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Performers:
Smith, Danny, accordion, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about musicians in the locality in 1910, learning music from aunt Nora O'Brien
2. Jig/Speech: Leave it Down Easy [The Killaloe Boatman]
3. Speech: talk about Tommy Ward, Globe single row accordions, house and barn dances, local sets, sets in Philadelphia
4. Jig/Polka: Untitled, The Three Little Drummers, The Three Little Drummers
5. Slides/Speech: Cock of the North, Patsy Gan Naire
6. Reel/Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle [Johnny when You Die]
7. Highland Fling/Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle
8. Highland Flings/Speech: The Eel in the Sink, The Blackberry Blossom, talk about local dances
9. Barndances/Speech: Untitled, talk about dancing a barndance
10. Barndances/Speech: Casey Jordan, The Chicken Reel
11. Barndance/Speech: Turkey in the Straw
12. Highland Flings/Speech: Untitled
13. Fling/Speech: The Flanagan's Chase the Banshee, talk about local dances
14. Polka/Speech: All the Way to Galway
15. Polka/Speech: Untitled
16. Polkas/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tunes used for local dances, lilt of 'The Irish Washerwoman'
17. Hornpipes/Speech: The Stack of Barley, The Rights of Man, The Derry Hornpipe
18. Hornpipe/Reel/Speech: The Carabhat (The Stack of Wheat), The Bird in the Tree
19. Polka/Speech: Jenny Lind
20. Waltz/Speech: Pull Down the Blind, Lurgan Stream ?
21. Speech: talk about singers, going to Philadelphia in 1927 (returned 1969), life in America, listening to the Victrola, records available at the time
22. Reels: The Tap Room Reel, The Moving Bog
23. Speech: talk about PJ Conlon, John Kimmel, accordion maker Frank Walters, description of his accordion
24. Reel/Speech: The Graff-Spey
25. Reel/Speech: Miss McLeod's Reel, talk about the style of American musicians
26. Speech: talk about playing in Ceili Bands for dances, description of sets danced in Philadelphia, highland flings, lilt of 'Shoe the Donkey', one steps
27. Katie Conors (medley)/Barndance/Speech: Katie Conor, The Arkansas Traveller, talk about the tunes used for the 'Katie Conors', examples of reels played as highland flings
28. Flings/Speech: Jenny Tie your Bonnet, Upstairs in a Tent [The Devil in the Kitchen or The Ivy Leaf]
29. Highland Flings/Speech: The Eel in the Sink, The Blackberry Blossom
30. Highland Flings/Speech: Handy Andy, Untitled, talk about musicians
31. Flings/Speech: The Moneymusk

Song: Untitled [The Wild Colonial Boy] [END OF RELEVANT MATERIAL ON BAND ONE]

Unidentified performer - singing in English

Performers:
Mamin Cajun Band, instrumental group; singing in English; singing in Irish; singing in French; speech in English =
Monaghan, Seán, singing, track 2-3, 8, 11, washboard
Fahy, Sue, singing, track 1, 6, 10, 14, fiddle
Ni Chanainn, Nuala, singing, fiddle
Fitzgerald, Jimmy, singing, track 13, guitar
Rohan, David (Sammy), singing, track 7, 12 guitar
Gunning, Paul, Castigniari 4-stopper melodeon (D), Hohner 3-row (B/C/C#) accordion
Nolan, Conor, bass
Jameson, Tom, drums

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: Bosco Stomp
2. Speech/Song: Beidh Aonach Amarach
3. Speech/Song: Zydeco (tune trad, lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
4. Speech/Waltz: Chez Seychelles
5. Speech/Stomp ?: Lake Arthur Stomp
6. Speech/Song: Cotton-eyed Joe
7. Song/Speech: Cajun Girl (David 'Sammy' Rohan)
8. Song/Speech: Bruce's Tunes (tunes trad, learned from recording by Cajun accordion player 'Bruce Daigrepont', lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
9. Tune/Speech: Tex-Mex Tune
10. Song/Speech: Ay! Te Dejo en San Antonio
11. Speech/Song: Peigin Leitir Mhoir
12. Song/Speech: Jambalaya (Hank Williams)
13. Speech/Song: Stormy Sky (Daniel Lanois)
14. Song/Speech: Qu'elle etoile
15. Speech/Waltz: Philippe Bruneau's Waltz (Bruneau)

Performers:
Mamin Cajun Band, instrumental group, singing in English and Irish, speech in English
Mamin Cajun Band =
Monaghan, Sean, singing, track 1, 3, washboard
Fahy, Sue, singing, fiddle
Ni Chanainn, Nuala, singing, fiddle
Fitzgerald, Jimmy, singing, guitar
Rohan, David (Sammy), singing, track 2, guitar
Gunning, Paul, Castigniari 4-stopper melodeon (D), Hohner 3-row (B/C/C#) accordion
Nolan, Conor, bass
Jameson, Tom, drums

