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Performers:
English, John Joe, singing in English A1, 3-17, speech in English A1-17

Running Order:
1. The banks of the Nile, song / John Joe English, singing in English
2. Speech [story about a man from Ballyhack, the song called ‘Mackenzie’s Dream’] / John Joe English, speech in English
3. The gallant hussar, song ; Speech [where he learned songs] / John Joe English, singing in English
4. The dewy dells of Yarrow, song ; Speech [learned ‘Mackenzie’s dream’ from Uncle John English; fixing the house] / John Joe English, singing in English
5. Mackenzie's dream, song ; Speech [unique songs; gob music] / John Joe English, singing in English
6. The blooming bright star of Belle Isle, song ; Speech [names of songs] / John Joe English, singing in English
7. Smile, song ; The brave volunteer (fragment), song / John Joe English, singing in English
8. The brave volunteer, song / John Joe English, singing in English
9. Irish Paddy, song ; Speech [connections to Ireland] / John Joe English, singing in English
10. Siúl, a ghrá, song ; Speech [singing in local houses, singing duets with his brother and sister] / John Joe English, singing in English and Irish
11. There's a dear spot in Ireland, song ; Speech / John Joe English, singing in English
12. Me and me chum Johnny Reilly, song ; Speech [Irish musical hall song] / John Joe English, singing in English
13. Ten cent piece, song / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Johnny O’Reilly, song (fragmented) / John Joe English, singing in English
15. Johnny O’Reilly, song ; Speech [rhyme about a man with a double chin] / John Joe English, singing in English
16. Brooklyn's theatre fire, song / John Joe English, singing in English
17. Patrick Reilly, song / John Joe English, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
[McGrath, Denis?], singing in English A1-3, 5-7, 13, speech in English A1-3, 5-7, 12;
Judge, Patsy, singing in English A4, 8-10, speech in English A4, 8-10;
Judge, Bride, singing in English A11-12, speech in English A11-12;
Powers, Anthony, singing in English B1-10, speech in English B1-10;
Powers, Mary, speech in English B3

Running Order:
1. The flying cloud, song ; Speech [remembering the words] / Dinny McGrath, singing in English, speech in English ; Patsy Judge, speech in English
2. Lovely Nancy, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
3. When I was young and foolish, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
4. Three long hours before day, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
5. Speech ; Two little orphans, song ; Speech [forgotten verses] / Dinny McGrath, singing in English, speech in English
6. Two little orphans, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
7. Speech ; John Mitchell, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English
8. The shores of Grand Lake, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
9. The bonny bunch of roses O, song ; Speech [different versions of songs] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
10. The priest and the parson, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
11. The priest and the parson, song [fragment] / Bride Judge, singing in English
12. The priest and the parson, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
13. The boys of Galmoy, song / Dinny McGrath, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
14. Speech ; Western rangers, song ; Speech [favourite songs] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
15. The bonny bunch of roses O, song ; Speech [learned the Bonny Bunch of Roses from his mother; his mother had a large repertoire] / Anthony Power, singing in English
16. Whiskey in the jar, song ; speech / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
17. I don't care if I do, song ; Speech [learning songs while working in Deer Lake] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
18. Someone had been there before, song ; [working in Deer Lake] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
19. Good luck to Old Fox Cove, song ; Speech [song origins] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
20. Golden Bay, song ; Speech [talk about the composers of the song, Henry Nash, Arthur Power] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
21. Bungle Rye, song ; Speech [song origins] / Anthony Power, singing in English, speech in English
22. The mermaid, song / Anthony Power, singing in English
23. Fanny Wright / Anthony Power, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Judge, Bride, singing in English A1, 9, B1-2 speech in English A1, 9, B1-2;
Judge, Patsy, singing in English A2-5, 7, 10-11, B3-4, 10-13, speech in English A1-11, B3-4, 10-13, recitation in English A8,;
[McGrath, Denis ?], singing in English B5-9, speech in English B5-9

