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Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 18–19, 23, 25, 35, 39, 37;
speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 10, 12–15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32–34, 38;
singing in Irish A5, 13, 21, 31, 33;
whistle solo A29;
singing in Scots Gaelic A31;
singing in English A34, 36;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32–34, 36, 38;
singing in English A34, 36;
Mulqueen, Ann, Limerick, singing in English A9;
Nic an Bhaird, Maire, Donegal, singing in Irish A16;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A27

Running Order:
1. Reel: Kelly's Reel [Tim Moloney; said in track A2 to be a version of 'The Longford Collector; short version to mark the start of the radio programme; for a full version, see track A3; start of first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape, broadcast on 1 November 1972]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items]
3. Reel: Kelly's Reel / The Longford Collector [Tim Moloney; full version of the tune at track A1]
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the next item; topics include Oilean Dairire / Valentia Island, and the background to the song 'Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse']
5. Song: Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse
6. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the next item]
7. Air: Amhran na Leabhar / Cuan Bheil Inse
8. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the next item, including mention of Denis Ryan, a member of the group 'Ryan's Fancy' in Canada]
9. Song: Dear Old Newport Town
10. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the next item; topics include: Seamus Ennis's home in Jamestown, in Finglas; background to the reel 'Music at the Gate']
11. Reel: Music at the Gate / Phil the Fluter's Ball
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the previous and next items; topics include: the words of the song 'Phil the Fluter's Ball'; SE's first journey as a child to the Carna area in Connemara in 1927, when he took the train to Galway and from there the train to Maam Cross; SE collected 212 songs from Colm O Caoidheain; the song Nora Ni Choncubhair Bhain; C O C the only person who had the full version of the melody of the song]
13. Song, Speech: Nora Ni Choncubhair Bhain, Untitled [Radio announcement of the next item]
14. Speech, Air: Untitled [SE remark about the tuning of his drones (dosanna)], Nora Ni Choncubhair Bhain
15. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the previous and next items]
16. Song: D'Eirigh Me Maidin De Ceadaoin
17. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about the previous and next items]
18. Jigs: Sliabh Russell, Sixpenny Money [Final piece of music in this radio programme; end of first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
19. Reel: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail; short version to mark the start of the radio programme; start of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape, broadcast on 15 November 1972]
20. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the theme of the programme: birds]
21. Song: An Londubh agus an Cheirseach
22. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion, including quotation from the words of the songs 'An Sgeilpin Droighneach' and 'Coinnleach Glas an Fhomhair']
23. Air: Amhran na n-Ean [An Londubh agus an Cheirseach]
24. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items, including the background to the reel 'The Morning Thrush', composed by SE's father in 1913]
25. Reel: The Morning Thrush
26. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items]
27. Song: An Bonnan Bui
28. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items]
29. Hornpipe: Claisceadal na n-Ean [Recorded by Michael Coleman as 'The Stage Hornpipe'; published under Coleman's title in Seamus Ennis's uilleann pipes tutor 'The Master's Touch']
30. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items; topics include: the background to the next song, which SE learned from Annie Johnston, from the island of Barra, in Scotland]
31. Song: Amhran na hEala / The Swan Song
32. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items]
33. Song, Speech with Singing: Untitled [Learned from Elizabeth Cronin; the song is a conversation between two cuckoos], Untitled [Information about a version of the song in Welsh, with singing]
34. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the next item, including sung verse of the song 'The Magpie's Nest', which was sung by Sarah Makem]
35. Hornpipe: Nead na Cuaiche / The Cuckoo's Nest
36. Speech with Singing: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items, including sung versions of the next tune to be played]
37. Jig: Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae / When the Cock Crows It Is Day
38. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement and discussion about the previous and next items; topic: story that is the background to the next tune]
39. Jig: Mairseal na Fuiseoige / The Lark's March / The Lark in the Morning / The Geese in the Bog [Final piece of music in this radio programme; end of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, speech in English A1;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2, 4, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46–47, 49, 51, 53;
speech in English A3, 5, 7, 9–13, 15, 17, 19, 21–23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47–48, 50, 52;
singing in Irish A6;
singing in Irish and English A8;
singingin Scots Gaelic A10;
singing in English A12, 14, 16, 18;
whistle solo A20, 28, 30;
whistle in duet A32;
pipes in instrumental group A34;
pipes in duet A36–37;
Folan, Stephen / O Cualain, Stiofain, Galway, dancing A20;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A22;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A24, 26;
fiddle in duet A32, 36–37;
Clifford Family, Kerry, instrumental group A34

Running Order:
1. Speech, Tone Signal: Untitled, Untitled
2. Air: Untitled [Uirchill an Chreagain]
3. Speech: Untitled ['I know that music...' Topics: SE's father, regarded as the best piper in Ireland; a tune played for SE in his cradle, The Munster Buttermilk]
4. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
5. Speech: Untitled ['Our house was always a house of music...' Topics: SE's family background; mother sang, father played the pipes, fiddle, tin whistle; pipers visited the house; Pat Ward, piper, whose daughter was also a good piper; other pipers; father played the Highland pipes for visitors; SE played Highland pipes; Billy Clarke takes part in the recording 'The Pipes of Three Nations'; Colm O Lochlainn visited the Ennis household every Thursday evening; SE learned his first song, An Droighnean Donn, in Rosmuc, in Connemara]
6. Song: An Droighnean Donn
7. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I can never thank Colm O Lochlainn enough...' Topics: SE's gratitude to Colm O Lochlainn; SE roamed Ireland on a bicycle to collect music; introduction to the next song]
8. Song: Untitled [Siuil A Ruin]
9. Speech: Untitled ['I found that Connemara...' Topics: riches of Connemara as a repository of folk traditions; SE enjoyed working in Connemara and hated returning to the city; SE visited the Hebrides for the Irish Folklore Commission and spent 6 months there; the song 'O Son of the Earl of the White Banners']
10. Song, Speech: O Son of the Earl of the White Banners, Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled ['Since then, though, I've been to Scotland several times...' Topics: SE visited the north-east of Scotland, Aberdeenshire and Banffshire; introduction to the next song]
12. Song, Speech: The Barnyards of Delgaty, Untitled
13. Speech: Untitled ['That's one my favourites...' Topic: SE visited Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, where he collected songs from Amos Beckett]
14. Song: Untitled [I Am a Wild and Wicked Youth]
15. Speech: Untitled ['Well, I suppose all of you heard of The Croppy Boy...' Topic: the source of the next song]
16. Song: Untitled [The Herring Song / The Song of the Herring; repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling']
17. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I want to let you hear something from Wales...' Topics: SE visits Wales; introduction to the next song, which SE heard in Fishguard]
