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Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 112 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Brid a' 'Ghabh' [Brid an Ghabha], Galway, speech in Irish A1;
singing in Irish A1, 4;
Unidentified performer [Bourke, Angela / Partridge, Angela / De Burca, Aingeal], speech in Irish throughout;
'Ghabh', Maire [Ui Cheannabhain, Maire Ghabha], Galway, speech in Irish A2–3;
singing in Irish A2–3

Running Order:
1. Speech, Song: Untitled, Beannacht Leat a Thir Mo Ghra
2. Speech, Song, Speech: Untitled, Dearthairin O Mo Chroi, Untitled
3. Song, Speech: Mainistir na Buaile, Untitled
4. Song: A' bhFaca Tu Mo Sheamaisin [With lilting] [END OF BAND ONE]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 113 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Donnelly, Maeve, Galway, speech in English throughout;
fiddle solo throughout;
Unidentified performer [Kelly, John (senior), Clare / Dublin?], speech in English intermittently

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [The date of recording; where the performer comes from – near Kylemore Abbey, which is near Loughrea, Co Galway]
2. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Belles of Tipperary], Untitled
3. Reels: Colonel Fraser, Untitled [The Floating Crowbar; The Rathcroghan Reel]
4. Speech: Untitled [The performer's version of Colonel Fraser was derived from Sean Keane, fiddle; how the performer acquired her music; she associates the second reel with Brendan McGlinchey, fiddle]
5. Jig: The Gold Ring [Version associated originally with Willie Clancy; popularised by Sean Keane, fiddle]
6. Speech, Jig: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], The Gold Ring
7. Speech: Untitled [Tune played in previous track is not related to that played in track before that]
8. Single Jig: Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled [About the tune just played]
10. Reel: Untitled [Lord Gordon]
11. Jig: Untitled [The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Reels, Speech: The Mooncoin Reel (clipped at start), Untitled [Related to 'Mrs Crotty's' ?], Untitled [Related to 'The Monsignor's Blessing' ?], Untitled [About the tunes just played; the performer learned the tunes from Denis Murphy (fiddle)]
13. Jigs, Speech: The Trip to Athlone, The Pipe on the Hob [Tonic note: D], Untitled [About the tunes just played]
14. Reel: Farewell to Ireland
15. Speech: Untitled [The performer favours Sean Keane's style of playing; about the tune to be played next]
16. Reel, Speech: The Bucks of Oranmore, Untitled
17. Reels, Speech: The Wheels of the World, The Chicago Reel, Untitled [About the tunes just played]
18. Hornpipe: Untitled [Brigid of Knock; composed by Ed Reavy]
19. Speech: Untitled [The performer's sources for the pieces played in the last two tracks – Seamus Connolly (fiddle) for the hornpipe in track A18; Tommy Peoples (fiddle) for the reels in track A17] [END OF BAND TWO]

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