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Performers:
Coombes, Agnes, recitation in English A1, speech in English A1;
English, John Joe, recitation in English A2, speech in English A2;
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A3;
Wareham, Wilf, speech in English A4, singing in English A5-6

Running Order:
1. Untitled, recitation / Agnes Coombes, speech in English ; Brid Coombes, author
2. Paddy Kelly's Dream, recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
3. Untitled [music for square dance], single / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
4. Speech [talk about sea songs heard in Newfoundland] / Wilf Wareham, speech in English
5. Haul on the bowline, song / Wilf Wareham, singing in English
6. Speech [sea songs] ; Jolly Poker, song ; Johnny Boker, song / Wilf Wareham, singing in English ; [Unidentified speaker], speech [END OF BAND ONE]
7. [BAND TWO NOT USED]

Performers:
Keogh, Benedict, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Dooley, William, singing in English A2-3, speech in English A2-3;
Hynes, James, singing in English A4;
English, John Joe, recitation in English A5, singing in English A6-10, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Bottle of brandy, song / Benedict Keogh, singing in English
2. Jimmy, song / William Dooley, singing in English
3. Mantle of green, song / William Dooley, singing in English
4. Three grains of corn, song / James Hynes, singing in English
5. Paddy Kelly's dream [The Lobster Salad], recitation / John Joe English, speech in English
6. Lord Bateman, song / John Joe English, singing in English
7. Come on ye jolly seaman bold, song [fragment] / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Come on ye jolly seaman bold, song [fragment continued from track 7] / John Joe English, singing in English
9. Down on Erin's wild shore, song / John Joe English, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed sailor, song / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
[Hearn ?], Kitty, speech in English A1, singing in English A2;
Snow, Mrs Elizabeth, speech in English A4-10, recitation in English A5-10

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about learning songs, singing on boats in the harbour] / Kitty [Hearn], speech in English
2. When the bees are in their hives, song / Kitty [Hearn], singing in English
3. My old Kentucky home, song ; talk about singing in concerts / Kitty [Hearn],
4. Speech [talk about writing poetry, reciting poetry at local events] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
5. Going to Church [written in 1954], recitation ; Speech [talk about the following poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
6. Saint Paul's sale, recitation ; Speech [background on Mrs Huff and the rector] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
7. Mrs Huff and the rector, recitation ; Speech [background on A voice within] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
8. A voice within, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
9. A boy leaving home ; Speech [describes a performance of A boy leaving home] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. The faithful few, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
11. We are all gathered here today, recitation ; Speech [describes next poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English, author
12. Sister Goodlynn, recitation ; Speech [background on next poem] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
13. O why was I chained to a wife, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
14. You tell me I'm getting old, recitation / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
15. Remembrance Day, recitation ; Speech [describes The high cost of living] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
16. The high cost of living, recitation ; Speech [other poems] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
17. Speech [reads out a letter about the founding of the local senior citizens club] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English
18. Speech [talk about local senior citizens parties] / Elizabeth Snow, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Turner, Bessy, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Walsh, Aidan, accordion solo A2-7, speech in English A2, 4-5;
Broderick, John, singing in English A8, recitation in English A9-11, 13-18, B3, 5, 7, singing in English in duet B4;
Broderick, Dan, singing in English A12, B2, 6, singing in English in duet B4;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band two, singing in English in chorus B4-6,;
Moore, Cyril, organ solo B8-10, accordion solo B11-14, speech in English B8-9, 15

