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Recorded from Paddy Tunney in the house of Hugh Shields in Dublin, March 1961. [tracks 1–5]
Recorded from Dennis Healey, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, July 1961. [tracks 6–17]
Off-air recording of RTÉ program 'Bards and ballad-makers' by Hugh Shields, June 1961. [track 18]
Recorded [in the house of Eddie Butcher and elsewhere], Magilligan, Co. Derry, August 1961. [tracks 19–112]

Performers:
Paddy Tunney, singing in English, Tracks 1, 3, 5, 18, lilt Tracks 2, 4-5. speech in English Track 2 ;
Dennis Healey, singing in English Tracks 6-17;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Tracks 18-19, 61, 63, 101, singing in English Tracks 28-36, 101;
Unidentified performer, singing in English Track 101;
Robert Butcher, singing in English Tracks 19-27, 57;
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 38, 40, 42, 44-54, 56, 58-60, 65-71, 73-75, 79-82, 84-93, 102, 104-104, 107-112, 96-100, speech in English Tracks 94-95;
Charlie Begley, singing in English Tracks 39, 43;
Evelyn Butcher, singing in English Tracks 41, 55, 57, 72, 83, 106;
Mary Harte (neé Butler, originally from Derry city), singing in English Tracks 61-63, 102-103, speech in English Tracks 61,63;
Mrs McCloskey, singing in English Track 78;
Marion McCloskey (age 7), singing in English Tracks 64, 76-77;
Hilda McCloskey (age 8), singing in English Tracks 64, 76-77, speech in English Track 64;
Lizzie Butcher, singing in English Track 72

