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Performers:
Foley, Patrick, Cork, accordion solo A1, 3–4, 7–8, 13, 17–19, 21, 23–28, B2–4, 7–9, 12–15, 17, 21, 23, 25–26;
singing in English A2, B26;
accordion in duet A6, 9–11, 16, 22, 30, B1, 10–11;
Foley, Catherine, Cork / Limerick, singing in English A2, 20, B26;
whistle solo A5, 12, 29, B5–6, 16, 22, 24;
concertina in duet A6, 9–11, 16, 22, 30, B1, 10–11;
concertina solo A14–15, B19–20;
singing in Irish B18

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The Maid behind the Bar]
2. Song: Untitled [A Little Too Small]
3. Polka: Untitled [The Waves of Torey (Roche, vol 3, # 136); the first 2 parts as played here are also part of 'Off to Skelligs (Quadrille)' (Roche, vol 2, # 296); for another performance of this tune, see track B10(b)]
4. Quadrille Tune / Slide: Untitled [Princess Margaret's Fancy (The Fiddler's Tune-Book, ed. Kennedy, # 193)]
5. Reels: Untitled [The Boys of the Lough], Untitled [The Dublin Reel]
6. Barndance / Hornpipe: Untitled [The Curlew Hills Barndance; The Glenbeigh Hornpipe]
7. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Stack of Barley]
9. Polka: Untitled
10. Polka: Untitled
11. Polka: Untitled [For another performance of this tune, see track A25(b)], Untitled [The British Grenadiers (march), played in polka time]
12. Air: Untitled [The Lonesome Boatman]
13. Jig: Untitled [Delaney's Drummers]
14. Polka: Untitled [Johnny I Do Miss You]
15. Polka: Untitled [O the Britches Full of Stitches / O the Breeches Full of Stitches]
16. Polka: Untitled [The Siege of Ennis (Roche, vol 3, # 139); Freedom for Ireland (as march; first 2 parts only)]
17. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Plains of Boyle]
18. Hornpipe: Untitled [Rickett's Hornpipe]
19. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Liverpool Hornpipe]
20. Song: Untitled [Baile Bhuirne]
21. Jigs: Untitled [The Three Little Drummers (version of)], Untitled
22. Reel: Untitled [Miss Monaghan (version of)]
23. Polka: Untitled [Melody of the song 'Comin' thro' the Rye']
24. Polka: Untitled [Melody of the song 'A Hundred Pipers']
25. Polkas: Untitled [The Barren Rocks of Aden (march), played in polka time], Untitled [For another performance of this tune, see track A11(a)]
26. Song Air: Untitled [The Homes of Donegal]
27. Slide: Untitled [The Perfect Cure; Sean O Duinnshleibhe's Slide]
28. Slide: Untitled [The Peeler and the Goat; The Bansha Peeler]
29. Jigs: Untitled [The Humours of Ballyloughlin; The Hurler's March], Untitled [Tom Billy's (1)]
30. Polka: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
31. Polka: Untitled [Sweeney's Polka]
32. Jig: Untitled [The Maid on the Green; for another performance of this tune, see track B21(b)]
33. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Boys of Blue Hill], Untitled [Harvest Home]
34. Set Dance: Untitled [Saint Patrick's Day]
35. Hornpipe: Untitled [The strathspey 'The Laird of Drumblair', played in hornpipe time]
36. Polkas: Untitled [Egan's; Peg Ryan's], Untitled [East Limerick Polka (2)], Untitled [The Ballydesmond Polkas (3)]
37. Jig: Untitled [The Irish Washerwoman]
38. Jig: Untitled [Saddle the Pony; The Priest's Leap]
39. Polka: Untitled [I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue]
40. Polka: Untitled [The Girl I Left behind Me], Untitled [The Waves of Torey (Roche, vol 3, # 136); the first 2 parts as played here are also part of 'Off to Skelligs (Quadrille)' (Roche, vol 2, # 296); for another performance of this tune, see track A3]