18. Song: Untitled ['My name is Billy Williams...']
19. Speech: Untitled ['Now, all these songs remind me forcibly...' Topic: music nights in Connemara]
20. Reel with Dancing: The Copperplate Reel
21. Speech: Untitled ['I've seen some old people dancing...' Topic: information about the previous item and the next item]
22. Song, Speech: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor, Untitled ['And on this merry note...' Closing remarks at end of radio programme]
23. Speech: Untitled ['When I was in Cork the other day...' Topic: a meeting with Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe]
24. Reel: The Flowing Bowl [The Piper's Despair]
25. Speech: Untitled ['The best of Padraig's pupils...']
26. Reel: Turkey in the Straw
27. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis...' Topic: the tune 'The Mountain Road'; Julia and Billy Clifford]
28. Reel: Kitty Gone A-Milking [Mistitled?; The Old Bush]
29. Speech: Untitled ['That's the tune he was playing...' Topic: SE teaches 'The Mountain Road' to Denis Murphy]
30. Reel: The Mountain Road
31. Speech: Untitled ['I put on the drones at the end of it...']
32. Reel: The Mountain Road
33. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis. I could see young Billy Clifford's eyes...' Topics: 'The Mountain Road' and the Clifford family]
34. Reel: The Mountain Road
35. Speech: Untitled ['It was a long road home...' Topics: going home after a long session of music with the Clifford family; setting a clutch of eggs under a turkey; introduction to the next piece of music]
36. Jig: The Humours of Lisheen
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled ['All I can say is...'], The Woman of the House [End of a programme?]
38. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk [Short; introductory music for the start of a programme?]
39. Speech: Untitled ['When I was a very young lad...' Topics: father plays SE to sleep in his cradle as a child; child asks father to play 'The Munster Buttermilk']
40. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
41. Speech: Untitled ['Now, as I grew up, I remember...' Topics: musicians visiting the Ennis house; Pat Ward of Drogheda, who played on a double chanter]
42. Single Jig: Pat Ward's Jig
43. Speech: Untitled ['Another man I remember coming to our house...' Topics: John Cawley, a flute-player from Co Sligo; story about bees swarming; reel learned from John Cawley]
44. Reel: Cawley's Reel [The Dairy Maid]
45. Speech: Untitled ['There was another man I remember...' Topics: Frank O'Higgins, fiddle-player, who played in the Fingal Trio, as did John Cawley; reel 'The Cuiseog / The Cushogue'; a 'cuiseog / cushogue' is a wisp of grass or a blade of straw or a rush; the reel 'The Cup of Tea' and its title in Irish, An Cupan Sutramain]
