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Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout;
Nally, James, (aged 15yrs) speech in English A1;
Nally, Kathleen, speech in English A1;
McMenamin, Catriona, singing in English A2;
Jim Power Group, instrumental group A3;
Unidentified performer, banjo in duet A4-5;
Mulynn, Paddy, speech in English A6;
Martin, Tony, speech in English A7

Running Order:
1. Speech [CCE London, winning the All-Ireland, James' interest in music] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Kathleen Nally, speech in English ; James Nally, speech in English
2. Song: Hello Dolly / [Unidentified speaker] ; Catriona McMenamin, speech in English, singing in English
3. [Untitled], reels (fragment) / Jim Power Group, band
4. [Untitled], reel (fragment) / [Unidentified banjo]
5. [Untitled], reel / [Unidentified banjo]
6. Speech [The Favourite pub, other musicians in London: Raymond Roland, Roger Sherlock, Bobby Casey, Paddy Taylor, learning music] / Paddy Mulynn, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
7. Speech [how Tony became interested in making fiddles, fiddle construction] / Tony Martin, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
O'Boyle, Sean, Armagh, speech in English A1-12

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction to Sean O'Boyle, his beginnings in traditional music, Carl Hardabeck] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
2. Speech [Sean's father] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
3. Speech [Gaelic influence in song composition, The Boys of Mullaghbawn, Where have you Been all the Day?] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
4. Speech [Scottish influences in the song tradition of Northern Ireland, the influence of Scots Planters] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
5. Speech [Sean's early days collecting, BBC and ‘As I Roved Out’] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
6. Speech [group singing rather than solo singing] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
7. Speech [the honesty of Gaelic song] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
8. Speech [Paddy Tunney's singing style] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
9. Speech [collecting for 'As I Roved Out', Joe Brannigan] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
10. Speech [house parties, the revival of Irish dancing, dancing in Ireland versus Newfoundland] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
11. Speech [song types and themes, hiring songs, political songs, bullet throwing] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
12. Speech [the value of the song tradition to the current generation, finding your roots / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English (continued on AOH Reel 83, 946a-REEL/CDR) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
The beginning portion of this reel is a copy of the end portion of 945-ITMA-REEL;
O'Boyle, Sean, speech in English A1-2;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
Steele, Mr, speech in English A3-9

Running Order:
1. Speech [song types continued from AOH Reel 82 (945a-REEL/CDR)] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
2. Speech [the value of traditional song to contemporary generations] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
3. Speech [the Troubles effect on school children] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Mr. Steele, speech in English
4. Speech [changes in the approach to teaching children of the troubles] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Mr. Steele, speech in English
5. Speech [contact between school and home] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Mr. Steele, speech in English
6. Speech [his philosophy on teaching and how it has changed over the years, adult education] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Mr. Steele, speech in English
7. Speech [the effect of having adult learners in the school, young people's view on education] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Mr. Steele, speech in English
8. Speech [changes that Mr. Steele would like to see] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Mr. Steele, speech in English
9. Speech [school broadcasts] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Mr. Steele, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
This reel is a partial copy of 945-ITMA-REEL;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
O'Boyle, Sean, Armagh, speech in English A1-12

Running Order:
1. Speech [introduction to Sean O'Boyle, his beginnings in traditional music, Carl Hardabeck] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
2. Speech [Sean's father] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
3. Speech [Gaelic influence in song composition, The Boys of Mullaghbawn, Where have you Been all the Day?] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
4. Speech [Scottish influences in the song tradition of Northern Ireland, the influence of Scots Planters] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
5. Speech [Sean's early days collecting, BBC and ‘As I Roved Out’] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
6. Speech [group singing rather than solo singing] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
7. Speech [the honesty of Gaelic song] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
8. Speech [Paddy Tunney's singing style] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
9. Speech [collecting for 'As I Roved Out', Joe Brannigan] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
10. Speech [house parties, the revival of Irish dancing, dancing in Ireland versus Newfoundland] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English
11. Speech [song types and themes, hiring songs, political songs, bullet throwing] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Sean O’Boyle, speech in English

