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Performers:
Mac Ruairi, Eamonn Ghrainne, Donegal, singing and speech in Irish throughout, singing in English, track 12

Running Order:
Speech/Song: Buachaill Fonta
Speech: talk about the previous song and the source 'Padraig Mac Ruairi'
Song: An Buachaill Deas Og
Speech: talk about local singers 'John Tom', singing in the area,
Song: Siobhan Ni Dhuibhir
Speech: talk about the previous song and other version sung locally
Song: Siobhan Ni Dhuibhir, talk about the song
Song: Na Buachailli Alaina
Speech: talk about house dances
Song: An Cailin Gaelach
Speech: talk about the singing tradition in Irish and English
Song: My Parents Reared me Tenderly
Speech: talk about the previous and following songs
Song: Is Trua nach bhfuil me in Eirinn
Speech: talk about the following song
Song/Speech: An Maistir Scoile, talk about the following song
Song: Thiar i gConnachta
Speech: talk about local female singers, good singers who only had a couple of songs
Song/Speech: Eirigh is Cuir Ort do Chuid Eadai, talk about the following song
Song/Speech: La Fheil Padraig, talk about the following song
Song: Amhran na Scadan
Speech: talk about the following song
Song: Caiftin Nova

Performers:
Byrne, Dermot, Donegal, accordion in duet, track 1-4, 6-9, 11, accordion solo, track 10 (Saltarelle 3-voice B/C accordion using 2 treble voices)
Lewis, Liam, fiddle in duet, track 1-4, 6-9, 11, fiddle solo, track 5, speech in English throughout
O'Briain, Garry, singing in English with group instrumental, track 7, speech in English, track 7, 10

Running Order:
1. Reels: Untitled
2. Speech/Hornpipes: Untitled, Galway Bay
3. Speech/Jigs: Molloy's [Whelan's], Sliabh Bloom [version of 'The Frost is all Over' ?]
4. Speech/Reels: Untitled
5. Speech/Jigs: Untitled
6. Speech/Reels: The Gooseberry Bush, Bunker Hill
7. Speech/Song: My Dearest Dear
8. Jig: Knocknagow
9. Speech/Reels: Untitled, The Broken Pledge, Forget Me Not [Gerry Cronin's]
10. Speech/Hornpipes: Mac is Back for the Crack, The Japanese Hornpipe
11. Speech/Reels: Eileen Curran, Gilbert Clancy's [Sean Reid's], Paddy Lynn's Delight

Performers:
Vallely, Fintan, Armagh, introduction in English
Welch, Bob, Dean of Arts, University of Ulster, welcome to delegates
Bohlman, Philip, Chicago, lecture in English
MacAoidh, Caoimhín, Donegal, lecture in English

Running Order:
1. Conference Opening
2. Welcome to Delegates
3. Address: Top-Down, Inside-Out, In-Between... Global Directions to the Crossraods
4. Address: The Blood Red Tear and The Hidden Note
5. Questions and Comments from the Audience

Performers:
Vallely, Eithne, Donegal/Armagh, chair
Coyne, Mick, Clare, lecture in English
Farr, Lucy, lecture in English (delivering Janet Harbison's lecture)
Cranitch, Matt, Cork, lecture in English, fiddle solo
O Rochain, Muiris, Kerry/Clare, lecture in English

Running Order:
1. Lecture: Teaching the Uilleann Pipes: The Efficacy of Specialist Teaching in the Climate of Revival
2. Lecture: Ancient, Diverse and Still Evolving: the Irish Harp Today
3. Lecture: Learning and Teaching `Outside the Tradition'
4. Lecture: Appealing to the National and International - Summer Schools as Popular Method
5. Questions and Comments from the Audience

Performers: Cherry, Rab, speech in English, tracks 1, 13 ; Mick, Brown, speech in English throughout ; Meehan, Danny, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo, tracks 3-4, 6, 8-9, 11-12

Running Order:
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information
Speech: Introduction of the performer and background information about Danny Meehan, his local area, stone cutters, John Mhosai McGinley, local musicians around Mountcharles, music in the family, McGroarty family, house dances, quarantines, Thomas Doherty, Charlie McCahill, Peter Quinn, Paddy McDyer, John Doherty
Speech/Jig: Background speech, Money in both Pockets
Speech/Reel/Speech: Talk about the tune, The Maid that Dare Not Tell, further talk about the tune
Speech: Talk about fidlers Eddie Monahan, John James Cunningham, bowing technique
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, Erwin's Roar ? (Erwin Rourke's ?)
Speech: Talk about the local musicians in Danny's youth, James Byrne, music in London in the 1960's, Le Cheile
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, Untitled (Neilidh Boyle's)
Speech/Reel: Introduction of the tune, The Graf Spey
Speech: Talk about the fiddle player 'McGonagle'
Speech/Jig: Introduction of the tune, The Wren Jig
Speech/Jig: Talk about the tune, The Irish Washerwoman
Speech: Talk about working in London, family, music, moving back to Donegal, different tunings for the fiddle, musicians in London, advice for young fiddle players, background speech [END OF DAT]