Running Order:
1. Johnny Doyle, song ; Speech [remembering long songs] / Bride Judge, singing in English ; Patsy Judge, speech in English
2. The bonny young Irish boy, song ; Speech [good songs] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
3. The blooming bright star of Belle Isle, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
4. The summer I spent in Bonay, song ; Speech [other versions of the song, learning from records] / Patsy Judge, singing in English, speech in English
5. The Titanic, song [fragment] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
6. Speech [story about the Titanic, the following song, learned the song from Mrs. Walsh] / Patsy Judge, speech in English
7. The Petty Harbour bait skiff, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
8. The raffle at Joe Batt’s Arm, recitation / Patsy Judge, speech in English
9. Johnny O’Reilly, song ; Speech [about the last fierce charge] / Bride Judge ; Patsy Judge, speech in English
10. The last fierce charge, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
11. The brisk young sailor, song / Patsy Judge [END OF BAND ONE]
12. No man in love, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
13. Patrick's Cove song / Bride Judge, singing in English
14. Willie Brennan [Brennan on the moor], song [fragment] / Patsy Judge, singing in English
15. Willie Brennan [Brennan on the moor], song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
16. Morrissey and the Russian Bear, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
17. Colonial’s lone shore, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
18. My love is bound for Canada, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
19. The northeast gale, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
20. The roving Newfoundlander, song / Denny McGrath, singing in English
21. The hat my father wore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
22. Click Clack, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
23. Little brown jug, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
24. I am a little beggarman [Me old rigadoo], song / Patsy Judge [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Unidentified performers, singing in English throughout band one, speech in English throughout band one;
[Judge, Bride ?], singing in English in duet A3, singing in English B1-5, speech in English B1-5;
[Judge, Patsy ?], singing in English in duet A3, speech in English B6-7, singing in English B7

Running Order:
1. The beach of Strathblane, song / Mike McGrath, singing in English
2. The fair Fanny Moore, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
3. The Brule boys, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English ; Bride Judge, singing in English
4. Peter Emberly, song ; Speech / Stan McGrath, singing in English
5. Peter Emberley, song [continued] / Stan McGrath, singing in English ; [Unidentified performer], singing in English
6. Lovely Leitrim, song / Stan McGrath, singing in English
7. The forest was covered in bushes, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English
8. There once was a sailor, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
9. The dance on Peter Street, song / Carrie Brennan, singing in English
10. The wild colonial boy, song ; Speech [learning songs] / Mike McGrath, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
11. Cape Shore song, song ; Speech [talk about the song] / Bride Judge, singing in English
12. The Boston burglar, song ; Speech [talk about the song] / Bride Judge, singing in English
13. The wild St. Mary’s man, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
14. The broken-hearted milkman [Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green], song ; Speech [learned it from a lady in Gooseberry, used to know 32 songs] / Bride Judge, singing in English
15. The lady in the east, song / Bride Judge, singing in English
16. Speech [talk about local events, music and dancing in houses, types of dances and the tunes used, the mummers] / Patsy Judge, speech
17. Connickmore, song ; Speech ; Under the salt house, song ; The girl I left behind me, song ; Speech [words to the dance songs, sensitivities around singing Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Tatter Jack Walsh ; Speech [story about changing the words to Tatter Jack Walsh] ; Irishman’s shanty, song ; Speech ; Mother wouldn’t beat him, song ; Speech ; There was an old woman, song ; Speech ; Mary bought a pig ; Speech [trying to remember other songs for dancing] / Patsy Judge, singing in English, speech in English
18. Mary Neal, song / Patsy Judge, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Meaney, Dick, singing in English A1-11, B3, 6-7, speech in English A1-11, throughout band two;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band one and two;
Meaney, Mick, singing in English B1-2, speech in English B1-2 and throughout band two;
Tremblett, Nelly, singing in English B4-5, speech in English B4-5 and throughout band two;
Tremblett, Pat, singing in English B8, speech in English B8

