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Performers:
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A1, speech in English A2-3, singing in English A2-4;
Branch Dancers, square dancing A1;
Brace, Wayne, speech in English A2, 5;
Ashton, John, singing in English in duet A5, 7, singing in English A6, speech in English A6;
Lovelace, Martin, singing in English in duet A5, 7;
Slade, Linda, speech in English A8, singing in English A8, singing in English in duet A9;
Wareham, Wilf, speech in English A8-9, 10, singing in English in duet A9;
Best, Anita, speech in English A10, singing in English in duet A10;
Pius, Power, singing in English in duet A10

Running Order:
1. Untitled, square set / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; Branch dancers
2. Speech [introduction] ; The barque in the harbour, song / Gerald Campbell, speech in English, singing in English ; [unidentified percussion]
3. Speech [introduction] ; The sweet forget me not, song / Gerald Campbell, speech in English, singing in English ; [unidentified percussion]
4. The girl that slighted me, song / Gerald Campbell, singing in English
5. Speech [introduction] ; The Banks of Claudy, song / Wayne Brace, speech in English ; John Ashton, singing in English ; Martin Lovelace, singing in English
6. Jack the sailor, song / John Ashton, singing in English ; Martin Lovelace, singing in English
7. Admiral Benbow, song / John Ashton, singing in English ; Martin Lovelace, singing in English
8. Speech [introduction] ; The schooner Maggie, song / Wilf Wareham, speech in English ; Linda Slade, singing in English, speech in English
9. Speech [introduction] ; Leave her Johnny leave her, song / Wilf Wareham, speech in English, singing in English ; Linda Slade, singing in English
10. Speech [introduction] ; Farewell Maggie darling, song / Anita Best, singing in English, speech in English ; Pius Power, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
O'Brien, Leo, recitation in English A1, singing in English A1;
Power, Pius, speech and Recitation in English A2;
Power, Anthony, speech and Recitation in English A3

Running Order:
1. Speech [story about ‘Dickie’] ; Dickie Milbourne, song / Leo O’Brien, speech in English, singing in English
2. Speech [introduction] ; Speech [story called ‘Jack shipped to the cat’] / [Unidentified speaker] ; Pius Power Sr, speech in English
3. Speech [introduction] ; Speech [story about the summer his uncle shipped with the devil] / [Unidentified speaker] ; Anthony Power, speech in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
O'Brien, Aly, speech in English A1-11;
O'Hara, Aidan, incidental speech in English throughout;
[background music throughout]

Running Order:
1. Speech [impressions of Ireland] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
2. Speech [why they left Ireland, many tradesmen and shopkeepers Irish, disputing the impression that immigrants left because of oppression] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
3. Speech [Aly's people were farmers, came over around 1800-1820] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
4. Speech [Irish Youngsters, a stopping off point before going to Boston, hiring men] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
5. Speech [Aly's grandfather clearing the land of trees] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
6. Speech [living conditions in the early years, grain brought in from New England, early houses known as the 'tilt', description of houses and their construction] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
7. Speech [farming methods, crops, oats a suitable crop, every household had a small garden, Harry Peddigo? bought butter] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
8. Speech [the families of Freshwater Valley] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
9. Speech [story told by Long Art Neil about Jimmy O'Leary] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
10. Speech [the fairy meadow, fairies playing hurling, sweet music heard, unlucky to build a house on a path, being given bread to put in your pocket, fairies at the crossroads, thumb and forefinger in the sign of the cross, three drops of milk, never walk over a plough, earth thrown over the plough horse] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English
11. Speech [words from Gaelic retained in the English language, ‘pure Irish’ versus dialect adaptations, Aly's grandmother would throw an ember over the roof to protect the house from fire] / Aly O’Brien, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout, singing in English A1-2, 5-7, 9, 11-26;
?, Tom Joe, singing in English A3-4, 7, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Tiny red light, song ; Speech [song origins] / Unknown singer, singing in English
2. A maiden's prayer, song / Unknown singer, singing in English ; arranged by Johnny Drake [The Dorymen]
3. The butcher boy, song / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
4. Pretty Polly, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
5. Seven years I loved a sailor, song [fragment] / Unknown singer, singing in English
6. Jeannie’s afraid of the dark, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
7. A mother's love is a blessing, song / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
8. Speech [background speech] / Unknown speakers
9. Wanda Lee, song / Unknown singer, singing in English ; John Henry Drake, composer
10. Speech [background] / Unknown speakers, speech in English
11. The hills of Glenshee, song [unfinished] / Unknown singers, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. The hills of Glenshee, song [continued] / Unknown singers, singing in English
13. Untitled, song [fragment] / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
14. Do you want your old lobby washed down, song [fragment] / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
15. Untitled, song [fragment] / Tom Joe [?], singing in English
16. Tura lura lural, song [fragment] / Unknown singer, singing in English
17. Amazing grace, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
18. The blackbird, song ; Speech [story about a camera] / Unknown singer, singing in English
19. The riverhead launching, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
20. Do you want your old lobby washed down, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
21. The juice of the barley, song / Unknown singer, singing in English, singing in Irish
22. Untitled, song fragments / Unknown singer, singing in English
23. The hills of Glenshee, song (unfinished) / Unknown singer, singing in English
24. The colour of amber is my love's hair, song / Unknown singer, singing in English
25. Pretty Polly, song ; speech / Unknown singer, singing in English
26. Untitled, song (fragments) / Unknown singer, 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]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, singing in English throughout band one, speech in English throughout band one;
[Judge, Bride ?], singing in English in duet A3, singing in English B1-5, speech in English B1-5;
[Judge, Patsy ?], singing in English in duet A3, speech in English B6-7, singing in English B7