41. Slide: Untitled [The Leg of the Duck (version of?)]
42. Hornpipe: Untitled
43. Reel / Hornpipe: Untitled [The Soldier's Joy]
44. Jig: Untitled [Jimmy O'Brien's Jig; melody of the song 'Molly Brannigan']
45. Reel / Polka: Untitled [The Rakes of Mallow]
46. Reel: Untitled [The Fermoy Lasses]
47. Hornpipe / March: Untitled [Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine]
48. Song: Untitled
49. Dance Tune: Untitled
50. Slide: Untitled [Johnny Mickey's Slide]
51. Jigs: Untitled [Haste to the Wedding], Untitled [The Maid on the Green; for another performance of this tune, see track B2]
52. Air: Untitled [An Chuileann / The Coolin]
53. Polka: Untitled [Con Thadhgo's; Matt Teehan's Polka]
54. Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Master McDermott's; composed by Michael 'Master' McDermott]
55. Jig: Untitled [The Geese in the Bog]
56. Song, Air: Untitled [Down by the Tanyard Side], Untitled [Down by the Tanyard Side]
57. Jig: Untitled (clipped at end) [Garryowen] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1, 25, B1, 14, 27;
Keegan, Joe, Armagh, flute solo A2–29, B2–7, 28;
speech in English B1;
Kilfenora Ceili Band, The, Clare, instrumental group B8, 10;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in Irish and English B9, 11, 13, 19–20, 22, 24, 26;
Owens, Jesse, Dublin, singing in Irish and English in duet to own guitar accompaniment B12;
Byrne, Anne, Dublin, singing in Irish and English in duet to guitar accompaniment B12;
McKenna, Barney, Dublin, banjo in trio B14;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group(s) B15–18;
Staunton, Donal / Standuin, Donal, Galway, banjo in trio B19;
Keane, Sean, Dublin, fiddle in trio B19;
Mulqueen, Ann, Limerick, singing in English B21;
Flynn, Liam / O Floinn, Liam, Kildare, pipes solo B23;
O Se, Sean, Cork, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment B25;
Sean O Riada agus Ceoltoiri Chualann, Dublin, instrumental accompaniment to singing B25;
instrumental group B27

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Test signals, etc]
2. Jig: Garrett Barry's
3. Reel: The Ewe Reel
4. Reel: Hand Me down the Tackle
5. Reel: The Cup of Tea
6. Reel: Down the Broom
7. Reel: The Milliner's Daughter
8. Reel: Music in the Glen
9. Reel: The Longford Collector
10. Reel: Untitled [Sporting Nell (related tune)]
11. Reel: Dinny O'Brien's [Composed by Paddy O'Brien]
12. Reel: Tom Ward's Downfall
13. Reel: Lucy Campbell
14. Reel: Miss McLeod's Reel
15. Reel: Untitled
16. Reel: The Liffey Banks
17. Reels: The Earl's Chair, Sporting Paddy
18. Reel: The Bunch of Keys
19. Reel: Gold Ring Jig [The Gold Ring]
20. Reel: McDermott's Reel [Master McDermott's Reel; composed by Master McDermott]
21. Jig: The Queen of the Fair
22. Jig: Kitty in the Lane [Kitty's Rambles; The Rambles of Kitty]
23. Reel: The Broken Pledge
24. Reel: Within a Mile of Dublin
25. Reel, Speech: Crowley's No. 1 [First tune in a set of 2 called 'Crowley's Reels' recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on 78rpm disc], Untitled
26. Reel: Roaring Mary
27. Reel: Down the Broom
28. Reel: The Sligo Maid
29. Reel: The Flax in Bloom [END OF BAND ONE]
30. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Test signal], Untitled
31. Jig: Untitled [Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part (related tune)]
32. Jig: Untitled [Connie the Soldier]
33. Jig: Untitled [Do You Want Any More; The Collier's Reel (related tune)]
34. Reel: Untitled [The Liffey Banks]
35. Reel: Untitled [Lucy Campbell]
36. Reel: Untitled [Dicky Sherlock's]
37. Jigs: Untitled [Richard Brennan's Favourite], Untitled [The Idle Road] [Music signalling the start of a radio programme on Radio Eireann / RTE radio]
38. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
39. Reels: Untitled [The Kilmaley Reel], Untitled [The Hunter's House; composed by Ed Reavy; Reavy's Reel], Untitled [The Mountain Road; composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [Tierney's Reel?], Untitled [Bonnie Kate], Untitled [Sean McGuire; composed by Bert Murray]
40. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
41. Song: Ballinderry
42. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
43. Reels, Speech: Untitled [My Love Is in America], Untitled [The Collier's Reel], Untitled [Radio announcement]
44. Jigs: Untitled [Andy McGann's], Untitled [The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan], Untitled [Sacco's Jig; Tripping up the Stairs]
45. Reels: Untitled [Rattigan's], Untitled [Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire; composed by Martin Mulhaire], Untitled [The Hare's Foot]
46. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Fairy Queen], Untitled [The Ballyoran; composed by Sean Ryan]
47. Jigs: Untitled [The Lilting Fisherman], Untitled [Father Kelly's; Lough Derg Jig; composed by Father Kelly]
48. Reels, Speech: The Moving Bog, Miko Russell's / Micho Russell's, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
49. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
50. Song: The Blackbird of Sweet Avondale
51. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
52. Reels: The Boy in the Gap, The Mistress [Maistreas an Ti / The Mistress of the House], The Cup of Tea
53. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
54. Song: The Boys of Kilmichael
55. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
56. Reels, Speech: Ril Mor Bhaile an Chalaidh, Untitled [Nelly Donovan], Untitled [The Shaskeen Reel], Untitled [Radio announcement; short; incomplete]
57. Reel: Untitled [The Milliner's Daughter] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Ryan, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A2, 4, 6, 8;
Supple, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A2, 4, 6, 8;
Keogh, Dan, Tipperary, concertina solo A10;
Hayes, Matt, Tipperary, singing in English A12;
Rainsford, Mary B, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A14;
Walsh, Michael, Tipperary, flute in instrumental group A14;
Ahern, Mrs, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A14;
O'Brien, Liam, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A14;
O'Donnell, Joseph, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A14;
Dick Ryan 'Larry', Tipperary, fiddle in trio A16–17;
Anthony Ryan 'Donal', Tipperary, accordion in trio A16–17;
Shaw, Pat, Tipperary, fiddle in trio A16–17;
Mulkere, Jack, Clare, fiddle solo A19;
Preston, Michael, Clare, flute in trio A21;
Shaughnessy, Jack, Clare, fiddle in trio A21;
Divinney, Pat, Clare, fiddle in trio A21

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; the music on tracks A2–8 was recorded in Annacotty, Co Limerick in December 1955]
2. Reel: The Swallow's Tail
3. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
4. Hornpipe: The Woods of Kilkenny (fades out)
5. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
6. Jig: Old Man Dillon
7. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
8. Reel: The Boyne Hunt
9. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; the performances on tracks A10–12 were recorded in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary in December 1955]
10. Polka: Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
12. Song: Hollyford
13. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows]
