Showing 54 results

Recorded at Clogherhead, Co. Louth from Ann Clarke (age 9) of Drogheda. 10 August 1968 [tracks 1–6]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal. 3 September 1968 [tracks 7–12]

Performers:
Ann Clarke (aged 9), speech in English Tracks 1–6;
Kitty Shields, speech in English Track 3;
Christopher Byrne (aged about 20), singing in English Tracks 7, 9;
Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), singing in English Track 8;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrionsiais), fiddle solo Tracks 10–12, speech in English Tracks 10–12

Running Order:
1. Mammy, Daddy, Uncle John, rhyme / Ann Clarke (9), speech in English
2. Eena, meena, macka, rocka, rhyme / Ann Clarke, speech in English
3. Have you a good memory, catch [involving counting] / Ann Clarke (9), speech in English ; Kitty Shields (9), speech in English
4. Oh I’m a little Dutch girl, song / Ann Clarke, singing in English
5. Chewing-gum a penny a packet, song [for playing ball] / Ann Clarke, singing in English
6. Jelly on the plate, rhyme [chanted] / Ann Clarke, speech in English [end of session]
7. Mulroy Bay (‘When the golden sun is setting far beyond the ocean blue...’), song [words, according to the singer, by Master Friel of Fanad] / Christopher Byrne (about 20), singing in English
8. She lived beside the Anner (‘She lived beside the Anner at the foot of Slievenaman...’), song / Margaret Byrne (about 21), singing in English
9. Moorlough Mary (‘The first time I saw young Moorlough Mary...’), song / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
10. Story about the tune ; The gravel walks to Grainnie, story ; reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle
11. Talk about the reel ; My love she’s in America [=The Pure Drop], speech ; reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle
12. Talk about the jig ; Gillespie’s favourite, speech, jig [incomplete, full version at 6825], reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle [recording session continued at 6125] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of Charles Boyle (aged about 73), Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal, 29 August 1968 [tracks 1–2]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (‘Barney’, aged 87) and Bernard Maguire junior (‘Bernard’, aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 3–14]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, speech in Irish Tracks 1–2;
Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 3, 5, 12, singing in English, 8-9, 11, 14;
Barney Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 4, 6, 13, singing in English 7, 10

Running Order:
1. Cearrbhach na Rosa. story [=The card-player of the Rosses], / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), speech in Irish
2. Monologue, Charles Boyle, speech in Irish [end of session][
3. O cuirfidh mé tús ar an phósadh, song / Bernard [junior] Maguire (about 45 years), singing in Irish [session continued from 6822 band ii] END OF BAND ONE]
4. O ’s nach aoibhinn ins an tsaol an té a bhíonn-sa ag ól, song / Barney [Bernard senior] Maguire (87), singing in Irish 
5. Trathóna amháin is mé ag siúl an róid (‘Trathóna amháin is mé ag siúl an róid, O casadh domh planda a bhí lán den spórt...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish
6. Tá an t-earrach go dian ag creachadh an tsaoil, song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
7. [=The hills of Donegal]  (Oh Donegal [that’s] the pride of all, I often think of thee’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
8. The girl I left behind (‘My parents reared me tenderly, they had no boy but me...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
9. Willy-O (‘Oh Mary sleeping, her true love creeping...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
10. Where the whins and heather grow (‘Oh I am a lonely exile and it’s over this wide world I must roam...’), song [singer’s title ‘Emigrant’s song’]  / Barney Maguire, singing in English
11. [Going to Mass last Sunday] (‘Oh courting was a pleasant game between my love and I...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
12. O dá bhfeicfeá an dubh dhílis ar maidin, song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
13. Ag teacht an earraí (’S ag teacht an earraí glacfaidh mé talamh agus beidh áras agam féin...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish
14. Green grows the laurel (‘I once had a true love but now I have none...’), song [sung to the air of ‘The Iniskilling dragoon’, clipped, lacks last verse] / Bernard Maguire, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded at the house of Charles Boyle (aged about 73), Meenaneary, Carrick, Co. Donegal, 29 August 1968 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of Miss Mary Byrne, Malinbeg, Co. Donegal from Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), 30 August 1968 [tracks 2–3]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (‘Barney’, aged 87) and Bernard Maguire junior (‘Bernard’, aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 4–8]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, speech in Irish Track 1;
Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), singing in English Tracks 2–3;
Barney Maguire, (aged 87), singing in Irish Tracks 4–5, singing in English Track 8;
Maguire, Bernard, singing in English Track 6, singing in Irish Track 7