Running Order:
1. I'm lonely since my mother died, song / Bessy Turner, singing in English
2. Road to the isles, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
3. There's a glen in old Tir Connel, waltz / Aidan Walsh, accordion
4. Pussy cat up in the plum tree, jig (crooked) ; Speech [tune name] / Aidan Walsh, accordion, speech in English
5. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
6. [I’se the b’y], jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
7. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
8. The lad in the Scotch brigade, song / John Broderick, singing in English
9. Rum seller, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
10. The burglar, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
11. The ragged jacket, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
12. Soldier's dream, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
13. An old sweetheart of mine, song / John Broderick, singing in English
14. Your coppers turn into silver, song / John Broderick, singing in English
15. Captains and ships, song / John Broderick, singing in English
16. The maid of the mountain brow, song / John Broderick, singing in English
17. An emigrant’s farewell, song / John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
18. When I was young, song (fragment) / John Broderick, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Speech [background speech] / [unidentified speakers]
20. July drive [The valley of Kilbride], song ; speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers] ; [unidentified speakers]
21. Morris Crotty, song ; Speech [background] / John Broderick, singing in English
22. Daniel Munroe, song ; Unidentified, song [fragments] ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers and speech]
23. Skibbereen, song (fragmented) ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
24. Break the news to mother, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
25. Old Eireann far away, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English
26. When your blue moon turns to gold again, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
27. A new moon over my shoulder, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
28. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, organ
29. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, accordion
30. [Maggie in the Wood], polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
31. Untitled, polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
32. Untitled, jig / Cyril Moore, accordion
33. Speech [joke about two people getting married] / Cyril Moore, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Murphy, Andy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about local people, cures for seasickness] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
2. Red river valley, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
3. St. Anne's reel / Andy Murphy, fiddle
4. Haste to the wedding, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
5. I’m going to be married, waltz / Andy Murphy, fiddle
6. Farewell to Nova Scotia, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
7. [I don’t care if I do], waltz ; Speech [remember what the tunes are] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
8. The wild rover, waltz ; Speech [the words to tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
9. Irish washerwoman, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
10. Redwing, barndance / Andy Murphy, fiddle
11. Bold Jack Donohue, waltz ; Speech [tune origins, story about learning Irish tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
12. The merry widow, waltz ; Speech [tune origins] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
13. Loch Lomond, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
14. Turkey in the straw, barndance [fragmented] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
15. Over the waves, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
16. Whiskey on beer, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
17. When I am sixty four, air ; Speech [talk about music in the family] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Speech [talk about music in the family] [continued from track A17] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
19. Untitled, hornpipe / Andy Murphy, fiddle
20. Speech [stories about feats of strength] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO][The remainder of BAND TWO is a direct copy of material from 53-ITMA-CS, Aidan O'Hara Cassette 4 tracks A23-35; not included on the CDR copy]

* Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1, 6–7;
singing in English A1;
McLaughlin, George 'Grainne', Donegal, speech in English A2–3, 9–13, singing in English A3, 8, 13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer [described by A O'H as 'Scot?'], singing in English A4;
McClure, Micky, Donegal, singing in English A5;
Duffy, Paddy, Donegal, singing in English A6–7, speech in English A10

Running Order:
1. Speech [Off-air dub of radio program; information from A O'H: 'BBC N.I. Radio comedy programme from early 1970s. Poor quality sound'] / Unidentified performers, speech in English, singing in English, guitar
2. Speech [Stories and jokes; information from A O'H: 'General chat and joking. George tells some monkey jokes, e.g. 'Time flies said the monkey when he flung the clock out the window.' And, 'The train went over the monkey's tail. It won't be long now, he said.'] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English ; Unidentified speaker
3. When you and I were young [Information from A O'H: 'George sings Maggie'], song / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, singing in English
4. The road and the miles to Dundee, song / Unidentified performer [Scott?], singing in English
5. The bold Robert Emmet (unfinished) [Information from A O'H: 'Micky McClure sings a Robert Emmet song to the air of 'The streets of Laredo' or 'The bold Phelim Brady'], song / Micky McClure, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. It was in the month of September [Information from A O'H: 'Paddy Duffy sings a song about a great ball'], song / Paddy Duffy, singing in English
7. Untitled [Information from A O'H: 'Paddy Duffy sings a comic song by local songwriter, Pat Lynch, to the air of 'If I Were a Blackbird'], song ; Speech [composer of the songs] / Paddy Duffy, singing in English
8. The blazing star of Drung [Information from A O'H: George sings local song, 'The Blazing Star of Drung'; A O'H also supplies the information 'ITMA Reference Number: 175-ITMA-MP3'], song / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, singing in English
9. Speech [Information from A O'H: George tells the comic story of the priest, the boy who didn't go to school and his mother who lived in an out-of-the-way place'] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English
10. Speech [Information from A O'H: Paddy Duffy says some lines from the Christmas Rhymers play that were given a local treatment by Pat Lynch. The same thing in another local parody of the recitation 'The Cremation of Sam Magee'. George also says some lines from the Christmas Rhymers'] / Paddy Duffy, speech in English
11. Speech [Story about being hired out to work on farms; information from A O'H: George talks about the hiring fairs and how he was 'hired a slave'] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English
12. Speech [Continuation of the topic in previous track; talk about being hiring out to work on farms around Carndonagh] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English
13. Poll and Nancy Hogan [Information from A O'H: 'George sings most unusual song about the sisters, Poll and Nancy Hogan and their pig. Note from http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/search%20for%20titles_na_nel.htm : NANCY HOGAN'S PIG - In Clahamon/Derry Town there dwelt 2 maids - Palci Grey & NH Ch: Tral-la - bought two pigs, cut off their tails, P died Saturday night & N on Sunday, buried on Monday - ROUD#1130 0- Alfred WILLIAMS Ms #576 - Darley McCall 72 & 79 - PALMER SOM 1972 Birmingham & Midland Folk Centre: P Murphy, Brownhills, Staffordsh 1967 Poll & Nancy Hogan -- Sean O TUAM rec by Jean Ritchie & George Pickow: FOLKWAYS Field Trip: Ireland 1960/ OSSIAN OSS-15 1989 CASS-0797/ DAT - Mary O HARA: DECCA ML-O22 1967 Two maids of Derry Town, Poll & Nancy Hogan, box & fight from morn till night. See also http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029D1LWC/ref=dm_sp_alb : Songs of the People, Vol. 1 Dick Flynn
* Format: MP3 Download'], song / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Turner, Tom, singing in English A1, 3-4, speech in English A2-4;
White, Bernard, singing in English A5, 7-10, 12 speech in English A5-9,;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Mackey, Josephine, singing in English A11, speech in English A11

