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Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 155 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
O'Keeffe, Patrick / O'Keeffe, Pádraig / O'Keefe, Pádraig, Kerry, fiddle solo A1–2?, 6?, 12?;
fiddle in duet A4–5?, 11;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A3?;
fiddle in duet A4–5?, 11;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A7;
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish A8;
lilting solo A8–9;
Unidentified performer(s), speech in Irish A8, 10;
Breathnach, Breandán, Dublin, speech in English A11

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel; The Maid behind the Bar]
2. Slides: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Untitled [Anderson's; the first section of this tune is at twice the speed of the rest of the contents of the tape; speed change in mid-tune], Untitled [Kennedy's; The Hare's Foot / The Hare's Paw] [For an edited version of this track to eliminate the speed change in mid-track, see track A13]
4. Slides: Untitled, Untitled [Dingle Regatta, Sliabh Luachra version]
5. Polkas: Untitled [As I Went out upon the Ice], Untitled [Melody of the song 'Annie Laurie'], Untitled
6. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Morning Star]
7. Song: Untitled [My Darling, I'm Fond of You] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND ONE]
8. Speech, Single Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
9. Reel: Untitled
10. Speech: Untitled
11. Speech, Slides: Untitled [Information about the source of the music that follows], Untitled [Chase Me Charlie], Untitled [The Kilcummin Slide] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]
12. Reels: Untitled [Rolling on the Ryegrass / Rolling in the Ryegrass], Untitled [The Heather Breeze], Untitled [Rolling on the Ryegrass / Rolling in the Ryegrass], Untitled [The Heather Breeze] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND THREE]
13. Reels: Untitled [Anderson's; the first section of this tune is at twice the speed of the rest of the contents of the tape], Untitled [Kennedy's; The Hare's Foot / The Hare's Paw] [Edited version of track A3 to eliminate the speed change in mid-track]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 278 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 48 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Casey, Bobby, Clare / London, fiddle A1–2, 6–8;
Droney, Chris, Clare, concertina A3–4;
Brady, John, flute A5;
Unidentified performer [John Brennan, Sligo / Dublin?], speech in English A8;
Bergin, Mary, Dublin / Galway, whistle A9;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle A10–17, 19–20, 22–32, 34–38, 40–46;
speech in English A18, 21, 26, 30–31, 39 and throughout A10–46;
speech in Irish A33;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout from A10

