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Performers:
McNamara, Mary, concertina

Running Order:
1. Spoken Introduction
2. Reels: Martin Rochford's, Kitty Gone A Milking
3. Reels: The Morning Mist, The Reel on the Doorstep
4. Jigs: John Naughton's, The Cliffs of Moher
5. Reels: The Tap Room, The Earl's Chair [interrupted]
6. Reels: Brendan Breathnach's, Martin Hayes', Droney's Favourite [interrupted]
7. Reels: Paddy Canny's, Pigeon on the Gate
8. Jigs: Paddy Joe's Jigs
9. Reels: Come West Along the Road, Martin's [interrupted]
10. Reels: Martin's, Anderson's [CONTINUED ON 52a-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
11. Reels: Cooley's McDermott's (interrupted)
12. Reels: The Abbey Reel, Boys of Ballisodare
13. Hornpipe: Golden Castle (interrupted)
14. Reels: The Ash Plant, Bird in the Tree (interrupted)
15. Reel: Untitled
16. Reels: Fisherman's Net, My Love Is in America
17. Hornpipe: Martin's Hornpipe
18. Reels: Martin Rochford's, Kitty Gone A-Milking [DAT ENDS]

Performers:
McGivney, Eamonn, fiddle

Running Order:
1. Speech: Introduction
2. Reels: The Old Longford Collector, The Pullet, Jenny Tie the Bonnet
3. Reel: The Hen and Her Clutch [fragment]
4. Reels: The Hen and Her Clutch, The Tap Room
5. Reels: The Old Longford Collector, The Pullet, Jenny Tie the Bonnet
6. Reel: The Hen and Her Clutch (unfinished)
7. Reels: The Hen and Her Clutch, The Tap Room (unfinished)
8. Reels: The Hen and Her Clutch, The Tap Room
9. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 1
10. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2 (started a few times) (unfinished)
11. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2
12. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2 (started a few times)
13. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2 (started twice)
14. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 2
15. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 3
16. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 3
17. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 4
18. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 4
19. Lancers: The Longford Lancers No 5
20. Hornpipe: Sean O Duibhir a' Ghleanna
21. Reel: Untitled (unfinished)
22. Hornpipe: Sean O Duibhir a' Ghleanna
23. Reels: Sean Reid's, The Star of Munster
24. Hornpipe: An Buachaill Dreoite
25. Hornpipe: An Buachaill Dreoite
26. Jigs: Bimis ag Ol, Untitled
27. Hop jigs: The Night of Fun, Tip It Off (started twice)
28. Hop jigs: The Night of Fun, Tip It Off
29. Hop jigs: The Night of Fun, Tip It Off [RECORDING CONTINUES ON 72b-ITMA-DAT/CDR]
30. Reels: Gerdie Commane's, An Bean Tinceara
31. Reels: Gerdie Commane's, An Bean Tinceara
32. Reels: The Steampacket (started twice), Toss the Feathers
33. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor (unfinished)
34. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor
35. Set dance: The Drunken Gauger
36. Set dance: The Priest in His Boots (started twice)
37. Set dance: Untitled
38. Set dance: The Humours of Bandon
39. Set dance: Jockey to the Fair
40. Set dance: The Ace and Deuce of Piping (unfinished)
41. Set dance: The Ace and Deuce of Piping [Casey referred to is Bobby Casey]
42. Jigs: The Gallowglass, Jimmy Ward's (started twice) (unfinished)
43. Jigs: The Gallowglass, Jimmy Ward's
44. Jigs: The Gallowglass, Jimmy Ward's
45. Reel: An Gliomach, Toimin O'Dea's Reel
46. Set dance: Poll Halfpenny [Junior referred to is Junior Crehan] [version made popular by Patsy Touhey] (unfinished)
47. Set dances: Poll Halfpenny, The Plains of Boyle
48. Set dance: Poll Halfpenny [Bobby Casey version] (unfinished)
49. Set dances: Poll Halfpenny, Murphy's
50. Set dances: Scully Casey's, Sruthan a' Chait (started twice) [Scully Casey = Bobby Casey's father]
51. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor
52. Hornpipes: The Cuckoo's Nest [John Kelly/John Doherty's version], The Cuckoo's Nest, Untitled
53. Hornpipe: The Cuckoo's Nest [DAT ENDS]

