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Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English, A1, 3 singing in English in duet A2;
Maguire, John, speech in English A1, 3-4, 6, 8, 10 singing in English in duet A2, B6, 8, singing in English A3, 5, 7, 9, 11;
Unidentified performers [Biddy Maguire, Mrs John Maguire ?], speech in English A3, 6, 8, 10, B3, 5, 7;
Maguire, Biddy, singing in English B2, 4, singing in English in duet B6, 8;
Mullarky, Nelly, singing in English B9, speech in English B9

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about travelling doctors
2. Song: Thousands Are Sailing to Americay
3. Song/Speech: In Praise of John Magee
4. Speech: talk about selling wives, singing folk songs in public houses
5. Song: Untitled
6. Speech: talk about the previous songs, Wren Boys
7. Song: The Constant Farmer's Son
8. Speech: talk about the previous song, travelling musicians, Phelim ? McAloon
9. Song: The Wee Croppy Tailor
10. Speech: talk about dowries, matchmaking
11. Song: Smith at Waterloo
12. Speech: explanation of part of the previous song [END OF BAND ONE]
13. Speech: background speech
14. Song: Untitled (unfinished)
15. Speech: talk about the previous song, charity seed given to farmers (speed changes)
16. Song: Untitled (unfinished)
17. Speech: talk about the previous song
18. Song: The Maid of Colehill
19. Song: talk about the previous song, hiring fairs, Willie the Wisp, courting couples, the next song
20. Song: Untitled [Pat Maguire]
21. Song/Speech: The Maid of Magheracloon [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, singing in English A1-6, concertina solo A7-9;
Clifford, Theresa, singing in English A1;
Bothwell ?, Billy, singing in English A1;
Abraham, Jimmy, singing in English A1;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1;
Unidentified performer, speech and singing in English throughout band two

Running Order:
1. Off-air dub: The Corporation Street Brigade
2. Song: The Corporation Street Brigade (fragment)
3. Song: Sweet Erin the Green
4. Song: Sweet Erin the Green
5. Song: Sweet Erin the Green
6. Song: Sweet Erin the Green
7. Jig: Untitled [Lanigan's Ball]
8. Jig: Untitled
9. Jig: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Speech: talk about English society, sexuality expressed in folk songs
11. Song: The Cheapest Grain
12. Speech: talk about sexual metaphors used in folk songs
13. Song: The Mower
14. Speech: talk about sexual metaphors used in folk songs
15. Song: The ? Field
16. Speech: talk about sexual metaphors used in folk songs
17. Song: The Bonny Black Hare
18. Speech: talk about ceremonial folk songs
19. Song: The Husband with No Courage
20. Speech: talk about sexual metaphors used in folk songs
21. Song: The Pegging Awl
22. Speech: talk about sexual metaphors used in folk songs
23. Song: The Weaver
24. Speech: talk about the theme of sexual encounters used in folk songs
25. Song: The Stone Cutter Boy
26. Speech: talk about the following song
27. Song: The Bird in the Bush
28. Speech: talk about the style of language used to express sexuality in folk songs, theme of pregnancy and fertility
29. Song: Untitled
30. Speech: talk about the following song
31. Song: The Trooper's Horse
32. Speech: talk about the themes of the previous and following songs
33. Song: Boring for Oil [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech and singing in English A1-2;
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English A2, singing in English A3;
Morton, Robin, speech in English A4-5;
Maguire, John, speech in English A5

Running Order:
1. Song/Speech: Untitled
2. Song/Speech: Untitled
3. Song/Speech: Untitled
4. Song/Speech: Untitled
5. Speech: background speech (speed changes) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English A1, 3, 5-8;
Maguire, John, speech in English A1, 3, 5-8, singing in English A2, 4-5, 7-8, whistling A5;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A3, 6-7;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A9-15;
Unidentified performer(s), singing in English A10-15

