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Performers:
Clingan, James 'Jimmy', Donegal, singing in English A1, 3, 5;
speech in English throughout A1–5;
fiddle solo A4–5;
O'Hara, Aidan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Clancy, John, Cavan, speech in English A6;
Clancy, Angela, Cavan, speech in English A6

Running Order:
1. The shores of Americay, song / Jimmy Clingan, singing in English
2. Speech [Talk about learning songs off records, people selling ballad sheets; Jimmy talks about his love of Gilbert and Sullivan songs which he learned from a recording of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; he saw ballad song sellers at markets and fairs in Carndonagh the last thirty years ago; tinkers, men and women sold the songs which they had printed up, songs by Thomas Moore and the like. Sheets would be three pence or four pence each; how they know what air to sing the song to; He showed me a song called 'The Bonnie Wee Lass o' the Glen', written out for him 30 or 40 years earlier by a man from Balleighan, Malin, his name, John White Paddy, a Doherty or a McLaughlin man. Jimmy said the man had a lovely voice and he liked the song; talks about the 'timbre' in a good singer's voice. "I haven't that," he said.' (description provided by AOH)] / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English]
3. Speech [Information from A O'H: 'Starts off talking about an RIC man who wrote a song about a woman he liked in Clonmany and he quotes lines from it. Sings a verse and says, "That's a good song and nobody in Inishowen hardly knows it either." He got it from hearing it sung by others. On line the song is called Dark Iniseoghain: http://celtic-lyrics.com/lyrics/566.html and http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/deante/dark_iniseoghain-lyrics-1155631.html , also http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13326, etc.; I asked him for The Star of Inishowen but he didn't know the air of it. He said he worked as a carpenter all his life and was in the Irish Army during the Emergency. He was 71 when I recorded this] ; Dark Iniseoghain, song / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English, singing in English
4. An Chúilfhionn [An Chuileann / The Coolin], air ; Speech [Information from A O'H: 'I asked him about a song called 'Came whistling o'er the hill' (same air as 'Sullivan's John'). Jimmy said it was well known locally'] / Jimmy Clingan, fiddle
5. Came whistling o'er the hill, air ; Speech [Information from A O'H: 'Talks about a song he heard only once sung by a man from Glengad. It took his fancy because it was so pleasing and he was sorry he didn't get it off him. Sings a few lines of it']; [untitled], song / Jimmy Clingan, fiddle, speech in English
6. Speech: [Information from A O'H: 'This recording was made after interview with Jimmy Clingan in 19AOH begins by reciting a few lines from verses written about the Derragarra Inn, Butler's Bridge. With him are the owners, John and Angela Clancy to whom he talks about their establishment: a recorded interview for Aidan's programme, 'Fáilte Isteach' on RTÉ Radio 1] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; John Clancy, speech in English ; Angela Clancy, speech in English

Performers:
Unidentified performer, accordion solo A1-8;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A9 (off-air dub);
Unidentified performer, accordion solo A9-10 (off-air dub);
Unidentified performer, speech in English A9, 14;
O'Dwyer, Finbar, accordion in duet A11-12;
Breslin, Gerry, Donegal, fiddle in duet A11-12;
Ceoltoiri Coolin (off-air dub) A13;
Burke, Joe, Galway, accordion solo A14-26;
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle in duet B1-2, 4, 9, 11, 13, 15, fiddle solo B4, fiddle in trio B14 (off-disc dubs);
Unidentified performer(s), accordion in duet B1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12, accordion in trio B14 (off-disc dubs);
Unidentified performer(s), speech in English B16-17;
Bow, John, accordion solo B17;
Unidentified performers, fiddle, accordion, whistle B18;
Unidentified performer, accordion solo B19-26

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
2. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
3. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
4. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
5. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
6. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
7. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
8. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (clipped)
9. Speech/Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled (clipped)
10. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
11. Speech/Reel: Untitled (clipped)
12. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginnign clipped)
13. Air/Speech: Untitled
14. Speech/Reels: Untitled
15. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
16. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled (clipped)
17. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (clipped)
18. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
19. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
20. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
21. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
22. Reels/Fragment: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
23. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
24. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
25. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
26. Jig: Untitled (clipped) [END OF BAND ONE]
27. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
28. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (interrupted)
29. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled
30. Air/Hornpipe: Untitled, Untitled
31. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled
32. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
33. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped, speed change)
34. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled
35. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
36. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
37. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled
38. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
39. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled
40. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
41. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
42. Speech: announced names of tunes
43. Speech/Jig/Speech: Untitled
44. Fragments: Untitled
45. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
46. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped, interrupted)
47. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
48. Fragment
49. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
50. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
51. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled (unfinished)
52. Fragment [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:

Unidentified performer(s), accordion in duet A1-4, 5, 9, 11-14, accordion in trio A10, accordion solo
Unidentified performer, accordion in trio A10
Unidentified performer, accordion A5 (off-air dub)
Unidentified performer, fiddle A5 (off-air dub)
Unidentified performer, pipes A5 (off-air dub)
Unidentified performer, dulcimer A5 (off-air dub)
Shannon, Seamus, accordion solo A6, accordion in duet A7-8
Burke, Joe, Galway, speech in English A13, accordion solo A22, 26, accordion in trio A23-24, 27, 31-32, B2, accordion in duet A29-30,
Doherty, John, Donegal, fiddle in duet A11-14, 20, 28, B1, speech in English A13-14, fiddle solo A15-17, 21, 25, B3-4, singing in English A18, fiddle in trio A23-24, 27, 31-32, B2
Unidentified performer, singing in English A19, singing in Latin B11
Unidentified performer, singing in English with guitar B5
Unidentified performer, singing in English with guitar B6-7
Unidentified performers, accordion B8, accordion in duet B9 (off-air dub)
Unidentified performers, fiddle solo B8, fiddle in duet B9 (off-air dub)
Unidentified performers, instrumental group B10 (off-air dub)