14. Jigs: The Shandon Bells, Haste to the Wedding
15. Speech: Untitled [About the performances that follow on tracks A16–17]
16. Jig: The Merry Maiden [Related to The Wandering Minstrel?]
17. Reel: Far from Home
18. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows, which was recorded in Crusheen, Co Clare in January 1955]
19. Air: The Dark Woman of the Mountain
20. Speech: Untitled [About the performances that follow]
21. Jigs: Gallagher's Frolics, Paddy's Favourite [Whelan's Jig]
22. Reels: The Wheels of the World [Joe Cooley's version of 'The Morning Dew'], Cooley's Reel [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Finnegan, Thomas, Galway, singing in English A2;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Keaveney, Patrick, Galway, singing in English A3;
Kelly, Jim / Kelly, James, Galway, singing in English A4, 6, 11, 13;
speech in English A4, 13;
Glynn, William / Glynn, Willie, Galway, speech in English A7, 9–10, 12, 14;
singing in English A8, 10, 12, 14;
Clancy, Jack ('Jack the Jigger'), Clare, lilting solo A15–16;
speech in English A15;
Crotty, Elizabeth, Clare, speech in English A17;
singing in English A18;
concertina solo A20;
White, Aggie, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
fiddle solo A24;
Hegney, Agnes, Galway, fiddle in duet A22;
Mulhaire, Thomas, Galway, fiddle in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Brendan, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
Mulhaire, Martin, Galway, accordion in trio A26;
accordion solo A28;
Tracy, John Joe, Galway, flute in trio A30;
Downey, Patsy, Galway, accordion in trio A30;
Dooley, Michael Joe, Galway, fiddle in trio A30;
Finnerty, Johnny, Galway, speech in English A31;
singing in English A31

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows, recorded in Glenamaddy, Co Galway in June 1956]
2. Song: Untitled [In a dreary old cabin sat a grey-haired old father (etc)]
3. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Only a Bunch of Violets; Out in a moonlit garden, far from the ballroom bright (etc)]
4. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Maid of Athenry
5. Speech: Untitled [Song just sung was recorded in Corofin, Co Galway in June 1956]
6. Song: The Kellys and Molloys [Stated to be related to the American song 'The Martins and the Coyles']
7. Speech: Untitled [About the song that follows]
8. Song: The 1916 Rising in County Galway
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Song, Speech: John Reilly, Untitled
11. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Star of Donegal
12. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Woodlands of Loughglynn (incomplete)
13. Speech, Song: Untitled, A Bird without a Gall / Captain Woodburn's Courtship [Captain Wedderburn's Courtship]
14. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [About Louis Darcy of Headford, County Galway]
15. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Rambling Pitchfork ?], Untitled
16. Reel: Down the Broom
17. Speech: Untitled
18. Song: An Droighnean Donn [Version in English; learned from Mrs Lillis, Cooraclare, Co Clare]
19. Speech: Untitled [The song and music here from Mrs Crotty was recorded in Kilrush, Co Clare in June 1956]
20. Reel: Bean an Tinceara [An Bhean Tinceara]
21. Speech: Untitled [About the tune that follows, recorded in Tom White's pub, Ballinakill, Co Galway in January 1956]
22. Reels: The Bird in the Tree, The Shannon Breeze [Rolling in the Ryegrass]
23. Speech: Untitled
24. Reels: Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [Colonel Rodney]
25. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; recorded in Kiltormer, Co Galway in February 1956]
26. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Martin Mulhaire's Reel [Composed by Martin Mulhaire (a member of the trio that plays here)]
27. Speech: Untitled
28. Reel: Untitled [The Golden Keyboard; composed by the performer]
29. Speech: Untitled
30. Reel: Dowd's Favourite [O'Dowd's Favourite]
31. Speech, Song: Untitled, Untitled [Young men of Tipperary and of Ireland far and near (etc); song about the McCormick brothers, who were hanged in Nenagh during the land troubles] (incomplete; repeated on tape Breandan Breathnach Reel-to-Reel 348) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Hartnett, John Joe, Limerick, flute in instrumental group A2;
flute in duet A4;
Coyne, Michael, Limerick, accordion in instrumental group A2;
accordion in duet A6;
Collins, Sean, Limerick, banjo in instrumental group A2;
banjo in duet A6;
O'Sullivan, Patrick, Limerick, fiddle in instrumental group A2;
fiddle in duet A4;
O'Keeffe, Paid / O'Keefe, Paid, Limerick, singing in English A8, 10;