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about remembering songs
2. Song: Untitled
3. Speech: talk about working, singers in the locality, a night of singing, Edward McClusker, Bernard Murray, Eddie Sweeney
4. Song: The Country I Was Born In
5. Speech/Song: talk about the song with some words and the air, The Gauger's Song (unfinished)
6. Speech: talk about making poitin
7. Song/Speech: Pat O'Donnell [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Speech/Song: The Gauger's Song
9. Speech: background speech (speed changes)
10. Song: Untitled
11. Song/Speech: Untitled
12. Song/Speech: Untitled
13. Song/Speech: Untitled
14. Song/Speech: Untitled
15. Song/Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout bands one and two;
Unidentified performers [Nelly Mullarky ?, Peter Mullarky ?], singing in English in duet A1, 4-5, 9, singing in English A2-3, 8, speech in English throughout band one;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A6-7;
Unidentified performer [John Rea ?], dulcimer solo B1;
Unidentified performers, singing in English B2, 4, 6-8, 12, 14, speech in English throughout band two;
Maguire, John, singing in English B3, 10

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: MacMahon and His Son
2. Song/Speech: Rossmore, talk about the song, sound from a hunting horn
3. Song/Speech: The Titanic
4. Song/Speech: Untitled
5. Song/Speech: Untitled, talk about the song
6. Reels: Untitled
7. Jigs: Untitled
8. Song/Speech: Untitled [The Lily of the West], talk about the song
9. Song/Speech: Untitled
10. Song/Speech: The Glasgow Barber
11. Speech: words of untitled song [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Jig: Untitled (fragmented)
13. Song: Untitled (unfinished)
14. Song: Untitled
15. Song/Speech: Pat O'Donnell
16. Speech: talk about local songs
17. Song/Speech: Untitled
18. Song/Speech: Untitled
19. Song/Speech: Untitled
20. Speech: talk about hunting songs
21. Song: The Follom Brown-Red
22. Speech: story about a local singer buying a new song
23. Song: Untitled
24. Speech: talk about the song 'The Molly Maguires'
25. Song/Speech: Untitled
26. Song/Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout bands one and two;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band one;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A1, 3;
Unidentified performers [Nelly Mullarky ?, Peter Mullarky ?], singing in English A2, 4, 7-10, 12, singing in English in duet A6, 11, 13;
Maguire, John, singing in English A5;
Robinson, Mr ?, singing in English B1, 3-5, 7-9, speech in English throughout band two;
Unidentified performer [Mrs Robinson ?], speech in English throughout band two;
Unidentified performer, speech in English B10, singing in English B11 throughout band two

Running Order:
1. Speech/Jigs: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Song/Speech: Untitled
5. Song/Speech: The Blantyre Explosion
6. Song/Speech: My Charming Edward Boyle, talk about the song
7. Song: Untitled
8. Song/Speech: Erin the Green, talk about the song
9. Song/Speech: Untitled
10. Song/Speech: Untitled
11. Song: Untitled
12. Song: We May and Might Never All Meet Here Again
13. Song: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Song: Untitled (continued from band one track A13)
15. Speech: talk about the following song
16. Song/Speech: Mr Gallagher Mr Sheen
17. Song/Speech: Praties Boiled Over
18. Song: Untitled
19. Speech: talk about marriage, dowries, words of the following song
20. Song/Speech: Untitled
21. Song: Untitled
22. Song: Untitled
23. Speech: talk about working in ship yards, factories, half-timers, unions, Jim Larkin, James Connelly, communist and socialist politics
24. Song: The Hills of Tangeragee [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
?, Dick, singing in English A1, 2, speech in English A1, 3;
McAlindon, James, speech in English A3-4, singing in English A4;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A5-7, speech in English A5-7

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: Untitled
2. Song: The Admiral Graf Spey
3. Speech: talk about a night at the British Legion Club
4. Song/Speech: Untitled
5. Song/Speech: Untitled
6. Song/speech: Untitled
7. Song/speech: Untitled
8. Song/speech: Cromies Buck [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout, singing in English A10-11, 20-21, 26-28, singing in English in duet A22-23, 25, concertina in duet with flute A13-16, concertina solo A29;
Gunn, Tommy, fiddle solo A1, 3, 5, 9, speech in English A2, 4, 6, 8, singing in English A7;
McConnell, Cathal, flute solo A12-13, 17-18, flute in duet with concertina A13-16, speech in English A13-14, 20-21, whistle solo A19, singing in English in duet A22-23, 25, singing in English A24

