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Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1, 9, singing in English A1, 2;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Air/Song: My Own Native Land Far Away [Erin Gra Mo Chroi], mention of Katie Gunn
2. Speech/Song: The Jazz Dance (composed by performer)
3. Speech: talk about jazz dances, modern dances, The Starlight Dance Band, the decline of traditonal music and dances, radio, record players, records from America, television, Comhaltas and the revival of traditional music
4. Speech: talk about the recordings from America, Micheal Coleman's recordings, Phil Martin's Ceili Band, the effect of Coleman's recordings on musicians, changing repetoire
5. Speech: talk about the changing repertoire of local young musicians, changes in local style, Morrison, John McKenna, Tommy McBrine, Frank McGovern
6. Speech: talk about popular instruments at the time, fiddle, accordion, Hugh Lee, Phil Martin, Brian Boru pipes
7. Speech: talk about good places for music in the locality, Andy Carne, Hugh Gunn, John Mac, John Eddie's house, Old Tom's house, Paddy Gunn's house
8. Speech: talk about local people composing tunes and songs, Eddie Corrigan
9. Speech/Reel: The Yellow Heifer
10. Speech/March: March to Vinegar Hill [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A10, 11, fiddle in duet A1-9;
Unidentified performer, flute in duet A1-9

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled
2. Reels: Untitled (take 1)
3. Reels: Untitled (take 2)
4. Reels: Untitled (take 3)
5. Reels: Untitled (take 4)
6. Highland/Reel: Untitled
7. Jigs: Untitled (take 1)
8. Jigs: Untitled (take 2)
9. Reels: Untitled
10. Reels: Untitled
11. Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, playing in ensemble: singing in English, playing in ensemble: harmonium, bouzouki, whistle, guitar, concertina, fiddle, mandolin

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled
2. Reels: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled
4. Song: Untitled
5. Song: Untitled
6. March/Reels: Untitled
7. Slow Reel/Stratspey/March/Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Battlefield Band, The, speech in English throughout, singing an playing in ensemble throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Piece: Dueling Banjos
2. Speech/Song: The Three Gypsies
3. Speech/Reels: Richmonds, The Hanged Man's Reel
4. Speech/Song: The Orange Blossom Special
5. Speech/Song: Bakerhill
6. Speech/Polkas: Untitled
7. Speech/Song: The Bloomin Laddies [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Speech/Song: The Black Legged Miner
9. Speech/Reels: The Four Poster Bed, Statin Island, Untitled
10. Speech/Song: The Sand Gate Girl's Lament (?)
11. Speech/Song: High Germany
12. Set Dance/Reel: The Blackbird, The Mason's Apron
13. Speech/Song: Untitled
14. Speech: A few words to finish up the night [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentifed performers, singing in Irish A1-2, singing in English A3, fiddle solo A4, 6, B1-3, pipes solo A5, B4, 8, 12, flute solo A7, B10-11, accordion solo A8, B7, whistle solo B5, 6, concertina solo B9

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled
4. Reels: The Congress Reel, Untitled
5. Reel: Untitled
6. Jigs: Untitled
7. Slip Jigs: Untitled
8. Jig: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Jig: Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled
11. Jig: Untitled
12. Single Jig: Ask My Father
13. Slides: Untitled
14. Reels: Untitled
15. Hornpipes: Untitled
16. Hornpipe: Untitled
17. Hornpipes: Untitled, The Ebb Tide
18. Set Dance: The Hunt
19. Set Dance: Untitled
20. Jig: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1, 3-5, lilting A1, lilting with fiddle in duet A6

Running Order:
1. Speech/Reel: talk about the technique of writing tunes, Untitled
2. Speech: talk about Tommy Gunn's compositions
3. Speech/Reel: The Mossy Banks (composed by performer)
4. Speech/Reel: talk about the fiddler Willie Jones, Willie Jones' Reel
5. Speech/Reel: The Cottage in the Grove (The Teetotaler)
6. Speech/Jig: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout, B6, accordion in duet B4;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1-3;
Young, Robert, singing in English A1;
Turkington, Bertie, singing in English A3;
Kennedy, Peter, speech in English A4;
Bowman, Billy, Cockamerth, accordion in duet A4, 6, speech in English A5;
Wilson, Myles, singing in English A4, 6, speech in English A5;
Unidentified performer: singing in ? A8;
O'Riada, Sean, with unindentified performers, playing in ensemble A8;
Troy, Paddy, Doonaha, Co.Clare, singing in English A10, 13;
Shey, Hugh, singing in English A11;
Unidentified performer (landlord), singing in English A12;
Lee, Hugh, Co Fermanagh, singing in English A14-18, B5, 7, 8, 10-14, speech in English B9, 10, 13;
McConnell, Cathal, whistle in duet B1, flute solo B2, 3, whistle/flute in duet B4;
Unidentified performers, speech in English B9, 10