Clifford, Billy, Limerick, whistle solo A12;
McEnery, James, Limerick, fiddle solo A14–15, 17;
Cussen, Mick / Cussen, Michael, Limerick, fiddle solo A19, 21, 33;
Sullivan, Tom, Limerick, accordion solo A23–24;
Sheehy, Dan, Limerick, accordion solo A26–27;
fiddle solo A32;
Tuohy, Aine, Limerick, singing in Irish A29;
step-dancing A33;
singing in English A35;
McCarthy, Gerry, Kerry / New York, fiddle solo A30;
O'Connor, Vincent, Limerick, banjo mandolin A34;
Unidentified performer, flute solo A36

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Preceded by a short recording of music]
2. Jigs: The Cook in the Kitchen, Tell Her I Am
3. Speech: Untitled
4. Hornpipes: O'Dwyer's, The Plains of Boyle
5. Speech: Untitled
6. Hornpipe: The Echo
7. Speech: Untitled
8. Song, Speech: The Tinker, Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Song, Speech: Untitled [The Bandy-Legged Mule], Untitled
11. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows; performer is aged 13]
12. Reels: Untitled [The Flowing Bowl], Untitled [The Cup of Tea]
13. Speech: Untitled
14. Air: An Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig
15. Air: Untitled [The Palatine's Daughter]
16. Speech: Untitled
17. Reels: The Boys of the Lough, Johnny Allen
18. Speech: Untitled
19. Air: The Coolin [An Chuileann]
20. Speech: Untitled
21. Air: Untitled [Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor]
22. Speech: Untitled
23. Jig: Untitled [The Idle Road]
24. Reel: Untitled [Miss McLeod's Reel]
25. Speech: Untitled
26. Jig: Untitled [The Luckpenny]
27. Hornpipe, Strathspey, Speech: Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's; composed by Ed Reavy], Untitled [The Laird of Drumblair], Untitled
28. Speech: Untitled
29. Song: An Binsin Luachra
30. Speech, Jigs, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [Painneach na nUbh; version of], Untitled
31. Reel: The Kerry Reel [Quinn's Reel]
32. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Bonnie Kate], The Contradiction, Untitled
33. Hornpipe: Untitled [McMahon's; composed by Sean Ryan; with step-dancing]
34. Speech, Airs: Untitled, Untitled [The Meeting of the Waters], Untitled [The Moon behind the Hill]
35. Speech, Song: Untitled, The Old Fenian Gun (sound drop-out in mid-song)
36. Jig: Untitled [Contentment Is Wealth]
37. Speech: Untitled (incomplete; tape runs out) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, concertina in duet A2–5;
Unidentified performer, flute in duet A2–5;
Kilfenora Ceili Band, The, Clare, instrumental group A6–11;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Hayes, P.J., Clare, fiddle solo A13;
Tulla Ceili Band, The, Clare, instrumental group A14–16;
Preston, Michael, Clare, flute solo A18–19;
Griffin, Vincent, Clare, fiddle solo A21;
Malley, Bill, Clare, fiddle in duet A22;
Houlihan, Pat, Clare, whistle in duet A22;
Canny, Paddy, Clare, fiddle in duet A25–26;
Bane, Joe, Clare, whistle in duet A25–26;
whistle solo A28;
McMahon, Robert [McMahon, Robbie], Clare, singing in English A30;
Ryan, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A32;
Supple, Paddy, Limerick, fiddle in duet A32

Running Order:
1. Tone Signal: Untitled
2. Reels: Untitled [The Wind that Shakes the Barley], Untitled [Music in the Glen]
3. Reels: Untitled [The Sally Gardens], Untitled [Dillon's Fancy]
4. Reels: Untitled [The Rainy Day], Untitled
5. Jigs: Untitled [The Angry Peeler], Untitled [Shares first part with The Ship in Full Sail – second differs]
6. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Limerick Lasses], Untitled
7. Jigs: Untitled [Cherish the Ladies], Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics]
8. Reels: Untitled [The Boyne Hunt], Untitled [The Fermoy Lasses]
9. Jigs: Untitled [Paddy's Return; What Would You Do if the Kettle Boiled over], Untitled [The Kilfenora Jig]
10. Hornpipes: Untitled [Kitty's Wedding], Untitled [Fisher's Hornpipe]
11. Reels: Untitled [The Doon Reel], Untitled [The Bucks of Oranmore; not the standard version]
12. Speech: Untitled [About the performers and date of recording of the music on this tape]
13. Jigs: John Ryan's Jig [Sean Ryan's Jig; The Castle Jig; composed by Sean Ryan], Untitled [The Nightingale; composed by Sean Ryan]
14. Reels: Untitled [The Sally Gardens], Untitled [The Bag of Potatoes; The Bag of Spuds], Untitled [The Congress Reel]
15. Jigs: Untitled [Gallagher's Frolics], Untitled [Cailleach an Tuirne; The Maid of the Spinning Wheel], Untitled [The Trip to the Cottage]
16. Reels: Untitled [The Maid of Mount Cisco], Untitled [The Hunter's Purse]
17. Speech: Untitled
18. Reels: The Mist on the Mountain, The Cameronian
19. Reel: Farewell to Ballinakill [Miss Pierce's]