Running Order:
1. Speech ; Patsy Grant, song [unfinished] ; Speech [forgetting songs] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
2. The lake of the Swansea Trail, song ; Speech / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
3. My dear, I’m bound for Canada, song / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
4. Speech [talk about the following song, shipping disaster in 1886] / Dick Meaney, speech in English
5. The Waterwitch [The Pouch Cove fishermen], song ; Speech [composer, from a songbook] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
6. The lovely Irish maid, song ; Speech [old songs] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
7. Erin's lovely home, song ; Speech [singing at the local club] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
8. Courting in the kitchen, song ; Speech [learned from Neddie Mahoney] / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
9. Speech [biography, talk about working in the area, the following song] / Dick Meaney, speech in English
10. George Alfred Beckett, song ; Speech / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
11. [Henry Green], song / Dick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. [Tom Tobin’s dickey bird], song ; Speech [chat about other songs] / Mick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
13. Joey Smallwood's dream [variation of Coaker’s dream], song ; speech / Mick Meaney, singing in English, speech in English
14. Patsy Grant, song ; Speech / Dick Meaney, singing in English
15. Save your money when you’re young, song ; Speech [where she learned her songs] / Nelly Tremblett, singing in English, speech in English
16. The boys in blue, song ; Speech [biography, Dick’s sister] / Nelly Tremblett, singing in English, speech in English
17. The smugglers warning, song [unfinished] / Dick Meaney, singing in English
18. The smugglers warning, song ; Speech [composed by Harold Suley in 1929] / Dick Meaney, singing in English
19. Son remember my love today, song ; Speech [learning songs] / Pat Tremblett, singing in English
20. False Willy, song / Dick Meaney, singing in English
21. Crockery ware, song ; Speech [learned from Tommy English from St. Bride's] / Dick Meaney, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Mooney, Jack, singing in English A1-8. B3, 5-10, 13, speech in English A1-8, B3, 5-10, 13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Mooney, Neddie, singing in English B1-2, 4-5, 11, speech in English B1-2, 4-5, 11;
Roche, Dermot, singing in English B12, speech in English B12

Running Order:
1. Speech [favourite songs] ; Erin's lovely home, song ; Speech [where the song came from] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
2. The pride of Glencoe, song ; Speech [where the song came from, learned it from his brother-in-law when he went lumbering in Manitoba] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
3. Bad companions, song ; Speech [where the song came from, Work Boys Work] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
4. The shores of Grand Lake, song ; Speech [working during the 1930s, Jack’s background] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
5. Work boys work, song ; Speech [music hall] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English ; [Unknown speakers]
6. Harry Dunn, song ; Speech [young fellas sang it around the place, lumbering] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
7. Toast from an Irish colleen, song ; Speech [a song from the old people] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
8. The valley of Kilbride, song ; Speech [remembering songs] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
9. Roving gambler, song ; Speech [American songs came from the girls who went away to work] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
10. Me old ragadoo, song ; Speech / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
11. In York's fair city, song / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Boston burglar, song ; Speech [where song came from] / Neddie Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
13. The Cuslett Brook, song [unfinished] ; Speech [ the verse he left out] / Neddie Mooney, singing in English, speech in English ; Eddie Coffey, composer
14. Green mossy banks of the Lee, song / Jack Mooney, singing in English
15. The Cuslett Brook, song / Neddie Mooney, singing in English
16. Little seaside village [The cottage by the sea], song / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English ; Neddie Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
17. Little seaside village [The cottage by the sea], song ; Speech [the Mooney family] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
18. Only a face in the firelight, song ; Speech [singing circles] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
19. The maid on the mountain brow, song ; Speech / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
20. The maid on the mountain brow, song / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
21. William and Mary [Jimmy and Nancy on the sea], song ; Speech [Jack’s mother’s songs] / Jack Mooney, singing in English, speech in English
22. Lovely Maryann, song [fragment] / Neddie Mooney, singing in English
23. Donald Monroe, song / Dermot Roche, singing in English
24. The mines of Avondale, song ; Speech [song origins] / Jack Mooney, singing in English[END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Turner, Tom, singing in English A1, 3-4, speech in English A2-4;
White, Bernard, singing in English A5, 7-10, 12 speech in English A5-9,;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Mackey, Josephine, singing in English A11, speech in English A11

