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Performers:
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A1;
Partially identified performer [Kelly, Patrick, Clare], fiddle solo A2–13;
Unidentified performer, speech in English intermittently throughout A2–13

Running Order:
1. Tune Medley: Wren Selection [Consists of the march 'The Rising of the Moon', the slide 'The Gallant Tipperary Boys' and the jig 'Petticoat Loose / Con Carthy's']
2. Jigs: The Sporting Pitchfork, The Rambling Pitchfork
3. Reel: Untitled [An Baisteadh / The Christening; Mrs Crotty's]
4. Reel: Bonny Kate [Bonnie Kate]
5. Reels: The Salamanca, The Milliner's Daughter
6. Reel: Drowsie Maggie [Drowsy Maggie; The Reel with the Beryl]
7. Reel: The Star of Munster
8. Jig: The Leitrim Jig [Old Tipperary]
9. Reel: Connemara Stockings [The Connemara Stocking; clock strikes during tune]
10. Reel: The College Grove
11. Jig: The Tidy Girleen [My Love in the Morning]
12. Reel: My Love Is in America
13. Jig: Anthony Frawley's Jig [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout;
Crehan, Junior, Clare, speech in English A1, 14;
fiddle solo A1;
Unidentified performer [Ward, Jim, Clare], whistling solo A1;
singing in English A1;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Killeen, Tom, singing in English A2;
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A3;
accordion in duet A10;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Denis, Kerry?], fiddle solo A4, 12;
fiddle in duet A6;
Doyle, Jimmy / Doyle, Seamus, Kerry, accordion in duet A5, 22, 24;
O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry, accordion in duet A5, 6[?];
accordion solo A8;
Sweeney, Sonny, Kerry, fiddle solo A7;
Unidentified performer(s), whistle in duet A9;
whistle solo A17;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A10;
Kane, Eleanor / Neary, Eleanor, Chicago, speech in English A11;
piano solo A11;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A13;
Donoghue, Jack, Clare, concertina solo A14;
Lawlor, Peter, [Clare?], concertina or mouth organ in duet A15;
Unidentified performer, [Clare?], concertina or mouth organ in duet A15;
Clifford, Julia, Kerry / London, fiddle in duet A16;
Clifford, Billy, Kerry / London, whistle in duet A16;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A18, 28–30;
Daly, Michael, Worthing, flute solo A18;
O Meachair, Eamonn, [Clare?], fiddle in duet A19–20;
O Meachair, Padraig / Maher, Paddy, [Clare?], whistle in duet A19–20;
Cronin, Dan, whistle in duet A21, 25–26;
O'Sullivan, Cornelius, fiddle in duet A21, 24;
fiddle solo A23;
Murphy, Diarmuid, Kerry, fiddle in duet A22;
fiddle solo A27;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet A25–26;
McKeown, Tom, Tyrone, fiddle in duet A28–29, 31–32;
speech in English A28–30;
fiddle solo A30;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A28–29, 31–32

Running Order:
1. Speech with Music and Singing: Untitled [Discussion about dances performed in the area (west Clare?), with examples of dance tunes played on fiddle, whistled, and sung; dances discussed include sets and also other dances like Cock Your Leg up, Moll Roe (tune played; Father Halpin's Top Coat; The Varsovienne); Green Grow the Rushes; The Gabhairin Bui (tune played); The Peeler and the Goat; and Saint Patricks's Day; the slip jig 'Moll Roe' is whistled and words to it sung]
2. Speech, Song: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled (incomplete)
3. Jig: Untitled [Related to 'The Sports of Multyfarnham'] (clipped at both ends) [Music is followed on the tape by periods of silence interspersed with tone signals (not digitised)]
4. Jig: Untitled (incomplete)
5. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [If I Had a Wife; 3 parts; not the tune associated with that title that was recorded by the Chieftains], Untitled [For another performance of the music selection played in this track, see track A5]
6. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Blue Ribbon, The Knocknagree Polka [Dan O'Connell's Favourite]
7. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Sweeney's Polka [For another performance of this tune, see track A10b]
8. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [If I Had a Wife; 3 parts; not the tune associated with that title that was recorded by the Chieftains], Untitled [For another performance of the music selection played in this track, see track A5] (clipped at end)
9. Slides: Untitled, Untitled
10. Polkas: Untitled, Untitled [Sweeney's Polka; for another performance of this tune, see track A7], Untitled (incomplete; clipped at end)
11. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows; tune was learned from someone who was a pupil of Padraig O'Keeffe at home in Ireland and who later came to Chicago], Untitled [Terry Teahan's]
12. Polkas: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's Favourite], Untitled [Bill the Weaver's (2); Tarrant's]
13. Polkas: Untitled [Recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by John McKenna, flute], Untitled, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Molly's Lough
15. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Drink Your Tea
16. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
17. Polka: Untitled
18. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Little Green Cottage
19. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], The Dandy Peeler [Related to melody of song 'Finnegan's Wake'], Untitled [[Stated to be 'an old Clare set' tune]
20. Speech, Polkas: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled [I Looked East and I Looked West], Untitled [Melody of song 'Muirsheen Durkin']
21. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Repeat of the first tune in this selection]
22. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled
23. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Untitled
24. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Duggan's Favourite [Composed by Mick Duggan, Kerry, fiddle, according to CICD; false start]
25. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Jimmy Barry's Polka [Sound level low]
26. Speech, Slide: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Art O'Keeffe's Jig
27. Speech, Polka: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Denis Murphy's Polka [Tom Billy's Polka]
28. Speech, Polka, Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the performance that follows], Gurteen Cross [?] / Curtin's Cross [?] [The Church Street Polka], Untitled [Information about dancing in the local area (Galbally, Co Tyrone)]
29. Polka, Speech: Untitled [Saint Mary's Polka], Untitled
30. Polka, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
31. Polka: Untitled
32. Speech, Polka: Untitled, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE - Band Two contains an episode of the radio drama series 'The Kennedys of Castleross' (not digitised)]

Performers:
Maguire, Johnnie / Maguire, Johnny, Cavan / Belfast, whistle solo A1–6, 8;
whistle in duet 11–12;
flute solo A10;
speech in English A7 and throughout tracks A1–12;
O'Donnell, Brian, Belfast, speech in English A7, 9;
Mulqueeny, Jim, Clare, fiddle solo A13, 33–37;
B8, 10–27, 29–32, 35–40, 42–43, 45–47;
speech in English B9, 28, 41;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A14–15;
Unidentified performer, accordion solo A16;
Russell, Micho, Clare, flute solo A17–22, 30–32;
whistle A38–39;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A23–25;
fiddle solo A26–29;
Farrell, Pat, Longford, fiddle in duet A40–50;
Hanley, Jim, Longford, fiddle in duet A40–50;
Hanley, Peter / Henley, Peter, Longford (?), pipes A51–52;
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle A51–52;
Ward, Jimmie / Ward, Jim, Clare, whistle solo B1–6, 33–37, 40;
whistling solo B7;
speech in English B8 to end;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English B41, 44 and throughout all B tracks;
speech in Irish B44;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], speech in English throughout B8–B47

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3124; The Crib of Perches]
2. Reel: Bonnie Nellie [CICD 5489; Sporting Nellie / Sporting Nelly / Sporting Nell]
3. Air: The Strand of Lake Sheelin [As sung by the performer's mother]
4. Reel: Miss Farr [CICD 5164; Miss McGuinness]
5. Reel: The Ravelled Hank of Yarn [CICD 4525, 4526 (from Ceol, vol III, no 1; from this recording?); not the tune of that name recorded by Willie Clancy; note in BB's hand on contents list for this tape says: 'N Donovan' (= Nellie Donovan?); BB gives many titles for this tune in 'The Man and His Music – Johnnie Maguire', Ceol, vol III, no 1; The Ladies Pantalettes]
6. Reel: James McInerney's Reel [CICD 5401 (from 'Ceol'; from this recording?); CICD 5400 (from this recording?); The Cameronian; Pat Ward's Jig; repeated at track 8]
7. Speech: Untitled [Local musicians, including James McInerney, fiddle; McInerney learned his music from his mother]
8. Reel: James McInerney's Reel [CICD 5401 (from 'Ceol'; from this recording?), 5400 (from this recording?); The Cameronian; Pat Ward's Jig; repeat of the tune at track 6]
9. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the music on the next three tracks, which are dubbings from the speaker's collection]
10. Reel: The Drogheda Maid [Not in CICD? Not the tune of this name on CICD 3001 (ex 'Ceol'); tune name is given on the tape by Brian O'Donnell; tune is preceded by an incomplete reel, possibly The Monaghan Twig]
11. Reel: The Concert Reel / Reynold's Reel [CICD 4841 (from this recording?); Reynolds's Reel / Reynolds' Reel]
12. Reel: Miss Flanagan [CICD 2885; Hand Me down the Tackle / Tom Steele, etc]
13. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5696; 5695 (not from this recording)]
14. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
15. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; CICD 4365; CRE 2, # 187 (untitled); recorded by the Castle Ceili Band?]
16. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Stony Steps / The Stony Step; CRE, # 149]
17. Reel: Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4978.11–.12 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4684.11–.13, 4978 (none from this recording); partly composed by Micho Russell; commonly known as Micho Russell's; CRE 2, # 294 (as Carty's Reel from MR; possibly from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
18. Jig: The Yellow Wattle [CICD 1828 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 1133.11, 1829 (none from this recording)]
19. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5091.11, 5093 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 5084.11–.14, 5091.12–.13, 5096, (none from this recording); The Green Pigeon (title from CICD 5092, ex Pat Ward ms)]
20. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4347.11, 4348 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 269 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; untitled); Mary McMahon (Bulmer & Sharpley, 'Music from Ireland', vol 2)]
21. Reel: The Fairhaired Boy [CICD 5707.11, 5710 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 255 (from this recording)]
22. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 758, 759, 760.11 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from Micho Russell; not from this recording); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (DMI, # 79 – related tune?)]
