Slide: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's]
9. Polka: Untitled [Melody of the song 'Muirsheen Durkin'; for another rendition of this tune, see track B9]
10. Polka: Untitled [Jerome Burke's] (speed and level fluctuations)
11. Slide: Untitled [CRE 4, # 61]
12. Slide: Untitled [Related to 'The Perfect Cure' and 'Sean O Duinnshleibhe's Slide']
13. Polka: Untitled [The Top of Maol; The Groves of Gneeveguillia; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks B17–18]
14. Polka: Untitled
15. Slide: Untitled [Related to 'Barrack Hill' (DMI, # 410)]
16. Slide: Untitled
17. Polka [?]: Untitled [Played more slowly than the other polkas here]
18. Polka: Untitled [O the Breeches Full of Stitches / O the Britches Full of Stitches; differs in some phrases from the standard version]
19. Polka: Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track B18b]
20. Slide: Untitled
21. Slide: Untitled [The Brosna; for another rendition of this tune, see track A34]
22. Polka: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; played here in 2 different registers; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A27, B8 & B11c]
23. Slide: Untitled [Nellie Mahony's Slide; If I Had a Wife (one of at least two slides known by this name); recorded (with words sung to it) by the Chieftains]
24. Slide: Untitled [CRE 2, # 85; played here in 2 different registers; for another rendition of this tune, see track B7]
25. Polka: Untitled
26. Polka: Untitled [Beats missing in 2nd part]
27. Polka: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A22, B8 & B11c]]
28. Slide: Untitled [The Game Cock (CRE 4, # 62); is also played as a reel, a version of which is known as 'The Bog Carrot']
29. Polka: Untitled [Maggie in the Wood]
30. Polka: Untitled [The Girl I Left behind Me]
31. Hornpipe: Untitled [Off to California]
32. Slide: Untitled [Wi' a Hundred Pipers and A' (related tune?); for another tune related to the one played here, see track A3]
33. Slides: Untitled [An Cearc ar Fad is an tAnraith (CRE 2, # 63); Charming Lovely Nancy], Untitled [Buttercups and Daisies; Denis McMahon's Slide; for another rendition of this tune, see track A7]
34. Slide: Untitled [The Brosna; for another rendition of this tune, see track A21] [END OF BAND ONE]
35. Polka: Untitled [Jim Keeffe's; for another rendition of this tune, see track A2]
36. Slide: Untitled
37. Slide: Untitled [Mount Collins; Danny Ab's # 2]
38. Slide: Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track A4]
39. Polka: Untitled [All the Ways to Galway]
40. Polka [?]: Untitled [Played more slowly than the other polkas here]
41. Slide: Untitled [CRE 2, # 85; for another rendition of this tune, see track A24]
42. Polka: Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A22, A27 & B11c]
43. Polka: Untitled [Melody of song 'Muirsheen Durkin'; for another rendition of this tune, see track A9]
44. Polka: Untitled [The Croppies March (related tune)]
45. Polkas: Untitled [The Scartaglen Polka (variant of)], Untitled [The Murroe], Untitled ['A Kerry Polka' in Cranitch's 'Irish Fiddle Book'; played here in 2 different registers; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A22, A27 & B8], Untitled (incomplete)
46. Polka: Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You (related tune); for another rendition of this tune, see track A1]