Running Order:
1. Buachaill seirbhíse Ghleann Cholm Cille (=The serving boy of Glencolmkille), story / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), speech in English
2. Skibbereen (‘Oh father dear, I often hear you speak of Erin’s isle...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English
3. Peggy Bawn (‘As I gazed o’er the highland hills to a farmer’s house I came...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English song [recording session continued at 6823] [END OF BAND ONE]
4. Brón ar an choladh, song / Barney Maguire (Bernard senior, age 87), singing in Irish
5. Chuaidh mise ’un Rosa ar cuairt (‘Chuaidh mise ’un Rosa ar cuairt, o, Go mbreathfainn uaim an spéir...’), song / Bernard (junior, age about 45), singing in Irish
6. The good ship Cambr[i]a (‘You Irishmen both one and all, wherever you may be...’), song / Bernard Maguire, singing in English
7. O tá cailíní deasa i Srathlaoil, song [words by Brian Beag MacFhionnghaile], / Bernard Maguire, singing in Irish
8. All you that loves the shamrock green (‘All you that loves the shamrock green attend both young and old...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in English [recording session continued on 6821] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Miss Mary Byrne, Malinbeg, Co. Donegal from Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), 30 August 1968 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Lucy Hegarty (aged about 58), native of Teelin, teaching in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, 30 August 1968 [tracks 2–5]
Recorded at the house of John Byrne, Meenacross, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Byrne (aged about 70), his son James (aged about 28), Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsaias], aged about 45) and Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, (aged about 25), 1 September 1968 [tracks 6–15]

Performers:
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Track 1;
Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish Tracks 2–5;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsiais), fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15 singing in English Track 9;
James Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15, fiddle solo Tracks 7, 10;
Joseph Boyle ('Jojo'), singing in Irish Track 8;
John Byrne, fiddle solo, Track 12–14

Running Order:
1. Erin’s lovely lee (‘On March the sixth in sixty-nine we sailed from Queenstown quay...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English [session continued from 6122] [end of session]
2. Pil, pill, a rúin o, song [repeated on high pitch, verses reordered] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish 
3. An draighneán donn (‘Síleann céad fear gur leo féin mé nuair a ólaim leann...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
4. An buinneán buí (‘A bhuinneán buí ’sé mo léan do luí...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
5. Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaí, song [fragmented] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish [end of session]
6. Meenacross reel [= The pinch of snuff], reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle; James Byrne, fiddle
7. Miss McLeod’s reel / James Byrne, fiddle
8. Sean Dun na nGall (‘O grá gheal mo chroi thú, Tír Chonaill a stór...’, song / Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, singing in Irish
9. Bodenstown churchyard, song (‘In Bodenstown churchyard there lies a green grave...’), song / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, singing in English
10. Croaghacullion reel / James Byrne, fiddle
11. Michael Coleman’s reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
12. Ri Mhin na Saileach, highland / John Byrne, fiddle solo
13. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘John and Biddy’s jig’], jig [clipped at start] / John Byrne, fiddle
14. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘Lordy’s jig’ after nickname of Jojo’s grandfather, Hugh Boyle], jig / John Byrne, fiddle
15. Untitled / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle

Recorded at the house of John Byrne, Meenacross, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Byrne (aged about 70), his son James (aged about 28), Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsiais), aged about 45) and Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, (aged about 25), 1 September 1968 [tracks 1–7]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (aged about 73) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September, 1968 [tracks 8–13]

Performers:
John Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 1–2, 7;
JosephBoyle, fiddle in duet Tracks 1–2, singing in Irish Track 3, singing in English Track 6;
James Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 4–5, 7;
Patrick Gillespie, fiddle in duet Tracks 4–5;
Bernard Boyle, singing in English Track 8, singing in Irish Track 11, speech in Irish Track 12;
Charles Boyle, speech in English Track 9–10, speech in Irish Track 13

Running Order:
1. Untitled, highland / John Byrne, fiddle ; Joseph ( ‘Jojo’) Boyle, fiddle
2. Erin-oh, polka / John Byrne, fiddle ; Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, fiddle
3. An bhfaca tú an sean-bhean bhocht, song [one-verse fragment] / Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle., singing in Irish
4. Brennan’s favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
5. The knights of Saint Patrick, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
6. The wild rapparee ( ‘How green are the fields that are washed by the Finn...’), song Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, singing in English
7. Maggie Pickie, dance tune / John Byrne, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle [end of session]
8. The wild rapparee, song [text from Walton’s print] / Bernard Boyle, singing in English
9. The serving-boy of Glencolumkille, story [incomplete] / Charles Boyle, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
10. The serving-boy of Glencolumkille, story [completed] / Charles Boyle, speech in English
11. Bríd bhán, song / Bernard Boyle, singing in Irish
12. An crochaire tárnochta, story [learnt from Charlie McCann, Ballyshannon man living in Teelin] / Bernard Boyle, speech in Irish
13. An gobán saor, story / Charles Boyle, speech in Irish [session continued on 6825]

Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (aged about 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 3 September 1968 [tracks 4–11]
Recorded in Gillespie’s public house, Main Street, Cashel, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, from Patrick Heekin (aged about 52), of Garraros, Glencolumkille, 10 September 1968 [tracks 12–22]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (AGED ABOUT 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, singing in English Tracks 1–2;
Bernard Boyle, singing in Irish Track 3;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrioniais), fiddle solo Tracks 4, 9;
Christopher Byrne, singing in English Tracks 5–6, 8, 10;
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Tracks 7, 11;
Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish Track 12, singing in English Tracks 13–22

Running Order:
1. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘If I were king of Ireland and all things at my will...’), song / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), singing in English [session continued from 6824]
2. The valley of Knockanure (‘You may boast and speak about Easter week...’), song / Charles Boyle, singing in English
3. Rhyme: Bhí Humpty-Dumpty ina shuí ar an bhalla, rhyme [from school], Bernard Boyle, speech in Irish [end of session]
4. Gillespie’s favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie (aged about 45), fiddle
5. The bonny bunch of roses (‘By the margin of the ocean one pleasant morning in the month of June...’), song / Christopher Byrne (aged about 20), singing in English
6. Molly Bawn (‘Come all you young fowlers who handle a gun...’), song [learnt from Packy Manus Byrne, Bruckless, Co. Donegal] / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
7. Bold Robert Emmet (‘The struggle is over, the boys are defeated...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English
8. The Shamrock Shore, song (‘With grief of mind [?] and me combine...’), song / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
9. Lyons’ favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle
10. Galway Bay (’Tis far away I am today...’) / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
11. The Drumboe martyrs (’Twas the feast of St Patrick by the dawn of the day...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. D’ith damh dubh uibh amh ar neamh indiu, saying [used by an Englishman to prove that the Irish language sounds like dogs barking] ; Tá bean bheag amuigh ansin, ta sí ró-fhranncach, Gúna beag buff uirthi, bearad is plaincéid, riddle [beathóg: bee] ; Teachtaire beag ó theach go theach [sic] Agus bhíonn sé amugih san oíche, riddle [Casán: path] ; Chuaidh mé amach maidin brea ceo Agus chonnaic mé an marbh ag iompar an bheo, riddle [bád: boat] / Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish 
13. The bark and the tree [=The nobleman’s wedding] (‘In yon weeping willow there grows a nice flower...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
14. [Stock and wall] [=Captain Wedderburn’s courtship] (‘A nobleman’s fair dauaghter walked down a narrow lane...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
15. The banks of sweet Dundee (‘It being of a farmer’s daughter, most beautiful I’m told...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
16. The bonny moorhen (‘As I was going over yon mulberry bog...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
17. The grey mare (‘Roger the miller came courting of late...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
18. There lived in this town a very nice couple, song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
19. Cock-a-doodle-doo (‘Delaney from the market brought a fowl a month ago...’), song [ending clipped] / Patrick Heekin, singing in English [session continued at 6830] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Andrew Maguire, Drim, Glencolmkille from his wife Agnes (aged about 50) and their daughter-in-law Teresa Maguire, née Cannon (aged about 24), 4 September 1968 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded outside the house of Bernard (Barney) Maguire (aged 87) and his son Bernard (aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 5 September 1968 [tracks 6–9]
Recorded in the house of John Bán Byrne (aged about 52), Malinbeg, Co. Donegal, 5 September 1968 [tracks 10–11]

Performers:
Agnes Maguire (aged about 50 years), singing in Irish Tracks 1–2, speech in Irish Track 5;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 3;
Andrew Maguire, speech in English Track 3;
Teresa Maguire, singing in English Track 4;
Bernard Maguire, speech in Irish Tracks 6–8, singing in Irish Track 9;
John Byrne, singing in English Tracks 10–11