23. Reels: Untitled [CICD 3800, 3801, 3804 (all from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); O'Connell's Trip to Parliament {CRE 2, # 217(i)}, probably from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy (mistake in date reference in CRE 2 notes?)], Maud Miller [CICD 3693 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); not the tune of that name recorded by James Morrison]
24. Reels: Untitled [CICD 4380 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 186 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; untitled); Paddy Kelly's (?); composed by Paddy Kelly, fiddle (?)], Miss Thornton's [CICD 3133, 3134 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 172 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
25. Reels: Untitled [CICD 5152 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); recorded by Hughie Gillespie in 1937 as the first in a selection called 'Master Crowley's Reels'], Summer in Ireland [CICD 3275, 3276 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 165 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; title 'Dowd's No. 9' is also given / Dowd's Number Nine)]
26. Reel: The Daisy Field [CICD 4544 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); DMI, # 538; recorded by Michael Coleman?]
27. Reel: Lady Gordon [CICD 4302 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy; CRE 5, # 157 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
28. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1664 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Tonra's; name sometimes garbled as Tony Rowe's; composed by Brendan Tonra]
29. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5743 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); The Green Mountain (related tune); tonic note C (usually D); CICD card is written with tonic note D]
30. Reel: The Dunagore Reel [CICD 5610, 5610.12 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 5610.11, 5769 (none from this recording); MR's mother played it on the concertina; CRE 2, # 210 and 275 (both from MR; 275 is probably from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy, as transcribed on CICD 5610); The Concertina Reel (DMWC, # 72); The Old Concertina Reel]
31. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.14 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 3989 (where reference is made to the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); 3988.13 (initially from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy, but corrected from another?); 3988.11–.12, (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from this recording)]
32. Reel: The Dublin Reel [CICD 3101, 3104.11–.12 (all from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 3103.11, 3103.12, 3103.14 (none from this recording); standard version (tonic note D); Micho Russell also plays a local version]
33. Reel: The Peeler's Pocket [CICD 5458 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); CRE 2, # 204 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks B18 & 22]
35. Reel: The Rising Sun / Clear the Road [CICD 3443, 3445 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 214 (ii), from CICD 3445; for another performance of this tune, see track B23]
36. Reel: The Knotted Cord [CICD 2681 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 229 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
37. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2393 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Brosnahin's Frolic (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, # 59); Brosnahan's Frolic]
38. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4772–4772.11 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4772.12–4772.13 (none from this recording); The Rainy Day]
39. Reel: Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jacky Fitzpatrick's Reel / Jack Fitz's Reel / Jackie Fitzgerald's Reel [CICD 5018, 5018.11 (both from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); 4995.11–4995.12, 5016, 5017, 5018.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 225 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); related to Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite as recorded by Michael Coleman?]
40. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4405 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Bonnie Ann / Bonny Ann; CRE 3, # 150]
41. Reel: Bonny Ann [CICD 2961 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); Bonny Anne]
42. Reel: The Highland Merritor [CICD 4928 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
43. Reel: Old Girls of Our Town [CICD 5952.11 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
44. Reel: The New Line to Loughawn [CICD 2994 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); Sporting Paddy (related tune)]
45. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3876 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
46. Single Jig / [Reel / Hornpipe / Barndance]: Stack the Rags [CICD 1834 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); transcribed by BB in 12/8 time, but played more like a slow reel or a hornpipe or barndance, etc]
47. Reel: Jennie Dang the Weaver / Jinnie Bang the Weaver [CICD 3974 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?)]
48. Reel: Scotch Willie [CICD 4015 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy?); The Mayo Lasses / Johnny When You Die (related tune)]
49. Reel: The Primrose Girl [CICD 5055 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); CRE 2, # 150 (ii) (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy)]
50. Jig: The Little Boy Fed on the Hill [CICD 2544 (not from this recording); Larry the Beerdrinker]
51. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5036 (from the recording of which this section of this master tape is a copy); related to The Irishman's Blackthorn (CRE 2, # 244) and The Hills of Kesh (CRE 3, # 181)
52. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording; The Groves Hornpipe (DMI, # 843)] [END OF BAND ONE]
53. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4365]
54. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3634, 3635 (from this performer)]
