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Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English;
Morton, Robin, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about coming back after the war, men who were killed at war, Joe Russell, landing in England, 'de-mobed', going home to Ireland, Tommy Martin, Matt Dugar,
2. Speech: talk about leaving England to go home, Gerry and Molly Tully, work with the Post Office Engineers in 1949, decription of crash-landing planes in Burma
3. Speech: talk about music, Cluanard, McPeake Family, James MacMahon (flute), Corrigan (banjo), Jimmy McPeake (accordion), Francie McPeake (pipes), Tommy ? (whistle & bass fiddle), Jim McKendrick (fiddle), ? Galway, ? Lavery (drums), The Bay Hotel, Corey Fleadh competitions, Johnny Doherty, John Rea (dulcimer & fiddle), Brian O'Donnell, Comhaltas branch 1954, Fergus Tagert (fiddle), Willie Jones (fiddle), Cormac Lunny (accordion), Jimmy Grimes (banjo), Billie Brown (accordion), Frank Sweeney, Liam Donnelly (fiddle), Sean Maguire (fiddle), 'Ann McCoys dancers', Jim Seary, Paddy Gunn, Pat McManus, ? McConnell, John Joe Maguire, John Mac
4. Speech: talk about pipe pipe makers, Chris Maguire, Frank McFadden, Rowesome, Sean McAluan,
5. Speech: talk about Frank Sweeney (Newry), Billie Brown, John Rea, Mickey MacAlhatten
6. Speech: talk about poitin, Johnny Concart, good long description of the process of making poitin [END OF BAND ONE]
7. Speech: description of process of making poitin, uses for poitin,
8. Speech: talk about bad poitin, problems with the police
9. Speech: talk about hiding the poitin, hiding the poitin still, being caught making poitin, six months in prison
10. Speech: talk about the priests attitude to poitin, police raids
11. Speech: description of the use of the 'seperator', making poitin in a kettle, tools for making poitin
12. Speech: talk about cock fighting, smuggling poitin over the border
13. Speech: talk about the island people on Lough Erne
14. Speech: talk about disasters on Lough Erne, Willie and James Rooney, Iniscorkish, Benny McBrine, Dr McQuade
15. Speech: talk about the living in 95 Botanic Avenue, Belfast
16. Speech: talk about old musicians, Eddie Corrigan, Johnny Cathcart, Hugh Gunn, John McCusker, Old Johnny Gunn, Phil Hoynes, Francie Tommans, Eddie Catcart, homemade fiddle made by Eddie Corrigan, homemade silk strings, mule-hair bow, larch tree roisin, the tune 'Poor Old Joe', Ellen McBrine, Tommy McBrine [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1-14;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel: McDermots
2. Speech/Reel: The Boys of Ballisadare, The Hare's Paw, mention of Paddy Kenny
3. Speech/Waltz: talk about technique - bow triplets, 'Daisy Bell' played as example
4. Speech/Reel: talk about technique - long bow, 'Poor Old Joe' and 'Tommy Coen's Reel' played as examples
5. Speech/Reel: talk about technique - bowing, 'Tommy Coen's Reel' played as example
6. Speech/Reel: Miss McCloud's Reel
7. Speech/Jig: The Lochenvar [?]
8. Speech/Reel: Lock Reavys Castle
9. Speech/Reel: The Noon Lasses
10. Speech/Jig: The Tranice Jig (Tranish Island?)
11. Speech/Reel: The Chorus Reel
12. Speech/Jig: The Tranice Single Jig (Tranish Island?)
13. Speech/Reel: The Rakes of Abbey
14. Speech/Reel: Untitled (incomplete) (composed by performer) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1-5, A7-9, A14-20, lilting A9, 13;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Reel: The First of May
