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Performers:
Unidentified performers, singing in English A1, 4, 14;
O'Donoghue, Joe, singing in English A3, 5;
rhythm accompaniment B1-5;
speech in English A2, A6, throughout;
O'Donoghue, Mary, singing in English A3, 5;
MacWeeney, Alen, speech in English A7;
Court, Artelia, singing in English B11;
speech in English A7;
Unidentified performer [Martin Donovan?], whistle B1-5, 7-10, 12;
Connors, Toodler, singing in English B6;
Unidentified performer [Martin Donovan?], singing in English B12;
Unidentified performers, singing in English B13-14, 18;
?, Tom, singing in English B15;
Flynn, Paddy, singing in English B16;
Unidentified performers, speaking in English B17

Running Order:
1. Song: The Blackboard of My Heart
2. Speech: Joe O'Donoghue speaking [Introduction to the song on Track A3]
3. Song: Campaign song - bad recording [The Travellers' Campaign, composed by Joe O'Donoghue]
4. Song: Untitled [The Harbour of Love?]
5. Song: Campaign song - second recording - too slow [The Travellers' Campaign, composed by Joe O'Donoghue]
6. Speech: Untitled [Conversation about many topics]
7. Sound Effects and Speech [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Jig / Slide, song air, slip jig: Untitled [The Peeler and the Goat], untitled [The Pride of Petrovore], untitled [The Rocky Road to Dublin]
9. Reel, Hornpipe: Untitled [The Sally Gardens], untitled [Harvest Home]
10. Reel, Hornpipe, Reel: Untitled [Jenny Picking Cockles], untitled [The Boys of Blue Hill], untitled [Down the Broom]
11. Reel: The Sligo Maid
12. Jigs: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], The Battering Ram
13. Song: Mother, the Queen of My Heart
14. Jigs: Untitled [The Old Grey Goose], untitled [Haste to the Wedding], untitled [Lanigan's Ball]
15. Reels: Untitled [Rakish Paddy], untitled [The Primrose Lass]
16. Jigs: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], untitled [The Battering Ram]
17. Song Air: Untitled [Buttons and Bows]
18. Song: Untitled
19. Air, Song: Untitled [Cod Liver Oil], untitled [Cod Liver Oil]
20. Song: Untitled [The Answer to Everything]
21. Song: Don't Laugh at Me Because I'm a Fool
22. Song: Untitled
23. Song: Father Murphy
24. Speech: Untitled [Conversation]
25. Song: Untitled [The Rocks of Bawn] END OF BAND TWO

Performers:
O'Donoghue, Joe, speech in English A1;
Unidentified performer [Martin Donovan?], whistle A2-5, 15-17;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A6, 8, 18-20;
Unidentified performer, accordion A9, 11-14;
Unidentified performer, lilting A7;
Unidentified performer, whistling A10

Running Order:
1. Speech: Joe O'Donoghue's speech protest [END OF BAND ONE]
2. Jigs: The Battering Ram, untitled [Lanigan's Ball]
3. Reel, hornpipe: Untitled [Down the Broom], untitled [Harvest Home]
4. Jig: Untitled [Old Man Dillon]
5. Reel: Untitled [Jenny Picking Cockles]
6. Song: Untitled [Boulavogue]
7. Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird]
8. Song: Untitled
9. Reel: Untitled [The Star of Munster]
10. Jig: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics]
11. Reel: Untitled [The Heather Breeze]
12. Hornpipes: Untitled [Dunphy's Hornpipe], untitled [The High Level], untitled [The Rights of Man]
13. Marches: Untitled [Kelly the Boy from Killane], untitled [The Boys of Wexford]
14. Reel: Untitled [The Copperplate]
15. Jig: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics]
16. Reel: Untitled [The Star of Munster]
17. Reel, hornpipe: Untitled [Tarbolton], untitled [Harvest Home] (speed problem)
18. Song: Untitled
19. Song: Untitled [Galway Bay]
20. Song: Untitled [The Wexford Boys] (unfinished) END OF BAND TWO

Performers:
Kiely [Keilly ?], Mary, singing in English A1-2, A4;
O'Donoghue, Joe, singing in English A3;
speech in English A15;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A5, 7, 9-13;
Weldon, Liam, Dublin, singing in English A6;
Flynn, Paddy, singing in English A8;
MacWeeney, Alen, speech in English A15;
O'Donoghue, Pat, whistle A16-23