55. Reel: Untitled [CICD 2884 (from this recording?); related to 'Tim Moloney' and 'Garrett Barry's Reel'?]
56. Jig: Untitled [CICD 564 (from this performer); The Kesh Jig (related tune)]
57. Reel / Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD?]
58. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5149; note on card: 'by Mulhaire?' (a reference to tune composer Martin Mulhaire)]
59. Set Dance: The Humours of Bandon [CICD 1945 (from this performer; in the jig section of CICD); note on card: 'Clare version']
60. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5385; for another performance of this tune, see track B10]
61. Speech: Untitled [Musicians from whom Jim Mulqueeny learned his music, including Michael Staunton and Austin Tierney]
62. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5385; for another performance of this tune, see track B8]
63. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4170; The Black-Haired Girl (title from BB index for 1363-ITMA-REEL); The Watchmaker (title from CICD 4173, ex Gus Tierney)]
64. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3987; CRE 5, # 149 (from CICD 3987)]
65. Reel: Untitled [Not in CICD?]
66. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4849]
67. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5380 (from the performer who plays it here); The Sunny Banks (CRE, # 148 – related tune)]
68. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5924; CRE 5, # 209 (from CICD 5924)]
69. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4663; The Humours of Westport (related tune)]
70. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (not from JM; untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks A34 and B22]
71. Reel: Toss the Feathers [CICD 3810 (with errors in the transcription of the first part); CICD 2924.12 (with correct transcription and code); CRE 2, # 291 (from CICD 2924.12); tonic note: E]
72. Reel: Tim Dillons [CICD 5896; Tim Dillon's; CRE 5, # 206 (from CICD 5896); recorded by the group Altan as 'Tommy Peoples']
73. Reel: The Scotch Hunt [CICD 5015, 5020 (none from this recording?); CRE 5, # 176 (from CICD 5015 & 5020)]
74. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3841; The Tap Room; CRE 2, # 292 (not from JM; untitled, though with many names supplied in Notai i dTaobh na bhFonn); for other performances of this tune, see tracks A34 and B18]
75. Reel: The Rising Sun / Clear the Road [CICD 3443, 3445 (none from this section of this tape); CRE 2, # 214 (ii), from CICD 3445; for another performance of this tune, see track A35]
76. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4449; Upstairs in a Tent]
77. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4823; CRE 5, # 171 (from CICD 4823)]
78. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4949]
79. Reel: The Traveller [CICD 5793; Peggy on the Settle (DMI, # 518)]
80. Speech: Untitled [Dancing customs; the hesitation step; anecdotes: incidents relating to set dancing, etc]
81. Jigs: Untitled [CICD 2601.11; The Sporting Pitchfork], Untitled [CICD 1872; CRE 5, # 39 (from CICD 1872); The Maiden That Jigs It in Style (related tune)]
82. Jig: Untitled [CICD 560; CRE 5, # 3 (from CICD 560)]
83. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording? Cherish the Ladies / Jackson's Thought]
84. Jig: A Rogaire, Stad, Stad [CICD 768 & 768.11; CRE 2, # 68 (i) as 'Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae / When the Cock Crows it is Day' (from CICD 768.11); Be Easy You Rogue]
85. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4466.11 & 4466.12; The Dublin Porter (CRE 3, # 155)]
86. Reel: The West Clare Reel [Not in CICD from this recording; Up to Your Knees in Sand (CRE 3, # 159)]
87. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording]
88. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD? Mulqueeney's Hornpipe (title on recording of this tune by Tommy Peoples, fiddle)]
89. Breakdown / Waltz / Mazurka: Untitled [Not in CICD; described as a breakdown by the musicians, but this is contradicted by BB]
90. Hornpipe: Untitled [Not in CICD]
91. Polka Mazurka, Speech: Untitled [Not in CICD; Sonny's Mazurka (?)], Untitled [The dance called the Polka Mazurka; tunes were named by the name of the dance performed to them, e.g. the Highland Fling]
92. Barndance: Untitled [Not in CICD; as played by Austin (Tierney?)]
93. Speech: Untitled [Words to the slip jig 'The Kid on the Mountain'; also known as 'The Bottle of Wine'; Largy O'Loughlin recited some of the words for BB, but would not recite it in full because the words were obscene]
94. Slip Jig: Untitled [CICD 100.11; Come Upstairs with Me; CRE 5, # 59 (from CICD 100.11)]
95. Slip Jigs: Untitled [CICD 191.11], Untitled [CICD 262; The Humours of Whiskey]
96. Slip Jig, Speech: Judy Brannigan [Not in CICD from this recording; Barney Brallaghan (DMI, # 429)], Untitled [Words to this tune, beginning 'Twas on a windy night' (recited by the performer); tune known in Connemara as 'Coinnigh do Thoin as na Driseachai' (BB); words to other tunes (recited by BB, including words in Irish beginning 'Goideadh do ghe, do ghe')]
97. Jig: Untitled [CICD 2381.11; Mac's Fancy]
98. Jig: Untitled [Not in CICD from this recording?; Banish Misfortune]
99. Reel: Untitled (incomplete) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A1–5;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English A1–5;
Unidentified performer, harp solo A6;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, whistle in trio A7;
Unidentified performer, singing in Irish [solo] A8

Running Order:
1. Jig, Jig / Slide: Donall na Greine [CICD 760.11 (both from this recording); 756, 757, 758, 759 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 10 (from MR); Ceol III iv, p 99; Donnybrook Fair / The Joy of My Life (version of? DMI, # 79)], The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.12 (from this recording); 1162.11, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR)]
2. Jig / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune / [Slide], Jig / Slide: Off She Goes [So named by MR on the tape – misnamed? The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone [CICD 1968.13 (where this recording is referenced); 1968.11–.12 (none from this recording); one of 2 tunes to which MR assigns the name The Cumann na mBan Are Dead and Gone], Mickey Callaghan's Slide [So named by MR on the tape – misnamed? Same tune as at track Ib, The Clare Jig, q.v.]