20. Speech: Untitled
21. Reels: The Sally Gardens, Jenny's Chickens
22. Speech: Untitled
23. Reels: The Glandree Reel [The Honeymoon]
24. Speech: Untitled
25. Reels: Down the Broom, The Gatehouse Maid
26. Jigs: Untitled [The Shandon Bells], Untitled [The Lark in the Morning]
27. Speech: Untitled
28. Reels: Paddy Finlay's Fancy [The Galway Rambler], Untitled [The Traveller]
29. Speech: Untitled
30. Song: The Hills of Sweet Mayo
31. Speech: Untitled [About the performance that follows, which was recorded in Annacotty, Co Limerick in December 1955]
32. Reel: The Swallow's Tail (incomplete; tape runs out) [This performance is available in full on BB_RR_349] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Toibin, Nioclas, singing in English A1, 2;
singing in Irish A3;
Hanley, Mick, singing in English A3-5;
O'Flynn, Liam, pipes A8, 9

Running Order:
1. Song: The Flying Cloud
2. Songs: Ben Bolt, Ar Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce hI (For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name)
3. Song: A Kiss in the Morning Early
4. Song: Rosemary Fair
5. Song: Television Song
6. Reels: Matt Molloy's Favourite, Untitled
7. Song: John Barleycorn
8. Reels: The Concert Reel, The Crooked Road to Dublin
9. Jigs: I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her, Sean Bui

Performers:
Unidentified performer, speech in English A1, B27;
O Murchu, Sean, Galway / Dublin, speech in Irish and English A2–3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21–23, 25, 27–29, 31, B1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18–20, 22, 24–25, C4–5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 33, 36;
Johnny Pickering Ceili Band, The, Tyrone, instrumental group A2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, B33, 37;
Moriarty, Patrick, Kerry, mouth organ / harmonica solo A6, 12, 18;
Dermot O'Brien Ceili Band, The, Louth, instrumental group A22, 24;
O'Brien, Dermot, Louth, speech in English A25;
singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A26;
O Se, Sean, Cork, singing in Irish with instrumental accompaniment A27;
Ceoltoiri Chualann, Dublin, instrumental group A27;
Dempsey, Martin, Dublin, singing in English with instrumental accompaniment A28;
speech in English A29;
Maguire, Sean / McGuire, Sean, Belfast, fiddle in duet A30;
Unidentified performers, speech in English and Irish A32, B28, 31–32, 34, 36, 38, C1–3, 24;
McPeake Trio, The, Belfast, instrumental group A32–33;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English and Irish A32–33, B28–30, C24, 26–28, 30;
O Lochlainn, Colm, Dublin, speech in English A33;
Bunclody Ceili Band, The, Wexford, instrumental group B1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17;
Egan, Cathleen, Tipperary, singing in English B7, 13;
Birmingham Comhaltas Ceili Band, The, Birmingham, instrumental group B19, 21, 23, 26;
Hipkiss, Michael, Birmingham singing in English B25;
Unidentified performer [McGann, Andy, New York?], fiddle in trio B28, C24;
Unidentified performer [Redican, Larry, New York?], fiddle in trio B28, C24;
Concannon, Tom / O Coinceanainn, Tomas, Galway / Boston, speech in Irish B28;
Connolly, Mickey, Galway / Boston, speech in English B29;
Mellott, Tommy / O Mealoid, Tomas, Galway / Boston, accordion in instrumental group B28, 30;
speech in Irish B29;
O'Malley, Joe, Galway / Boston, accordion in instrumental group B28, 30;
Tonra, Brendan, Mayo / Boston, fiddle in instrumental group B28, 30;
Sturr [?], Frank, Boston, piano accordion in instrumental group B28, 30;
Kelly, Jimmy, Boston, banjo in instrumental group B28, 30;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo B31;
McCusker Brothers Ceili Band, The, Armagh, instrumental group B35, 39;
Reynolds, William [Reynolds, Willie], Westmeath, pipes in duet C1–3;
Healion, Sean, Westmeath, fiddle in duet C1–3;
Malachy Doris Ceili Band, The, Tyrone, instrumental group C4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22;
Rowsome, Leon, Dublin, pipes solo C8, 14, 20;
Redican, Larry, New York, fiddle in duet C25;
speech in English C26;
McKenna, John, Leitrim / New York, flute in duet C26;
Morrison, Tom, Galway / New York, flute in duet C27;
Morrison, Jimmy / Morrison, James, Sligo / New York, fiddle in trio C27;
Coleman, Michael, Sligo / New York, fiddle in duet C29, 31;
Pride of Erin Ceili Band, The, instrumental group C32, 34–35

Running Order:
1. Speech: Untitled [Initial test message]
2. Speech, March: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Ceili House' on Radio Eireann], Untitled [Shane O'Neill's March (first part only)]
3. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; followed by test signal]