Running Order:
1. Moorlough Mary (‘The very first time I met my Moorlough Mary...’), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
2. [The Sligo maid[, [reel] ; [The bag of potatoes], [reel] ; speech / Paddy Tunney, speech in English, lilt
3. Tuckanandy (‘He didn't dance and dance...’), song / Paddy Tunney, singing in English
4. [The frieze britches], [jig] / Paddy Tunney, lilt
5. Maggie Picken (‘Maggie Picken’s on the wall...’), song ; lilt / Paddy Tunney lilt, singing in English-
6. Green white and gold (‘The night was still...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
7. She lived beside the Anner (‘She lived beside the Anner...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
8. Green grows the laurel (‘[Once] I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
9. The dawning of the day (‘One morning early as I walked out...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed gipsy (‘There was three gypsies lived in the east ...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
11. Betsy McLean (‘When I first went to Dublin to view Barrack street...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
12. The Boston burglar (‘I was born in Boston city...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
13. The factory girl (‘On a fine summer's morning as the sun was arising...’) [v.1], song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
14. If your’e Irish (‘Oh, if you come from Kilkenny or Carlow...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
15. Follow me down to Carlow) (‘May Carlow lift up your face...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
16. Betsy McClean (‘As I went to Dublin for to view Barrack street...’), song / Dennis Healey, singing in English
17. Kevin Barry, song / Dennis Healey, singing in English [incipit inaudible, incomplete, badly recorded]
18. Bards and ballad makers, [off-air recording of RTÉ broadcast, June 1961] / Hugh Shields, speech in English ; Paddy Tunney, singing in English
19. Milltown (‘In the Hielands of Scotland...’), song ; speech / Robert Butcher, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
20. The ploughboy (‘Girls do wed a ploughboy...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
21. Sally and Johnny (‘As I roved out one evening in the springtime of the year...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
22. Blazing star of Drung ('Sure the first time that I saw my love...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
23. Ann Jane Thornton (‘Come all you loyal lovers...’) [vv 1 & 2], song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
24. The distressed maid (’I am a poor distressed maid...’), song [v.1] / Robert Butcher, singing in English
25. The distressed maid (entire) (‘I am a poor distressed maid...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
26. John Reilly (‘As I roved out one evening fair down by the riverside...’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
27.  Informer Kerry [Carey] (‘Pat O Donnell is my name, I come from Donegal...’) [v. 1] , song / Robert Butcher, singing in English
28. The seven priests (‘You tender-hearted Christians I pray you lend an ear...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
29. John Reilly (‘As I roved out one evening fair down by a riverside...’) [v. 1]  [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
30. Pat O Donnell (‘Oh, Pat O Donnell is my name, I come from Donegal...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
31. The maid of seventeen] (‘Down by a shady harbour there resides a pleasant maid...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
32. Johnny and Molly (‘Says Johnny to Molly I am now going to leave you...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
33.  The hiring day (‘My friends and I left sweet Armoy...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
34.  Erin’s green shore [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher] (‘One evening as late as I strayed...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
35. Another man’s wedding  [=Nobleman's wedding] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher] (‘I was kindly invited to a nobleman’s wedding...’) [v. 1], song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
36. Glencoe] (‘As I went a-walking one evening of late...’) [v. 1] [using air sung earlier, unrecorded, by Robert Butcher, song / Hugh Shields, singing in English
37.  Wee Magee (‘Wee MaGee and a half a dozen more...’), song /John Shields [father of Hugh], singing in English [end of band one]
38. The Faughan side (‘Oh, a stream like crystal it runs down...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
39. Green grows the laurel (‘Oh, its once I had a sweetheart...’), song / Charlie Begley, singing in English
40. The new tractor (‘Oh, come all you gay farmers intending to plough...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
41. The bunch of violets (‘Out in the moonlight garden...’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
42.  The fan (‘In sweet Argyll there lived a lady...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
43. Close of an Irish day (‘Oh, tonight in fancy come and take a trip across the sea...’), song / Charlie Begley, singing in English
44. The ship carpenter’s wife (‘Oh, come all you gay fellows, you flourishing folk...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
45. The hiring fair (‘I once was a daysman, I wrought cause anent...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
46.  [A Gordon for me] (‘I’m Geordie McKay from the HLI...’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
47. Shores of Benone (‘We will never leave Magilligan...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
48. The smuggler (‘I was born in old Ireland all on a May day...’), song / [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
49. The ‘Trader’ (‘Oh, come all you gallant seamen bold....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
50. Killyclare/ Carrowclare (‘As Luna spreads her golden rays....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
51. O’er the mountain (‘It happened to be on a moonshining night....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
52. Tossing the hay (‘It being on a pleasant evening abroad as I did go....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
53. The mountain streams where the moorcock crows (‘With my dog and gun through yon blooming heather....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
54. Close of an Irish day (‘Oh, tonight in fancy come and take a trip across the sea....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
55. The Irish rover (‘In the year of Our Lord 1806....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
56. Finvola the gem of the Roe (‘In the land of O’Cahan where the dark mountains rise...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
57. Bunch of violets (‘Out in a moonlight garden....’), song / Robert Butcher, singing in English ; Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
58. The Roe bridge ‘Dear Basil, this bridge is a wonderful ground...’), song [words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