Running Order:
1. Tá gleann beag ro-aoibhinn i n-Éirinn, song [the air of ‘Erin’s green shore’] / Agnes Maguire (aged about 50), singing in Irish
2. Camas Binne (Bhí Camas Binne ag seinm ceoil díobh...’), song [about a shipwreck] / Agnes Maguire singing in Irish
3. Talk about the song (‘Camas Binne’), speech / Andrew Maguire, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. Columkille’s station (‘Between two mountains deep and grand lies Columkille’s old station...’), song [air of ‘The girl I left behind me’] / Teresa Maguire (aged about 24), singing in English
5. Spoken text of the song ‘Camas Binne’, recitation /Agnes Maguire, speech in Irish [end of session]
6. Spoken text of the song ‘[Eirigh] suas a fhear an tighe’, recitation / Bernard (Barney) Maguire (aged 87), speech in Irish
7. Spoken text of the song ‘Camas Binne’, recitation / Bernard (Barney) Maguire, speech in Irish
8. Spoken verse of the song ‘[Éirigh] suas is cuir ort do chuid éadaí’, recitation / Bernard (Barney) Maguire, speech in Irish
9. (Éirigh) suas is cuir ort do chuid éadaí, song / Bernard (Barney) Maguire, singing in Irish [end of session]
10. The rocks of Bawn (‘Come all you loyal heroes wherever that you be...’), song / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
11. Little Sir Hugh, song [old ballad, sung to the air of ‘Edward’ as sung by Paddy Tunney] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English [session continued on 6827] [END OF BAND ONE

Recorded in the house of John Bán Byrne (aged about 52), Malinbeg, Co. Donegal, 5 September 1968 [tracks 1–6]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (Barney), aged 87), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 7–8]

Performers:
John Bán Byrne, singing in English Tracks 1–3, fiddle solo Tracks 4–6;
Barney Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 7–8

Running Order:
1. Barbara Ellen (‘It being about the Christmas time when green leaves they were falling...’), song [old ballad] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
2. The dark-eyed gipsy(‘There were three gipsies in the East...’), song [old ballad] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
3. Willy O (‘[Willie, Willie,] where are the blushes...’), song [fragment] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
4. Untitled [= Old man Dillon], jig / John Bán Byrne, fiddle
5. The 'Old foggy dew', march / John Bán Byrne, fiddle
6. Highland: Untitled, highland / John Bán Byrne, fiddle [end of session]
7. Tá mo ghrádh-sa pósta (‘O tá mo ghrádh-sa ‘póstaí’ Is níl stór agam le fáil...’), song / Barney Maguire (aged 87), singing in Irish [session continued from 6822]
8. An cailín Sian (‘ ’Sa filleadh aniar domh sa [?] chailín tSian...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of Patrick (Paddy Phrionsiais) Gillespie, Gortaloon, Kinnakillew, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 8 September 1968 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt,Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Duggan (aged about 48), 8 September 1968 [tracks 6–12]

Performers:
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrionsiais), singing Irish Track 1, fiddle solo Track 2, singing in English Track 3;
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish Tracks 4–5;
John Duggan, singing in English Tracks 6–12

Running Order:
1. An seanduine dóite (‘Óró sheanduine, sheanduine dóite...’) [refrain], song / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
2. Lord Gordon’s reel / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, fiddle
3. Kitty my love will you marry me (‘Kitty she went to the market...’), song [fragment] / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
4. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
5. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme [second take] / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
6. The lakes of Coolfin (‘It was early one morning as Willy arose...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
7. Willy O (‘Oh come you maiden[s] both fair and handsome...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
8. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one morning, it was in the month of May...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
9. The dark-eyed gipsy (‘Oh there were three gipsies in the East...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed gipsy, song [second take] / John Duggan, singing in English
11. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘Were I the king of Ireland, had I all things at my will...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
12. Barbry Ellen  (‘It being about the Christmas time...’), song [fragment of old ballad] / [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from "Mr X" (aged about 48), who wished at that time to remain anonymous, 8 September 1968 [tracks 1–11]

Performers:
John Duggan, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8–11, lilting Track 2, speech in English Tracks 4–5, 7

Running Order:
1. Barbry Ellen (‘It being about the Christmas time...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English [session continued from 6828]
2. [Silver spear], reel  / John Duggan, lilt
3. Patrick O’Donnell (‘Oh my name is Patrick O’Donnell, I come from Donegal...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
4.  (‘Ah sure God save us and bless us...’), story [clipped] / John Duggan, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. Story [continued] / John Duggan, speech in English 
6. [His heart’s delight] [=The holland handkerchief] (‘Oh there was a man who lived in this town...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English
7. Mummers’ rhymes / John Duggan, speech in English
8. God bless the master of this house, mummer’s song / John Duggan, singing in English
9. The Teelin boys (‘We got the news from Dublin for to hoist our sails tomorrow...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
10. Far away in the county of Galway, song [music hall type] / John Duggan, singing in English
11. Bold Robert Emmet (‘The struggle is over and the boys are defeated...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English [session continued on 6831] [END OF BAND TWO]