Running Order:
1. Reel: Unidentified [Paddy Fahy's; composed by Paddy Fahy]
2. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1668 (from this performer); The Gallowglass]
3. Jig: Untitled [Willie Coleman's Jig]
4. Reel: Untitled [Lord McDonald; incomplete]
5. Jig: Untitled
6. Jig: Untitled [CRE 3, # 16 (untitled but with name 'Bobby / Scully Casey's Jig' supplied); The Vaxhall Jig (CICD 1475–6; not from the performer here)]
7. Reel: Untitled [Version of a reel composed by Tommy Coen?]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [Poll Ha'penny (related tune?)]
9. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [Gilbert Clancy's / Sean Reid's Favourite]
10. Slip Jig: Bimid ag Ol go dti Maidin [CICD 252–252.14 (none from this recording); this tune is played by MR in two different registers, of which the higher one is here]
11. Reel: Untitled [CICD 4137.11, 5456.11–.15 (none from this recording)]
12. Reel: The Chicago Reel [CICD 4599.11 (not from this recording)]
13. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [CICD 1162.11–.12, 2364.11–.15 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 71 (untitled, from MR); the tune is played as a demonstration of technique; played in full at track 29]
14. Reel: The Top of the Morning [CICD 5278 (from this recording?); 5276.11, 5277–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 5, # 181 (from MR)]
15. Hornpipe: The Rights of Man [CICD 6248.11 (not from this recording)]
16. Set Dance: The Retreat [CICD 6528, 6529, 6530, 6531, 6532 (none from this recording); Bonaparte's Retreat]
17. Set Dance: Rodney's Glory [CICD 6527 (not from this recording)]
18. Speech: Untitled [Man sent from home; the high road and the wattle; The Yellow Wattle, story and tune; BB collects the tune in Kerry; it appears frequently in Kerry mss; the phrase 'half the cup of it'; Ceol na Ceartan / The Music of the Forge]
19. Jig: The Butcher's March / Hurrah for the Gallant Tipperary Boys / Lonely Old Hag Is It Tae You Want? / Hello You Old Hag Is It Tea You Want? / When Sick Is It Tea You Want? [CICD 2224 (from this recording); 2200.11–.12, 2381.12–.14 (none from this recording)]
20. Jig / Single Jig / Slide: Mickey Callaghan's Slide [CICD 2323.11 (from this recording), 2325.11 (not from this recording)]
21. Speech: Untitled [The Plain and Caledonian Sets; MR plays mainly jigs for the Plain Set; the Christmas figure and the Balance figure in the Plain Set]
22. Polka / Single Reel: Untitled [CICD 6511 (from this recording); 6511.11–.12 (not from this recording); only one part of the tune is played]
23. Polka: Rise Your Legs, Says Maire [CICD 6346 (from this recording), 6346.11 (not from this recording); The Rose Tree in Full Bearing; Bhios-sa La i bPort Lairge]
24. Polka: The Bog Down in the Valley [CICD 6285 (from this recording), 6283.11 (not from this recording); played for the last figure of the Plain Set (says MR here); The British Grenadiers (title supplied by Breandan Breathnach)] [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Reel: The Heights of Alma / The Rakes of Mallow [CICD 2692.11 (not from this recording)]
26. Polka / March, Speech: The Battle of Aughrim [CICD 6448 (from this recording); 6448.11–.12 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 118 (from MR)], Untitled [Origin of this tune; dancing customs related to it and to other tunes]
27. Carty's Reel / Cassidy's Reel [CICD 4684.11–.13, 4978–.12 (none from this recording); partly composed by MR; commonly known as Micho Russell's; CRE 2, # 294 (as Carty's Reel from MR); unfinished on this recording]
28. Reel: Fair of Ballinasloe [CICD 2812.11 (not from this recording); Ballinasloe Fair; recorded on commercial 78rpm disc by Michael Coleman]
29. Jig / Slide: The Clare Jig [The same tune as at track 13, q.v.; played here in full]
30. Speech, Fling / Barn Dance: Untitled [Musician from whom this tune was learned, Martin Killourhy], Moneymusk / The Barn Dance [CICD 6538 (from this recording); 6539, 6540 (none from this recording)]
31. Reel, Speech: Kitty Jones' Reel / Kitty Jones's Reel [CICD 4275.11–.12, 4276, 4277 (none from this recording); tune of song 'The Bridal Path'], Untitled [How long does it take MR to pick up a tune?]
32. Hornpipe: The Home Brew [CICD 6257 (from this recording); 6257.11–.12 (not from this recording); version of The Road to Boyle (CRE 3, # 227)]
33. Speech: Untitled [MR recites verse in Irish]
34. Reel: Untitled [CICD 5703.12–.13 (from this recording), 5703.11 (not from this recording)]
35. Reel: The Sporting Days of Easter [CICD 3988.11–.14, 3989 (none from this recording); CRE 2, # 281 (from MR)]
36. Hornpipe: The First of May [CICD 6222.11 (not from this recording); The Sweets of May; tune of the song The Skillet Pot]
37. Hornpipe: Fisher's Hornpipe [CICD 6089.11 (from this recording); 6090, 6090a (not from this recording)]
38. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [CICD 1490 (from this recording); 1486, 1487, 14881492.11–.13 (none from this recording); 'standard' version of the tune, but with 2 parts only; for MR's 'old' version, see CICD 954.11]
39. Speech: Untitled [Conversation between MR and other person present in the room (not BB)]
40. Reels: All the Ways to Galway [CICD 3086.11–.12, 3561–.12 (none from this recording); The Kerry Cow; I Wish I Had a Kerry Cow; CRE 2, # 282 (from MR) and also at CRE 2, # 116; for MR's version of this tune as single reel / polka, see CICD 6496], Miss Thornton's Reel [CICD 3099.11 (not from this recording)]
41. Jig: My Darling Asleep [CICD 1822, 1822.11 (where title 'The Miners of Wicklow' is given - in error?), 1822.12–.13 (none from this recording); DMI, # 159]
42. Jig: Sixpenny Money [CICD 1573.11 (not from this recording)]
43. Reel: The Foxhunter's Reel [Not in CICD from MR?]
44. Reel: Rakish Paddy [CICD 3108, 3110 (from this recording); 3109, 6015.11 (not from this recording); DMI, # 749; CRE, # 145]
45. Jigs: The Guinea Gold Ring [CICD 1012 (from this recording), 1012–.12 (none from this recording); The Gold Ring (CRE, # 47)], The Castlebar Races [CICD 1672 (from this recording); 795.12 (not from this recording); Morrison's Fancy (WSGM, # 197)]
46. Jig: The Cliffs of Moher [CICD 784.11–.12, 784.14 (none from this recording); MR plays this tune in 2 versions, one with G as the tonic note (as here); for his version with A as the tonic note, see CICD 784.13, 784.15, 2113.11] [END OF BANDS THREE AND FOUR]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 26 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [Seamas O hIghne], chanting of a Fenian lay in Irish A1;
Unidentified performer, harp [?] solo A2–4;
Unidentified performer [Keane, Sean, Dublin], fiddle solo A5–6;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Mollie / Murphy, Mrs, Cork], fiddle solo A7, 11;
Unidentified performer [Murphy, Denis, Kerry], fiddle solo A8–10;
speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin], speech in English A9;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], pipes solo A12;
Unidentified performer [Clancy, Willie, Clare], pipes solo A13;
Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare], whistle solo A14;
Unidentified performer [Doran, Johnny, Wicklow], pipes solo A15;
Unidentified performer [Eddie Moloney, Galway], flute solo A16