59. The concrete mile (‘Oh, now all you men of J.B. Warnes....’), song / [ words by Eddie Butcher] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
60. Down by the drainside (‘It was down by drainside I spied two old fellas...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
61. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There’s a neat little spot....’) song, with talk about the next song ‘The Kerry recruit’, song ; speech / Mary Harte, speech in English, singing in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
62. The Kerry recruit (‘When I was in Ireland and digging up land...’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English
63. The green volunteer (‘Assemble ye boys for the time’s drawing nigh...’), song ; speech / Mary Harte, singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
64. Jelly on the plate, children’s rhyme; Old Roger is dead, song, / Marion McCloskey [age 7], speech in English, singing in English ; Hilda McCloskey [age 8], speech in English, singing in English [end of band two]
65. In Connaught I was reared (‘In Connaught I was reared not of a mean degree....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
66. The bonny wee window (‘I’ll sing of a lass and her name it was Nell....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
67. Robin Thompson’s smithy (‘Oh, my mother mended my old breeks and oh, but they were needy....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
68. Youghal harbour (‘Youghal harbour on a summer’s morning....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
69. It’s just 6 months [vv. 1-3] (‘It’s just 6 months since I was a swell boy...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
70. Our wedding day (‘There were once I had a sweetheart....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
71. Londonderry on the banks of the Foyle (‘There’s a place in the North, it’s a spot of great fame....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
72. You didn’t read my letter (Untitled), song / Lizzie Butcher, singing in English ; Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
73. Lonely I wandered (‘Lonely I wandered through scenes of my childhood....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
74. Inniskillen dragoons (‘There was a fair lady lived in Monaghan town....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
75. The Magilligan Gaelic team (‘Oh, come all you true-born Irishmen....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
76. My bonnie lies over the ocean (‘My bonnie lies over the ocean....’), song / Hilda McCloskey [age 8], singing in English ; Marion McCloskey [age 7], singing in English
77. Raggle taggle gipsies (‘Three gipsies stood at the castle gate....’), song / Hilda McCloskey, singing in English ; Marion McCloskey, singing in English
78. Smashing the van) (‘’Twas on the fourth of May, boys...’), song / Mrs McCloskey, singing in English
79. Baltimore (‘Come all you loyal lovers, give ear all for a while....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
80. Down the moor (‘One morn in May when fields were gay....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
81. Ballycartin ball (‘Assist me in my merriment...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
82. The true lovers’ discourse [=True lovers’ discussion] (‘One pleasant evening when pinks and daisies...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
83. Fraulein (‘Far across the deep blue water....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
84. Ann Jane Thornton (‘Come all you loyal lovers I pray you lend an ear....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
85. The seven priests (clipped) ‘Oh you feeling-hearted Christians...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band three]
86. The seven priests, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [contd. from band three]
87. Sally and Johnny (‘As I roved out one evening in the springtime of the year....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
88. [The farmer’s daughter] (‘Oh there was a farmer’s daughter and she longed for a baby, O...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
89. The crockery ware (‘Oh, this young man all in the dark....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
90. The hedges of co. Down (‘In a dream of the boy....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
91. The nobleman’s wedding [=Another man’s wedding] (‘Oh, I was invited to another man’s wedding....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
92. Adam in Paradise (‘When Adam was in Paradise in the first of recreation....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
93. The Paisley canal (‘Pray look on this victim of Tubot [Cupid]...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
94. Tramp and the fancy man, story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
95. Moose at your fadge...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
96. A soldier and a sailor (‘A soldier and a sailor went a-walking one day....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
97. Come all you rakish fine young men(‘Oh, come all you rakish fine young men that courts a blooming maid....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
98. Coleraine regatta (‘Oh, kind folks I tell you true and now my song commences....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
99. Lovely Jane (‘Oh, come you loyal heroes, I pray you lend an ear....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
100. The old Orange flute (‘In the county Tyrone near the town of Dungannon....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
101. Pop goes the weasel (‘A penny for a cotton ball, a halfpenny for a needle....’), song /Unidentified performer, singing in English
102. Ann O Brien (‘You young and old, I now make bold, I hope you will lend an ear....’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English ; Eddie Butcher, singing in English [last line only]
103. The dear old shamrock (‘I was leaving dear old Ireland....’), song / Mary Harte, singing in English
104. Hushaby baby (‘Hushaby baby on the tree top....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
105. The journeyman tailor 'As I went out walking one morning in May...'), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
106. Kitty of Coleraine (‘As beautiful Kitty one morning was tripping....’), song / Evelyn Butcher, singing in English
107. [Every one’s done it but you] (‘When I was a lad sure the master once said...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
108. Doonaree (‘Oh to be in Doonaree with the sweetheart I once knew....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
109. Master McGrath (‘Eighteen sixty-nine was the date of the year....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
110. Todd’s sweet rural shade (‘Oh, one evening fair to take the air as I carelesslie did stray....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
111. Only a bunch of shamrock (‘Only a bunch of shamrocks, a bunch of shamrocks green....’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
112. Free and easy to jog along (‘It is of my rambles I am going to sing...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band four]

