Tom Mulligan and others [negative] / Mal Whyte
- BBR-18712/2/11/5/271378
- Stuk
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Unidentified man, seated holding pipes
Unidentified man, seated holding pipes
Willie Clancy, standing in background
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Tom Mulligan and others [negative] / Mal Whyte
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Tom Mulligan and others [negative] / Mal Whyte
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 322 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Airs: Untitled [Version of An Caisideach Ban?], Untitled [An Droighnean Donn] (from an acetate disc; much surface noise; overmodulated on original tape)
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin - pipes solo
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 48 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
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]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
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]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
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]
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 312 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, speech in English A1, 3, 5;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in Irish A2;
Ni Gallchobhair, Cait, Donegal, singing in Irish A4;
Ni Mhuimhneachain, Cait, Cork, singing in Irish A6;
Reck, Tommy, Dublin, pipes solo A7–9;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A10–11;
Unidentified performer [Paddy Killoran?], fiddle solo A12–15
Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Topics: Seamus Ennis's work as a collector with the Irish Folklore Commission; transcribing music from collections made by James Delargy and Luke Donnellan; collecting in the field; travelling by bicycle to Connemara; riches of music in Connemara; SE's collecting method; visiting an informant's home; how SE wrote music from informants; SE working at hay or at turf; sailing and fishing; singing style in Connemara; introduction to the next item]
2. Song: Bean an Fhir Rua / The Red-Haired Man's Wife
3. Speech: Untitled [Topics: SE's work as a collector, continued; style of folktale and of music is simpler in the north of Ireland than in the west and south; introduction to the next item]
4. Song: The Mermaid Song / An Mhaighdean Mhara
5. Speech: Untitled [Complexity in singing style in Connemara; singing style in Munster; introduction to the next item]
6. Song: A Mhaire Ni Laoghaire
7. Hornpipe: Untitled [Alexander's Hornpipe]
8. Jig: Untitled [Kitty's Rambles / The Rambles of Kitty]
9. Reel: Untitled [The Scholar] (fades out)
10. Hornpipe: Untitled (short, incomplete)
11. Set Dance: Untitled [The Job of Journeywork]
12. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Bashful Bachelor], Untitled [The Flowers of Ballymote]
13. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Sweeney's Dream]
14. Jigs: Untitled [The Hut on the Hill (CICD 1023); Paddy Killoran's; Andy McGann's], Untitled [The Rambler], Untitled [The Humours of Bantry]
15. Reels: Untitled [The Master's Return], Untitled, Untitled [Dillon Brown] [END OF BAND ONE]
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 356 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Performers:
Unidentified performer [Russell, Micho, Clare?], whistle in duet A1;
Unidentified performer [Russell, Pakie, Clare?], concertina in duet A1;
concertina solo A2;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A3–4;
Unidentified performer, Clare, speech in Irish A5–6;
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin], speech in Irish A5–7, 9;
speech in Irish and English A10;
speech in English A11;
Unidentified performer, Clare, speech in Irish A7;
Unidentified performer, Clare, singing in English A8;
Unidentified performer, Clare, speech in Irish A9;
singing in Irish A9;
Conlon, John 'Baser', Clare, speech in Irish and English A10;
speech in English A11;
lilting solo A12;
singing in Irish A12;
whistling solo A12;
singing in English A12;
Unidentified performer, flute solo A13
Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Heather Breeze]
2. Reel: Untitled [The Peeler's Jacket]
3. Reel: Untitled [The Bag of Potatoes]
4. Jig: Untitled
5. Speech: Untitled [Includes a story about Diarmaid and Grainne at Ceann Leime / Loophead]
6. Speech: Untitled
7. Speech: Untitled [Includes discussion about blindness & reading by means of Braille]
8. Song: Untitled
9. Speech, Song: Untitled, Taimse im Chodladh is na Duisigh Me
10. Speech: Untitled [Entertaining tourists with fiddle-playing (mainly in Irish)]
11. Speech: Untitled [Entertaining tourists with fiddle-playing; how the speaker got the nickname 'Baser' (in English)]
12. Jig / Song, Speech, Jig / Song: Untitled [Jig lilted and words to it sung], Untitled, Untitled [Jig whistled and lilted and words to it sung; The Dark-Eyed Gypsy]
13. Reels: Untitled [The Maid of Mount Cisco], Untitled [The Hunter's Purse] [END OF BAND ONE]
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 349 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Ryan, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A2, 4, 6, 8;
Supple, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A2, 4, 6, 8;
Keogh, Dan, Tipperary, concertina solo A10;
Hayes, Matt, Tipperary, singing in English A12;
Rainsford, Mary B, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A14;
Walsh, Michael, Tipperary, flute in instrumental group A14;
Ahern, Mrs, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A14;
O'Brien, Liam, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A14;
O'Donnell, Joseph, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A14;
Dick Ryan 'Larry', Tipperary, fiddle in trio A16–17;
Anthony Ryan 'Donal', Tipperary, accordion in trio A16–17;
Shaw, Pat, Tipperary, fiddle in trio A16–17;
Mulkere, Jack, Clare, fiddle solo A19;
Preston, Michael, Clare, flute in trio A21;
Shaughnessy, Jack, Clare, fiddle in trio A21;
Divinney, Pat, Clare, fiddle in trio A21
Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; the music on tracks A2–8 was recorded in Annacotty, Co Limerick in December 1955]
2. Reel: The Swallow's Tail
3. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
4. Hornpipe: The Woods of Kilkenny (fades out)
5. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
6. Jig: Old Man Dillon
7. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
8. Reel: The Boyne Hunt
9. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; the performances on tracks A10–12 were recorded in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary in December 1955]
