Showing 3050 results

Archival description
Breandán Breathnach Collection
Print preview View:

2905 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Breandán Breathnach Collection

  • BBR-18712
  • Fonds
  • 1911 - 1985
These fonds were largely created by Breandán Breathnach while he was chairman of the uilleann piping society, Na Píobairí Uilleann, from its establishment in 1968, right through the 1970s and into the early 1980s. The majority of the material dates from the decade 1968-1978. The first series contains letters from Francis O'Neill (O'Neill, Francis, 1848-1936) to William Halpin and letters from various individuals to Seán Reid (Reid, Seán, 1907-1978), mostly dating from the 1930s. It is most likely that the Seán Reid and Francis O'Neill letters were purchased by, or donated to, Breandán Breathnach in 1973 by Seán Reid after a request by Breathnach to deposit the originals in his newly established 'National Archives'. Breathnach wrote 'I am making so bold as to suggest you should donate these & other papers you might have to the National Archives new established in this Department or perhaps you would not mind offering them for sale' (M/187/3/3/2, 30 Oct 1973). These fonds also contain papers relating to Seán Ó Riada (Ó Riada, Seán, 1931-1971) from Len Clifford who seemed to be acting as an agent for ÓRiada during the early 1970s. It is not known how Breathnach came to be in possession of these papers, it is most likely that they were given to him as part of his national music archive project. The last series in this collection relates to the organisation Na Píobairí Uilleann. It includes correspondence and papers of a financial and administrative nature, as well as, documents relating to the organisation's various activities i.e. exhibitions, concerts, and pipe making.

Breathnach, Breandán, 1912-1985

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Cassette 1 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Murphy, Denis, Kerry, singing in English A1;
speech in English A2–4;
fiddle solo A2, 6–10?;
fiddle in duet A5? 14–16?;
Unidentified performers [O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig,, Kerry? Murphy, Denis, Kerry? other?], fiddles in duet? trio? A4;
Unidentified performer [O'Leary, Johnny, Kerry?], accordion in duet A5, 15;
Unidentified performer [Clifford, Julia, Kerry / London?], fiddle solo A11–12;
Unidentified performer [Clifford, Billy, Kerry / London?], flute solo A13;
flute in duet A14?, 16?

Running Order:
1. Song: Down Our Street
2. Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled [Story about Padraig O'Keeffe writing a hornpipe for Denis Murphy on a bank of turf that Denis and his father were working on; the bank of turf was in a bog called 'The Runaway Bog' and was 6 sods high], The Bank of Turf [The Stook of Turf]
3. Speech: Untitled [Story about Padraig O'Keeffe borrowing a new bicycle and selling it for drink; other anecdotes about Padraig O'Keeffe, including how Padraig O'Keeffe spent a weekend drinking during his time as a teacher]
4. Polka, Speech: Untitled [The Groves of Gneevegullia], Untitled [Anecdote about how Padraig O'Keeffe lost his job as a teacher]
5. Slide: Untitled
6. Air: Untitled [Caoine Ui Neill / Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill]
7. Slide: Untitled
8. Slide: Untitled [Denis Murphy's Slide; The Dark Girl in Blue]
9. Air: Untitled [Caoine Ui Dhomhnaill / Caoineadh Ui Dhomhnaill / The Lament for O'Donnell; dub from an acetate disc?]
10. Air: Untitled [The Wounded Hussar; The Banks of the Danube]
11. Air: Untitled [An Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig? Dub from the LP 'The Star above the Garter'?]
12. Hornpipe: Untitled [Johnny Cope]
13. Air: Untitled [Caoine Ui Neill / Caoineadh Ui Neill / The Lament for O'Neill]; clipped at end – tape runs out] [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Slide: Untitled [Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide]
15. Slide: Untitled [Mick Mahony's (1)]
16. Polka: Untitled [Jimmy Doyle's Favourite] [END OF BAND TWO]

Breandán Breathnach Collection. Cassette 1 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 2

Speech, Hornpipe: Untitled [Story about Padraig O'Keeffe writing a hornpipe for Denis Murphy on a bank of turf that Denis and his father were working on; the bank of turf was in a bog called 'The Runaway Bog' and was 6 sods high], The Bank of Turf [The Stook of Turf]

Murphy, Denis - fiddle solo
Murphy, Denis - speech in English

Results 1 to 10 of 3050