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1-2, 4-17, speech in English Track 3;
Frank Harte, speech in English Track 1

Running Order:
1. It’s just about ten years ago, song [recording level reduced half-way] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English, Frank Harte, speech in English
2. I long for to get married, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The fancy man (‘There was a man one time...’), story / Eddie Butcher, speech in English
4. Oh come all you rakish fine young men (‘Oh come all you rakish fine young men that courts a blooming maid...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. In Connaught I was reared [= The Sheffield apprentice] (‘In Connaught I was reared not of a mean degree...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
6. Pat Reilly [=Johnny Goligher] (‘As I went a-walking...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The crockery ware (‘Oh this young man all in the dark...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
8. The farmer’s daughter (‘Oh there were a farmer’s daughter, she longèd for a baby...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]...
9. Youghal harbour (‘Ah, Youghal harbour on a summer’s morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
10. When a man’s in love (‘When a man’s in love he feels no cold...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
11. Oh, the Germans are coming to Ireland, they say, song [1914 song to the air of ‘Green bushes’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
12. The old Orange flute (‘In the county Tyrone near the town of Dungannon...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
13. Erin’s lovely home (‘My father sold the second cow...’), song [verse 3 only]/ Eddie Butcher, singing in English
14. Baltimore (‘Oh come all you loyal lovers give ear all for a while...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
15. The Faughan side (‘A stream like crystal it runs down...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
16. When the storm swept the countryside, song [local recent song to the air ‘Macnamara’s band’] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
17. When the storm swept the countryside, song [take two] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued on 6602] [end of band two]...

Recorded by Frank Harte in the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin from Eddie Butcher of Aughil, Magilligan, Co. Derry, 17 July 1966

Performers:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1-8

Running Order:
1. Our wedding day (‘Oh I once had a sweetheart and I loved her well...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [session continued from 6601]
2. Green grows the laurel (‘Once I had a sweetheart but now I have none...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
3. The Arranmore disaster (‘Good people dear, pray] lend an ear, I’ll tell yous one and all...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
4. Erin’s green shore (‘Oh, one evening of late as I strayed by the banks of a clear silvery stream...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
5. Oh the marriage (‘It’s oh, that I ever was married...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of band one]
6. It’s of a row I’ll tell you now, song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English
7. The Longfield Bank (‘On a dull October morning...’), song / Eddie Butcher, singing in English 
8. The Longfield Bank song [a further verse] / Eddie Butcher, singing in English [end of session] [end of band two] 

The following recordings from 00:00:15 - 00:23:00 were dubbed from a recording of John Doherty made by Len Graham in 1967:
00:00:15 - 00:02:34 | The harvest morning, air / John Doherty, fiddle
00:03:26 - 00:04:59 | The Lord Gordon, reel [two-part version] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:05:43 - 00:06:53 | The Saint John's Point reel [two-part version of The gravel walks to Granny] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:07:13 - 00:08:58 | The foxhunt, [descriptive piece] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:09:27 - 00:12:36 | The miller o'hirn, [strathspey] ; Stirling Castle, [strathspey] ; The spey in spate, [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / John Doherty, fiddle
00:12:55 - 00:14:37 | Bonnie Kate, reel / John Doherty, fiddle
00:15:02 - 00:16:59 | Rocking the cradle, song / John Doherty, singing in English
00:17:43 - 00:19:52 | The speaking waltz [version of Mrs Kenny's, waltz] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:20:08 - 00:21:35 | The white cockade, [polka] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:21:58 - 00:23:00 | The golden slipper, slip jig [hop jig] / John Doherty, fiddle

