Irish Traditional Music Archive

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 3

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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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 1

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Tone Signal: Untitled

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 4

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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]

Ennis, Seamus - pipes solo

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 5

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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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 7

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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']

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 6

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Reel: The Shaskeen Reel

Ennis, Seamus

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 10

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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]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 11

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Song: Untitled [The Charming Colleen Rua]

Ennis, Seamus - singing in English

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 9

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Slide: Untitled [The Dark Girl in Blue (CRE 3, # 50); Denis Murphy's Slide; with lilting; full version; short version at track A2]

Ennis, Seamus, Dublin
Mac Mathuna, Ciaran - lilting in duet

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Reel-to-Reel 338 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 12

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Speech: Untitled [Topics include: the dialect of Irish in Waterford; Labhras O Cadhlaigh; faction fighting; factions Carabhat & Seana-Bheist; introduction to the next item]

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