Performers:
Byrne, Conal, speech in Irish and English A1-3

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about speaking and learning Irish in Inishowen, poets from Inishowen, strange words in Irish used only in Inishowen] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in Irish ; Conal Byrne, speech in Irish
2. Speech [talk about the history and geography of Inishowen] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Conal Byrne, speech in English
3. Speech [talk about the Scottish connection with Inishowen] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Conal Byrne, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A1, singing in English A2-3

Running Order:
1. Untitled, reel / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; [unidentified dancers]
2. Going to mass last Sunday [The girl that slighted me], song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
3. God bless ye merry gentlemen, song / [unidentified singers] [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Clingan, James 'Jimmy', Donegal, singing in English A2-8, speech in English A1, 5-7;
O'Hara, Aidan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer [possibly McGonigle, Donegal], accordion solo A9

Running Order:
1. Speech [Talk about tunes used for dancing with examples; old songs heard from James' father with examples; Jimmy talks about the old dances: Haste to the Wedding, the Lancers, Quadrilles, Walls of Limerick, Siege of Limerick, Shoe the Donkey, Lannigan's Ball, Siege of Ennis, Maggie Pickens, etc.; gives the airs to them; songs he recalls his father singing: Mountain Streams where the Moorcock Crows, The Silvery Tide, Betsy Baker (sings a verse and says it has maybe ten verses, quite comical; see http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/supptrad.html)] ; Lannigan’s ball, air ; Maggie Pickens, air ; Betsy Baker, song / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Jimmy Clingan, speech in English, lilting, singing in English
2. The rambling Irishman, song / Jimmy Clingan, singing in English
3. Speech [getting the song from his father] ; The rambling Irishman, song / Jimmy Clingan, singing in English
4. The rambling Irishman
5. Speech [song introduction] ; The hat McGuinness wore, song ; Speech [Information provided by AOH: the song just sung was written by local man, Neil Kearney from Carndonagh. McGuinness was from nearby Ballyloskey. Neil also wrote 'My Lovely Irish Rose' and 'The Green Fields of Annagh': The Hat McGuinness Wore, Untitled] / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English, singing in English ; Neil Kearney, composer [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Speech [song introduction] ; Clonmany For Me, song ; Speech [Information provided by AOH: Jimmy sings a tongue-in-cheeky song, 'Clonmany for Me', written by Pat Lynch, Carndonagh. Jimmy said that Pat also wrote 'The Lighthouse Down at Bunagee' - and the funny part of it all was that there's no lighthouse at Bunagee - 'The Banks of the Shannon'. Pat was a comedian, Jimmy said. He did recitations like 'An Angel Grew Tired of Heaven'. Pat and Neil Kearney were contemporaries of Harry Lauder and the pair met him one time. Harry wanted them to travel with him on his world tour, he thought they were so good] / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English, singing in English; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
7. The mountain streams where the moorcocks crow, song ; Speech [Information provided by AOH: The performer says that he heard his mother singing it, a very old song as old as you'd get anywhere. http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=46396 ; also http://www.informatik.unihamburg.de/~zierke/peter.bellamy/songs/themountainstreamswherethemoorcockscrow.html / Jimmy Clingan, singing in English, speech in English
8. Speech [The performer introduces the next song, saying it's a dream a girl had about her lover] ; My love he is a miner lad, singing in English; Speech [Information provided by A O'H: the lad in question is named John Sleddin in the song (see the same song, ITMA Reference Number: 185-ITMA-MP3, recorded by Jimmy McBride)] / Jimmy Clingan, singing in English, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English
9. Londonderry hornpipe [Information provided by AOH: this may be a McGonigle man I recorded near Malin Town when Conal Beirne brought me to visit him] / [McGonigle], accordion [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
English, John Joe, singing in English A1, 3-4, 6-7, speech in English A2-7;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Peter Emberley, song / John Joe English, singing in English
2. Speech [born in 1896, John Joe's family, music in his family, his younger brother Michael Joseph's death at age 13 from appendicitis, his mother's reaction to Michael's death, seeing a vision of him after his death, being sick himself, regaining his strength, land the family owned] / John Joe English, speech in English
3. Speech [crossing the Gut by ferry, fishing as a young boy of eleven with his uncle] ; The old leather britches, song / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English
4. Speech [finishing school aged eleven, Brian O'Lynn, learning about Ireland] ; Father O'Flynn, song / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English, singing in English
5. Speech [fishing and carpentry, his father was a carpenter and fisherman, building a motorboat] / John Joe English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Speech [the local school master Mr. Sullivan and his son Dinny Sullivan who composed sons, song fragments, Lucy Foley, being 'shipped' (hired out as farm labour), others who were 'shipped' from St John's, women’s and men’ s jobs] / John Joe English, speech in English
7. Speech [penicillin arriving, humorous story, milking, his mother being ill, hemp nets for fishing, his mother dying, leaving Branch for Montreal, practising songs with Mrs MacDonald] ; [untitled], song [fragment] / John Joe English, speech in English, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Moore, Cyril, accordion solo A1-2, speech in English A1;
Turner, Josephine, accordion solo A3-4, speech in English A3;
Maher, Paddy, accordion solo A5-9, 11, 13, 15-18, 20, speech in English A5-6, 10, 12, 14, singing in English with accordion A10, 12, 14, 19;
Thorne, Kenneth, singing in English with guitar A21-23, speech in English A21-23, accordion solo A24-26;
Moore, Roland, fiddle solo A27-30, speech in English A29;
Reid, John, singing in English with guitar A31-34, speech in English A31-34