46. Reel: The Cuiseog / The Cushogue [The Stony Step], The Cup of Tea / An Cupan Sutramain
47. Speech, Air: Untitled (short; clipped at end), Untitled [The Bard of Armagh]
48. Speech: Untitled ['And shortly after that...']
49. Hornpipe: Byrne's Hornpipe / Cornphiopa Ui Bhroinn
50. Speech: Untitled (clipped at start) ['And when I was a young lad...' Topic: the word 'broom'; the reel 'Down the Broom', played by Billy Clarke of Ballybay, Co Monaghan]
51. Reel: Down the Broom
52. Speech: Untitled ['When sick is it tea you want...' Topic: background to the tune 'When Sick Is It Tea You Want']
53. Jig: When Sick Is It Tea You Want [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1, 3, 7, 11, 13;
speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12;
singing in Irish A5, 9;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in Irish and English A2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12, 14;
MacMahon, Tony, Clare / Dublin, accordion solo A15

Running Order:
1. Jig: Sixpenny Money / Airgead Realach [Short version to mark the start of the radio programme; for a full version, see track A3; start of the edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
2. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items; SE talks about a dream he had that featured his father]
3. Jig: Sixpenny Money / Airgead Realach [Full version of the tune at track A1]
4. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about Labhras O Cadhlaigh, Co Waterford; repeat of some of the material that SE presented in a recent (at that time) appearance by SE on the TV programme 'Rogha', in which SE spoke about O Cadhlaigh; background to the next song]
5. Song: Untitled [Part of a religious song sung by a woman while she did the Stations of the Cross, as remembered by Labhras O Cadhlaigh]
6. Speech: Untitled [More information about Labhras O Cadhlaigh, Co Waterford]
7. Air: Sliabh Geal gCua na Feile
8. Speech: Untitled [Topic: A song to the air of 'Sliabh Geal gCua na Feile' that was sung by Eilis Bean Ui Chroinin / Elizabeth Cronin, Baile Mhic Ire, Co Cork; song was about a local character, Pead Bui O Loinsigh, singer, piper and fife-player, who had a dispute with the local clergy because of his heavy drinking]
9. Song, Speech: Amhran Pheaid Bhui Ui Loinsigh ar an Ol, Untitled [Remarks about the song just sung]
10. Speech: Untitled [Topics: the fiddle-player Frank Cassidy, Teelin, Co Donegal; background to the next piece of music, which was played by Frank Cassidy]
11. Air: The Mother's Croon / Cronan na Mathar
12. Speech: Untitled [Radio discussion about the previous and next items; SE associates the next tune with step-dancer Helen McAllister]
13. Reel: The Donegal Reel
14. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement about an event in Dublin]
15. Reels: The Bank of Ireland, Cawley's Reel [The Dairy Maid] [This selection is a track from Tony MacMahon's solo Gael-linn LP, titled 'Tony MacMahon'] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A1–5

Running Order:
1. Airs: Untitled [Version of An Caisideach Ban?], Untitled [An Droighnean Donn]
2. Reels: Untitled [The First House in Connacht], Untitled [Miss Monaghan], Untitled [The First House in Connacht]
3. Jig: When the Cock Crows it is Day [Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae], Sixpenny Money [Airgead Realach]
4. Jig / Single Jig, Slip Jigs: Smash the Windows, The Drops of Brandy, The Tenpenny Piece
5. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Bantry Hornpipe], Untitled [The Tailor's Twist] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English and Irish A1, 3, 5–6, 8, 10, 13–14, 16–17, 19, 22, B1, 6, 9, 11–12, 14, 16, 21, 25;
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, speech in Irish A2;
pipes solo A2–5, B7–10;
O'Dowd, Dan, Dublin, pipes A7, B15;
Summers, Rory, Dublin, warpipes solo A9;
Conroy, Andy, Roscommon, pipes A11–12, B13;
Hutton, Joe, Northumbria, Northumbrian pipes solo A14–16, B2–5;
Mitchell, Pat, Dublin, pipes A5–8, B17–20;
O'Flynn, Liam Og, Kildare, pipes A20–21, B22–24

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the concert and to the first performer; the recording on this tape was made at a concert of piping in the Rupert Guinness Hall, Dublin, on 17 March 1974]
2. Speech, Air: Untitled [Remark by the performer], Cuan Bheil Inse / Valencia Harbour
3. Speech, Hornpipes: Untitled [Introduction to the next performance], The Boys of Blue Hill, Ballymanus Fair [Alexander's Hornpipe]
4. Jig: Untitled [The Gold Ring]
5. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Introduction to the next performance], O'Sullivan's [Tim Moloney], The Dublin Reel
6. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
7. Airs: Bean Dubh an Ghleanna / The Dark Woman of the Glen, Taimse im Chodhladh
8. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
9. Marches, Air, Jig, Pipe Tune, Jig: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled; Untitled; Untitled [The Peeler and the Goat]; Untitled [Breton tune? Recorded by Alan Stivell]; Untitled
10. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
11. Jig / March, Jig: The Butcher's March, Untitled [Jackson's Jig / Jackson's Bottle of Brandy / Pay the Reckoning]
12. Reel: Untitled [The Flogging Reel]
13. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
14. Speech, Air, Hornpipe, Reel: Untitled [Continuation of introduction to the next performer], Bonny North Tyne, Whinshield's Hornpipe, Hesleyside Reel
15. Hornpipes: The Glen Aln Hornpipe, Barrington Hornpipe, Rowley Burn
16. Speech, Air: Untitled [Introduction to the next performance], The Cheviot Hills
17. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer and performance]
18. Piece: The Humours of Glin