Running Order:
1. Fenian Lay: Untitled [Laoi na Mna Moire]
2. Air: Untitled
3. Air: Untitled
4. Miscellaneous, Speech: Untitled [Instrument tuning], Untitled
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Gander in the Pratie Hole], Untitled [The Trip to Killavel] [This track is probably a dub from track 6 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
6. Reels: Untitled [The Congress], Untitled [The Foxhunter's Reel] [This track is probably a dub from track 4 of the accompanying sound recording to BB's book 'Folk Music and Dances of Ireland']
7. Jig: Untitled [Cnocan an Teampaill / Church Hill]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Rights of Man] (end clipped)
9. March, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [Colonel Fraser / Colonel Frazer]
11. Jig / March: Untitled [Painneach na nUbh / Painneach na n-Ubh / O'Sullivan's March]
12. Jigs: Untitled [The Pipe on the Hob], Untitled [Down the Back Lane], Untitled [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh]
13. Air: Untitled [The Green Linnet]
14. Jig: Donall na Greine [CICD 756, 757, 758, 759, 760.11 (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)] (running too fast)
15. Reels: Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [My Love is in America], Untitled [Rakish Paddy] (running too fast)
16. Reels: Untitled [Tommy Whelan's Reel], Untitled [The Sailor on the Rock] (overmodulated on original) [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 316 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Desmond Ceili Band, The, Kerry, instrumental group A1, 3;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16;
O'Brien, Jimmy, Kerry, singing in English A5, 15;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, speech in English and Irish A6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16;
pipes solo A7, 9, 11, 17;
singing in Irish A8;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A13

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [O'Keeffe's Plough / O'Keeffe's Speed the Plough]
2. Speech: Untitled
3. Reels: Lucy Campbell, Toss the Feathers
4. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next song, which was composed by Sigerson Clifford]
5. Song: The Boys of Barr na Sraide
6. Speech: Untitled [Topics: the harvest; milling the grain; tunes associated with milling]
7. Slip Jig: The Dusty Miller [SE's father's version]
8. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Topics: lore about a 'muileann si', a fairy mill; lore from Colm O Caoidheain, Glinsce, including a story that includes a song; story that is the background to the next piece of music]
9. Slip Jig: The Dusty Miller [Colm O Caoidheain's version]
10. Speech: Untitled [Topics: lore connected with St Martin's Eve and the feast of St Martin; introduction to the next tune, learned from Mickeen Conroy, whistle, brother of the piper Andy Conroy]
11. Reel: The Mills Are Grinding / The Dunmore Lasses
12. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next item]
13. Slides: Untitled, Untitled
14. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next item]
15. Song: The Tailor Ban
16. Speech: Untitled [Topics: background to the next selection of tunes]
17. Single Jig, Single Jig / Slide: Smash the Windows [Learned from SE's father], The Dark Girl in Blue [Learned from Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe; Denis Murphy's Slide] [End of first edition of Ceolta Tire on this tape]

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