Performers:
Mooney, Gearoid, speech in English and Irish, track 1, B9
Mc Keon, Conor, speech in English, track 2-3, 6, 8, B2, 5, 7, pipes in trio, track 2-3, 7-8, B1-2, 6-8, pipes solo, track 6, B5
Mc Keon, Sean, speech in English, track 4, 7, B1, 3, 6, 8, pipes in trio, track 2-3, 7-8, B1-2, 6-8, pipes solo, track 4, B3
Mc Keon, Gay, speech in English B4, pipes in trio, track 2-3, 7-8, B1-2, 6-8, pipes solo, track 5, B4
McGlynn, Arty, guitar, track 2-4, 6-8, B1-8
Corcoran, Mary, piano, track 7-8, B6-8
O'Neachtain, Seosamh, dancing B7

Running Order:
1. Speech: introduction to the concert
2. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Tom Billy's, The Hag at the Churn, The Horseshoe
3. Speech/Hop Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Comb Your Hair and Curl it, The Dusty Miller
4. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Jackson's Morning Brush, Untitled, Happy to Meet Sorry to Part
5. Slow Air: Untitled [An Speic Seoigheach]
6. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Garret Barry's Reel, The Maid in the Cherry Tree, The Flax in Bloom
7. Speech/O'Carolan Pieces: introduction to Mary Corcoran, talk about the following tunes, Bumper Squire Jones, Planxty Charles O'Connor
8. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Blackthorn Stick, Tansey's Favourite, Barr na Cuile [END OF THE FIRST HALF OF CONCERT]
9. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Pretty Girls of Mayo, The Jolly Tinker
10. Speech/Hornpipes: talk about the following tunes, An tSean Bhean Bhocht, The Buck from the Mountain
11. Speech/Fling/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair, Farewell to Erin, The Silver Spear
12. Speech/Slip Jigs: talk about the following tunes, talk about his set of pipes, An Phis Fliuch, The Humours of Derrykissane
13. Speech/Reels: The Salamanca, The Braes of Busby, Bonnie Kate
14. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, The Humours of Lisheen, The Gallowglass, The Chordal Jig
15. Speech/Reels: thanking various people, talk about the following tunes, The Dublin Reel, Peter Street, The Fairy Reel
16. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Crooked Road to Dublin, The Bucks of Oranmore
17. Speech: closing of the concert

Performers:
O Maonaigh, Ciaran, speech in English, track 1, 6, 11, 17, B1, 7
McGinley, Martin, speech in English, track 2-5, B2-3, 6, 8, fiddle solo, track 2-5, B2-3, fiddle trio B6, 8
O'Dowd, Seamie, speech in English, track 7-10, B4, fiddle solo, track 7-10, B2, 4, fiddle trio B6, 8
Harper, Brid, speech in English, track 12-16, B5, fiddle solo, track 12-16, B2, 5, fiddle trio B6, 8
O'Dowd, Seamie, fiddle B3, 5
McGinley, Martin, fiddle B4-5

Running Order:
1. Speech: introduction to concert and first performer
2. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Falcarrach Reel, Untitled
3. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Untitled [The Frost is All Over], Untitled [The Irish Washerwoman]
4. Speech/Slow Air/March: talk about the following tunes, Untitled, Untitled
5. Speech/Waltzes: talk about the following tunes, Untitled (from Ringo Cunningham), Untitled (from James Byrne)
6. Speech: introduction to the following performer
7. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Boys of the Lough, The Devils of Dublin, The Shaskeen
8. Speech/Hornpipes: talk about the following tunes, The Leveret?, The Flowing Tide
9. Speech/Slow Air/Slip Jigs: talk about the following tune, The White Mountain, My Mind Will Never Be Easy, Out to Sea
10. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Fara O'Gara's, Untitled, Jenny Chickens, Untitled
11. Speech: introduction of next performer
12. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, The Smiling Bride, Untitled
13. Speech/Slow Air/Strathspey/Reel: When My Love and I Parted, Untitled, Untitled (comp. Maurice Lennon)
14. Speech/Hornpipes: talk about the following tunes, The Golden Eagle, The Queen of the West
15. Speech/Slip Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Gort na Mona, Tigh Rafferty
16. Speech/Slow Air/Jig: talk about the following tunes, Lament for Liam McCabe, Untitled
17. Speech: closure of first half of concert [END OF THE FIRST OF CONCERT]
18. Speech: introduction to second half
19. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, The Boys of Ballisadare, The Sligo Maid, Rakish Paddy
20. Speech/Waltz/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Untitled
21. Speech/Polkas: talk about the following tunes, Untitled
22. Speech/Slides: talk about the following tunes, The Glentaun Slide, The Toomore? Slide, Untitled
23. Speech/Jigs: talk about the following tunes, Untitled [Apples in Winter], Untitled [The Old Grey Goose]
24. Speech: closure of concert
25. Speech/Reels: talk about the following tunes, Lucy Campbell's, The Gravel Walks [END OF THE SECOND OF CONCERT]