The following material from 00:24:48 - 00:47:37 was recorded in The Golden Gate Bar, Carrick, Co. Donegal in 1974 and features the playing of John Doherty, fiddle ; Cathal McConnell, flute ; Unidentified, guitar:
00:24:48 - 00:25:57 | O'Donnell's return, march / Various performers, instrumental music
00:26:11 - 00:27:16 | Collier's, reel / Various performers, instrumental music
00:27:29 - 00:28:45 | [Stirling Castle, strathspey] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:28:46 - 00:30:23 | The golden slipper, [hop jig] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:31:12 - 00:32:03 | Muineál a'bhardail = [The drake's neck, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:32:09 - 00:33:14 | The granny in the corner [?] [The Westport chorus] [The green pigeon], reel / John Doherty, fiddle ; Unidentified, guitar
00:33:19 - 00:34:10 | John's brother Simon the source for the last tune, speech / John Doherty, speech in English ; Cathal McConnell, speech in English
00:34:30 - 00:36:06 | Muileann na maidí = [Crushing of the twigs, reel] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:36:36 - 00:37:43 | [Tommy Gunn's, reel] / Cathal McConnell, flute ; Unidentified, guitar
00:37:51 - 00:39:36 | The pigeon on the gate, reel / Various performers, instrumental music
00:40:13 - 00:42:51 | Cradle song [Our highland queen] [comp. James Scott Skinner], waltz [originally composed as a strathspey] ; [The miller o'dervil] [comp. James Scott Skinner], strathspey ; Untitled, reel / John Doherty, fiddle
00:43:02 - 00:44:07 | The wise maid, [reel] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:44:57 - 00:45:43 | Máire na Sop, [reel] = [Scotch Mary, reel] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:45:46 - 00:46:51 | The morning star, [reel] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:47:06 - 00:47:37 | Lord MacDonald, reel / Various performers, instrumental music

Recorded from Eddie Butcher at the house of Hugh Shields, Dublin, 1–10 July 1968 [tracks 1–2]

Performer:
Eddie Butcher, singing in English Tracks 1–2

Running Order:
1. The banks of Newfoundland (‘Oh sure they may bless their happy lot that lie serene on shore...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English
2. David’s flowery vale [=Young McCance] [=Drummond’s land] (‘It was down by David’s flowery vale...’), song / Eddie Butcher singing in English  [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at Clogherhead, Co. Louth from Ann Clarke (age 9) of Drogheda. 10 August 1968 [tracks 1–6]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal. 3 September 1968 [tracks 7–12]

Performers:
Ann Clarke (aged 9), speech in English Tracks 1–6;
Kitty Shields, speech in English Track 3;
Christopher Byrne (aged about 20), singing in English Tracks 7, 9;
Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), singing in English Track 8;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrionsiais), fiddle solo Tracks 10–12, speech in English Tracks 10–12

Running Order:
1. Mammy, Daddy, Uncle John, rhyme / Ann Clarke (9), speech in English
2. Eena, meena, macka, rocka, rhyme / Ann Clarke, speech in English
3. Have you a good memory, catch [involving counting] / Ann Clarke (9), speech in English ; Kitty Shields (9), speech in English
4. Oh I’m a little Dutch girl, song / Ann Clarke, singing in English
5. Chewing-gum a penny a packet, song [for playing ball] / Ann Clarke, singing in English
6. Jelly on the plate, rhyme [chanted] / Ann Clarke, speech in English [end of session]
7. Mulroy Bay (‘When the golden sun is setting far beyond the ocean blue...’), song [words, according to the singer, by Master Friel of Fanad] / Christopher Byrne (about 20), singing in English
8. She lived beside the Anner (‘She lived beside the Anner at the foot of Slievenaman...’), song / Margaret Byrne (about 21), singing in English
9. Moorlough Mary (‘The first time I saw young Moorlough Mary...’), song / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
10. Story about the tune ; The gravel walks to Grainnie, story ; reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle
11. Talk about the reel ; My love she’s in America [=The Pure Drop], speech ; reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle
12. Talk about the jig ; Gillespie’s favourite, speech, jig [incomplete, full version at 6825], reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, speech in English, fiddle [recording session continued at 6125] [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded in the house of Miss Mary Byrne, Malinbeg, Co. Donegal from Margaret Byrne (aged about 21), 30 August 1968 [track 1]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Lucy Hegarty (aged about 58), native of Teelin, teaching in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, 30 August 1968 [tracks 2–5]
Recorded at the house of John Byrne, Meenacross, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Byrne (aged about 70), his son James (aged about 28), Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsaias], aged about 45) and Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, (aged about 25), 1 September 1968 [tracks 6–15]

Performers:
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Track 1;
Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish Tracks 2–5;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phroinsiais), fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15 singing in English Track 9;
James Byrne, fiddle in duet Tracks 6, 11, 15, fiddle solo Tracks 7, 10;
Joseph Boyle ('Jojo'), singing in Irish Track 8;
John Byrne, fiddle solo, Track 12–14