Running Order:
1. Western rangers, song / Tom Turner, singing in English
2. Speech [background speech, father’s name, other songs] / Tom Turner, speech in English
3. An old sweetheart of mine, song / Tom Turner, singing in English
4. July drive, song ; Speech [background on Bernard White] / Tom Turner, singing in English ; Brendan White, speech in English
5. The Caribou, song / Bernard White, singing in English
6. Speech [talk about singing, drink, fishing and working in the lumber woods] / Brendan White, speech in English ; Josephine Mackey, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
7. The Newfoundland disaster, song ; Speech [the details of the story told in the song] / Bernard White, singing in English
8. The sun was setting in the west, song / Bernard White, singing in English ; Josephine Mackey, speech in English
9. Morrissey and the Benetia boy, song / Bernard White, singing in English
10. The green mantle [Fame Waterloo], song / Bernard White, singing in English
11. Young floral, song / Josephine Mackey, singing in English
12. He was only a private soldier, song / [Bernard White], singing in English
13. The union from St. John's / [Bernard White], singing in English
14. Up to the riggs in London, song / [Bernard White], singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

* Performers:
Unidentified performers, speech in English A1, 6–7;
singing in English A1;
McLaughlin, George 'Grainne', Donegal, speech in English A2–3, 9–13, singing in English A3, 8, 13;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout;
Unidentified performer [described by A O'H as 'Scot?'], singing in English A4;
McClure, Micky, Donegal, singing in English A5;
Duffy, Paddy, Donegal, singing in English A6–7, speech in English A10

Running Order:
1. Speech [Off-air dub of radio program; information from A O'H: 'BBC N.I. Radio comedy programme from early 1970s. Poor quality sound'] / Unidentified performers, speech in English, singing in English, guitar
2. Speech [Stories and jokes; information from A O'H: 'General chat and joking. George tells some monkey jokes, e.g. 'Time flies said the monkey when he flung the clock out the window.' And, 'The train went over the monkey's tail. It won't be long now, he said.'] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English ; Unidentified speaker
3. When you and I were young [Information from A O'H: 'George sings Maggie'], song / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, singing in English
4. The road and the miles to Dundee, song / Unidentified performer [Scott?], singing in English
5. The bold Robert Emmet (unfinished) [Information from A O'H: 'Micky McClure sings a Robert Emmet song to the air of 'The streets of Laredo' or 'The bold Phelim Brady'], song / Micky McClure, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. It was in the month of September [Information from A O'H: 'Paddy Duffy sings a song about a great ball'], song / Paddy Duffy, singing in English
7. Untitled [Information from A O'H: 'Paddy Duffy sings a comic song by local songwriter, Pat Lynch, to the air of 'If I Were a Blackbird'], song ; Speech [composer of the songs] / Paddy Duffy, singing in English
8. The blazing star of Drung [Information from A O'H: George sings local song, 'The Blazing Star of Drung'; A O'H also supplies the information 'ITMA Reference Number: 175-ITMA-MP3'], song / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, singing in English
9. Speech [Information from A O'H: George tells the comic story of the priest, the boy who didn't go to school and his mother who lived in an out-of-the-way place'] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English
10. Speech [Information from A O'H: Paddy Duffy says some lines from the Christmas Rhymers play that were given a local treatment by Pat Lynch. The same thing in another local parody of the recitation 'The Cremation of Sam Magee'. George also says some lines from the Christmas Rhymers'] / Paddy Duffy, speech in English
11. Speech [Story about being hired out to work on farms; information from A O'H: George talks about the hiring fairs and how he was 'hired a slave'] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English
12. Speech [Continuation of the topic in previous track; talk about being hiring out to work on farms around Carndonagh] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English
13. Poll and Nancy Hogan [Information from A O'H: 'George sings most unusual song about the sisters, Poll and Nancy Hogan and their pig. Note from http://folktrax-archive.org/menus/search%20for%20titles_na_nel.htm : NANCY HOGAN'S PIG - In Clahamon/Derry Town there dwelt 2 maids - Palci Grey & NH Ch: Tral-la - bought two pigs, cut off their tails, P died Saturday night & N on Sunday, buried on Monday - ROUD#1130 0- Alfred WILLIAMS Ms #576 - Darley McCall 72 & 79 - PALMER SOM 1972 Birmingham & Midland Folk Centre: P Murphy, Brownhills, Staffordsh 1967 Poll & Nancy Hogan -- Sean O TUAM rec by Jean Ritchie & George Pickow: FOLKWAYS Field Trip: Ireland 1960/ OSSIAN OSS-15 1989 CASS-0797/ DAT - Mary O HARA: DECCA ML-O22 1967 Two maids of Derry Town, Poll & Nancy Hogan, box & fight from morn till night. See also http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029D1LWC/ref=dm_sp_alb : Songs of the People, Vol. 1 Dick Flynn
* Format: MP3 Download'], song / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Murphy, Andy, speech in English throughout, fiddle solo throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech [talk about local people, cures for seasickness] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
2. Red river valley, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
3. St. Anne's reel / Andy Murphy, fiddle
4. Haste to the wedding, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
5. I’m going to be married, waltz / Andy Murphy, fiddle
6. Farewell to Nova Scotia, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
7. [I don’t care if I do], waltz ; Speech [remember what the tunes are] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
8. The wild rover, waltz ; Speech [the words to tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
9. Irish washerwoman, jig / Andy Murphy, fiddle
10. Redwing, barndance / Andy Murphy, fiddle
11. Bold Jack Donohue, waltz ; Speech [tune origins, story about learning Irish tunes] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
12. The merry widow, waltz ; Speech [tune origins] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
13. Loch Lomond, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
14. Turkey in the straw, barndance [fragmented] / Andy Murphy, fiddle
15. Over the waves, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
16. Whiskey on beer, air / Andy Murphy, fiddle
17. When I am sixty four, air ; Speech [talk about music in the family] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
18. Speech [talk about music in the family] [continued from track A17] / Andy Murphy, speech in English
19. Untitled, hornpipe / Andy Murphy, fiddle
20. Speech [stories about feats of strength] / Andy Murphy, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO][The remainder of BAND TWO is a direct copy of material from 53-ITMA-CS, Aidan O'Hara Cassette 4 tracks A23-35; not included on the CDR copy]