4. Reels: Untitled [The Green Mountain], Untitled, Untitled
5. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
6. Marches: Clare's Dragoons, Ninety-Eight [Who Fears to Speak of '98?]
7. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
8. Jigs: The Gold Ring, Father O'Carroll, The Irish Jig [Extraneous noise on this track]
9. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; the personnel of the Johnny Pickering Ceili Band]
10. Hornpipes: Tim the Turncoat [Mistitled?; The Friendly Visit], The Fiddler's Contest
11. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
12. Set Dance: Madame Bonaparte
13. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
14. Marches: The Milkmaid, Ireland Abu [The Ballydesmond]
15. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
16. Waltzes: The Blue Ribbon, The Listener
17. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
18. Jigs: Paddy's Return, The Chorus Jig [The Queen of the Rushes]
19. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
20. Reels: The Corner House, The Mountain Road [Composed by Michael Gorman], Untitled [Geoghegan's]
21. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the end of the edition of the 'Ceili House' radio programme that began in track 2]
22. Polka, Speech: Untitled [The Rakes of Mallow], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Ceili Time' on Radio Eireann]
23. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
24. Reels: Untitled [Staten Island], Untitled
25. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview with Dermot O'Brien; topics include: the reasons why O'Brien stopped playing ceili music; strict tempo in ceili music; response to criticisms of his music as 'non-traditional'; Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann]
26. Song: The Merry Ploughboy / The Jolly Ploughboy
27. Speech, Song, Jig: Untitled [Radio interview], Untitled [Ta Mo Mhadra; "Ta mo mhadra, nil mo mhadra, ta mo mhadra scaoilte" (etc)], Untitled [The Maid of the Spinning Wheel / Cailleach an Tuirne; first part only; played between verses of the song performed in this track]
28. Speech, Song: Untitled [Radio announcement], Deep in Canadian Woods
29. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview with Martin Dempsey; topics include: the recent controversy about the teaching of Irish; Dempsey's career as a performer; the recent ballad boom]
30. Reels: Untitled [Lucy Campbell], Untitled (incomplete)
31. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
32. Speech, Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the start of a radio programme on Radio Eireann], Untitled [The Derry Hornpipe / The Londonderry Hornpipe], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
33. Speech, Air: Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: Francie McPeake telling of Irish music evenings at the house of Francis Joseph Biggar in Belfast 60 years previously; interview with Colm O Lochlainn; topics include: Biggar's role as antiquarian and as sponsor of pipe bands all over Ireland; Biggar's role in starting the Black Black Raven Pipe Band in Lusk, Co. Dublin; after the banner of the Lusk band was destroyed by the Black and Tans, O Lochlainn replaced the banner; O Lochlainn met Roger Casement at one of Biggar's music evenings; Francie McPeake used to perform 'In Bodenstown Churchyard' in Biggar's house; O Lochlainn performed William Rooney's poem "Dear Dark Head" and was congratulated for it by Casement; O Lochlainn had lunch with Biggar and Casement in Dublin], Eamon an Chnoic
34. Speech, March: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of the radio programme 'Ceili House' on Radio Eireann], Untitled [Kelly, the Boy from Killane]
35. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
36. Reels: The Bunch of Keys, Rakish Paddy, The Copperplate
37. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: the buck dance – a virility dance performed in Clare]
38. Jigs: The Barber's Jig [Molloy's Favourite], Green's Jig [Malowney's Wife], The Idle Road
39. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
40. Song: The Cliffs of Dooneen
41. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
42. Set Dances: The Jockey to the Fair, The Three Sea Captains
43. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
44. Marches: Erin go Bragh, Ar Son Eireann, The Centenary March
45. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
46. Song: Noreen Bawn / Noirin Ban (incomplete)
47. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
48. Jigs: The Wandering Minstrel, O'Brien's Fancy [Katie's Fancy]
49. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement: the personnel of the Bunclody Ceili Band]
50. Reels: The Kilmaley Reel, The High Reel, Father Kelly's [Rossmore Jetty; composed by Father Kelly; for another performance of this tune, see track C14]
51. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; signalling the end of an edition of 'Ceili House']
52. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of 'Ceili House'], Untitled [The Red-Haired Lass]
53. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
54. Reels: Larry Redican's [The Culfada; composed by Larry Redican], Dick Sherlock's [Dicky Sherlock's], Lord McDonagh's [Geoghegan's], Untitled [The Ewe Reel]
55. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
56. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled [The First Night in America], Untitled [Andy McGann's]
57. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
58. Song, Speech: The Flower of Sweet Strabane (imcomplete), Untitled [Radio announcement]
59. Hornpipes: Anne Sheehy's Hornpipe [The Flowing Tide], Chief O'Neill's (incomplete; clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