Performers:
Hayes, PJ, fiddle, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: talking about learning music, Paddy Canny, Ballinahinch Ceili Band, Tulla Ceili Band, various band members in the 1940's, recording in Dublin 1959 [All-Ireland Champions Violin ?]
2. Hornpipes: The Humours of Tullycrine, Untitled [Mikey Callaghan's]
3. Speech: talk about the previous tunes, Francis O'Neill collecting tunes in the area from fiddle player 'Johnny Allen', Paddy Mac, Pat Canny, local styles, concertina player 'John Naughton', tunes played in different keys
4. Reels: Rolling in the Barrel, The Tap Room
5. Speech: talk about the previous tunes, local versions of more common tunes
6. Reel/Speech: The Maghera Reel, talk about this tune and the following tune
7. Hornpipe/Speech: Mrs Dwyers, talk about the tune
8. Reels/Speech: P Joes, The Shores of Lough Graney [The Pullet wants a Cock], talk about the tunes
9. Reel/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune, Joe Bane
10. Reel/Speech: Joe Banes [version of Nellie Donovan], talk about the tune, talk about some of the tunes O'Neill collected
11. Reel/Speech: The Humours of Scarriff, talk about the tune, fiddle players Patrick Moloney and John Downs (Sacho)
12. Jig/Speech: Sacho's Jig [The Connachtman's Rambles], talk about the tune
13. Speech: talk about travelling musician Sacho, musicians in the area, concertina player Micho Moloney (Micho Jack), flute player Mick Moronay, Mickey Kulleen ?, popularity of the concertina in the area, piper Martin Rochford, The Dorans, farm house dances, dance halls, trips to America with the Tulla Ceili Band
14. Reels/speech: Untitled (Johnny McGreevy's), Untitled (P J Hernon's)
15. Speech: talk about Johnny McGreevy, talk about making recordings and radio broadcasts, difference in style between Joe Cooley and Paddy O'Brien, members of the ceili band
16. Reels: Untitled, talk about the tunes

Performers:
Canny, Paddy, Clare, fiddle in duet, track 1-11, 20-21, 25-26, B1-3, fiddle solo, track 22-24
Griffin, Vincent, fiddle in duet, track 1-11, 20-21, 25-26, B1-3, fiddle solo, track 12-19, B4-10
Strogen, Monica, Galway, piano throughout

Running Order:
1. Jigs: The Luckpenny, Garrett Barry (unfinished)
2. Jigs: The Luckpenny, Garrett Barry
3. Hornpipe: The Drunken Sailor
4. Reels: Master Crowley's, Roscommon Reel
5. Reels: The Enchanted Lady, The Holy Land
6. Reels: Paddy Fahy's, Paddy Fahy's
7. Reels: Lads of Laois, The First Month of Summer
8. Reel: The Graf Spee
9. Reels: Julia Delaney, Reel of Mullinavat
10. Reels: The Bunch of Green Rushes, Untitled
11. Reels: Dowd's Favourite, Untitled
12. Air: Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor
13. Air: Blind Mary
14. Reels: Lad O'Beirne's, The Galway Rambler (A major)
15. Reels: Untitled [composed by Tommy Coen], Brendan McGlinchey's
16. Reels: Love at the Endings, The Monsignor's Blessing, Limerick Lasses
17. Reel: Miss Langford
18. Reel: Miss Langford (retake)
19. Reel: The Donegal Traveller (unfinished)
20. Jigs: Sean Ryan's, The Cliffs of Moher (A minor)
21. Reels: Julia Delaney, Reel of Mullinavat, The Queen of May
22. Jigs: Untitled, The Cliffs of Moher (G minor)
23. Reels: The Bunch of Keys, Untitled
24. Reel: The Jolly Tinker (John Doherty version)
25. Reel: O'Rourke's (unfinished)
26. Reels: O'Rourke's, The Wild Irishman
27. Reel: Jenny's Welcome to Charlie
28. Reels: The Jolly Tinker, Maud Millar, Molloy's Favourite
29. Reel: Lord Gordon
30. Reel: Gerry Cronin's (played in C and D)
31. Reels: Bonnie Kate, Jenny's Chickens
32. Reel: The Donegal Traveller
33. Reels: Untitled [Redigan composition ?], The Moving Cloud (F major)
34. Reels: Sergeant Early's Dream, Paddy Fahy's, Paddy Fahy's
35. Hornpipe: The Swan (composed by Sean Ryan)
36. Hornpipes: Untitled (composed by Ed Reavy), The Cuckoo Hornpipe