Running Order:
1. Erin’s lovely lee (‘On March the sixth in sixty-nine we sailed from Queenstown quay...’), song / Margaret Byrne, singing in English [session continued from 6122] [end of session]
2. Pil, pill, a rúin o, song [repeated on high pitch, verses reordered] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish 
3. An draighneán donn (‘Síleann céad fear gur leo féin mé nuair a ólaim leann...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
4. An buinneán buí (‘A bhuinneán buí ’sé mo léan do luí...’), song / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish
5. Éirigh is cuir ort do chuid éadaí, song [fragmented] / Lucy Hegarty, singing in Irish [end of session]
6. Meenacross reel [= The pinch of snuff], reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle; James Byrne, fiddle
7. Miss McLeod’s reel / James Byrne, fiddle
8. Sean Dun na nGall (‘O grá gheal mo chroi thú, Tír Chonaill a stór...’, song / Joseph (‘Jojo’) Boyle, singing in Irish
9. Bodenstown churchyard, song (‘In Bodenstown churchyard there lies a green grave...’), song / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, singing in English
10. Croaghacullion reel / James Byrne, fiddle
11. Michael Coleman’s reel / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
12. Ri Mhin na Saileach, highland / John Byrne, fiddle solo
13. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘John and Biddy’s jig’], jig [clipped at start] / John Byrne, fiddle
14. Untitled [Paddy named it ‘Lordy’s jig’ after nickname of Jojo’s grandfather, Hugh Boyle], jig / John Byrne, fiddle
15. Untitled / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle

Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (aged about 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 3 September 1968 [tracks 4–11]
Recorded in Gillespie’s public house, Main Street, Cashel, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, from Patrick Heekin (aged about 52), of Garraros, Glencolumkille, 10 September 1968 [tracks 12–22]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (AGED ABOUT 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, singing in English Tracks 1–2;
Bernard Boyle, singing in Irish Track 3;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrioniais), fiddle solo Tracks 4, 9;
Christopher Byrne, singing in English Tracks 5–6, 8, 10;
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Tracks 7, 11;
Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish Track 12, singing in English Tracks 13–22

Running Order:
1. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘If I were king of Ireland and all things at my will...’), song / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), singing in English [session continued from 6824]
2. The valley of Knockanure (‘You may boast and speak about Easter week...’), song / Charles Boyle, singing in English
3. Rhyme: Bhí Humpty-Dumpty ina shuí ar an bhalla, rhyme [from school], Bernard Boyle, speech in Irish [end of session]
4. Gillespie’s favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie (aged about 45), fiddle
5. The bonny bunch of roses (‘By the margin of the ocean one pleasant morning in the month of June...’), song / Christopher Byrne (aged about 20), singing in English
6. Molly Bawn (‘Come all you young fowlers who handle a gun...’), song [learnt from Packy Manus Byrne, Bruckless, Co. Donegal] / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
7. Bold Robert Emmet (‘The struggle is over, the boys are defeated...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English
8. The Shamrock Shore, song (‘With grief of mind [?] and me combine...’), song / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
9. Lyons’ favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle
10. Galway Bay (’Tis far away I am today...’) / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
11. The Drumboe martyrs (’Twas the feast of St Patrick by the dawn of the day...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. D’ith damh dubh uibh amh ar neamh indiu, saying [used by an Englishman to prove that the Irish language sounds like dogs barking] ; Tá bean bheag amuigh ansin, ta sí ró-fhranncach, Gúna beag buff uirthi, bearad is plaincéid, riddle [beathóg: bee] ; Teachtaire beag ó theach go theach [sic] Agus bhíonn sé amugih san oíche, riddle [Casán: path] ; Chuaidh mé amach maidin brea ceo Agus chonnaic mé an marbh ag iompar an bheo, riddle [bád: boat] / Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish 
13. The bark and the tree [=The nobleman’s wedding] (‘In yon weeping willow there grows a nice flower...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
14. [Stock and wall] [=Captain Wedderburn’s courtship] (‘A nobleman’s fair dauaghter walked down a narrow lane...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
15. The banks of sweet Dundee (‘It being of a farmer’s daughter, most beautiful I’m told...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
16. The bonny moorhen (‘As I was going over yon mulberry bog...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
17. The grey mare (‘Roger the miller came courting of late...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
18. There lived in this town a very nice couple, song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
19. Cock-a-doodle-doo (‘Delaney from the market brought a fowl a month ago...’), song [ending clipped] / Patrick Heekin, singing in English [session continued at 6830] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of Andrew Maguire, Drim, Glencolmkille from his wife Agnes (aged about 50) and their daughter-in-law Teresa Maguire, née Cannon (aged about 24), 4 September 1968 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded outside the house of Bernard (Barney) Maguire (aged 87) and his son Bernard (aged about 45), Largybrack, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 5 September 1968 [tracks 6–9]
Recorded in the house of John Bán Byrne (aged about 52), Malinbeg, Co. Donegal, 5 September 1968 [tracks 10–11]