Running Order:
1. Song/Speech: Out on the Ocean (tune trad, arranged by Mamin Cajun Band with lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
2. Speech/Song: Bonaparte's Retreat
3. Speech/Song: An Saint Patrick (also known as 'Boat Song') (lyrics by Sean Monaghan)

Performers:
Byrne, Dermot, Donegal, accordion in duet, track 1-4, 6-9, 11, accordion solo, track 10 (Saltarelle 3-voice B/C accordion using 2 treble voices)
Lewis, Liam, fiddle in duet, track 1-4, 6-9, 11, fiddle solo, track 5, speech in English throughout
O'Briain, Garry, singing in English with group instrumental, track 7, speech in English, track 7, 10

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled
2. Speech/Hornpipes: Untitled, Galway Bay
3. Speech/Jigs: Molloy's [Whelan's], Sliabh Bloom [version of 'The Frost is all Over' ?]
4. Speech/Reels: Untitled
5. Speech/Jigs: Untitled
6. Speech/Reels: The Gooseberry Bush, Bunker Hill
7. Speech/Song: My Dearest Dear
8. Jig: Knocknagow
9. Speech/Reels: Untitled, The Broken Pledge, Forget Me Not [Gerry Cronin's]
10. Speech/Hornpipes: Mac is Back for the Crack, The Japanese Hornpipe
11. Speech/Reels: Eileen Curran, Gilbert Clancy's [Sean Reid's], Paddy Lynn's Delight

Performers:
Cassidy, Dave, Dublin, speech in English, track 1, 4, mandola in trio, track 1-6
Ni Bheolain, Niamh, Dublin, speech in English, track 1-6, fiddle in trio, track 1-6
Pigott, Charlie, Cork/Galway, speech in English, track 7-14, B1-7, accordion in quartet, track 7-10, 12, 14, B1-4, 6-7, accordion in duet B5
Fahy, Martin, Clare/Galway, concertina in quartet, track 7-10, 12, 1, B1-4, 6-7, speech in English, track 13-, concertina duet/trio, track 13
Fahy, Florence, Clare/Galway, concertina in quartet, track 7-10, 12, 14, B1-4, 6-7, concertina duet/trio, track 13
O'Neylon, Tomas, Galway, storytelling in English, track 11
Ward, Kevin, guitar
O'Neylon, Tomas, bodhrán

Running Order:
1. Speech/Jigs: The Rambling Pitchfork, The Banks of Lough Gowns, The Black Rogue
2. Speech/Hornpipe: The Coarse Air
3. Speech/Reels: The Boy in the Gap, Paddy Fahey's
4. Speech/Polka: The Ukranian Polka
5. Speech/Jigs: Banish Misfortune, Out on the Ocean
6. Speech/Polkas: Untitled, Begley's Polka
7. Speech/Jigs: O'Connel's Welcome to Parliment, Willie Hayes
8. Speech/Reels: The Boyne Hunt, Clogher Reel?
9. Speech/Jigs: The Trip to Bantry (comp: Paddy O'Brien), The Bahola Jig
10. Speech/Reels: St Patrick's Night, Larkin's Beehive (both comp: Paddy O'Brien)
11. Storytelling: Humorous Tales about Poorer Times
12. Speech/Jigs: The Killavel, Untitled
13. Speech/Reels: The Hills of Tipperary, Larry's Favourite (both comp: Paddy O'Brien)
14. Speech/March/Speech: Napoleon Crossing the Alps [=Boney Crossing the Alps] [recording continued on CDR b]
15. Speech/Reels: (a setting of) The Kilarney Boys of Pleasure/The Sweat House (comp: Joe Liddy), The Fox on the Prowl (comp: Vincent Broderick)
16. Speech/Hornpipes: The Cuckoo's Nest, The Swan
17. Speech/Jigs: I Buried my Wife and Danced on her Grave, Down the Back Lane
18. Speech/Reels: Swinging on the Gate, Untitled
19. Speech/Jigs: (a setting of) The West Wind/The West-Mesth Jig, Jack Welsh's Jig
20. Speech/Jigs: The Fair Haired Boy, (a setting of) Jack Welsh's Jig/Scatter the Mud, Untitled
21. Speech/Reels: The Reel of Mullinavat, The Congress Reel [END OF DAT]