60. Speech: Untitled [Initial test message at start of tape band]
61. Reel, Speech, Speech, Reel, Speech, Reel: Untitled [McFadden's Favourite; signature tune signalling the start of an edition of the Radio Eireann programme 'American Journeywork'], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over], Untitled [Radio announcement; topic: this programme is coming from Tom Concannon's saloon in Norwood, near Boston, USA], Untitled [Down the Broom], Untitled [Radio interviews], Untitled [The Corner House]
62. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview]
63. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare / The Boys of Ballysadare], Untitled [Gregg's Pipes], Untitled [The Mason's Apron], Untitled [Radio announcement (short; incomplete)]
64. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Bonnie Kate], Untitled [Radio announcement (short; incomplete), signalling the end of a Radio Eireann programme, probably the 'American Journeywork' edition beginning on track B28]
65. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the start of a Radio Eireann programme of Irish dance music]
66. Reels: Dinny O'Brien's Reel [Composed by Paddy O'Brien], The Sally Gardens, St Anne's Reel / Saint Anne's Reel
67. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
68. Hornpipes: Untitled [The Tailor's Twist], Untitled
69. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
70. Jigs: Jackson's Morning Brush, Paddy on the Mountain [Delaney's Drummers], Kinnegad Slashers
71. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
72. Reels, Speech: Untitled [George White's Favourite], Untitled [The Bag of Potatoes / The Bag of Spuds], Untitled [The Silver Spear], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over, signalling the end of the radio programme beginning on track B32]
73. Speech, March: Untitled [Radio announcement signalling the start of a Radio Eireann radio programme], Sean O'Neill [Shane O'Neill's March]
74. Speech, Jigs: Untitled [Radio announcement], Whelan's, Bill Harte's
75. Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio announcement], The Donegal, The Leitrim [Rakish Paddy]
76. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the start of an edition of 'Ceili House'], Untitled [The Boys of the Lough]
77. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
78. Jigs: The Rakes of Kildare, The Fisherman's Widow [The Rambling Pitchfork], The Blackthorn Stick [The Humours of Bantry]
79. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; topics include: the use of a casadoir / twister in the making of ropes of hay or straw]
80. Air: Casadh an tSugain
81. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
82. Hornpipes: The Galway Hornpipe, The Golden Eagle, The Locomotive [Composed by James Hill of Tyneside]
83. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
84. Jigs: The Lilting Fisherman, The Humours of Ballycastle, I Will if I Can
85. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; topics include: a tongue-twister in Irish]
86. Reels: Father Kelly's [Father Kelly's Reel; Rossmore Jetty; composed by Father Kelly; for another performance of this tune, see track B17], The Green Mountain, Whelan's Reel [The Hare's Foot]
87. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
88. Marches: Captain Dunne's, Slattery's Mounted Foot, The Merry Ploughboy
89. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
90. Waltzes: The Green Glens of Antrim, The Castle of Dromore, Lovely Leitrim
91. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
92. Jig: Gillan's Apples
93. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement: the personnel of the Malachy Doris Ceili Band]
94. Reels: The Morning Mist, Peter Street, The Plough and the Stars
95. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the end of the edition of 'Ceili House' that began in track C4]
96. Reel, Speech, Speech: Untitled [McFadden's Favourite; signature tune signalling the start of an edition of the Radio Eireann programme 'American Journeywork'], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
97. Reels: Untitled [Father Kelly's], Untitled [Trim the Velvet]
98. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Radio interview with Larry Redican; topics include: Redican made 78rpm records with Eddie Meehan's Rosaleen Quartet; the personnel of the quartet; John McKenna], The Lady of the House
99. Speech, Reels, Speech, Reels: Untitled [Radio interview with Larry Redican; topics include: older musicians in New York, including Tom Morrison (flute), who used to wake Redican up at 2.30am to hear Redican play a tune], The Dunmore Lasses, The Manchester Reel, The Castlebar Traveller, Untitled [Radio interview, continued], Miss Langford's Reel, The Milestone at the Garden [The Humours of Westport]
100. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
101. Reels: Untitled [O'Rourke's], Untitled [The Wild Irishman]
102. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
103. Reels: The Liffey Banks, The Shaskeen
104. Reels: Untitled [The Crooked Road to Dublin], Untitled [The Ivy Leaf], Untitled [Ceol na Ceartan / Music of the Forge; The Pretty Girls of Mayo]
105. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
106. Jigs: Jim Fahy's Jig [The New House; composed by Paddy O'Brien], The Mooncoin (incomplete)
107. Reel: Untitled [A combination of the first part of 'Coen's Memories' (composed by Tommy Coen) with the second part of 'The Corner House'], Untitled, Untitled [The Reel of Bogie]
108. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer(s), fiddle in duet A1, 7–8;
fiddle solo B10;
Collins, Kieran, Galway / London, whistle in duet A2;