2. Speech/Reel: talk about Andy Carne, Stormy Saturday
3. Speech/Reel: The Curla Reel [?]
4. Speech/Reel: mention of Johny Concart, The Yorkshire Lassies
5. Reel: Dillion's Reel
6. Speech: talk about differences between old and new tunes,
7. Speech/Reel: The Kilfenora Reel
8. Speech/Reel: talk about different techniques used for playing the older tunes - triplet at the end of a phrase, Lady Ann Montgomery
9. Speech/Lilt/Reel: talk about techniques used - the clean cut, George Whites
10. Speech: talk about techniques used - changing key
11. Speech: talk about techniques used - repeating tunes, hornpipes and set dances played for dancers
12. Speech: talk about the difference between playing for dancers and listeners,
13. Speech/Lilt: talk about putting tunes in sets, Untitled
14. Speech/Reel: The Humours of Ballyconnell
15. Reel: The Rakes of Abbey
16. Speech/Reel: The Humours of Macken
17. Speech/Jig: Untitled
18. Speech/Jig: The Three Hand Slip Jig [?]
19. Speech/Polka: Untitled
20. Speech/Waltz: Valetta Waltz [?] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout, lilting B15, 16;
Whiteside, Arthur, Canary Moy, aged 80, speech in English A1, 9, 11, 12, 14, B1, 2, 4-10, 16, 18, singing in English A7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, B1-3, 5, 7-9, 18, fiddle solo B10-17;
Rodgers, Ernie, singing in English A2;
Matchett, ?, singing in English A3;
Matchett, Sam, singing in English A4;
W. J, ?, singing in English A5, 6;
Unidentified, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about the song 'Tullyrone'
2. Song: Townlands of Bowvane (fragment)
3. Song: 1st Creation
4. Song: 1st of July
5. Song: The Flowers of Sweet Strabane
6. Song: Inniskilling Dragoons
7. Song: Londonderry
8. Song: Tullyrone
9. Speech: talk about the 'Armagh Market Cross'
10. Song: Armagh Market Cross
11. Speech: talk about singing and the source of songs
12. Song/Speech: Bonny Bunch of Roses
13. Song/Speech: The Ladder Out of Purgatory
14. Speech: talk about Orange songs
15. Song: Banks of the Boyne [END OF BAND ONE]
16. Speech/Song: The Town of Belfast
17. Song/Speech: Farewell Ballyroney
18. Song: Derry the Maiden City
19. Speech: talk about the songs 'No Surrender' and 'Cromie's Orange Buck'
20. Speech/Song: The Bones of Portadown
21. Speech: talk about their attitudes towards Catholics and mention of songs about women dressing up in men's clothes
22. Song/Speech: On Patrick's Day in the Morning
23. Song/Speech: Fal da dal laddie (Priest Song)
24. Song/Speech: Transubstantiation
25. Speech/March: [The Sash]
26. March: Untitled
27. Reel: Untitled
28. Jig: Untitled
29. Reel/Hornpipe: Untitled
30. Jigs/Lilting: The Racks of Malin, Haste to the Wedding
31. Speech/Lilting: Untitled
32. Jig/Speech: Untitled
33. Speech/Song: Reared on the Orange and the Blue [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech throughout, fiddle solo A1-5, 7-16, singing in English A6, lilting A17;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel/Speech: The Boys of Ballisadare, The Hare's Paw
2. Reel: The Dublin Reel, The Tulla Reel
3. Reel: The Floggin Reel, The Kilfenora Reel, The Liffey Banks
4. Jigs/Speech: Untitled
5. Speech/Air: talk about the song 'Lovely Jane' sung by Mrs Gunn, Lovely Jane
6. Song/Speech: Lovely Jane (incomplete)
7. Reel: Lucy Cambell
8. Hornpipe: The Cork Hornpipe
9. Reel/Speeech: McCoys Measure (composed by performer)
10. Speech/Reel: talk about the names of tunes composed by the performer, The Miller of Drone (composed by performer)
11. Speech/Reel: The Swallow's Tail
12. Speech/Reel: Murphy's Reel, Untitled
13. Speech/Reel: The Black Haired Lass
14. Speech/Jig: The Galway Jig
15. Speech/Hornpipe: The Derrylinn Hornpipe (composed by performer)
16. Speech/Jig: The Cloghen Jig [?] (composed by performer)