3. Speech, Polkas / Marches / Quadrille tunes, Speech: Untitled [BB recites words sung to The Boyne Water], The Battle of Aughrim (incomplete)], The Boyne Water [CICD 6508.14 (from this recording), 6508.11–.13 (not from this recording); CRE 2, # 124], Untitled [Conversation about the event (at the Tailor's Hall, Dublin?) for which the content on this tape is a rehearsal]
4. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [As at track 1b, q.v.] (incomplete)
5. Jig / Cudreel / Cudril / Quadrille Tune / [Slide], Jig / Slide: Off She Goes, Mickey Callaghan's Slide [As at track 2, q.v.] [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Harp Tune: Untitled [Arethusa / The Princess Royal; ascribed to Carolan]
7. Song: Untitled [Eamon an Chnoic]
8. Song: Untitled (incomplete) [An Spailpin Fanach] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Digitised and catalogue updated by Jackie Small, completed December 2005.Tracks 7–19 are an off-air recording of the RTE radio programme \'The Long Note\'.The track listing that follows is a first draft showing the items that have not been digitised;
these items come from the LP record \'Mo Cheol Thu\'. They appear on the tape after track A6OMIT Air: Untitled [The Lark in the Clear Air] g o\'grady & Eily pno?OMIT Speech, Untitled [Radio announcement;
topic: background to the song \'An Clar Bog Deil\']OMIT Song: An Clar Bog DeilOMIT Polka: Untitled (incomplete) [PROBABLY END OF BAND ONE?DAT transferred digitally to hard drive and saved as 24 bit BWF using the DATs original sample rate. Files are stored on ITMA server. The WAV titles follow the convention of their relevant DAT copies. Niall Hackett, 2010Imported from Reeldubs July 2013Dubbed to DAT June 1998

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
2. Set Dance: Untitled [The Blackbird; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
3. Jigs: Untitled [An Rogaire Dubh; The Black Rogue], Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap] [Dubbing of 78rpm disc]
4. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe; sound extremely faint; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
5. Strathspey?: Untitled [Levels fluctuate widely; dubbing of 78rpm disc]
6. Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled [Dubbing of 78rpm disc; this is followed by dubbings from the commercial LP 'Mo Cheol Thu'; this content has not been digitised] [END OF RELEVANT CONTENT ON BAND ONE?]
7. Speech, Speech, Single Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled, Untitled [The Long Note; signature tune of the RTE radio programme of which this is a dub; this tune is related to the reel 'Jenny's Welcome to Charlie'], Untitled [Radio announcements, the first as voice-over]
8. Jig: Untitled [The Newport Lass; The Trip to Athlone]
9. Speech, Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to the next piece of music], Drowsy Maggie, Untitled
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; information about a concert of traditional music in the Tailor's Hall, Dublin, which was recorded as part of a radio series presented by Breandan Breathnach on BBB radio Northern Ireland]
11. Jigs / Marches, Speech: Montrose O'Sullivan's March, Allistrum's March [Mairseail Alasdroim], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
12. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topic: the history of the Dublin area The Little Green]
13. Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [The Blackbird; George Rowley's Blackbird], Untitled [Radio announcement]
14. Song: Lovely Nancy
15. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to poem; poem 'Leeds no Amsterdam' recited by its author]
16. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [The Lark in the Morning], Untitled [Radio presentation about busking in Dublin]
17. Speech, Speech, Song?: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio presentation; topics: the names of islands in Scotland; introduction to the performance of mouth music that follows], Untitled [Mouth music performance]
18. Strathspeys, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
19. Instrumental Piece, Speech, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: current music events in Dublin], Untitled [Radio announcement]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [Duignan, Packie, Leitrim?], flute solo A1, 3, 5;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A2, 4;
Unidentified performer [McDonagh, Laurence / Larry, Sligo], flute solo A6–11, 31;
speech in English A6–11 and following;
flute in duet A12–28, 30;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer [McDonagh, Michael, Sligo], fiddle in duet A12–28, 30;
speech in English intermittently throughout;
McDonagh, Laurence / Larry, Sligo, flute in duet A32–38, 40–43, 45–53;
speech in English intermittently throughout;
flute solo A44;
McDonagh, Michael, Sligo, fiddle in duet A32–38, 40–43, 45–53;
speech in English intermittently throughout;
fiddle solo A39;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A54;
Redican, Larry, New York, fiddle in trio A55, 57;
McGann, Andy, New York, fiddle in trio A55, 57;
Coen, Jack, Galway / New York, flute in trio A55, 57;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English A56, 58;
Cronin, Paddy, Kerry / Boston, fiddle in duet A56, 58

Running Order:
1. Jig: Untitled [The Wandering Minstrel, version of?]
2. Reel: Untitled [Jenny's Welcome to Charlie]
3. Jig: Untitled [The Connachtman's Rambles]
4. Jig: Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh; version of]
5. Jig: Untitled [The Frost is All Over]
6. Reel, Speech: Maggie on the Shore [CICD 2790 (not from this recording)], Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: Untitled [CICD 5691 (where title 'Beal an Atha Fhada' is given on the card but crossed out); CICD 5690; CICD cards are not from this recording)], Untitled
8. Reel, Speech: Handsome Sally, Untitled
9. Reel, Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle [CICD 3843 (not from this recording); CICD 3844 (not from this recording); Miss Brady; Esther's Reel], Untitled
10. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Ganley's Reel; CICD 5951 (not from this recording); The Curlews Maid (CICD 5950, not from this recording); Last Night's Fun, version of?], Untitled
11. Air, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
12. Jig: Untitled [Reagan's Jig / Regan's Jig]
13. Reel, Speech: Miss Ramsey's Reel [Recorded on 78rpm disc by Michael Coleman with Packie Dolan], Untitled
14. Reel, Speech: Miss Corbett [CICD 3499 (not from this recording)], Untitled
15. Jig: Untitled [The Boys of Tandaragee; The Rollicking Boys around Tandaragee; for a different version of this tune (but played by the same fiddle-player as here?), see CICD 2063.31]
16. Jig, Speech: Untitled [Ganley's Jig (CICD 1335, not from this recording); CICD 1666 (not from this recording)], Untitled
17. Jig, Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [Apples in Winter], Untitled
18. Reel, Speech: The Cup of Coffee [CICD 5890 (untitled; not from this recording; incompletely transcribed); McDonagh's Reel (2), in CRE 2, # 207; The Cup of Tea, version of?], Untitled
19. Reel, Speech: The Pigeon on the Gate [CICD 5230 (not from this recording; noted on card to be a 2nd version; standard version from the same musicians is at CICD 5234); CRE 2, # 250 (ii) (from the performer who plays it here)], Untitled
20. Jig, Speech: Touhey's Jig [CICD 2518 (not from this recording); Mac's Fancy], Untitled
21. Jig, Speech: Cailleach an Airgid [Not the tune generally associated with that title; Sparan Airgid na Cailli (CRE 1, # 34); The Old Woman's Purse of Money], Untitled
22. Jig: Untitled [The Killavill Jig]
23. Reel: Untitled [The Flowing Bowl]
24. Reel, Speech: Donoghue's Favourite [CICD 5429 (not from this recording); The Maid of Laharc (CICD 5424, not from this recording); CRE 2, # 202 (untitled); Hughie Travers' Reel], Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Ballinafad Fancy [CICD 3104 (not from this recording); The Dublin Reel, version of], Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Dublin Reel; standard version as recorded by Michael Coleman], Untitled
27. Reel, Speech: Parkmore Fancy [CICD 4725 (not from this recording)], Untitled
28. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5740 (not from this recording)]
29. Tone Signal: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
30. Tone Signal, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Ganley's Favourite [CICD 2659 (not from this recording; gives title Jack Fadden's Reel); Sailing into Walpole's Marsh, version of?], Untitled
31. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5226 (not from this recording); The Reel of Bogie]
32. Reel, Speech: Untitled [CICD 3657 (from this recording); said on card to be 'Reddigan's' version (ref to Larry Redican?); The Reel of Bogie], Untitled