Performers:
Smith, Danny, accordion, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about musicians in the locality in 1910, learning music from aunt Nora O'Brien
2. Jig/Speech: Leave it Down Easy [The Killaloe Boatman]
3. Speech: talk about Tommy Ward, Globe single row accordions, house and barn dances, local sets, sets in Philadelphia
4. Jig/Polka: Untitled, The Three Little Drummers, The Three Little Drummers
5. Slides/Speech: Cock of the North, Patsy Gan Naire
6. Reel/Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle [Johnny when You Die]
7. Highland Fling/Speech: The Cat that Ate the Candle
8. Highland Flings/Speech: The Eel in the Sink, The Blackberry Blossom, talk about local dances
9. Barndances/Speech: Untitled, talk about dancing a barndance
10. Barndances/Speech: Casey Jordan, The Chicken Reel
11. Barndance/Speech: Turkey in the Straw
12. Highland Flings/Speech: Untitled
13. Fling/Speech: The Flanagan's Chase the Banshee, talk about local dances
14. Polka/Speech: All the Way to Galway
15. Polka/Speech: Untitled
16. Polkas/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tunes used for local dances, lilt of 'The Irish Washerwoman'
17. Hornpipes/Speech: The Stack of Barley, The Rights of Man, The Derry Hornpipe
18. Hornpipe/Reel/Speech: The Carabhat (The Stack of Wheat), The Bird in the Tree
19. Polka/Speech: Jenny Lind
20. Waltz/Speech: Pull Down the Blind, Lurgan Stream ?
21. Speech: talk about singers, going to Philadelphia in 1927 (returned 1969), life in America, listening to the Victrola, records available at the time
22. Reels: The Tap Room Reel, The Moving Bog
23. Speech: talk about PJ Conlon, John Kimmel, accordion maker Frank Walters, description of his accordion
24. Reel/Speech: The Graff-Spey
25. Reel/Speech: Miss McLeod's Reel, talk about the style of American musicians
26. Speech: talk about playing in Ceili Bands for dances, description of sets danced in Philadelphia, highland flings, lilt of 'Shoe the Donkey', one steps
27. Katie Conors (medley)/Barndance/Speech: Katie Conor, The Arkansas Traveller, talk about the tunes used for the 'Katie Conors', examples of reels played as highland flings
28. Flings/Speech: Jenny Tie your Bonnet, Upstairs in a Tent [The Devil in the Kitchen or The Ivy Leaf]
29. Highland Flings/Speech: The Eel in the Sink, The Blackberry Blossom
30. Highland Flings/Speech: Handy Andy, Untitled, talk about musicians
31. Flings/Speech: The Moneymusk

Reel, Speech: Untitled [Version of The Otter's Holt?], Untitled [Discussion about the next piece of music to be played]

O'Donoghue, Michael - speech in English occasionally throughout
O'Donoghue, Michael, Clare - concertina solo
Wathen, Ronnie - speech in English occasionally throughout

Reel: Sporting Paddy

Gallagher, Noel, Dublin - pipes solo
O'Donoghue, Michael - speech in English occasionally throughout
Wathen, Ronnie - speech in English occasionally throughout