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran, Limerick / Dublin, speech in English A2, 23;
Unidentified performer(s), pipes solo A3;
pipes in duet A7–8;
Ryan, Sean, Tipperary, fiddle in duet A4;
Moloney, P. J. / Maloney, P. J., Tipperary, flute in duet A4;
Unidentified performer [O Conluain, Proinsias, Dublin?], speech in English A4;
Unidentified performers, instrumental group(s) A5, 9, 22–24, B3, 5, 24, 26;
Unidentified performer(s), accordion solo A6, B1–2, 6–9, 11–23, 25, 27–29;
accordion in duet B4;
Tansey, Seamus, Sligo, flute solo A10–11, 15;
Coleman Country Ceili Band, The, Sligo, instrumental group A12, 17, 19;
Unidentified performer [O Murchu, Sean, Galway / Dublin], speech in English A12, 16, 18, 29;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A13–14, 20–21;
Cooley, Joe, Galway / USA, accordion in instrumental group A22–24;
Farrelly, Sean, London, accordion, tracks B (unspecified);
Unidentified performer [de Buitlear, Eamon, Wicklow], speech in English and Irish B26;
Reck, Tommy, Dublin, pipes solo B26;
Unidentified performers, speech in English B30;
Unidentified performer, guitar in duet A1;
Teague, Frank, London, guitar in duet A2;
Unidentified performer, percussion in duet B4

Running Order:
1. Reel: Untitled [The maids of Castlebar]
2. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Miss McLeod's reel], Untitled [The copperplate], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
3. Reel: Untitled [The maid behind the bar; Kiss the maid behind the barrel]
4. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Fahy's favourite / Fahey's favourite; The Galway reel (CICD 2861, from Julia Clifford)], Untitled [Down the broom], Untitled [The first house in Connacht / Connaught], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
5. Jigs: Untitled [Paddy Fahey's jig / Paddy Fahy's jig; composed by Paddy Fahey / Paddy Fahy], Untitled [Related to 'The Killaloe boat'?], Untitled [Tonra's jig; composed by Brendan Tonra]
6. Reel: Untitled [Rossmore Jetty; Father Kelly's no. 2 / Father Kelly's number two; composed by Father P. J. Kelly]
7. Reels: Untitled [The old bush], Untitled [The Sligo maid]
8. Hornpipe: Untitled [The harvest home]
9. Jig: Untitled [Bill Harte's jig; The rookery]
10. Jigs: Untitled, Untitled [Strike the gay harp]
11. Reels: Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's favourite], Untitled [Never was piping so gay; composed by Ed Reavy]
12. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The first night in America], Untitled [Saddle the pony], Untitled [Radio announcement]
13. Song: Untitled
14. Song: Untitled [Old McDonald had a farm]
15. Hornpipe: Untitled [The western]
16. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; information about the tune selection that follows; four titles are supplied but only three tunes are played]
17. Reels: The first house in Connacht [The first house in Connaught], The London lassies [Supplied title is incorrect?; Geoghegan's], The traveller
18. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement]
19. Jig: Untitled [Paddy Clancy's]
20. Song: Untitled (incomplete)
21. Song: Untitled [The boys of the county Armagh]
22. Jigs: Untitled [The queen of the fair], Untitled [Out on the ocean]
23. Jigs, Speech: Untitled [The queen of the fair], Untitled [The rambling pitchfork], Untitled [Radio announcement]
24. Reel: Untitled [Dowd's number nine / Dowd's no. 9] [END OF BAND ONE]
25. Reels: Untitled [The shaskeen reel], Untitled [Buckley's fancy]
26. Jigs: Untitled [The Lough Derg jig; composed by Father P. J. Kelly], Untitled [The Nova Scotia]
27. Reels: Untitled [The old bush], Untitled [The high reel]
28. Reel: Untitled [The bag of potatoes / The bag of spuds]
29. Reel: Untitled [The humours of Lissadell]
30. Jig: Untitled [Richard Brennan's favourite]
31. Hornpipe: Untitled [Lad O'Beirne's; composed by Ed Reavy]
32. Jigs: Untitled [Jack Coen's jig; The Dundalk jig], Untitled [Katie's Fancy]
33. Jig: Untitled [The frieze breeches; incomplete]
34. Reel: Untitled [Paddy Fahy's reel / Paddy Fahey's reel; composed by Paddy Fahy / Fahey]
35. Jigs: Untitled [Andy McGann's], Untitled [Tonra's jig; composed by Brendan Tonra]
36. Reel: Untitled [The green groves of Erin]
37. Reel: Untitled [The copperplate (2)]
38. Hornpipe: Untitled [Cooley's hornpipe; composed by Paddy O'Brien]
39. Reels: Untitled [The boys of Ballisodare], Untitled [The five mile chase]
40. Reel: Untitled [The first house in Connacht / Connaught]
41. Reels: Untitled [Paddy Kelly's reel; composed by Paddy Kelly], Untitled [The sally gardens]
42. Hornpipe: Untitled [The cuckoo]
43. Reel: Untitled [Tear the calico]
44. Waltz: Untitled (incomplete)
45. Reel: Untitled [The morning mist; composed by Joe Burke]
46. Reels: Untitled [Ben Hill reel], Untitled [Rossmore Jetty; Father Kelly's no. 2, Father Kelly's number two] [Both tunes in this selection were composed by Father P. J. Kelly]
47. Jig: Untitled (incomplete)
48. Reel: Untitled [The Kilmaley]
49. Hornpipe: Untitled [The Ballyoran; composed by Sean Ryan]
50. Jig, Speech, Reels: Untitled [The coach road to Sligo], Untitled [Radio announcement], Bonnie Kate, Miss McLeod, Fermoy Lasses [This track contains a dubbing from an RTE radio programme]
51. Reels: Untitled [Castle Kelly], Untitled [Within a mile of Dublin]
52. Fling / Hornpipe, Hornpipe: Untitled [Mrs Galvin], Untitled [The western]
53. Speech, Jigs: Untitled [Radio announcement], The shady groves of Piedmont [Port an bhrathar / the Reverend Brother's jig], Sonny Brogan's jig [Bill Harte's jig; The rookery] [This track contains a dubbing from an RTE radio programme]
54. Speech: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]

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]