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Performers:
Duffy, Seamus, speech in English A1-2;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [the custom of the 'Brideogs' versus Wren Boys, dressing up, collecting money for charity, going out for the three days over Christmas day in south Galway] / Seamus Duffy, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
2. Speech [St Bridget] / Seamus Duffy, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Breathnach, Brendan, speech in English A1, A3-5;
Unidentified performers. speech in English A2

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about the uillean piper 'Jackson', publications, learning the pipes, tunes composed] / Breandan Breathnach, speech in English
2. Speech [test] ; [Unidentified song] / [unidentified performers] [END OF BAND ONE]
3. Speech [continued talk about 'Jackson'] / Breandan Breathnach, speech in English
4. Speech [talk about Petrie's collection, flat pitched sets of pipes, Lord Rossmore] / Breandan Breathnach, speech in English
5. Speech [talk about the earliest collection for the uillean pipes, O'Farrell collection, Colclough, Goodman, the origin of the name the 'union' pipes] / Breandan Breathnach, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Droney, Kate, singing in Irish, speech in Irish;
Breathnach, Diarmuid, singing in Irish, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction to a singing session, Seán Kinsella and Irish poetry and folksong] / [unnamed speaker], speech in Irish, speech in English
2. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
3. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
4. [Untitled from Waterford], song ; Speech / Diarmuid Breathnach, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
5. Aileen Ruin, song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speaker], speech in Irish
6. [Untitled], song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
7. [Untitled] [Red is the rose], song / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
8. [Untitled], song ; Speech [Bellharbour and connections to Conamara] / Kate Droney, singing in Irish, speech in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
9. Farewell to Bellharbour, song ; Speech / Kate Droney, singing in Irish ; [Unknown speakers], speech in Irish
10. [Untitled set], jigs / [Unknown performers], banjo, piano, snare drum
11. Speech [tag for an upcoming radio programme] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
12. Speech [midnight marker, radio newscast] / [Unknown speaker]

Performers:
McDermott, Josie, speech in English A1-4, flute solo A4-5;
Noone, Padraic, A6;
Noone, Kathleen, speech in English A6;
Hume, John, A7

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about O'Carolan tunes, Piper McDermot Roe, lilting] / Josie McDermott, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; [unidentified speakers] [END OF BAND ONE]
2. Speech [talk about the McDermot Roe family in the local area, Josie McDermot's family, an eviction of a local family] / Josie McDermott, speech in English
3. Speech [talk about local customs, wakes, singing and slapping competitions, dancing masters (Tom Cohen), door dancing, body position, Pat McPartlin (a famous dancer that John McKenna played for)] / Josie McDermott, speech in English
4. Speech ; Blind Mary. air / Josie McDermott, flute ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
5. Henry McDermot Roe, air / Josie McDermott, flute
6. Speech [talk about the O'Carolan Harp Festival in Keadue] / Padraic Noone, speech in English ; Kathleen, speech in English
7. Speech [ talk about the death of Dessie Beaty] / John Hume, speech in English

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A1, 6;
Dunning, Ina, speech in English A1;
Mulkere, Brendan, fiddle solo A2-3, fiddle in duet A4;
Roland, Raymond, accordion in duet A4, concertina solo A5, speech in English A6

Running Order:
1. Speech [music in Spotted Dog, young people playing music in London, greetings home] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Ina Dunning, speech in English
2. The steeple chase, Seamus Breathnach's, reels / Brendan Mulkere, fiddle
3. Larry Redigans, The humours of Tulla, reels / Brendan Mulkere, fiddle
4. March/Reel: The Battle Of Aughrim, march, Paddy Cronin's, reel / Brendan Mulkere, fiddle ; Raymond Roland, accordion
5. An cuilfionn, air / Raymond Roland, concertina
6. Speech [greetings home, music scene in London, Le Cheile, recordings] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Raymond Roland, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Barry, Margaret, speech in English A1-4

Running Order:
1. Speech [recent travels, travels in Ireland and America, travelling for 40 years] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Margaret Barry, speech in English
2. Speech [learning songs and music, playing at fairs in her youth, breeding horses, her outlook in life, being sick in England] / Margaret Barry, speech in English
3. Speech [Michael Gorman] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Margaret Barry, speech in English
4. Speech [younger musicians, musicians and singers she appreciated: Seamus Ennis, Joe Heaney] / Margaret Barry, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Breathnach, Breandan, speech in English A1-2

Running Order:
1. Speech [description of the 'Irish Pipes and Piping' exhibition on display in the Battersea Arts Centre] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Breandan Breathnach, speech in English
2. Speech [comparison of modern day pipe makers against older makers] / Breandan Breathnach, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]