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Performers:
McKenna, Francie, Monaghan, speech in English throughout band 1;
fiddle solo A2–8;
20–35?;
Breathnach, Breandan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Murphy, James, Fermanagh, speech in English A9–14;
fiddle solo A10–14;
Scott, Philip, Fermanagh, speech in English A15–19;
fiddle solo A16–19;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band 1;
Fitzgerald, Jim, Kerry, fiddle solo A36–43;
speech in English intermittently throughout A36–43

Running Order:
1. Speech, Untitled
2. Reels, Speech: Untitled [Jenny's Chickens (related tune)], Untitled [The Wild Irishman], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
3. Reels: Untitled, Untitled [The Monaghan Twig (related tune)]
4. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Tune-names are given, but it is not clear what tunes they apply to], Untitled [Drowsy Maggie (related tune?)]
5. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
6. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
7. Reel, Speech: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A11 & 32a], Untitled
8. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
9. Speech: Untitled
10. Reel, Speech: All White, Untitled
11. Reel: The Emyvale Reel [For other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 32a]
12. Speech: Untitled [Instructions to the performer]
13. Reel, Speech: The Glass of Beer, Untitled
14. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
15. Speech: Untitled
16. Jig: The Trip to the Cottage [The Connachtman's Rambles (related tune)]
17. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Drowsy Maggie, Untitled [Accompanied by lilting]
18. Reel, Speech: Miss Johnson, Untitled [The tune just played is stated to be like Miss McLeod's Reel]
19. Reel / Hornpipe, Speech: Dwyer's [O'Dwyer's Hornpipe in DMI], Untitled
20. Jig, Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Setting Sun], Untitled, Untitled, Untitled
21. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Steeplechase], Untitled
22. Reel: Untitled [The Galway Rambler (related tune)]
23. Speech, Reels, Speech: Untitled [The title 'Tear the Calico' is given, but it is not clear which tune it applies to], McGrath's, Jenny Tie Your Bottom Strings, Untitled
24. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled
25. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
26. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Old 'Wheels of the World'], Untitled
27. Reel: Untitled [The Chattering Magpie]
28. Speech: Untitled
29. Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled
30. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Miss Farr's Reel [The Ivy Leaf], Untitled
31. Reel: Untitled [The Swallow's Tail (related tune)]
32. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Emyvale Reel; for other performances of this tune, see tracks A7 & 11], The Dublin Reel [Local setting of], Untitled
33. Reel: Untitled [Within a Mile of Dublin]
34. Reel, Speech: Untitled [Fermoy Lasses (related tune?)], Untitled
35. Reel: McKenna's [Miss Thornton] (clipped at end) [END OF BAND ONE]
36. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Out in the Rain [CICD 4091.13 (from this recording); The Cabin Hunter (related tune)]
37. Speech, Reel: Untitled, William O'Brien [CICD 5814.11 (from this recording)]
38. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled [About the tune to be played next], Sheehan's / Sheehas ? [CICD 5462.11 (from this recording; gives title 'Sheehas ?')], Untitled [About the tune to be played next; it was learned from a local player, Jack Costello, an ex-RIC man]
39. Speech, Reel: Untitled, The Mount Collins Reel [CICD 4406.11 (from this recording); The Mountcollins Reel]
40. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, The Black Stripper [CICD 1176.12 (from this recording; gives the title as 'The Black Slipper', a mistranscription); The Maid at the Well], Untitled
41. Speech, Jig: Untitled, The Merry Man into His Grave / Down the Merry Man into His Grave [CICD 1276.11 (from this recording); Down Goes the Merry Man into His Grave; Connie the Soldier]
42. Jig: Untitled [CICD 1814.13 (from this recording); The Rakes of Clonmel]
43. Reels, Speech: Untitled [CICD 3901.11 (from this recording); Drowsy Maggie (related tune); Toss the Feathers (related tune)], Untitled [CICD 4985.11 (from this recording); The Templeglantine Reel], Untitled [Where the performer comes from: Dromtrasna / Drom Treasna, Abbeyfeale, in west Limerick] [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Keane, Dolores, Galway, singing in English;
speech in English;
singing in Irish;
The Reel Union, instrumental group;
Keane, Seán, Galway, flute;
whistle;
Faulkner, John, London, guitar;
singing in English;
speech in English;
O'Connor, Mairtin, Galway, accordion;
Curran, Eamonn, Monaghan, uilleann pipes;
tin whistle;
singing in English