33. Reel: The Sporting Shilling [CICD 2917 (from this recording); Tie the Bonnet]
34. Reel: The Steamboat [CICD 3629 (from this recording); The Ivy Leaf, version of?]
35. Reel, Speech: Untitled [CICD 5493 (from this recording); CICD 5492 (not from this recording); Sporting Nell], Untitled
36. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3081 (from this recording)]
37. Reel: Untitled [CICD 3526 (from this recording); The Sailor on the Rock]
38. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, The Boy in the Gap [CICD 3094 (from this recording)], Untitled
39. Reel, Speech: The King of the Pipers [CICD 2779 (from this recording); related to The Mason's Apron?], Untitled
40. Slip Jig, Speech: Judy Brannigan [CICD 460 (from this recording)], Untitled
41. Single Jig, Speech: Untitled [CICD 1419 (from this recording)], Untitled [Information about the tune just played]
42. Slip Jig, Speech: The Dusty Miller [CICD 317 (from this recording)], Untitled
43. Jig, Speech: The Farewell [CICD 2280 (from this recording); John McNiff's Favourite (CICD 2281, not from this recording)], Untitled
44. Single Jig, Speech: Gort na gCeannai / Trip It Downstairs [CICD 1964, from this recording; gives title 'Gort na gCeanni' (sic); speech gives title 'Trip It Downstairs' (not clear if this applies to the tune just played or to the one that follows)], Untitled
45. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4767 (from this recording); The Limestone Rock, version of]
46. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4100 (from this recording); The Red-Haired Lass]
47. Reel, Speech: Nicholson's Favourite [CICD 4000 (from this recording)], Untitled
48. Reel, Speech: The Maid of Lahone / The Maid of Rathowen [CICD 3954–3955 (from this recording)], Untitled
49. Reel, Speech: The Teetotaller / Muldoon's / Muldoon the Solid Man, Untitled
50. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Farewell to Erin], Untitled
51. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4440 (from this recording); CICD 4441 (not from this recording); The New Policeman (CRE, # 99)]
52. Reel, Speech: The Tailor's Thimble [CICD 4106 (from this recording)], Untitled
53. Reel: Untitled [The Kerryman's Daughter; Halligan's Fancy; The Fisherman's Lilt]
54. Reel: Untitled [Walsh's Reel / Ril an Bhreathnaigh (CRE, # 70)]
55. Jig: Untitled [The Nova Scotia; The Pride of Slieve Aughty]
56. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Rattigan's / Redican's / Tyler's], Untitled (incomplete)
57. Jig: Untitled [The Nova Scotia; The Pride of Slieve Aughty; partial repeat of track A55; on original tape at half the speed of the rest of the tape's contents, perhaps for transcription or learning purposes]
58. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Rattigan's / Redican's / Tyler's], Untitled (incomplete)] [This track is a partial repeat of track A56; on original tape at half the speed of the rest of the tape's contents, perhaps for transcription or learning purposes] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, pipes solo A1–6;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A4, 7, 9, 11, 13;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A7–12, 15;
Murray, John 'Jockaroo', [Dublin?], singing in English A14

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Girl Who Broke My Heart; preceded by short snippet of recording of whistle-playing]
2. Reel: Untitled [The Maid in the Cherry Tree]
3. Reel: Untitled [The Heather Breeze (version of)]
4. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Dublin Reel], Untitled
5. Reel: Untitled [The Woman of the House]
6. Jig: Untitled [Banish Misfortune] [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Song, Speech: Untitled [Child singing], Untitled [Children and adult talking, with (possibly) radio or TV on in background]
8. Song: Untitled [Pop song]
9. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled, Untitled (incomplete) [Pop song], Untitled
10. Song: Untitled (incomplete)
11. Speech, Song, Song, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [This track consists mainly of children talking and singing pop songs]
12. Song: Untitled (incomplete) [This track plays at half the speed of the other tracks on the tape]
13. Speech: Untitled [Includes identification of the child who sings next, followed by a period of silence]
14. Song: Untitled [Child singing pop song, followed by a period of silence with (possibly) radio or TV on in background]
15. Song: Untitled [Pop song by the Beach Boys; poor-quality dubbing from commercial recording, recorded (possibly) from radio or TV] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Rowsome, Leo, Dublin, pipes solo A1–2, 5–6, 9–16, 19, B1;
pipes in duet A3–4;
pipes in instrumental group A7–8, 17–18;
Beirne, Peter, Birmingham, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in duet A3–4;
Unidentified instrumental group [Leo Rowsome's Irish Pipers Band], instrumental group A7–8, 17–18;
Walsh, Liam, Waterford, pipes solo A20, B2–5;
Andrews, Williams, Dublin, pipes solo B6–7

Running Order:
1. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Boys of the Lough], Untitled [The Green Mountain; The Maid behind the Bar]
2. Speech, Jigs: Untitled [Information about the next item], Jackson's Morning Brush, The Clare Jig [Delaney's Drummers]
3. Speech, Jigs: Untitled [Information about the next item], Paudeen O'Rafferty [Paidin O Raifeartaigh], The Connaughtman's Rambles [The Connachtman's Rambles]
4. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], The First House in Connaught [The First House in Connacht], The Salamanca
5. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Primrose Lass, The Ivy Leaf
6. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Information about the next item], Byrne's, The Kilfinane
7. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], Bonnie Kate, Miss Monaghan, The Blackberry Blossom
8. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Liverpool, The Cuckoo's Nest
9. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Stone in the Field, The Five Mile Chase
10. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Scholar, Peter's Street [Peter Street]
11. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Collier's, The Sligo Maid
12. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Plains of Boyle, The Bantry
13. Speech, Marches: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Fairy Revels, I Won't Be a Nun
14. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Cook in the Kitchen, The Rakes of Kildare
15. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Jockey at the Fair
16. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Independent, The Star
17. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Blackbird
18. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Information about the next item], Saint Patrick's Day
19. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Ace and Deuce of Pipering
20. Reel: Untitled [Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney; The Pretty Girls of Mayo] (clipped at beginning and end) [END OF BAND ONE]
21. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Manchester, The Honeysuckle
22. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Stack of Barley [On the 78rpm disc this selection is so titled, and is described as a set dance; the selection consists of two tunes, Dunphy's Hornpipe and Alexander's Hornpipe]
23. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Information about the next item], The New Demesne [The College Groves, version]
24. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Information about the next item], Biddy from Ballyvourney [The Pretty Girls of Mayo], Rolling down the Hill [The Old 'Wheels of the World']
25. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Mountain Groves [The Rover through the Bog; The Shaskeen Hornpipe], The Cork Hornpipe [Listed in error as the third tune on the 78 rpm disc; The Harvest Home, version], Hickson's Hornpipe [Title given as in speech introduction; listed (in error?) as Higgin's Hornpipe, the second tune on the 78 rpm disc; Pretty Maggie Morrissey]
26. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Information about the next item], Bonaparte's Retreat
27. Speech, Set Dance: Untitled [Information about the next item], The Job of Journeywork [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, lecture in English [= speech in English] A1–23;
singing in Irish A2, 4–6, 14;
singing in English A8;
pipes solo A10–13, 16–18, 20, 23;
O Rochain, Muiris, Miltown Malbay, speech in Irish and English A23;
Unidentified performers, pipes solo A24;
Gallahar, Brian, Dublin, speech in English A24

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled (clipped at beginning and end) [Topic: background to the song 'Roisin Dubh']
2. Song: Roisin Dubh (short; clipped at beginning)
3. Speech: Untitled [Topic: singing styles; singing styles simpler in north of Ireland; Seamus Delargy said that that was also true of folk tales; singing styles and tales most intricate in south; style in Connemara is archaic; example melody: Cailin Deas Cruite na mBo / The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow; Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain; explanation of song content]
4. Song: Untitled [Introduced in previous track; associated with Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain]
5. Speech, Song: Untitled [Introduction to the next song; composed by Maire Bui Ni Laoghaire, poet from near Ballingeary], Untitled
6. Speech, Song: Untitled [Topic: Labhras O Cadhla; introduction to the next song, about a woman whose husband is away from home as a soldier], Untitled
7. Speech: Untitled [Folk music as modal music; scales and modes; sings modes in tonic solfa form; anecdote about Aeolian and Hyperdorian modes]
8. Song: Untitled [Kitty from Ballinamore]
9. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [Topic: instrumental music; Irish did not use harmony; primitively flavoured singing of Connemara; woodwind instruments carried by the Celts on their travels; these instruments derive from the shepherd's reed with which he called his flock; that reed was later developed to a bagpipe; which came first, string or reed instruments?; quotes Dryden's 'Ode to Saint Cecilia's Day'] [END OF BAND ONE]
10. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic from track 9; playing too fast; intricacies are lost if speed is too fast; illustration of playing too fast using the reel 'The Sligo Maid']
11. Reel: The Sligo Maid [Played at what the performer regards as the correct speed]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics: learners should be aware of pulse and syncopation; emphasis; each tune should have its own nuances and expressions of feeling; bad emphasis illustrated using the jig 'The Munster Buttermilk']
13. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk [Played with correct emphasis]
14. Speech: Untitled [Instrumental music having its origins in vocal music; backgroung to the dandling song Na Ceannabhain Bhana; that song sung and then the melody played as dance tune]
15. Speech: Untitled [Earliest dance music was in triple time; varieties of triple time; common time and varieties of it]
16. Jig: Saddle the Pony [Example of triple time]
17. Speech, Slip Jig: Untitled [Slip jigs are in 9/8 time], The Rocky Road to Dublin
18. Speech, Single Jig: Untitled [Single jigs are in 12/8 time, which is related to common time], Untitled [Pat Ward's Jig]
19. Speech: Untitled [Development of instruments from primitive forms; the parts of the uilleann pipes; drones harmonise with any note on the chanter; regulators and harmony; harmony in fiddle playing is an imitation of the regulators; harmony highly developed in Donegal fiddle playing; limitations of the warpipes / Highland pipes; 4/4 time, the time signature for reels; origin of Miss McLeod's Reel]
20. Reel: Miss McLeod's Reel
21. Speech: Untitled (incomplete) [4/4 or 2/4 used as time signatures for hornpipes; the Lancashire clog dance; the hornpipe The Standing Abbey and its associations for Ennis; remarks on the revival of Irish traditional music] [END OF BAND THREE]
22. Speech: Untitled [Partial repeat and continuation of topic on previous track]
23. Hornpipe, Speech: The Standing Abbey, Untitled [Concluding remarks by lecture chairman]
24. Recording of piping class at WCSS [Teacher: Brian Gallahar] [END OF BAND TWO]