Running Order:
1. The beach of Strathblane, song / Mike McGrath, singing in English
2. The fair Fanny Moore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
3. The Brule boys, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English ; Bride Judge, singing in English
4. Peter Emberly, song ; Speech / Stan McGrath, singing in English
5. Peter Emberley, song [continued] / Stan McGrath, singing in English ; [Unidentified performer], singing in English
6. Lovely Leitrim, song / Stan McGrath, singing in English
7. The forest was covered in bushes, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
8. There once was a sailor, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
9. The dance on Peter Street, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
10. The wild colonial boy, song ; Speech [learning songs] / Mike McGrath, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Cape Shore song, song ; Speech [talk about the song] / Bride Judge, singing in English
12. The Boston burglar, song ; Speech [talk about the song] / Bride Judge, singing in English
13. The wild St. Mary’s man, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
14. The broken-hearted milkman [Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green], song ; Speech [learned it from a lady in Gooseberry, used to know 32 songs] / Bride Judge, singing in English
15. The lady in the east, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
16. Speech [talk about local events, music and dancing in houses, types of dances and the tunes used, the mummers] / Patsy Judge, speech
17. Connickmore, song ; Speech ; Under the salt house, song ; The girl I left behind me, song ; Speech [words to the dance songs, sensitivities around singing Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Tatter Jack Walsh ; Speech [story about changing the words to Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Irishman’s shanty, song ; Speech ; Mother wouldn’t beat him, song ; Speech ; There was an old woman, song ; Speech ; Mary bought a pig ; Speech [trying to remember other songs for dancing] / Patsy Judge, singing in English, speech in English
18. Mary Neal, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
[McGrath, Denis?], singing in English A1-3, 5-7, 13, speech in English A1-3, 5-7, 12;
Judge, Patsy, singing in English A4, 8-10, speech in English A4, 8-10;
Judge, Bride, singing in English A11-12, speech in English A11-12;
Powers, Anthony, singing in English B1-10, speech in English B1-10;
Powers, Mary, speech in English B3

Running Order:
1. The flying cloud, song ; Speech [remembering the words] / Dinny McGrath, singing in English, speech in English ; Patsy Judge, speech in English
2. Lovely Nancy, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
3. When I was young and foolish, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
4. Three long hours before day, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
5. Speech ; Two little orphans, song ; Speech [forgotten verses] / Dinny McGrath, singing in English, speech in English
6. Two little orphans, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
7. Speech ; John Mitchell, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
8. The shores of Grand Lake, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
9. The bonny bunch of roses O, song ; Speech [different versions of songs] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
10. The priest and the parson, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
11. The priest and the parson, song [fragment] / Bride Judge, singing in English
12. The priest and the parson, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
13. The boys of Galmoy, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Speech ; Western rangers, song ; Speech [favourite songs] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
15. The bonny bunch of roses O, song ; Speech [learned the Bonny Bunch of Roses from his mother; his mother had a large repertoire] / Anthony Power, singing in English
16. Whiskey in the jar, song ; speech / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
17. I don't care if I do, song ; Speech [learning songs while working in Deer Lake] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
18. Someone had been there before, song ; [working in Deer Lake] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
19. Good luck to Old Fox Cove, song ; Speech [song origins] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
20. Golden Bay, song ; Speech [talk about the composers of the song, Henry Nash, Arthur Power] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
21. Bungle Rye, song ; Speech [song origins] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
22. The mermaid, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
23. Fanny Wright / Anthony Power, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
English, John Joe, singing in English A1, 3-17, speech in English A1-17

Running Order:
1. The banks of the Nile, song / John Joe English, singing in English
2. Speech [story about a man from Ballyhack, the song called ‘Mackenzie’s Dream’] / John Joe English, speech in English
3. The gallant hussar, song ; Speech [where he learned songs] / John Joe English, singing in English
4. The dewy dells of Yarrow, song ; Speech [learned ‘Mackenzie’s dream’ from Uncle John English; fixing the house] / John Joe English, singing in English
5. Mackenzie's dream, song ; Speech [unique songs; gob music] / John Joe English, singing in English
6. The blooming bright star of Belle Isle, song ; Speech [names of songs] / John Joe English, singing in English
7. Smile, song ; The brave volunteer (fragment), song / John Joe English, singing in English
8. The brave volunteer, song / John Joe English, singing in English
9. Irish Paddy, song ; Speech [connections to Ireland] / John Joe English, singing in English
10. Siúl, a ghrá, song ; Speech [singing in local houses, singing duets with his brother and sister] / John Joe English, singing in English and Irish
11. There's a dear spot in Ireland, song ; Speech / John Joe English, singing in English
12. Me and me chum Johnny Reilly, song ; Speech [Irish musical hall song] / John Joe English, singing in English
13. Ten cent piece, song / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Johnny O’Reilly, song (fragmented) / John Joe English, singing in English
15. Johnny O’Reilly, song ; Speech [rhyme about a man with a double chin] / John Joe English, singing in English
16. Brooklyn's theatre fire, song / John Joe English, singing in English
17. Patrick Reilly, song / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]