Performers:
Agnes Maguire (aged about 50 years), singing in Irish Tracks 1–2, speech in Irish Track 5;
Hugh Shields, speech in English Track 3;
Andrew Maguire, speech in English Track 3;
Teresa Maguire, singing in English Track 4;
Bernard Maguire, speech in Irish Tracks 6–8, singing in Irish Track 9;
John Byrne, singing in English Tracks 10–11

Running Order:
1. Tá gleann beag ro-aoibhinn i n-Éirinn, song [the air of ‘Erin’s green shore’] / Agnes Maguire (aged about 50), singing in Irish
2. Camas Binne (Bhí Camas Binne ag seinm ceoil díobh...’), song [about a shipwreck] / Agnes Maguire singing in Irish
3. Talk about the song (‘Camas Binne’), speech / Andrew Maguire, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
4. Columkille’s station (‘Between two mountains deep and grand lies Columkille’s old station...’), song [air of ‘The girl I left behind me’] / Teresa Maguire (aged about 24), singing in English
5. Spoken text of the song ‘Camas Binne’, recitation /Agnes Maguire, speech in Irish [end of session]
6. Spoken text of the song ‘[Eirigh] suas a fhear an tighe’, recitation / Bernard (Barney) Maguire (aged 87), speech in Irish
7. Spoken text of the song ‘Camas Binne’, recitation / Bernard (Barney) Maguire, speech in Irish
8. Spoken verse of the song ‘[Éirigh] suas is cuir ort do chuid éadaí’, recitation / Bernard (Barney) Maguire, speech in Irish
9. (Éirigh) suas is cuir ort do chuid éadaí, song / Bernard (Barney) Maguire, singing in Irish [end of session]
10. The rocks of Bawn (‘Come all you loyal heroes wherever that you be...’), song / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
11. Little Sir Hugh, song [old ballad, sung to the air of ‘Edward’ as sung by Paddy Tunney] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English [session continued on 6827] [END OF BAND ONE

Recorded in the house of John Bán Byrne (aged about 52), Malinbeg, Co. Donegal, 5 September 1968 [tracks 1–6]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (Barney), aged 87), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 7–8]

Performers:
John Bán Byrne, singing in English Tracks 1–3, fiddle solo Tracks 4–6;
Barney Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 7–8

Running Order:
1. Barbara Ellen (‘It being about the Christmas time when green leaves they were falling...’), song [old ballad] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
2. The dark-eyed gipsy(‘There were three gipsies in the East...’), song [old ballad] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
3. Willy O (‘[Willie, Willie,] where are the blushes...’), song [fragment] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
4. Untitled [= Old man Dillon], jig / John Bán Byrne, fiddle
5. The 'Old foggy dew', march / John Bán Byrne, fiddle
6. Highland: Untitled, highland / John Bán Byrne, fiddle [end of session]
7. Tá mo ghrádh-sa pósta (‘O tá mo ghrádh-sa ‘póstaí’ Is níl stór agam le fáil...’), song / Barney Maguire (aged 87), singing in Irish [session continued from 6822]
8. An cailín Sian (‘ ’Sa filleadh aniar domh sa [?] chailín tSian...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish [END OF BAND ONE]