Performers:
Harris, Charlie, accordion, melodeon

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction
2. Jigs: The Hag with the Money, Paidin O'Rafferty [version]
3. Reel: The Pigeon on the Gate; Hornpipe: Untitled
4. Hornpipe: Untitled (started twice)
5. Reels: More Power to Your Elbow, The Rose in the Garden
6. Hornpipe: Untitled
7. Reel: The Cameronian
8. Jigs: The Hag with the Money, Paidin O'Rafferty (interrupted - unfinished) [version]
9. Hornpipes: The Showman's Fancy, The Echo
10. Jigs: The Hag with the Money, Paidin O'Rafferty
11. Reels: More Power to Your Elbow, The Rose in the Garden
12. Reels: The Cuckoo's Nest, The Mason's Apron
13. Flings: Orange and Green, The Highland Laddie
14. Reel: Jennies Welcome to Charlie
15. Reel: Jennies Welcome to Charlie
16. Hornpipes: Untitled [learned from Jack Doyle]
17. Flings: Stirling Castle, The Laird of Drumblair
18. Flings: Stirling Castle, The Laird of Drumblair
19. Barn dance: Sean Hayes
20. Barn dances: Sean Hayes, If There Weren't Any Women in the World (unfinished)
21. Barn dances: Sean Hayes, If There Weren't Any Women in the World (unfinished)
22. Barn dances: Sean Hayes, If There Weren't Any Women in the World
23. Jig: Untitled
24. Reels: Pigeon on the Gate, The Cameronian
25. Reels: The Blackberry Blossom, Bonnie Kate
26. Reel: Untitled (unfinished)
27. Reel: Untitled (unfinished)
28. Hornpipe: The Smokey Chimney
29. Hornpipes: The Washington, The Smokey Chimney
30. Jigs: The Hag with the Money, Paidin O'Rafferty (started twice)
31. Jigs: The Hag with the Money, Paidin O'Rafferty [DAT ENDS]

Performers:
Harris, Charlie, accordion, melodeon

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction
2. Jigs: The Swallow's Nest, Shandon Bells
3. Jigs: The Swallow's Nest, Shandon Bells
4. Jigs: The Swallow's Nest, Shandon Bells (interrupted - unfinished))
5. Reel: Untitled
6. Reels: Untitled (repeat of A5), Untitled
7. Reel: Untitled (repeat of A5)
8. Jigs: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1, Charlie Mulvihill's No2
9. Jig: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1
10. Jig: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1
11. Jig: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1
12. Reels: Sporting Nell, Hand Me down the Tackle
13. Fling: Stirling Castle
14. Flings: Stirling Castle, The Laird of Drumblair
15. Jigs: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1, Charlie Mulvihill's No 2
16. Jigs: Charlie Mulvihill's No 1, Charlie Mulvihill's No 2
17. Reels: Untitled, Untitled
18. Reels: The Tap Room, McDermott's (started twice)
19. Slides: Untitled = [Muirsheen Durkin], Untitled (unfinished)
20. Slides: Untitled = [Muirsheen Durkin], Untitled
21. Hornpipe: Untitled (started twice - unfinished)
22. Hornpipe: Untitled
23. Hornpipe: Untitled (interrupted)
24. Hornpipe: Untitled (unfinished)
25. Hornpipe: Untitled
26. Hornpipe: Untitled
27. Hornpipe: Untitled
28. Hornpipe: Untitled

Performers:
Brophy, Eamon, uilleann pipes, track 2-8; singing in English, track 9-10, B1, 2; singing in Irish, track 9, 10, B3, 4 =
[Ó Bróithe, Éamonn]

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction
2. Jigs: The Pipe on the Hob, Untitled, Brian O'Lynn
3. Reels: The Donegal Reel, The Dublin Reel
4. Reels: Untitled, St. Patrick's Night, The Four-Leafed Shamrock
5. Jigs: Old Hag You Have Killed Me, The Hag at the Kiln
6. Jigs: Old Hag You Have Killed My, The Hag at the Kiln
7. Reels: Ruaig an Mi Adh, Garrett Barry's
8. Tuning up pipes
9. Song: Untitled [Words written by Eoghan Rua O Suilleabhain; Air: The Mower]
10. Song: Untitled (repeat of A9) [CONTINUED on 81b-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
11. Song: The Bogs of Shanaheever
12. Song: The Calm Avonree
13. Song: Gleanntan Araglain Aoibhinn (interrupted)
14. Song: Pilib Seimh O Fatha (unfinished)
15. Song: Pilib Seimh O Fatha
16. Song: Na Connery's
17. Song: Last verse of Na Connery's [DAT ENDS]

Performers:
Ó Bróithe, Éamonn, singing in Irish

Running Order:
1. Song: An Charabhat (unfinished)