Running Order:
1. Reels: The Boyne hunt, The coleminer
2. Speech: Introduction; Song: The low, low lands of Holland
3. Reels: The old bush set
4. Song: Will you go to Flanders
5. Song: Taglioni
6. Jigs: Mary Shore (Larry Redican composition), The Drumshambo jig, [unidentified], [unidentified]
7. Song: Paddy's green shamrock shore
8. Song: Allan Tyne of Harrow
9. Song: Moll Dubh a ghleanna
10. Song: Johnny, lovely Johnny
11. Slip jig: The tongs by the fire; Reel: Down the broom
12. Hornpipe: The home ruler, Joe Cooley's hornpipe
13. Reels: Round the house set = The controversial reel, [unidentified], [unidentified]

Performers:
Quinn, Louis, Armagh/New York, incidental speech throughout;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Maguire, Sean, Belfast, fiddle in duet A1-5 [possibly off-disc dubs], B15-17, 19-21;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A6;
Doherty, John, Donegal, fiddle solo A7-13 [possibly off-disc dubs - check against 'Pedlar's Pack'];
Carberry Brothers, Longford, pipes & mandolin (possibly banjo) A14-15;
Byrne, Michael J, Leitrim, speech in English A16, fiddle solo A17-19;
McNiffe, Michael, Longford, fiddle solo A20;
Clarke, Pat, Knockbride, speech in English A21, fiddle solo A21-22;
McCusker Brothers, Armagh, larger instrumental group A23, 26-27;
O'Hare, Kay, singing in English A24;
Unidentified performer, piano solo A25;
Seary, Sean, pipes solo B1-2, speech in English B3;
McAloon, John=;
McAloon, Sean, Fermanagh/Belfast, pipes solo B4-5, fiddle solo B12, pipes in duet B13-14;
Rooney, James, Fermanagh, fiddle in duet B6, 9? [either James or his brother], 10, fiddle solo B7, 11, speech in English B8;
McQuillan, Peter, Monaghan, banjo in duet B6, 9-10;
Rooney, ? [James' brother], Fermanagh, fiddle?;
Rooney, Seamus, fiddle in duet B13-14;
Unidentified performer, whistle in duet B18

Running Order:
1. Hornpipe: Untitled
2. Hornpipe: Untitled
3. Reel: Untitled
4. Reel: Untitled
5. Reel: Untitled
6. Reel: Untitled [unfinished]
7. Reel: Untitled
8. Reel: Untitled [unfinished]
9. Piece: The Fox Chase
10. Hornpipe: Untitled
11. Jig: Untitled
12. Hornpipe: Untitled
13. Hornpipe: Untitled
14. Reel: Untitled
15. Jig: Untitled
16. Speech: a few words to his brother in New York
17. Reels: Untitled
18. Jig: Untitled
19. Hornpipe: Untitled
20. Hornpipe: Untitled
21. Speech/Reel: Untitled
22. Jig: Untitled
23. Reels: Untitled
24. Song: Untitled
25. Hornpipe: Untitled
26. Reels: Untitled
27. Jigs: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
28. Jigs/Reels: Untitled
29. Hornpipes: Untitled
30. Speech: greetings to friends Eileen and Paddy in America
31. Jigs: Untitled
32. Reels: Untitled
33. Jigs: Untitled
34. Reel: The Chattering Magpie
35. Speech: greetings to a sister Eileen in America
36. Reels: Untitled
37. Speech/Hornpipe: The Gypsy
38. Speech/Reel: McKenna's Reel
39. Speech/Reel: Untitled
40. Speech/Jigs: The Setting Sun, The Lark in the Morning
41. Speech/Jigs: Lannigan's Hornpipe, The Kildare Fancy
42. Hornpipe: Untitled
43. Hornpipe: Untitled
44. Reel: Untitled
45. Reel: Untitled
46. Reel: Untitled
47. Reel: Untitled [Missing track - see 'Notes' field]
48. Hornpipe: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO] [Missing track - see 'Notes' field]