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Lough Sheelin Side
4. Song: Untitled
5. Song: Untitled
6. Song: Untitled [The Lambs on the Green Hills]
7. Song: Untitled
8. Song: Untitled [Skibbereen]
9. Song: Untitled [I'll Tell My Ma]
10. Song: Untitled [Roses Are Red]
11. Song: Untitled [From the Candy Store on the Corner]
12. Song: Untitled [The Wild Side of Life]
13. Song: Untitled [Galway Bay]
14. Sound Effects: [Animal noises]
15. Speech: Interview discontinued [sic] with Joe
16. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Boys of Blue Hill]
17. Song Air: Untitled [Buttons and Bows]
18. Hornpipe: Untitled [Off to California]
19. Song Air: Untitled [Buttons and Bows]
20. Jig: The Connachtman's Rambles
21. Hornpipes: Untitled [Off to California], untitled [The Leitrim Fancy]
22. Hornpipe: Untitled [Harvest Home]
23. Song Air: Untitled [Buttons and Bows] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Donovan, Martin, whistle A1-5, 7, 10, 14, 28;
lilting/jigging A4;
speech in English A13, 17-18, 28;
Court, Artelia, singing in English A6;
O'Donoghue, Olivene, singing in English A8;
Unidentified performer (child), singing in English A9;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A11, 12, 22, 24-25;
?, Mary, singing in English A23;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A15-16;
O'Donoghue, Joe, speech in English A18;
Flynn, Paddy, singing in English A26-27

Running Order:
1. Jigs: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], untitled [The Battering Ram], untitled [Lanigan's Ball]
2. Hornpipes: Leitrim Concert [The Leitrim Fancy], Boys of the Blue [The Boys of Blue Hill], Me Old Rigadoo [The Jolly Beggarman]
3. Reel: The Sligo Maid, Rakish Paddy
4. Reel: Untitled [Tarbolton]
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Rakes of Clonmel], untitled [Old Man Dillon], untitled [The Frost is All Over]
6. Song: Untitled [The Days of Forty Nine]
7. Hornpipe: The Planes of Boyle [The Plains of Boyle]
8. Song: The Bold Fenian Men
9. Song: Child's song - Billy or Joey [The Harvest of Love ?]
10. Set Dance: The King of the Fairies
11. Song: Untitled [Let's Twist Again]
12. Song: The Little Beggar Man
13. Speech: Stories - priest / tramp
14. Song air: The Boys of the West [The Men of the West]
15. Speech: Story - Irish / Scotchman
16. Speech: Story - Ass / harmless people
17. Speech: Story [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Speech: Story - bad & conversation
19. Song: Candy Store on the Corner
20. Jigs: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], untitled [The Battering Ram]
21. Reels: The Stone in the Field, The Star of Munster
22. Song: Untitled [I Am Sighing Tonight for Killarney and You]
23. Song: Hills of Sweet Mayo, The
24. Song: Untitled [The Cliffs of Dooneen] (unfinished)
25. Song: Untitled [Fraulein] (unfinished)
26. Song: Standing at the Corner
27. Song: Gallant Wexford Boys
28. Air, Song: Untitled [Cod Liver Oil] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [Martin Donovan?], singing in English A1;
Donovan, Martin, singing in English A3, 5, 16;
whistle A2-4, 16;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A6-9, 21-24;
?, (nephew of Joe O'Donoghue), singing in English A10;
?, Pat, singing in English A11-13;
Flynn, Paddy, singing in English A14;
O'Donoghue, Joe, singing in English A18;
speech in English A15, 17;
O'Donoghue, Mary, singing in English A18;
?, Mick, singing in English A19-20

Running Order:
1. Song: Billy Boy
2. Jigs: Untitled [The Old Grey Goose], untitled [Old Man Dillon], untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], untitled [Lanigan's Ball]
3. Air, Song: Wings of a Swallow [Little Town in the Old County Down], ditto
4. Reels: The Sligo Maid, untitled [The Sally Gardens]
5. Song: Untitled
6. Song: The Wild Side of Life
7. Song: The Wild Side of Life
8. Song: A Mother's Love [A Mother's Love Is a Blessing]
9. Song: Untitled
10. Song: Bold O'Donoghue
11. Song: Paddy Purcell and Wm Scanlon [William Scanlon]
12. Song: Untitled (unfinished)
13. Song: The Green Hills of Kerry
14. Song: Grand Bungle Rye [END OF SIDE ONE]
15. Speech: Proverb
16. Air, Song, Jigs: What Will We Do When We're Sailing - By the Banks of the Lee, ditto, untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], The Battering Ram
17. Speech: [Address to radio listeners]
18. Song: Campaign Song, 3rd recording [The Travellers' Campaign, composed by Joe O'Donoghue]
19. Song: Pat from Bowlanier
20. Song: Bold Connaught Ranger Boy
21. Song: Sent to Charlestown [The Boston Burglar]
22. Song: Untitled [Lovely Derry on the Banks of the Foyle]
23. Song: Master [Master McGrath]
24. Song: Untitled [Kelly the Boy from Killane] [END OF BAND TWO]

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:
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:
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:
Portions of this recording are duplicated elsewhere in Aidan O'Hara's collection;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, speech in English A1, pipes solo

Running Order:
1. Speech [music and its relation to dialect and region, Patrick (Patsy) J Touhey] / Seamus Ennis, speech in English
2. Speech [the story of Henry Bohannon becoming a piper] / Seamus Ennis, speech in English
3. Lark's march, jig / Seamus Ennis, uilleann pipes [END OF STEREO BANDS]