Performers:
Turner, Bessy, singing in English A1, speech in English A1;
Walsh, Aidan, accordion solo A2-7, speech in English A2, 4-5;
Broderick, John, singing in English A8, recitation in English A9-11, 13-18, B3, 5, 7, singing in English in duet B4;
Broderick, Dan, singing in English A12, B2, 6, singing in English in duet B4;
Unidentified performers, speech in English throughout band two, singing in English in chorus B4-6,;
Moore, Cyril, organ solo B8-10, accordion solo B11-14, speech in English B8-9, 15

Running Order:
1. I'm lonely since my mother died, song / Bessy Turner, singing in English
2. Road to the isles, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
3. There's a glen in old Tir Connel, waltz / Aidan Walsh, accordion
4. Pussy cat up in the plum tree, jig (crooked) ; Speech [tune name] / Aidan Walsh, accordion, speech in English
5. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
6. [I’se the b’y], jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
7. Untitled, jig / Aidan Walsh, accordion
8. The lad in the Scotch brigade, song / John Broderick, singing in English
9. Rum seller, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
10. The burglar, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
11. The ragged jacket, recitation / John Broderick, speech in English
12. Soldier's dream, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
13. An old sweetheart of mine, song / John Broderick, singing in English
14. Your coppers turn into silver, song / John Broderick, singing in English
15. Captains and ships, song / John Broderick, singing in English
16. The maid of the mountain brow, song / John Broderick, singing in English
17. An emigrant’s farewell, song / John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
18. When I was young, song (fragment) / John Broderick, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
19. Speech [background speech] / [unidentified speakers]
20. July drive [The valley of Kilbride], song ; speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers] ; [unidentified speakers]
21. Morris Crotty, song ; Speech [background] / John Broderick, singing in English
22. Daniel Munroe, song ; Unidentified, song [fragments] ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers and speech]
23. Skibbereen, song (fragmented) ; Speech [background] / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English ; [unidentified singers]
24. Break the news to mother, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English
25. Old Eireann far away, song / Dan Broderick, singing in English ; John Broderick, singing in English
26. When your blue moon turns to gold again, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
27. A new moon over my shoulder, air ; Speech [song title] / Cyril Moore, organ
28. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, organ
29. Untitled, air / Cyril Moore, accordion
30. [Maggie in the Wood], polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
31. Untitled, polka / Cyril Moore, accordion
32. Untitled, jig / Cyril Moore, accordion
33. Speech [joke about two people getting married] / Cyril Moore, speech in English [END OF BAND TWO]