17. Speech/Lilt: talk about composing tunes, Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1, 9, singing in English A1, 2;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Air/Song: My Own Native Land Far Away [Erin Gra Mo Chroi], mention of Katie Gunn
2. Speech/Song: The Jazz Dance (composed by performer)
3. Speech: talk about jazz dances, modern dances, The Starlight Dance Band, the decline of traditonal music and dances, radio, record players, records from America, television, Comhaltas and the revival of traditional music
4. Speech: talk about the recordings from America, Micheal Coleman's recordings, Phil Martin's Ceili Band, the effect of Coleman's recordings on musicians, changing repetoire
5. Speech: talk about the changing repertoire of local young musicians, changes in local style, Morrison, John McKenna, Tommy McBrine, Frank McGovern
6. Speech: talk about popular instruments at the time, fiddle, accordion, Hugh Lee, Phil Martin, Brian Boru pipes
7. Speech: talk about good places for music in the locality, Andy Carne, Hugh Gunn, John Mac, John Eddie's house, Old Tom's house, Paddy Gunn's house
8. Speech: talk about local people composing tunes and songs, Eddie Corrigan
9. Speech/Reel: The Yellow Heifer
10. Speech/March: March to Vinegar Hill [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, lilting A8;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about learning to lilt, learning tunes
2. Speech: talk about getting the first real fiddle, playing with Francie Thomman, playing at a dance at Phil Murphy's house, Johnny Concart
3. Speech: talk about the old musicians in the area, learning tunes from Old Tom, Francie Thomman, story about Johnny Cathcart (possibily Johnny Concart), Johnny Gunn (The Russian)
4. Speech: talk about tin whistle players, different fiddler players who learned from Old Tom
5. Speech: talk about the Owens brothers, a ceili at the Owens' house, McGovern (flute player), John Owens
6. Speech: talk about bones players, Tommy Martin, bodhran players
7. Speech: talk about learning step dancing, the stepper, Johnny McAlvin, group dancing, Tommy Vetty Maguire, Eddie Duffy,
8. Speech/Lilt: talk about lilting, Tom and Johnny Gilroy, Paddy O'Brien's Reel
9. Speech: talk about nick-names, examples of names [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A10, 11, fiddle in duet A1-9;
Unidentified performer, flute in duet A1-9

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled
2. Reels: Untitled (take 1)
3. Reels: Untitled (take 2)
4. Reels: Untitled (take 3)
5. Reels: Untitled (take 4)
6. Highland/Reel: Untitled
7. Jigs: Untitled (take 1)
8. Jigs: Untitled (take 2)
9. Reels: Untitled
10. Reels: Untitled
11. Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, playing in ensemble: singing in English, playing in ensemble: harmonium, bouzouki, whistle, guitar, concertina, fiddle, mandolin

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled
2. Reels: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled
4. Song: Untitled
5. Song: Untitled
6. March/Reels: Untitled
7. Slow Reel/Stratspey/March/Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Battlefield Band, The, speech in English throughout, singing an playing in ensemble throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Piece: Dueling Banjos
2. Speech/Song: The Three Gypsies
3. Speech/Reels: Richmonds, The Hanged Man's Reel
4. Speech/Song: The Orange Blossom Special
5. Speech/Song: Bakerhill
6. Speech/Polkas: Untitled
7. Speech/Song: The Bloomin Laddies [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Speech/Song: The Black Legged Miner
9. Speech/Reels: The Four Poster Bed, Statin Island, Untitled
10. Speech/Song: The Sand Gate Girl's Lament (?)
11. Speech/Song: High Germany
12. Set Dance/Reel: The Blackbird, The Mason's Apron
13. Speech/Song: Untitled
14. Speech: A few words to finish up the night [END OF BAND TWO]