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Performers:
Morton, Robin, singing in English in duet A1, 24-26, B10, singing in English with guitar A22-23, singing in English A31, singing in English with banjo B25, speech in English throughout B1-19;
Unidentified performer, singing in English in duet A1, 24-26, B10, singing in English A22-23;
Proinsias O Conluain, speech in English between A2-18 (off-air dub);
Cinnamond, Robert, speech in English between A2-18, singing in English A3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 (off-air dub);
O'Boyle, Sean, speech in English between A2-18 ? (off-air dub);
Hammand, David, speech in English between A2-18 ? (off-air dub);
Unidentified performer, speech in English A20 (off-air dub);
Ring?, Stephen, speech in English A21 (off-air dub);
Unidentified performers, singing in English in chorus A27-28 (off-air dub);
Tawney, Cyril, singing in English A29 (off-air dub);
Unidentified performers, singing in English with instrumental group A30 (off-air dub);
Unidentified performers, instrumental group B1 (off-disc dub);
Unidentified performers, singing in English B2, 8, 11, 14, 19, 22, 24 (off-disc dub);
Unidentified performers, singing in English with instrumental group B3, 5, 16, 17, 20, 23 (off-disc dub);
Unidentified performers, singing in English with guitar B3, 6-7 (off-disc dub);
Davenport, Bob, singing in English with instrumental group B9, 15, 18 (off-disc dub);
Unidentified performers, singing in English with accordion B12, 21 (off-disc dub);
Killen, Lou, singing in English, B13 (off-disc dub)

Running Order:
1. Song: Slieve Gallion Braes
2. Speech: talk about Robert Cinnamond, Glenavy Co. Antrim
3. Song: Untitled [the name is given at the end of Track 2]
4. Speech: talk about singing in the local area
5. Song: Untitled
6. Speech: talk about weaving, weaving songs
7. Song: The Rambling Boys of Pleasure
8. Speech: talk about ballad sheets
9. Song: Untitled
10. Speech: talk about Robert learning songs from his mother
11. Song: Rocking the Cradle
12. Speech: talk about the 'Rocking the Cradle' and 'She Moves Through the Fair'
13. Song: She Moves Through the Fair
14. Speech: talk about songs from the 1798 period
15. Song: The Bold Antrim Lad
16. Speech: talk about Robert's repetoire of songs
17. Song: Sweet Omagh Town
18. Speech: talk about 'Sweet Omagh Town' and other songs
19. Song: Untitled
20. Speech: credits for the radio pragram, introduction for next program
21. Speech: talk about the book 'Folk Tales of Ireland' [fragment]
22. Song: The Blind Man He Can See
23. Song: The Blind Man He Can See [take two]
24. Song: Untitled [unfinished]
25. Song: Untitled
26. Song: Untitled
27. Song: Untitled [fragment]
28. Song: Untitled [fragment]
29. Song: Untitled
30. Song: Untitled [unfinished]
31. Song: Untitled [unfinished] [END OF BAND ONE]
32. Jig: Untitled
33. Song: Untitled
34. Song: Untitled
35. Song: Untitled
36. Song: Untitled
37. Song: Untitled
38. Song: Untitled
39. Song: Untitled
40. Song: The Colliers Rant
41. Song: Slieve Gallion Braes
42. Song: Untitled
43. Song: The Pit Boots
44. Song: The Banks of the Dee
45. Song: Untitled
46. Song: The Durham Lock-Out
47. Song: The Black-Legged Miner
48. Song: The Celebrated Working Man
49. Song: Untitled
50. Song: The Weaver and the Factory Maid
51. Song: Untitled
52. Song: The Poor Cotton Weaver
53. Song: The Doffin Mistress
54. Song: Untitled
55. Song: The Dundee Lassie (fragment)
56. Song: Untitled (fragment) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performer, singing in English A1-3

Running Order:
1. Song: Beauty spot Glanlea
2. Song: Paddy and the Ass
3. Song: The Red-Haired Man's Wife

Performers:
O'Neill, Sarah Anne, singing in English A1-4;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performers, speech in English A5

Running Order:
1. Song: Untitled
2. Song: Untitled
3. Song: Carrickmannon Lake
4. Song: Untitled
5. Speech: talk about previous song

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech and singing in English with concertina A3;
Unidentified performers, singing in English A1-2