19. Jig / March, Piece, Jig: Mairseal Alasdruim, Gol na mBan san Ar, Cnocan an Teampaill / Church Hill
20. Speech: Untitled [Information about the previous piece, and introduction to the next performer]
21. Jigs: A Chailleach do Mharais Me, The Hurler's March / The Humours of Ballyloughlin
22. Reels: Untitled [Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel], Untitled [The Merry Blacksmith]
23. Speech: Untitled [Announcement of interval in concert]
24. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the beginning of the second half of the concert and the next performance; the recording on this tape was made at a concert of piping in the Rupert Guinness Hall, Dublin, on 17 March 1974]
25. Air, March: Sweet Hesleyside, Sidney Smith's March
26. Hornpipes: The Navvy on the Line, The Wonder
27. Tuning: Untitled [Performer tunes his pipes]
28. Air, Hornpipe: Memories, The Champion
29. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
30. Air: Nora Ni Choncubhair Bhain [White Connor's Daughter Nora]
31. Hornpipe: The Derry Hornpipe [The Londonderry Hornpipe]
32. Speech, Single Jigs, Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performance], Ask My Father, Pat Ward's Jig, Untitled [Introduction to the next performance] [END OF BAND ONE]
33. Reel: The Flags of Dublin (clipped at start) [The introduction to this piece (on previous track) mentions that the reel 'Jenny's Welcome to Charlie' was played before this tune. For a full version of this track, see the other recording of this concert in the BB collection]
34. Speech, Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipe, Air, Jigs: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]; Untitled, Untitled; Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [The High Reel]; Untitled; Untitled; Untitled [Tune related to 'The Geese in the Bog'], Untitled
35. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
36. Reels: The Morning Star, Miss McLeod's Reel, Untitled [The Strawberry Blossom]
37. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
38. Air, Jig: An Buachaill Caol Dubh, Paidin O Raifeartaigh
39. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the next performer]
40. Speech, Tuning: Untitled [Remark by the performer], Untitled [Tuning of his pipes by the performer]
41. Single Jig: The Old Hag in the Kiln
42. Air: The Churchyard of Creggan / Uirchill an Chreagain
43. Speech, Jig: Untitled [Remark by the performer], The Repeal of the Union
44. Speech: Untitled [Concluding remarks and introduction to the final performer]
45. Jig: The Gold Ring
46. Hornpipe: Johnny Cope
47. Reel: The Bucks of Oranmore
48. Speech: Untitled [Final announcement by presenter] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle solo A2, 4, 8;
speech in English and Irish throughout;
singing in Irish A6, 13;
pipes solo A10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32;
singing in English A16–17;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Reel: The Sack of Potatoes / An Mala Fatai / The Bag of Spuds [The Bag of Potatoes; short version to begin the 1st edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; full version at track A4]
3. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the tune at tracks A2 and A4 was learned by SE in 1941 from a man named Geoghegan, a member of the Gardai Siochana in Salthill, Galway; superstition about sowing potatoes on Good Friday; the reel just played was a favourite of the Ballinakill Ceili Band; dependency on potatoes in Connemara; fairy story relating to the potato crop during the famine, told to SE by Colm O Caoidheain, Glinsce, Connemara; story includes mention of Fionnbhara, the king of the good fairies, and the Siafra, the queen of the bad fairies]
4. Reel: The Sack of Potatoes / An Mala Fatai / The Bag of Spuds [The Bag of Potatoes; short version at track A2]
5. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the background to the song that follows; stories about the fairy folk spiriting away cows or newly-wed women to serve their need for milk]
6. Song with Speech: Amhran na Bo Baine [Song about the spiriting away of a white cow by the fairies, with explanatory speech interjections by SE; includes mention of a 'snaidhm bua' (a charmed knot)]
7. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: snuff and its healing properties; story that is the background to the next tune]
8. Reel: The Pinch of Snuff / An Pinsin Snaoisin [End of 1st edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
9. Tone signal
10. Reel: Ceol na Ceartan / The Music of the Forge [The Pretty Girls of Mayo; short version to begin the 2nd edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; full version at A12; clipped at start]
11. Speech: Untitled
12. Reel: Ceol na Ceartan / The Music of the Forge [The Pretty Girls of Mayo; short version at track A10]
13. Speech with Singing: Untitled [A poet asks a blacksmith for the loan of a spade and is refused; he responds by writing a song cursing all blacksmiths and then gets the loan of the spade; SE first heard the reel The Merry Blacksmith in 1925]
14. Speech, Reel: Untitled, An Gabha Aerach / The Merry Blacksmith
15. Speech: Untitled [About SE's home place, Baile Sheamais / Jamestown; his father and forebears lived in the Naul; ancestors came originally from Scotland; an ancestor had been a stable-boy in Scotland and had eloped with the daughter of his master and with her jewels; with those riches they bought a farm in the Naul; introduction to the next song, one that was sung by SE's grandfather only after dinner on Christmas Day]
16. Song, Speech: Untitled [First line: 'My name is McCarty, I'm a native of Trim'], Untitled [Introduction to the next song, which also was sung by SE's grandfather]
