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Alen MacWeeney Collection Item Ireland: Singing in English
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Alen MacWeeney Collection. Reel-to-Reel 25B [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Stokes, Patrick, singing in English A1;
speech in English A2;
MacWeeney, Alen, speech in English A2;
Cassidy, Kitty (Flynn), singing in English A3

Running Order:
1. Song: The Stokes, Cawleys and McDonaghs (tinker song)
2. Speech: Story about the above song; details of fights, etc, methods; stories and account of labour exchange supervisors, etc.
3. Song: Lord Bateman's Castle, two ends, best recording [END OF BAND ONE]

Alen MacWeeney Collection. Reel-to-Reel 26B [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Cassidy, Kitty (Flynn), singing in English A1-3;
Cassidy, Andy, singing in English A4;
Cassidy, Johnny, speech in English A5-7;
singing in English A6-7

Running Order:
1. Song: One Evening in My Rambles - two separate endings - last is best [Lovely Willie]
2. Song: Green Grow the Rushes
3. Song: A Pretty Young Boy Came from the North Strand - two ends
4. Song: I'm Nobody's Child
5. Speech: Recitation - The Old Hag's Death - two versions, second is best
6. Song and Story: The Cobbler's Song
7. Story and Song: Was There Ever a Man Seen More Wonders Than I - two versions - second is best [END OF BAND ONE]

Alen MacWeeney Collection. Reel-to-Reel 32B [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Keenan, John Snr, Dublin, whistle A1;
Keenan, Paddy, Dublin, pipes A2-5, 10, 11, 12, 13;
Keenan, John, Dublin, banjo A4, 6-9, 11, 12, 13;
Unidentified performer [Brendan Keenan?], Dublin, whistle A6, 9;
Weldon, Liam, singing in English A8

Running Order:
1. Reel: Miss McLeod
2. Reel: Miss McLeod
3. Reel: Miss McLeod
4. Reel: Colonel Fraser [volume variation mid-track]
5. Reel: The Flogging Reel
6. Reel: Untitled [Crowley's Reel]
7. Song: I Know Where I'm Going
8. Reel: The Old Bush
9. Reel: Killabegs House [The Hare's Paw / Foot]
10. Jig: Untitled (unfinished) [The Lark in the Morning]
11. Jig: Untitled [The Lark in the Morning]
12. Jig: The Rambling Pitchfork
13. Reel: Untitled (unfinished) [The Bunch of Keys] [END OF BAND ONE]

Alen MacWeeney Collection. Reel-to-Reel 36B [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Keenan, Johnny (John Snr), Dublin, banjo A1-3;
Keenan, John Jnr, banjo A4;
Cassidy, Johnny, singing in English A5;
storytelling in English A5

Running Order:
1. Air: Ellen Brown
2. Air: Untitled [Sliabh na mBan]
3. Air: Untitled
4. Air: Barbara Allen
5. Story, Song: Continuation of Marcella and John, Dickie Milburn [END OF BAND ONE]

Alen MacWeeney Collection. Reel-to-Reel 46B [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Flynn, Kitty, singing in English A1-4;
speech in English A4;
Weldon, Liam, singing in English A5-6;
Keenan, Johnny, banjo A7

Running Order:
1. Song: The Burglar (unfinished)
2. Song: Barbara Ellen [Barbara Allen] (interrupted) (unfinished)
3. Song: Barbara Ellen [Barbara Allen - different ending]
4. Song, Speech: One Evening in My Rambles (interrupted) [Lovely Willie]
5. Song: The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
6. Song: The Nobleman's Wedding [to the air of Bold Robert Emmet]
7. Air: Untitled [An Chuileann] [END OF BAND ONE]

Alen MacWeeney Collection. Reel-to-Reel 48B [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Keenan, Paddy, Dublin, whistle A1-2, 4-6;
Keenan, John, Dublin, banjo A2;
guitar A4-6;
mandolin A3;
Weldon, Liam, Dublin, singing in English A2

Running Order:
1. Jig: Untitled
2. Song: The Irish Travelling Man
3. Air: The Coulan [The Coolin / An Chuileann]
4. Air: Untitled [The Rocks of Bawn]
5. Air: Untitled [Eibhlin A Run ?]
6. Air: Untitled [Roisin Dubh ?] [END OF BAND ONE]

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