Running Order:
1. Song: [Bold Londonderry]
2. Song: On Patricks Day in the Morning
3. Song: Untitled and fragmented with speech and tuning [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
[Maguire ?], John Joe, singing in English in duet A1, singing in English A3, B2-3, speech in English throughout;
Frank, singing in English in duet A1, singing in English A2, 4-7, B5-7;
Maguire, John, singing in English B1, 4, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Song/Speech: The Bunch of Rushes Green
2. Song/Speech: The Braes of Strablane
3. Song/Speech: The Irishman and John Bull
4. Speech/Song: Untitled
5. Song/Speech: The Blackbird
6. Speech/Song: The Sailor Boy
7. Song/Speech: [My Name is McDowell ? / Sweet Erin Go Brea ?] [END OF BAND ONE]
8. Song/Speech: Morrow Bones
9. Song/Speech: Maid of Sweet Kilmore
10. Song/Speech: The Maid of Magheracloon
11. Song/Speech: Lough Ooney
12. Song/Speech: Paddy and the Tinker
13. Song/Speech: The Star of Donegal
14. Song/Speech: The Maid of Sweet Gurteen [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1-14;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Reel: McDermots
2. Speech/Reel: The Boys of Ballisadare, The Hare's Paw, mention of Paddy Kenny
3. Speech/Waltz: talk about technique - bow triplets, 'Daisy Bell' played as example
4. Speech/Reel: talk about technique - long bow, 'Poor Old Joe' and 'Tommy Coen's Reel' played as examples
5. Speech/Reel: talk about technique - bowing, 'Tommy Coen's Reel' played as example
6. Speech/Reel: Miss McCloud's Reel
7. Speech/Jig: The Lochenvar [?]
8. Speech/Reel: Lock Reavys Castle
9. Speech/Reel: The Noon Lasses
10. Speech/Jig: The Tranice Jig (Tranish Island?)
11. Speech/Reel: The Chorus Reel
12. Speech/Jig: The Tranice Single Jig (Tranish Island?)
13. Speech/Reel: The Rakes of Abbey
14. Speech/Reel: Untitled (incomplete) (composed by performer) [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo A1-5, A7-9, A14-20, lilting A9, 13;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Reel: The First of May
2. Speech/Reel: talk about Andy Carne, Stormy Saturday
3. Speech/Reel: The Curla Reel [?]
4. Speech/Reel: mention of Johny Concart, The Yorkshire Lassies
5. Reel: Dillion's Reel
6. Speech: talk about differences between old and new tunes,
7. Speech/Reel: The Kilfenora Reel
8. Speech/Reel: talk about different techniques used for playing the older tunes - triplet at the end of a phrase, Lady Ann Montgomery
9. Speech/Lilt/Reel: talk about techniques used - the clean cut, George Whites
10. Speech: talk about techniques used - changing key
11. Speech: talk about techniques used - repeating tunes, hornpipes and set dances played for dancers
12. Speech: talk about the difference between playing for dancers and listeners,
13. Speech/Lilt: talk about putting tunes in sets, Untitled
14. Speech/Reel: The Humours of Ballyconnell
15. Reel: The Rakes of Abbey
16. Speech/Reel: The Humours of Macken
17. Speech/Jig: Untitled
18. Speech/Jig: The Three Hand Slip Jig [?]
19. Speech/Polka: Untitled
20. Speech/Waltz: Valetta Waltz [?] [END OF BAND ONE]

Performers:
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout;
Maguire, John, Tonaydrumallard, Co.Fermanagh, speech in English throughout, singing in English in duet A1, 2, B14, singing in English A3, 6, 9, B1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, recitation in English B11;
McMahon, Paddy, Belfast, speech in English throughout recording, singing in English in duet A1, 2, B14, singing in English, B5;
Maguire, Brian, Tonaydrumallard, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, speech in English throughout, singing in English in duet A2, singing in English A4, 7, 11 (possible error on original track list for performer of A11), 12, B2;
Maguire, Biddy, speech in English A3, B7, 13

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: Pat Donnelly
2. Song/Speech: I Thought I was in Ireland
3. Song/Speech: Edward Boyle
4. Song: Behind Yon Blue Mountain
5. Speech: talk about the song 'Matt Hyland', different local singers
6. Song/Speech: The Old Heather Britches
7. Song: True Born Irish Girl
8. Speech: talk about Paddy McCluskey (local singer)
9. Song: The Blantyre Explosion
10. Speech: brief talk about working in Scotland,
11. Song/Speech: The Brown Haired Girl
12. Song/Speech: Little Tatched Cabin [END OF BAND ONE]
13. Speech/Song/Speech: Bold Jack Donohue
14. Song: The Hiring Fair
15. Speech: talk about the hiring fairs, wages of one pound per month, smuggling of livestock
16. Song/Speech: Texas Isle (Banks of Nile)
17. Song/Speech: The Shamrock Boys from Kill
18. Song: Willy O (fragment)
19. Speech: talk about ghost songs
20. Speech/Song: Bloomin Caroline From Edinburgh Town
21. Speech: talk about the previous song 'Bloomin Caroline From Edinburgh Town', singing in Edinburgh
22. Song/Speech: The Gay Ploughboy
23. Speech/Recitation: [Cooper & Donnelly ?] (fragment), talk about boxing songs
24. Song: Molly Bawn Lowry
25. Speech: talk about Paddy McMahon's singing
26. Song: On Board the Victory (unfinished) [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Gunn, Tommy, speech in English throughout;
Morton, Robin, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about Tommy Gunn's family, earlier generations of Gunn's, the Gunn men working as tailor's,
2. Speech: talk about music in the Gunn family, Old Tom Gunn (fiddler), Old John Gunn (fiddler), Gunn's emigrated from Norway to Scotland to Ireland, Norwegian music, old instruments similar to saxaphones, the blind harper, arranging the music for dancing
3. Speech: talk about learning music from Old Tom, Tommy Gunn's father (flute player), Tommy Gunn's family - Hugh, Jimmy, John, Mary-Elizabeth (singers and dancers) [END OF BAND ONE]
4. Speech: talk about Gunn's of the cross, musicians visiting the house, Tommy Gunn learning fiddle, the polish box fiddle (learner fiddle), silk thread strings, horse hair bow, home made rosin, Eddie Corrigan (singer, dancer, fiddler, fiddle maker)
5. Speech: talk about Johnny Cathcart (fiddler), John McCusker (fiddler), Tommy Gunn (fiddler), Johnny Gunn (fiddler), Phil Owens (fiddler), Francie Tomman (fiddler), story about Darkie (the dog) who liked airs but not reels, slide notes, grace notes, story about the reel 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley', the tunes 'Foolish Joe' and 'The Minstal Boy', Miss McBrown (lilter), Tommy McBrown (fiddler)
6. Speech: talk about school, Master McGovern, Master Clark, Master Camel, headline writing, Master Smith, different subjects
7. Speech: talk about sport, handball, Gaelic football, O'Connell's football team, hurling, skittles, pitch and toss, cot racing, cock fighting, story about 'The Poacher' [END OF BAND TWO]