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (clipped)
2. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
3. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
4. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
5. Reel/Fragment of previous track: Untitled (clipped)
6. Waltz: Untitled (beginning clipped)
7. Waltz: Untitled (beginning clipped)
8. Song Air: Untitled
9. Reel Medley: Untitled (beginning clipped)
10. Piece: Untitled (beginning clipped)
11. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
12. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
13. Speech/Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
14. Speech/Hornpipes: The Loughside Hornpipe, Untitled
15. Piece/Fragment: The President (beginning clipped)
16. Piping Jig/Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Nora Crionna, Piobaire an Cheideadh] (beginning clipped)
17. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
18. Song: Untitled [I Wonder What's Keeping My True Love Tonight] (beginning clipped)
19. Song: Untitled (beginning clipped)
20. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
21. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
22. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
23. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginnign clipped)
24. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled (clipped)
25. Reel: Untitled [The Old Oak Tree] (clipped)
26. Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
27. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
28. Reel: Untitled [The Gravel Walks] (beginning clipped)
29. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
30. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled (clipped)
31. Jig: Untitled (beginning clipped)
32. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped) [band one continued on CDR b]
33. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
34. Jig: Untitled (clipped)
35. Air: Untitled (beginning clipped)
36. Air: Untitled (beginning clipped)
37. Song: Untitled
38. Song: Untitled
39. Song: Danny Boy
40. Fragment/Reels: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
41. Reels: Untitled (clipped)
42. Reel: Untitled (clipped)
43. Song: Sancta Maria (beginning clipped) [END OF BAND ONE]
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Performers:
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish A1, singing in Irish A2;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A3, speech in English A4

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Untitled
4. Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
5. Speech etc: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO] [this index has still to be completed fully]

Performers:
Rowsome, Leo, Dublin, pipes solo A1-5, speech in English throughout, pipes in trio A6-7;
Quinn, Louis, Armagh/New York, speech in English A6, A16-17 and incidental speech throughout;
Rowsome, Leon, Dublin, pipes in trio A6-7, pipes in duet A16-17;
Rowsome, Liam, Dublin, fiddle in trio A6-7, fiddle in duet A16-17;
Gallagher, John, Donegal, fiddle solo A8-11;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo, A12-15 [possibly John Gallagher]

Running Order:
1. Air: Untitled
2. Slipjigs: Untitled
3. Jigs: Untitled
4. Jigs: The Kerry Jig, The Ballintor Jig
5. Hornpipes: Chief O'Neill's, The Rights of Man
6. Reels: Cooley's, The Green Gates
7. Air: The Blackbird [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Jig: Paddy Owen's Jig
9. Reel: McLeod's Reel
10. Air, Strathspey: Untitled
11. Reel: Untitled
12. Reel: Untitled
13. Reel: Untitled
14. Jigs: Untitled
15. Hornpipe: Untitled
16. Speech/Reels: Untitled
17. Speech/Hornpipe: The Quarrelsome Piper [unfinished] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Shannon, Sharon, Clare, accordion in duet A1-3, 4-5, accordion solo A4 (off-air dubs);
Small, Jackie, Galway, speech in English A1-5 (off-air dubs);
Byrne, James, Donegal, fiddle solo A6-10, speech in English A7;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A11-18;
Unidentified performer, accordion solo B1-11;
Unidentified performer, fiddle in trio B12-14;
Unidentified performer, accordion in trio B12-14;
Unidentified performer, speech in English B15;
Brennan-Grant, Katherine, fiddle in duet B15;
Unidentified performer, accordion in duet B16-23

Running Order:
1. Reels/Speech: Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
2. Jigs/Speech: Untitled, Untitled
3. Speech/Reels: Untitled, The Bird in the Bush, Dublin Porter
4. Speech/Hornpipes/Speech: Untitled, Untitled
5. Speech/Reels/Speech: Untitled, Jean's Reel, The Moving Cloud
6. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
7. Speech/Jig: Con Cassidy's
8. Highland: Untitled [Jimmy Lyon's]
9. Highland: Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled
11. Reel Fragment: Untitled (beginning clipped)
12. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
13. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
14. Reels: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
15. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled
16. Jig: Untitled
17. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled (beginning clipped)
18. Jig Fragment: Untitled (end clipped) [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Fragments/Waltz: Untitled
20. Waltz: Untitled
21. Waltz: Untitled
22. Waltz: Untitled
23. Waltzes: Untitled, Untitled
24. Waltz: Untitled
25. Waltz: Untitled
26. Waltz: Untitled
27. Waltz: Untitled
28. Waltz: Untitled (unfinished)
29. Fragments/Reel: Untitled (interrupted)
30. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
31. Reel: Untitled
32. Reel: Untitled
33. Speech/Reel: Untitled (interrupted, end clipped)
34. Reel: Untitled (beginning clipped)
35. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
36. Reel: Untitled (interrupted)
37. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
38. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
39. Reel: Untitled
40. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
41. Reel/Fragment: Untitled, Untitled (interrupted) [END OF BAND TWO]