17. Song: Untitled ['Bonnie bonnie bairn']
18. Speech, Air: Untitled, Untitled [Melody of the song fragment just sung, 'Bonnie bonnie bairn']
19. Speech: Untitled [The tune that follows was learned from the Drogheda piper Pat Ward, who played a double chanter]
20. Reel: Diuc Goran / Lord Gordon [End of 2nd edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
21. Tone signal
22. Air: Mo Ghra-Sa an Jug Mor is e Lan / Cailin Deas Cruite na mBo [Short version to begin the 3rd and last edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; full version at track A24]
23. Speech: Untitled [Information about the tune just played; in the old days it was banned by the clergy because a priest was delayed through listening to the song while on his way to a sick call; the song was performed by the devil in the form of a young woman milking a cow; story about Saint Patrick and the devil; the tune just played is the melody of a song sung by Cait Ni Mhuimhneachain of Beal Atha an Ghaorthaigh / Ballingeary, Co Cork; some of the words of that song]
24. Air: Mo Ghra-Sa an Jug Mor is e Lan / Cailin Deas Cruite na mBo [Short version at track A22]
25. Speech: Untitled [SE met a spalpeen / spailpin recently; introduction to the air to be played next]
26. Air: The Maid from Ballingarry / An Spailpin Fanach [The Maid of Ballingarry; said by SE to be a version of An Spailpin Fanach; the melody of a ballad in English, learned from the singing of John Connell of Baile Mhuirne]
27. Speech: Untitled [Hiring fairs in Athenry and Ballinasloe, Co Galway]
28. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Rambling Pitchfork
29. Speech: Untitled [Seanchas / folklore from Colm O Caoidheain, Connemara; any poet or musician who wants anything from a blacksmith should get it without payment; story that is the background to that belief, connected with the song that follows]
30. Song: Untitled [About a poet who was refused a request by a blacksmith]
31. Speech: Untitled [Music connected with the forge]
32. Reel: Ceol na Ceartan / The Music of the Forge [End of 3rd edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performer [McConnell, Cathal, Fermanagh?], speech in English A1;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A2a;
Byrne, Anne, Dublin, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2b;
Bennett, John, speech in English A2c?, 2f?, 2i?, 2k?, 2m?;
Unidentified performers, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2d–e, 2h, 2l, 3–6;
McGuigan, Pat, harmonica in trio A2g;
McConnell, Cathal, Fermanagh, whistle in trio A2g;
Healy, James N, Cork, speech in English A2i, 2m;
singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A2j;
Unidentified performer, singing in English A7;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group A8;
Unidentified performer [Furey, Finbar, Dublin / Waterford?], pipes in duet A9;
Unidentified performer, whistle in duet A10–12;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle in duet B1, 3;
fiddle solo B2, 4–9;
speech in English A7;
Unidentified performer [O'Keeffe, Art / O'Keefe, Art, Kerry], whistle in duet B1, 3,;
Russell, Micho, Clare, whistle solo B10–18;
speech in English B10–16;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B;
Doherty, John, Donegal, fiddle solo B19–30;
speech in English intermittently throughout tracks B19–30;
Unidentified performer [Kelly, John, Clare / Dublin?], speech in English and Irish B24;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Information about the contents of track A2]
2. a) Speech, b) Song, c) Speech, d) Song, e) Song, f) Speech, g) Instrumental Piece, h) Song, i) Speech, j) Song, k) Speech, l) Song, m) Speech: a) Untitled [Radio announcement], b) Can You Dance the Polka?, c) Untitled [Radio announcement], d) Farewell to Tarwathie, e) Untitled [Brief; one verse only], f) Untitled [Information about the song just song and the tune to be played next; gives the title of the tune], g) ? the Forty Second [Tune has the same melody as that of the song sung before it here], h) Untitled, i) Untitled [Interview; topic: sea songs and shanties], j) The Bug-A-Boo, k) Untitled, l) Untitled [All for Me Grog], m) Untitled [Radio announcement & interview] [This track is a poor-quality off-air dubbing of a (radio or TV) programme titled 'The Sea Folk', broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland]
3. Song: Untitled [Track A5 contains another copy of the recording on this track]
4. Song: Untitled [The Sisters of Mercy, composed by Leonard Cohen]
5. Song: Untitled [Preceded by short recording of piano-playing; track A3 contains another copy of the recording on this track]
6. Song: Untitled
7. Song: Untitled [William Hollander]
8. Reel: Untitled
9. Air: Untitled
10. Reel: Untitled [The Stony Step]
11. Reel: Untitled [The Belles of Tipperary]
12. Reel: Untitled (incomplete) [The Skylark] [END OF BAND ONE]
13. Reel: Untitled [Donall a' Phumpa; CRE 5, # 147; Molly on the Shore]
14. Reel: Untitled [Donal a' Clumper's Reel; CRE 2, # 295 (where it is untitled)]
15. Reels: Untitled [The Morning Star], Untitled [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
16. Reel: Untitled [Callaghan's Reel / O'Callaghan's Reel; CRE 2, # 131]
17. Reel: Untitled [Quinn's Reel; CRE 2, # 171]
18. Reels: Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [The Doon Reel (JOLSL, ed. Moylan, # 94); Pat Ward's Jig (a version of this tune played as a single jig by Seamus Ennis)]
19. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Glountane Reel (CICD 3453)], Untitled
20. Jig: Untitled [Cailin a' Ti Mhoir / Cailin an Ti Mhoir (CRE 2, # 40); The Housekeeper; The House Maid; The Girl from the Big House]
