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Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 60 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
McGonigle, Tommy, speech in English A1-10, accordion solo A1-3, 5-7, 9-10, 12, accordion in duet A11;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
Byrne, Cara, fiddle solo A4, speech in English A4, 8, 10, 14, fiddle in duet A11

Running Order:
1. Untitled [third part of a set], jig / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
2. Untitled [fourth part of a set], march ; Speech [parts of a dance set] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. Untitled [last part of a set], reel / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
4. Untitled, polka ; Speech [got the tune from Seamus Grant of Clonmany, Inishowen, very common dance tune in the area] / Cara Byrne, fiddle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English; Tommy McGonigle, speech in English
5. I have a polka trimmed with blue [=I have a bonnet trimmed with blue], polka ; Speech [lift of tunes, playing for old versus new dancers] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
6. [I have a bonnet trimmed with blue], polka / Tommy McGonigle, accordion
7. Untitled [danced for The Marine Four-Step], jig ; speech [descriptions of lancers versus the Marine Four Step] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
8. Speech [descriptions of dance nights: refreshments at dances, dances bringing people together, very few halls, singing] / Tommy McGonigle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Cara Byrne, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
9. Untitled, jig / Cara Byrne, fiddle ; Tommy McGonigle, accordion
10. Untitled, jig ; Speech / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
11. Untitled set, jigs / Tommy McGonigle, accordion ; Cara Byrne, fiddle
12. Untitled [first part of a set], jig ; Speech [parts of the set] / Tommy McGonigle, accordion, speech in English
13. Untitled [second part of a set], polka ; Speech / Tommy McGonigle, accordion
14. Speech [tunes named after musicians instead of the types of tunes, the melodeon, dancers liked rhythmic players, being asked to leave following a dance, never saw the old sets, lancers and polkas danced in Tommy's time during the winter, waltzes and round dances, the big swing] / Cara Byrne, speech in English ; Tommy McGonigle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 60 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 14

Speech [tunes named after musicians instead of the types of tunes, the melodeon, dancers liked rhythmic players, being asked to leave following a dance, never saw the old sets, lancers and polkas danced in Tommy's time during the winter, waltzes and round dances, the big swing] / Cara Byrne, speech in English ; Tommy McGonigle, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 74 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Running Order:
1. [Fragments of a recording of radio programme] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
2. Speech [what’s on the programme] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
3. One for the morning glory, song / Liam Clancy, singing in English ; Tommy Makem, singing in English
4. Speech [introductions, interview with Maureen O’Dwyer, letter written by Michael Scanlon] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Maureen O’Dwyer, speech in English
5. [Unnamed tunes] / [unnamed performers]
6. Speech [Interview Pat Butler] / Pat Butler, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
7. What a friend we have in Jesus, song / Gloria, singing in English
8. Speech [interview Pat Butler, popularity of Delia Murphy] / Pat Butler, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
9. Fourteen men, song ; speech [song intro] / Wolftones, singing in English
10. The Pride of the herd, instrumental / composed by Shaun Davey
11. Speech [calendar of events] / Sean O’Brien, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
12. Speech [introduction] ; recitation / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English; John Joe English, speech in English
13. Kerry long ago, song / Connie Foley, singing in English
14. Speech [Interview with Maureen O’Dwyer, describing some of her recitations] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Maureen O’Dwyer, speech in English
15. Tom the gardener, the Fairy’s Reel, reels ; speech [introductions and dedications] ; [unidentified tune], reel / [Charles Garr], harp ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
16. Master McGraw, song / Sean Dumphy
17. Speech [introduction, culture shock for people coming to Ireland] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Ann Caitrione Bellier, speech in English
18. You must have broken a few hearts in your time, song ; Speech [song dedications] / Gemma Hassen, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
19. My darling asleep, Garret Barry’s, jigs ; speech / Paddy Keenan, uilleann pipes ; Paddy Glackin, fiddle ; Aidan O’Hara, singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 76 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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]

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