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: The 1st Creation
2. Speech: background noise
3. Song/Speech: The Hills of Tandragee
4. Speech/Song: Untitled (hunting song)
5. Speech: talking about the tradition of hunting songs
6. Song: Untitled
7. Song: Untitled
8. Piece: Untitled (from the album 'Ding Dong')
9. Speech: background noise
10. Song: Navvy Shoes
11. Song: The Auld Cow
12. Song: South of Doonaha
13. Song: Still I Love Her
14. Song: Heather on the Moor (Queen among the Heather)
15. Song: Erin's Isle
16. Song: The Green and Happy Land of Erin
17. Song: Farmer's Boy
18. Song: Lovely Banks of Boyne [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Piece: O'Rourke's Feast
20. Piece: Planxty Maguire
21. Air: The Coolin (old version in two keys)
22. Air: Anach Chuain
23. Song: Young Edwin in the Lowlands
24. Speech: brief words about Hugh Lee and where these recordings of him originated
25. Song: Molly Bawn
26. Song: No Irish Need Apply
27. Speech: talking to Hugh Lee about singing, playing the fiddle and flute
28. Speech/Song: The Heights of Alma
29. Song: Are You the Maid of Erin ?
30. Song: Erin's Lovely Isle
31. Speech/Song: The Strayed Ass
32. Song: Pat and his Drum [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Maguire, John, Tonaydrumallard, Co Fermanagh, speech in English A1-2, 4, singing in English A4, 7;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A3, fiddle duet A3;
?, Frank, singing in English A5-6

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about changes in farming and agriculture
2. Speech: talk about John Maguire's family (Hughie, Bridie, John-Joe), talk about the dowry for a daughter
3. Jig/Speech: The Bride of Bonnie ?
4. Speech/Song: Untitled
5. Song: Untitled
6. Song: Untitled
7. Song: The Lass from Glasgow Town [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
McConnell, Cathal ?, playing flute solo A1-11, 13-17, 19-20, 22-24, B1-22, flute in duet A18, whistle solo A21, speech in English A5, 7, 10, 13-19, 23;
Unidentified performer: playing piano solo A11-12;
Unidentified performer: playing fiddle in duet A18

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled
2. Reels: Untitled
3. Reel: Untitled (unfinished)
4. Jigs: Untitled
5. Reel: Untitled
6. Reel: The Morning Dew
7. Air: The Lament for Limerick
8. Slip Jigs: Untitled
9. Air: Untitled
10. Air: Taimse in mo Shui
11. Air: Untitled
12. Air: Untitled
13. Air: The Banks of the Roe ?
14. Air: Untitled
15. Hornpipe: Untitled
16. Hornpipe: The Poor Old Woman
17. Slip Jig: The Kid on the Mountain
18. Reel: The Morning Dew (unfinished)
19. Air: Untitled
20. Jig: The Kesh
21. Jig: Untitled (fragment)
22. Slip Jig: The Kid on the Mountain
23. Jigs: Strike the Gay Harper, Untitled
24. Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Reels: Untitled
26. Reel: Untitled
27. Hornpipes: Untitled
28. Air: Untitled
29. Slow Reel ?: Untitled
30. Set Dance: Untitled
31. Jig: Untitled
32. Jig: The Lark in the Morning
33. Slip Jig: The Kid on the Mountain
34. Jig: Untitled
35. Jig: Untitled
36. Reels: Untitled
37. Reels: Untitled, The Ivy Leaf
38. Slip Jig: Untitled
39. Air: Untitled
40. Jig: Untitled
41. Hornpipe: Untitled
42. Air: Untitled
43. Slip Jigs: Untitled
44. Air: Mna na hEireann
45. Jigs: Untitled
46. Jigs: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, playing flute solo A1, 3-6, 8;
Unidentified performers, playing flute in duet with bodhran A2;
Unidentified performers, playing flute in duet A7, 9

Running Order:
1. Air: Untitled
2. Jigs: Untitled
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Jigs: Untitled
5. Hornpipe/Reel: Untitled
6. Reel: The Maids of Mount Cisco
7. Reel: Untitled
8. Reels: Untitled
9. Reels: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]