10. Polka: Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
12. Song: Hollyford
13. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
14. Jigs: The Shandon Bells, Haste to the Wedding
15. Speech: Untitled [About the performances that follow on tracks A16–17]
16. Jig: The Merry Maiden [Related to The Wandering Minstrel?]
17. Reel: Far from Home
18. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows, which was recorded in Crusheen, Co Clare in January 1955]
19. Air: The Dark Woman of the Mountain
20. Speech: Untitled [About the performances that follow]
21. Jigs: Gallagher's Frolics, Paddy's Favourite [Whelan's Jig]
22. Reels: The Wheels of the World [Joe Cooley's version of 'The Morning Dew'], Cooley's Reel [END OF BAND ONE]
Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 347 [sound recording] / [various performers]
Part of Breandán Breathnach Collection
Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Finnegan, Thomas, Galway, singing in English A2;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Keaveney, Patrick, Galway, singing in English A3;
Kelly, Jim / Kelly, James, Galway, singing in English A4, 6, 11, 13;
speech in English A4, 13;
Glynn, William / Glynn, Willie, Galway, speech in English A7, 9–10, 12, 14;
singing in English A8, 10, 12, 14;
Clancy, Jack ('Jack the Jigger'), Clare, lilting solo A15–16;
speech in English A15;
Crotty, Elizabeth, Clare, speech in English A17;
singing in English A18;
concertina solo A20;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
fiddle solo A24;
Hegney, Agnes, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
Mulhaire, Thomas, Galway, fiddle in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Brendan, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Martin, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
accordion solo A28;
Tracy, John Joe, Galway, flute in trio A30;
Downey, Patsy, Galway, accordion in trio A30;
Dooley, Michael Joe, Galway, fiddle in trio A30;
Finnerty, Johnny, Galway, speech in English A31;
singing in English A31
Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows, recorded in Glenamaddy, Co Galway in June 1956]
2. Song: Untitled [In a dreary old cabin sat a grey-haired old father (etc)]
3. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Only a Bunch of Violets; Out in a moonlit garden, far from the ballroom bright (etc)]
4. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Maid of Athenry
5. Speech: Untitled [Song just sung was recorded in Corofin, Co Galway in June 1956]
6. Song: The Kellys and Molloys [Stated to be related to the American song 'The Martins and the Coyles']
7. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows]
8. Song: The 1916 Rising in County Galway
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Song, Speech: John Reilly, Untitled
11. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Star of Donegal
12. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Woodlands of Loughglynn (incomplete)
13. Speech, Song: Untitled, A Bird without a Gall / Captain Woodburn's Courtship [Captain Wedderburn's Courtship]
14. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [About Louis Darcy of Headford, County Galway]
15. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork ?], Untitled
16. Reel: Down the Broom
17. Speech: Untitled
18. Song: An Droighnean Donn [Version in English; learned from Mrs Lillis, Cooraclare, Co Clare]
19. Speech: Untitled [The song and music here from Mrs Crotty was recorded in Kilrush, Co Clare in June 1956]
20. Reel: Bean an Tinceara [An Bhean Tinceara]
21. Speech: Untitled [About the tune that follows, recorded in Tom White's pub, Ballinakill, Co Galway in January 1956]
22. Reels: The Bird in the Tree, The Shannon Breeze [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
23. Speech: Untitled
24. Reels: Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [Colonel Rodney]
25. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; recorded in Kiltormer, Co Galway in February 1956]
26. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Martin Mulhaire's Reel [Composed by Martin Mulhaire (a member of the trio that plays here)]
27. Speech: Untitled
28. Reel: Untitled [The Golden Keyboard; composed by the performer]
29. Speech: Untitled
30. Reel: Dowd's Favourite [O'Dowd's Favourite]
31. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Young men of Tipperary and of Ireland far and near (etc); song about the McCormick brothers, who were hanged in Nenagh during the land troubles] (incomplete; repeated on tape Breandan Breathnach Reel-to-Reel 348) [END OF BAND ONE]