Performers:
Instrumental group A1;
O'Sullivan, Patrick, speech in English A2-9, B22-29;
Various Irish/American performers introduced throughout, speaking in English over the music performances;
Paddy Killoran Club, New York, instrumental group A3-4;
O'Beirne, Lad, Sligo/New York, fiddle in quartet A5-6;
Quinn, Louis, Armagh/New York, fiddle in quartet A5-6, B21-22, speech in English A12-14, 16-17, 19, B1, 3-15;
O'Malley, Luke, instrumental quartet A7-9, accordion in group B25;
Flynn, Joey, instrumental quartet A7-9;
Unidentified performer, speech in English A10;
Hare, Robbie, Monaghan, fiddle in trio A10-11;
Toal, John, Monaghan, fiddle in trio A10-11, fiddle in duet A19-20;
Shannon, Aloysious, Monaghan, accordion in trio A10-11, accordion solo A12, 17-18, accordion duet A19-20;
McAloon, John (Sean), Fermanagh, pipes solo A13-16;
O'Heine, Padraig, speech in Irish B1, speech in English B1;
Strange, Noel, banjo solo B2-4;
Conroy, Michael, speech in English B5, harmonica solo B5-7;
Ryan, Sean, fiddle solo B8-11, 14-15;
Jordan, William, Fiddle solo B12-13;
Unidentified performer, speech in English B16-20;
Brown, Billy, accordion in duet B16-17;
Gardiner, John Joe, fiddle B18-20;
Kennedy, Rory, accordion B18-20;
Redican, Larry, fiddle in quartet B21-22;
O'Donnell, Eugene, Derry, dancing B21-22;
Unidentified performers, jazz band B24;
Unidentified performers, instrumantal group B26;
Inishowen Ceili Band, instrumantal group B25;
Healy, Kevin, Chicago, war pipes in group B27-29;
Reavy, Ed, Cavan/Philidelphia, speech in English B28-29

Running Order:
1. Jigs: Untitled (beginning clipped)
2. Speech: Introduction to Martin Feeney and other New York/Irish musicians
3. Speech/Reels: Untitled, Untitled
4. Speech/Reel: Untitled
5. Speech/Reel: Untitled
6. Speech/Hornpipe: Untitled
7. Speech/Jig: Untitled
8. Reel/Speech: Untitled
9. Reel/Speech: Untitled
10. Speech/Reel: Untitled
11. Hornpipe: Untitled (beginning clipped)
12. Speech/Hornpipe: Untitled
13. Speech/Jigs: Untitled, Untitled
14. Speech/Reels: Untitled, Untitled
15. Hornpipes: Untitled, Untitled
16. Speech/Air: Sliabh na mBan
17. Speech/Reel: Untitled
18. Jig: Untitled
19. Speech/Reel: Miss Montgomery
20. Jig: Untitled [END OF BAND ONE]
21. Speech: Introduction to recording
22. Hornpipe Medley: Untitled
23. Speech/Reel: Untitled
24. Speech/Jigs: Untitled, Untitled
25. Speech/Reels: The Dawn Reel, The Maids of Castlebar
26. Speech/Jigs: The Knights of Saint Patrick, Molly's Advice
27. Speech/Hornpipe: The Sweeps Hornpipe (end clipped)
28. Speech/Jig: Untitled
29. Speech/Reels: The Bunch of Keys, Tom Steel
30. Speech/Hornpipe: Cooley's Hornpipe
31. Speech/Reel: Cooley's Reel
32. Speech/Jig: The Cliffs of Moher
33. Speech/Reel: Reavy Reel
34. Speech/Reels: Paddy Canny's Reel, Untitled
35. Speech/Reel: The Wheels of the World
36. Speech/Reel/Speech: Untitled (beginning clipped)
37. Reel/Speech: Untitled (comp. Martin Mulhere)
38. Speech/Reels: The Mountain Top, The Longford Collector (beginning clipped)
39. Speech/Reels: Music in the Glen, Untitled
40. Speech/Reel: The Maid Behind the Bar (end clipped)
41. Speech/Hornpipe/Speech: Untitled
42. Speech/Jig/Speech: Untitled
43. Speech: general
44. Speech/Piece: Jazz Band (end clipped)
45. Reel Medley/Speech: Untitled (end clipped)
46. Reel/Speech: Untitled (clipped)
47. Reel Medley/Speech: Untitled (beginning clipped)
48. Jig Medley/Speech: Untitled (beginning clipped)
49. Speech/Highland: Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]