Running Order:
1. Western rangers, song / Tom Turner, singing in English
2. Speech [background speech, father’s name, other songs] / Tom Turner, speech in English
3. An old sweetheart of mine, song / Tom Turner, singing in English
4. July drive, song ; Speech [background on Bernard White] / Tom Turner, singing in English ; Brendan White, speech in English
5. The Caribou, song / Bernard White, singing in English
6. Speech [talk about singing, drink, fishing and working in the lumber woods] / Brendan White, speech in English ; Josephine Mackey, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. The Newfoundland disaster, song ; Speech [the details of the story told in the song] / Bernard White, singing in English
8. The sun was setting in the west, song / Bernard White, singing in English ; Josephine Mackey, speech in English
9. Morrissey and the Benetia boy, song / Bernard White, singing in English
10. The green mantle [Fame Waterloo], song / Bernard White, singing in English
11. Young floral, song / Josephine Mackey, singing in English
12. He was only a private soldier, song / [Bernard White], singing in English
13. The union from St. John's / [Bernard White], singing in English
14. Up to the riggs in London, song / [Bernard White], singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Mooney, Jack, singing in English A1-8. B3, 5-10, 13, speech in English A1-8, B3, 5-10, 13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Mooney, Neddie, singing in English B1-2, 4-5, 11, speech in English B1-2, 4-5, 11;
Roche, Dermot, singing in English B12, speech in English B12

Running Order:
1. Speech [favourite songs] ; Erin's lovely home, song ; Speech [where the song came from] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
2. The pride of Glencoe, song ; Speech [where the song came from, learned it from his brother-in-law when he went lumbering in Manitoba] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
3. Bad companions, song ; Speech [where the song came from, Work Boys Work] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
4. The shores of Grand Lake, song ; Speech [working during the 1930s, Jack’s background] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
5. Work boys work, song ; Speech [music hall] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English ; [Unknown speakers]
6. Harry Dunn, song ; Speech [young fellas sang it around the place, lumbering] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
7. Toast from an Irish colleen, song ; Speech [a song from the old people] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
8. The valley of Kilbride, song ; Speech [remembering songs] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
9. Roving gambler, song ; Speech [American songs came from the girls who went away to work] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
10. Me old ragadoo, song ; Speech / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
11. In York's fair city, song / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Boston burglar, song ; Speech [where song came from] / Neddie Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
13. The Cuslett Brook, song [unfinished] ; Speech [ the verse he left out] / Neddie Mooney, singing in English, speech in English ; Eddie Coffey, composer
14. Green mossy banks of the Lee, song / Jack Mooney, singing in English
15. The Cuslett Brook, song / Neddie Mooney, singing in English
16. Little seaside village [The cottage by the sea], song / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English ; Neddie Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
17. Little seaside village [The cottage by the sea], song ; Speech [the Mooney family] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
18. Only a face in the firelight, song ; Speech [singing circles] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
19. The maid on the mountain brow, song ; Speech / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
20. The maid on the mountain brow, song / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
21. William and Mary [Jimmy and Nancy on the sea], song ; Speech [Jack’s mother’s songs] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
22. Lovely Maryann, song [fragment] / Neddie Mooney, singing in English
23. Donald Monroe, song / Dermot Roche, singing in English
24. The mines of Avondale, song ; Speech [song origins] / Jack Mooney, singing in English[END OF BAND TWO]