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Recorded in the house of William Meenan, Middle town (Baile Láir), Tory island, Co. Donegal from Patrick (Patsy Dan) Rogers (aged about 24) of West End (Baile Thiar), Tory, afternoon of 31 August 1969 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in the house of William Meenan, from Patrick (Padraig na Faithche) Rogers of East End, Tory (aged about 65), evening of 31 August 1969 [track 4]

Performers:
Rogers, Patsy Dan, singing in English Track 1, speech in English Track 2, singing in Irish Track 3;
Shields, Hugh, speech in English Track 2;
Rogers, Patrick (Padraig na Faitche), singing in Irish Track 4

Running Order:
1. Tory’s lovely shore (‘Farewell to dear old Donegal, its hills and rugged shores...’) , song / Patsy Dan Rogers, singing in English [session continued from 6940]
2. Talk about the songs ‘Tory’s lovely shore and ‘Amhrán na scadán’ / Patsy Dan Rogers, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Siubhán Ní Dhuibhir (‘D’éirigh mé ar maidin a tharraingt chun aonaigh mhóir...’), song [learnt from Eamon Ghráinne Rogers]  / Patsy Dan Rogers, singing in Irish [end of afternoon session]
4. Landlady na páirte (‘Landlady na páirte, tá an bás ag mo chroí le tart...’), song / Patrick (Padraig na Faithche) Rogers, singing in Irish [evening session continued on 6943] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A1–11;
Doherty, Mickey, Donegal, fiddle solo A12;
speech in Irish A12?

Running Order:
1. Polkas: Untitled [The Ballybunnion], Untitled [The Knocknaboul (2)], Untitled [The Groves of Gneevegullia; The Top of Maol]
2. Slides: Untitled [Pete Sullivan's Fancy; Cucanandy; The Whistling Thief Jig], Untitled [If I Had a Wife], Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide]
3. Hornpipes: Untitled [Fisher's Hornpipe; The Fisherman's Hornpipe], Untitled
4. Jigs: Untitled [Tom Billy's (1)], Untitled [Tom Billy's (2)]
5. Reels: Untitled [The Green Fields of Rossbeigh; The Kerry Reel], Untitled [Colonel Fraser], Untitled [The Mountain Lark; The Steampacket]
6. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled [The Bird in the Bush; usually played as a reel]
7. Airs: Untitled, Untitled [For another performance of this selection, see track A10]
8. Jigs: Untitled [The Rambler], Untitled [Heather and Sedge; The Castlebar Races], Untitled [Related to The Three Little Drummers?]
9. Reels: Untitled [The Girls of Farranfore; The Game of Love], Untitled [Callaghan's], Untitled [The Mountain Top, related to?]
10. Airs: Untitled, Untitled [For another performance of this selection, see track A7]
11. Hornpipes: Untitled [Cronin's Hornpipe], Untitled [Callaghan's]
12. Speech, Descriptive Piece: Untitled, An Chu agus an Ghiorria [The Hounds after the Hare; with spoken interjections (by the fiddle-player?)] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Donnell, PV, speech in English;
Milner, Dan, speech in English

Running Order:
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