Running Order:
1. Speech/Reel: Untitled
2. Speech: talk about learning music
3. Jig: Untitled
4. Speech: talk about music in the family, learning music, writing tunes
5. Reel: The Green Banks
6. Speech: talk about the following song
7. Song: In Praise of John Magee
8. Speech: talk about the seperation between musicians and singers
9. Jig: Untitled
10. Song: Untitled
11. Song: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Speech/Air: Taimse i m'Chodladh
13. Slide/Speech: Untitled
14. Air/Jig/Reel/Speech: Untitled
15. Air: The Coolin
16. Air: Untitled
17. Air: Untitled
18. Air/Speech: Roisin Dubh
19. Hornpipe: The Lords Road
20. Song/Speech: Untitled
21. Song/Speech: Skibereen
22. Song: Slieve Gallion Braes
23. Song: In Praise of John Magee
24. Song: Untitled
25. Song: In Praise of John Magee (fragmented)
26. Song: Untitled
27. Song: Gauger Song
28. Song: Gauger Song
29. Set Dance: The Stranger
30. Polka: An Gabhairin Bui [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
?, John, singing in English A2-6, speech in English 2-6;
McConnell, Cathal, flute solo A7, 8, flute in duet with whistle A9-10, speech in English A6-11, 13;
?, Mary, whistle in duet with flute A9-10, whistle solo A11-13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: background speech
2. Song/Speech: Untitled [Burns and His Mary]
3. Song/Speech: Untitled
4. Song/Speech: Untitled
5. Song/Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Song/Speech: Untitled
7. Speech/Carolan Air/Reels: Untitled
8. Speech/Reels: Untitled, The Chattering Magpie (unfinished)
9. Reels/Speech: Untitled
10. Reels/Speech: Untitled
11. Speech/Reels: Untitled
12. Air: Untitled
13. Slip Jig/Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about school, leaving school early to work, delivering telegrams, Mrs Thompson (post mistress), farming, going to work in England
2. Speech: talk about Tommy Gunn's parents, music in the family
3. Speech: talk about leaving home, working in 'The White Heart Hotel' in Akton, Harry Potter (brother in law), Jimmy James (Mayor of Akton and owner of 'The White Heart Hotel'),
4. Speech: talk about the return journey to England, 'The Princess Victoria' in Shepherds Bush
5. Speech: talk about playing music in 'The Garyowen' in Hammersmith, Muldoone (owner of The Garyowen), 'The Pride of Erin' in Tottenham Court Road, musicians from Meath and Kerry,
6. Speech: sorting out the dates when Tommy Gunn worked in the different jobs (1920's & 1930's)
7. Speech: talk about music in London, buying a fiddle, dance halls in London, Cooley (piper from Kerry)
8. Speech: talk about fights in the dance halls, Jack Doyle the boxer, Tommy Carr, John Joe Sheehy (owner of dance hall in West Ealing), fight on St Patricks night 1937
9. Speech: talk about music in London, names of tunes played at that time
10. Speech: talk about signing up for the army [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Speech: talk about the army, training, a concert being organised by the soldiers, going on leave,
12. Speech: talk about getting embarcation leave, landing in Bombay 1939, the north west Frontier
13. Speech: talk about turf, good description of tools and the process of cutting turf, washing feet in bog water, spreading/turning turf, 'Hairy Ned', 'foam turf', 'black turf'
14. Speech: talk about turf banks, conacre, finding items in the bog, oak stumps, ancient tools, pikes
15. Speech: talk about 'Bessy Bell', pike men, Pike Men's March (Halting March)
16. Speech: talk about the 'Willo the Wisp', banshee
17. Speech: the story of the spade that fell through the bog, Robbie Doonan, John Doonan, Jim Sweeney, Hugh Sweeney [END OF BAND TWO]