Running Order:
1. Untitled [Black velvet band], waltz / Cyril Moore, accordion, speech in English
2. I’s the b’y, jig / Cyril Moore, accordion
3. Untitled, polka / Josephine Turner, accordion, speech in English
4. Untitled [Pop goes the weasel], [single] / Josephine Turner, accordion
5. Untitled [The old man], hornpipe / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
6. Untitled, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
7. Untitled, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion
8. Untitled, reel / Paddy Maher, accordion
9. Untitled [Maggie in the woods], polka / Paddy Maher, accordion
10. The humours of Glenshee, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
11. Doggie doggie battered the cat, jig / Paddy Maher, accordion, speech in English
12. The tribute to Newfoundland, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
13. Beer barrel polka, polka / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer]
14. The daughter of Daniel O Connell, Star of Logy Bay, songs / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion, speech in English
15. Star of Logy Bay, air / Paddy Maher, accordion
16. Untitled (fragment), jig / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer] [END OF BAND ONE]
17. Untitled, jig (continued from track 16) / Paddy Maher, accordion ; [unidentified dancer]
18. Amazing grace, air / Paddy Maher, accordion
19. The banks of the roses, song / Paddy Maher, singing in English, accordion
20. Untitled, reel / Paddy Maher, accordion
21. Dust on mother’s bible, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
22. Singing waterfall, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
23. In the cold Canadian waters, song / Kenneth Thorne, singing in English, guitar
24. Over the waves, waltz / Kenneth Thorne, accordion
25. Road to the isles, [single] / Kenneth Thorne, accordion, speech in English
26. Golden jubilee, polka / Kenneth Thorne, accordion
27. Untitled, jig / Roland Moore, fiddle
28. Untitled, tune / Roland Moore, fiddle
29. Untitled, tune / Roland Moore, fiddle
30. Untitled, polka / Roland Moore, fiddle ; [unidentified dancer]
31. My friends, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
32. Big Bill, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
33. The war ship had landed, song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English
34. [Galway Bay] (‘If you ever go across the sea to Newfoundland…’), song / John Reid, singing in English, guitar, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]