21. Reel: Untitled [Callaghan's; The Doon Reel; Nellie Donovan; CRE 2, # 270]
22. Reel, Speech: The Boy in the Gap, Untitled
23. Reel, Speech: The Fair-Haired Boy, Untitled
24. Reel, Speech: Patsy Campbell's Reel, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Upstairs in a Tent [CRE 2, 190], Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Tadhg a Run / A Thaidhg, a Run [CRE 2, 150 (i)], Untitled
27. Reel, Speech: The Rose in the Garden [Divide the Cally Fair; Kennaw's Reel (WSGM, # 326, related tune)], Untitled
28. Jig / Slide, Speech: Untitled [The Clare Jig; CRE 2, 71], Untitled [Tune just played was used for the fifth figure of a set]
29. Jig: Untitled [The Frieze Breeches]
30. Jig: Untitled [Tatter Jack Walsh]
31. Reel: Untitled [The Dispute at the Crossroads; a version of Doctor Gilbert]
32. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
33. Reel, Speech: Miss Ramsey, Untitled
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [McFarley's; a version of 'The Maids of Castlebar'], Untitled
35. Reel: The Moving Bogs of Allen [The Moving Bogs (CRE 2, # 174)]
36. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Caher Rua, Untitled
37. Slip Jig: Untitled [Hardiman the Fiddler, version of]
38. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Old Hag at the Churn [Related to Garrett Barrett's Jig]
39. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The King of the Pipers [CRE 2, # 45]
40. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The King of the Pipers; not the same tune as in the previous track], Untitled
41. Jig: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork, version of]
42. Reel: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, pipes solo A2, 4, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46–47, 49, 51, 53;
speech in English throughout;
singing in Irish A6;
singing in Irish and English A8;
singing in Scots Gaelic A10;
singing in English A12, 14, 16, 18;
whistle solo A20, 28, 30;
whistle in duet A32;
pipes in instrumental group A34;
pipes in duet A36, 38;
Folan, Stephen / O Cualain, Stiofain, Galway, dancing A20;
Mac Donnchadha, Sean / 'ac Dhonncha, Sean / Johnny Joe Pheaitsin / McDonagh, Johnny, Galway, singing in English A22;
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, fiddle solo A24, 26;
speech in English A25;
fiddle in duet A32, 36, 38;
Clifford family, the, Kerry / Limerick / London, instrumental group A34

Running Order:
1. Tone signal
2. Air: Untitled [Uirchill an Chreagain / The Churchyard of Creggan]
3. Speech: Untitled ['I know that music...' Topics: SE's father, regarded as the best piper in Ireland; a tune played for SE in his cradle, The Munster Buttermilk]
4. Jig: The Munster Buttermilk
5. Speech: Untitled ['Our house was always a house of music...' Topics: SE's family background; mother sang, father played the pipes, flute, fiddle, tin whistle; pipers visited the house; Pat Ward, piper, who played a double chanter; he was killed by a bus in Drogheda; his daughter was also a good piper; other pipers, including Jim Brogan, Sharkey, Liam Andrew; father played the Highland pipes for visitors; SE played Highland pipes; another visitor, Billy Clarke, from Co Monaghan, took part in the recording 'The Pipes of Three Nations'; Colm O Lochlainn visited the Ennis household every Thursday evening; O Lochlainn learned pipes from SE's father, and in exchange taught the Irish language to SE's father; O Lochlainn took SE with him on holidays in Connemara; SE learned his first song, An Droighnean Donn, in Rosmuc, in Connemara]
6. Song: An Droighnean Donn
7. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I can never thank Colm O Lochlainn enough...' Topics: SE's gratitude to Colm O Lochlainn; SE roamed Ireland on a bicycle to collect music for the Irish Folklore Commission; introduction to the next song]
8. Song: Untitled [Siuil A Ruin]
9. Speech: Untitled ['I found that Connemara...' Topics: riches of Connemara as a repository of folk traditions; SE enjoyed working in Connemara and hated returning to Dublin city; SE visited the Hebrides for the Irish Folklore Commission and spent 6 months there; the song 'O Son of the Earl of the White Banners']
10. Song, Speech: O Son of the Earl of the White Banners [Mhic Iarla Nam Bratach Bana], Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled ['Since then, though, I've been to Scotland several times...' Topics: SE visited the north-east of Scotland, Aberdeenshire and Banffshire; introduction to the next song]
12. Song, Speech: The Barnyards of Delgaty, Untitled
13. Speech: Untitled ['That's one my favourites...' Topic: SE visited Winslow, in Buckinghamshire, where he collected songs from Amos Beckett]
14. Song: Untitled [I Am a Wild and Wicked Youth]
15. Speech: Untitled ['Well, I suppose all of you heard of The Croppy Boy...' Topic: the source of the next song]
16. Song: Untitled [The Herring Song / The Song of the Herring; repeated line in chorus: 'Sing aberum fane, sing abero ling']
17. Speech: Untitled ['Now, I want to let you hear something from Wales...' Topics: SE's visit to Wales; introduction to the next song, which SE heard in Fishguard]
18. Song: Untitled ['My name is Billy Williams...']
19. Speech: Untitled ['Now, all these songs remind me forcibly...' Topic: music nights in Connemara]
20. Reel with Dancing: The Copperplate Reel
21. Speech: Untitled ['I've seen some old people dancing...' Topic: information about the previous item and the next item]
22. Song, Speech: Morrissey and the Russian Sailor, Untitled ['And on this merry note...' Closing remarks at end of radio programme]
23. Speech: Untitled ['When I was in Cork the other day...' Topic: a meeting with Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe]
