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Performers:
O'Brien, Leo, recitation in English A1, singing in English A1;
Power, Pius, speech and Recitation in English A2;
Power, Anthony, speech and Recitation in English A3

Running Order:
1. Speech [story about ‘Dickie’] ; Dickie Milbourne, song / Leo O’Brien, speech in English, singing in English
2. Speech [introduction] ; Speech [story called ‘Jack shipped to the cat’] / [Unidentified speaker] ; Pius Power Sr, speech in English
3. Speech [introduction] ; Speech [story about the summer his uncle shipped with the devil] / [Unidentified speaker] ; Anthony Power, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1-2, singing in English with guitar A3, 7-8, whistle A3-4;
Brennan, Caroline, speech in English A1;
Scammel, Arthur, speech in English A2, singing in English A2, 8;
Slade, Linda, speech in English A3, singing in English A3;
Payne, Jim, speech in English A4, 7, singing in English with guitar A4, 7;
Bowman Family, speech in English A5, accordion and whistle duet A5;
Maher, Frank ?, accordion and whistle duet A7;
Strong, Gerry ?, accordion and whistle duet A7

Running Order:
1. Speech [funny versus serious stories] ; Speech [talk about a bad storm in Placentia Bay, 1927] / [Unidentified speaker] ; Caroline Brennan, speech in English
2. Speech [introduction] ; Long may your big jib draw, song / [Unidentified speaker] ; Art Scammell, singing in English, speech in English, composer
3. We'll rant and we'll roar, song / Linda Slade, singing in English ; [Unidentified singers, guitar, tin whistle]
4. Speech [introduction] ; My brother John, song / Jim Payne, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
5. Speech [introduction] ; Green grow the rushes O, reel / Bowman family, accordion, tin whistle, speech in English
6. Mussels in the corner, [Unidentified tune], [unidentified tune], singles / Frank Maher, accordion ; Gerry Strong, tin whistle
7. Speech [introduction] ; So long it's been good to know you, song / Jim Payne, singing in English, guitar, arranger ; Woody Guthrie, composer ; [unidentified singer]
8. Squid Jiggin Ground, song / Art Scammell, singing in English ; [Unidentified singer] ; [Unidentified 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:
O'Brien, Aly, speech in English A1-11;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
[background music throughout]

Running Order:
1. Speech [impressions of Ireland] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
2. Speech [why they left Ireland, many tradesmen and shopkeepers Irish, disputing the impression that immigrants left because of oppression] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
3. Speech [Aly's people were farmers, came over around 1800-1820] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
4. Speech [Irish Youngsters, a stopping off point before going to Boston, hiring men] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
5. Speech [Aly's grandfather clearing the land of trees] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
6. Speech [living conditions in the early years, grain brought in from New England, early houses known as the 'tilt', description of houses and their construction] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
7. Speech [farming methods, crops, oats a suitable crop, every household had a small garden, Harry Peddigo? bought butter] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
8. Speech [the families of Freshwater Valley] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
9. Speech [story told by Long Art Neil about Jimmy O'Leary] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
10. Speech [the fairy meadow, fairies playing hurling, sweet music heard, unlucky to build a house on a path, being given bread to put in your pocket, fairies at the crossroads, thumb and forefinger in the sign of the cross, three drops of milk, never walk over a plough, earth thrown over the plough horse] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
11. Speech [words from Gaelic retained in the English language, ‘pure Irish’ versus dialect adaptations, Aly's grandmother would throw an ember over the roof to protect the house from fire] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Kearsey, Teresa, speech and singing in English in chorus throughout;
Hearn, Hilda, speech and singing in English in chorus throughout;
Chipman, Carrol Ann, speech and singing in English in chorus throughout;
Chipman, Shirley Ann, speech and singing in English in chorus throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction of performers] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
2. Don't cry Joannie, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. We are camp chino girls, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
4. Spring, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
5. Did you boogie with your baby at the back of the movie show, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
6. Speech [talk about family, nicknames, school subjects, religion] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Teresa Kearsey, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, speech in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, speech in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, speech in English
7. Rock n roll love letter, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
8. Hokie pokie, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
9. Let’s go hugging and kissing in the moonlight, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. BAND TWO NOT USED

Performers:
Hearn, Linda, speech and singing in English throughout;
Butler, Kim, speech and singing in English throughout;
Chipman, Carrol Ann, speech singing in English throughout;
Corrigan, Linda, speech and singing in English throughout;
Butler, Sue Ann, speech and singing in English throughout;
Kearsey, Terese, speech and singing in English throughout;
Chipman, Shirley Ann, speech and singing in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction of singers] ; Don't cry Joannie, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
2. Skip-i-de-do-da, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
3. Spring, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
4. The love between us, song / Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Terese Kearsey, singing in English
5. Speech [describe rhymes] ; Georgie Porgie, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
6. I went to the old Kentucky, song ; Speech [actions that go with the song] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
7. Speech [describe actions that go with the song] ; Punch back, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
8. Speech [describes the actions that go with the song] ; Farmer in the dell, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
9. Speech [describes rules of the game] ; Simple Simon says, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
10. Lucinda on my mind, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English
11. The ants came marching, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English ; Carrol Ann Chipman, singing in English ; Linda Corrigan, singing in English ; Sue Ann Butler, singing in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English ; Shirley Ann Chipman, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. BAND TWO NOT USED

Performers:
Kearsey, Teresa, speech in English A1-5, singing in English in duet A1, singing in English A2, 4-5;
Hearn, Hilda, speech in English A1, singing in English in duet A1

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction] ; Jimmy say you'll wait for me [Don't cry Joannie], song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Teresa Kearsey, singing in English, speech in English ; Hilda Hearn, singing in English, speech in English
2. Speech [favourite songs] ; We are camp chino girls, song ; Speech [actions that go with song]
3. Speech [favourite radio programmes, summer activities, talk about school activities, religion]
4. Testing one two three, song / Teresa Kearsey, singing in English
5. Unicorn song ; Speech / Hilda Hearn, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. BAND TWO NOT USED

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, recitation in English A1;
O'Neill, Dr.Tim, speech in English A2, B1-3

Running Order:
1. Speech [story of Henry Bohannon and The Lark's March (unfinished)] / Seamus Ennis, speech in English
2. Speech [talk about purpose of folk museums, folk architecture, importance of collecting and recording folklore, rural Ireland] / Dr. Tim O’Neill, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. Speech [talk about transportation] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Dr. Tim O’Neill, speech in English
4. Speech [talk about collecting folklore] / Dr. Tim O’Neill, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
5. Speech [talk about collecting hurleys] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Dr. Tim O’Neill, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
?, Sue/Caroll?, speech in English A1-2;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A3

Running Order:
1. Speech [working with Father Jack Crean and Larry Hogan, running religious retreats for students, dealing with young people and their problems, how Sue came to her faith, running retreats, incest and sexual abuse] / Sue Caroll, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
2. Speech [working with young people and their problems continued...] / Sue Caroll, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. Speech [the music industry in Ireland, popular music recording studies, music schools] / Hugh [?], speech in English ; [unidentified speaker] [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]