47. Polka: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's (2); for a closely related tune, see track B24a]
48. Polkas: Untitled [Tom Sullivan's Polka], Untitled
49. Slide / Jig: Untitled [Related to Cnocan an Teampaill / Church Hill ?]
50. Slide: Untitled [Tickle Her Leg with a Barley Straw]
51. Polka: Untitled [The Top of Maol; The Groves of Gneeveguillia; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A13 & B18]
52. Polkas: Untitled [The Top of Maol; The Groves of Gneeveguillia; for other renditions of this tune, see tracks A13 & B17], Untitled [For another rendition of this tune, see track A19]
53. Polkas: Untitled [Bill Sullivan's; for another rendition of this tune, see track B28], Untitled [Dan Sweeney's; CRE 2, # 125 & 127]
54. Polka: Untitled [The Toormore Polkas # 1; Wallace's Cross; for another rendition of this tune, see track B24b]
55. Hornpipe: Untitled [Off to California (incomplete)]
56. Hornpipe: Untitled [Rickett's Hornpipe]
57. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Boys of Bluehill], Untitled [The Stack of Wheat]
58. Polkas: Untitled [For a closely related tune, see track B13; Jimmy Doyle's (2)], Untitled [The Toormore Polkas # 1; Wallace's Cross; for another rendition of this tune, see track B20], Untitled [The Toormore Polkas # 2]
59. Polkas: Untitled [Jer O'Connell's], Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's Favourite], Untitled [Din Tarrant's (3)], Untitled [Captain Byng (DMI, # 736, as reel)]
60. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polkas (2)]
61. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [The Knocknaboul; for another rendition of this tune, see track B29]
62. Polka: Untitled [Bill Sullivan's; for another rendition of this tune, see track B19]
63. Polka: Untitled [The Knocknaboul; for another rendition of this tune, see track B27] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Cronin, Elizabeth, Cork, singing in Irish A1, 8, 10–11, 15–16, 18–19;
singing in English A3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 20;
singing in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 17;
speech in Irish A21–23;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish A24–26;
Unidentified performer [O Caoidheain, Colm, Galway], singing and speech in Irish A27;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry], fiddle solo A28–29

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled [Nil Mo Shlainte ar Fonamh (SEC, # 104)]
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled [The Charming Sweet Girl That I Love (SEC, # 154)]
4. Song: Untitled [Girleen Don't be Idle (SEC, # 62)]
5. Song: Untitled [In Kerry Long Ago (SEC, # 73)]
6. Song: Untitled [Annon's anall, is trid an Abhainn (SEC, # 22); A Chailleach do Mharais Me / O Hag You Destroyed Me]
7. Song: Untitled [The Bonny Blue-Eyed Lassie (SEC, # 148)]
8. Song: Untitled [A Chaipin-ar-Leathstuaic, a' bhFeacais na Caoire? (SEC, # 1); with lilting]
9. Song: Untitled [Sweet Lisbweemore (SEC, # 142)]
10. Song: Untitled [Cu-Cuc, a Chuaichin (SEC, # 42)]
11. Song: Untitled
12. Song: Untitled [Cuckanandy (SEC, # 41)]
13. Song: Untitled [What Would You Do if You Married a Soldier (SEC, # 191); with lilting; melody is that of the jig 'The Frost Is All Over']
14. Song: Untitled [Faiche Bhrea Aerach an Cheoil (SEC, # 57)]
15. Song: Untitled [An Gamhain Geal Ban (SEC, # 18)]
16. Song: Untitled [Cuir a Chodladh (SEC, # 43)]
17. Song: Untitled [Taim Cortha O Bheith im' Aonar im' Lui (SEC, # 144)]; I'm Weary from Lying Alone] [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Song: Untitled
19. Song: Untitled [Da mBa Liom-sa an Ainnir (SEC, # 45)]
20. Song: Untitled [Down the Green Fields (SEC, # 55)]
21. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
22. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
23. Speech: Untitled [Folktale]
24. Song: Untitled [An Bonnan Bui]
25. Song: Untitled [Una Bhan]
26. Song: Untitled [Roisin Dubh]
27. Song: Untitled [Seachran Chearrbhail]
28. Air: Untitled [The Blackbird]
29. Air: Untitled [Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry], accordion in duet A1, 4, 6;
accordion solo A2–3, speech in English A2–3;
Unidentified performer [O'Leary, Ellen, Kerry], whistle in duet A1, 4, 6;
whistle solo A5;
speech in English A5;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A2–3;
Unidentified performer [Morrison, James, Sligo / New York], fiddle in duet A7–9;
fiddle in trio A10, 12;
Unidentified performer [Potts, Tommy, Dublin], fiddle solo A11;
Unidentified performer [McKenna, John, Leitrim / New York], flute in trio A12;
Unidentified performer [Gavin, Frankie, Galway], fiddle in duet A13;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A14

Running Order:
1. Polkas: Untitled [Dan Sweeney's], Untitled [The Gullane Polkas (1)], Untitled [Paddy Spillane's (1)], Untitled [Paddy Spillane's (2); The Gallope]
2. Jig, Speech: Untitled [Jackson's Morning Brush], Untitled
3. Speech, Slides, Speech: Untitled [Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide (1); First Cousin of The Gallant Tipperary Boys], Untitled [The Scartaglen Jig], Untitled, Untitled
4. Polkas: Untitled [Dan O'Connell's Favourite], Untitled [The Lakes of Sligo; The Lass of Gowrie]
5. Polkas, Speech: Untitled [East Limerick Polka (2) (related tune)], Untitled, Untitled
6. Jig: Untitled [Delaney's Drummers] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Reels: Untitled [The Irish Girl; Philip O'Beirne's Delight], Untitled [The Musical Priest], Untitled [Wellington's; Sheehan's (related tune)] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
8. Hornpipes: Untitled [Dunphy's Hornpipe], Untitled [The Flowers of Ballymote] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
9. Jigs: Untitled [Kitty's Wedding; The Ship in Full Sail; usually with 2 parts, here with 3], Untitled [The Rambler] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
10. Polkas: Untitled [The Happy Birdie], Untitled [The Blue Bell; The Bluebell Polka] (clipped at end) [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
11. Reel: Untitled [The Liffey Banks]
12. Polka: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue] [Dub from commercial 78rpm disc]
13. Reel: Untitled [Farewell to Erin]
14. Jig: Untitled [Dooney Rock; composed by Sean Ryan] [END OF BAND TWO]