24. Reel: The Flowing Bowl [The Piper's Despair]
25. Speech: Untitled ['The best of Padraig's pupils...']
26. Reel: Turkey in the Straw
27. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis...' Topic: the tune 'The Mountain Road'; visiting Julia Clifford in Newcastle West; her 13-year-old son Billy plays the tin whistle for SE]
28. Reel: Kitty Gone A-Milking [Mistitled?; The Old Bush]
29. Speech: Untitled ['That's the tune he was playing...' Topic: SE teaches 'The Mountain Road' to Denis Murphy]
30. Reel: The Mountain Road
31. Speech: Untitled ['I put on the drones at the end of it...']
32. Reel: The Mountain Road
33. Speech: Untitled ['Thank you, Denis. I could see young Billy Clifford's eyes...' Topics: the Clifford family learn to play the reel 'The Mountain Road']
34. Reel: The Mountain Road
35. Speech: Untitled ['It was a long road home...' Topics: going home after a long session of music with the Clifford family; setting a clutch of eggs under a turkey; introduction to the next piece of music]
36. Jig: The Humours of Lisheen
37. Speech: Untitled ['All I can say is...']
38. Reel: The Woman of the House [End of a programme?]
39. Miscellaneous: Untitled [End-of-tape noises, including the sound of the original tape rewinding] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle solo A2, 8–9, 17, 19, 23, 33;
speech in English and Irish throughout;
pipes solo A4, 6, 15, 25, 27, 31;
singing in English A11;
singing in Irish A13;
singing in Irish and English A21, 29;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout;
lilting in duet A9;
Clancy, Willie, Clare, pipes solo A20, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; short version to begin the 1st edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; full version at track A9]
3. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: how long does it take to make a piper? Time required: 7 years learning, 7 years practising, 7 years playing; story about 3 squabbling brothers; introduction to the tune that follows, a test piece for pipers; SE plays his father's version]
4. Set Dance: A hAon is a Do na Piobaireachta / The Ace and Deuce of Piping [One of two versions of this tune that SE played; tonic note A]
5. Speech: Untitled [About the title of the piece of music that follows, The Shaskeen Reel; bo sheasc is a cow that is not giving milk, perhaps a barren cow; the word 'seaiscin' is the affectionate diminutive of the word 'seasc', referring to such a cow that is kept as a pet]
6. Reel: The Shaskeen Reel
7. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the theme of the story that follows; story about the hiring fairs, 'Don Nippery Septo'; story about the king of Greece who wanted to give his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who could tell the longest story – the story without end; Ennis refers to the tune that follows as 'The Eternal Slide']
8. Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta (Sliabh Luachra version)], Untitled
9. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; with lilting; full version; short version at track A2]
10. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the song that follows, which was learnt from Mrs Cronin of Ballyvourney and her son Michael; song is about the treaty of Limerick, Sarsfield and the flight of the Wild Geese]
11. Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; factions Carabhat & Seana-Bheist; introduction to the next item]
13. Song: Untitled [Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me; song used to start a faction fight]
14. Speech: Untitled [Discussion of topics related to the song just sung, including: faction fighting; dragging one's coat to start a fight; fair days and faction fights; '12 o'clock in the day and not a blow struck'; Labhras O Cadhlaigh interested in piping; An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom, reel popular in Ring, Co Waterford]
15. Reel: An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom [End of the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
16. Speech: Untitled
17. Polkas: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue], Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka # 2; faded out] [End of the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
18. Tone signal
19. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; attitudes of people to pipes] [Beginning of the second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
20. Jigs: Down the Back Lane, Sergeant Early's Jig / An Maidrin Treitheach
21. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the chanter of the uilleann pipes played by Willie Clancy here was made by the Moloney brothers of Kilrush, who lived in the first half of the 19th century; chanter is 18 long & is on loan from Sean Reid, who in turn got the chanter from Brother Gildas O'Shea, Kerry, of the De La Salle congregation; introduction to the next item]
22. Air: The Trip over the Mountain [The Trip We Took over the Mountain]
23. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; Willie Clancy was influenced by other pipers, including Garrett Barry and Johnny Doran]
24. Reels: The Steampacket, Rakish Paddy
25. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
26. Hornpipes: The Faithful Friend [Learned from Leo Rowsome], The Plains of Boyle (faded out) [End of the second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
27. Tone signal
28. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; Willie Clancy was influenced by other pipers, including Garrett Barry, Johnny Doran, Leo Rowsome and Seamus Ennis; he was also influenced by John Potts, of Ardee St, Dublin, a native of south Co Wexford; introduction to the next item] [Beginning of the third edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
29. Reel: The Connacht Heifers [The Connacht Heifer; learned from John Potts], Corney is Coming
30. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the tune that follows is a version played by the piper Garrett Barry, whom Willie Clancy's father Gilbert knew well; introduction to the next item]
31. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [First two parts of this 5-part jig form the melody of the song sung in Connemara 'Cunnla, a chroi, na teara nios goire dom']
32. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; Willie Clancy's interest in Irish traditional singing is reflected in his playing of slow airs; introduction to the air that follows; Willie Clancy learned the melody from a ballad in English that his father used to sing called 'The Bold Trainer-O']
33. Air: Uilleachan Dubh O / Banchnoic Eireann O / The Bold Trainer-O [The Green Linnet; M'Uilleagan Dubh O; The Bold Traynor O]
34. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; West Clare is no longer a Gaeltacht; a verse in Irish connected with the first tune in the selection to be played next]
35. Reel: Bean an Tinceara [Bean a' Tinceara; An Bhean Tinceara], Carney's Reel [Kearney's Reel; The Ravelled Hank of Yarn; recorded on a commercial 78rpm disc for Gael-linn by this performer as 'Ril Mhichil Ui Cheithearnaigh', i.e. 'Michael Carney's Reel'; that recording reissued on the CD publication 'Seoltai Seidte'; recorded by Michael Carney on a commercial 78rpm disc as 'The Peeler's Jacket' (mistitled?)]
36. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; introduction to the next tune]
37. Slip Jig: Tiocfaidh Tu sios go Luimneach / Won't You Come down to Limerick? [An dTiocfaidh Tu sios go Luimneach? / Kitty Come down to Limerick / Will You Come down to Limerick? / The Munster Gimlet] (faded up at start) [End of third edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Ennis, Seamus, Dublin, whistle solo A2, 8–9, 17, 19, 23, 33;
speech in English and Irish throughout;
pipes solo A4, 6, 15, 25, 27, 31;
singing in English A11;
singing in Irish A13;
singing in Irish and English A21, 29;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish throughout;
lilting in duet A9

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; short version to begin the 1st edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; full version at track A9]
3. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: how long does it take to make a piper? Time required: 7 years learning, 7 years practising, 7 years playing; story about 3 squabbling brothers; introduction to the tune that follows, a test piece for pipers; SE plays his father's version]
4. Set Dance: A hAon is a Do na Piobaireachta / The Ace and Deuce of Piping [One of two versions of this tune that SE played; tonic note A]
5. Speech: Untitled [About the title of the piece of music that follows, The Shaskeen Reel; bo sheasc is a cow that is not giving milk, perhaps a barren cow; the word 'seaiscin' is the affectionate diminutive of the word 'seasc', referring to such a cow that is kept as a pet]
6. Reel: The Shaskeen Reel
7. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the theme of the story that follows; story about the hiring fairs, 'Don Nippery Septo'; story about the king of Greece who wanted to give his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who could tell the longest story – the story without end; Ennis refers to the tune that follows as 'The Eternal Slide']
8. Slide, Speech: The Eternal Slide [Dingle Regatta (Sliabh Luachra version)], Untitled
9. Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; with lilting; full version; short version at track A2]
10. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to the song that follows, which was learnt from Mrs Cronin of Ballyvourney and her son Michael; song is about the treaty of Limerick, Sarsfield and the flight of the Wild Geese]
11. Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]
12. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; factions Carabhat & Seana-Bheist; introduction to the next item]
13. Song: Untitled [Is Buachaill o Chluain Meala Me; song used to start a faction fight]
14. Speech: Untitled [Discussion of topics related to the song just sung, including: faction fighting; dragging one's coat to start a fight; fair days and faction fights; '12 o'clock in the day and not a blow struck'; Labhras O Cadhlaigh interested in piping; An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom, reel popular in Ring, Co Waterford]
15. Reel: An Lin faoi Bhlath / The Flax in Bloom [End of the first edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape]
16. Tone signal
17. Polka: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; not the tune with a similar title in tracks A2 & 9; short version to begin the second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; a full version of the tune is at track A19(a)]
18. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the tune at tracks A1 and 3 was learned by SE from Padraig O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy in Sliabh Luachra; polkas seldom have names]
19. Polkas: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; not the tune with a similar titled in tracks A2 & 9; full version of tune played in track 17], Untitled [The Knocknaboul Polka # 2]
20. Speech: Untitled [Topics include: travels in the Sliabh Luachra area, including Gneeveguillia; introduction to the next song, about a pup that strays and later returns to its owner, Con Carthy of Claedeach; the song has alternate verses in Irish and English]
21. Song: The Pup Came Home from Claedeach
22. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to next piece of music, which SE learned from his father]
23. Air: The Trip We Took over the Mountain
24. Speech: Untitled [Flag floors in country houses; the dancer's flagstone, which had an inverted cauldron under the flag, to resonate under the dancer's feet; introduction to next piece of music]
25. Reel: The Flags of Dublin
26. Speech: Untitled [Topics: Quote from Raftery's poem 'Anois Teacht an Earraigh'; introduction to next piece of music, which SE plays in a version learned from his father]
27. Slip Jig: The Kid on the Mountain
28. Speech: Untitled [Topics: SE working at translating Irish songs into English; SE's translation of Peig Sayers's book 'Machnamh Sean-Mhna / Reflections of an Old Woman' for Oxford University Press; memorial to Peig Sayers being prepared in Dunquin; introduction to the song that follows]
29. Song with Speech: Sliabh na mBan [With each verse sung in both Irish and English; English translations by SE; with spoken interjection]
30. Speech: Untitled [Introduction to next piece of music]
31. Reel: Nil Aon Airgead Agam / I Have No Money
32. Speech: Untitled
33. Polka: Untitled [The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue; the tune played already at tracks A17 & 19; end of second edition of 'Ceolta Tire' on this tape; faded out] [END OF BAND ONE]