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Performers:
O'Donoghue, Paddy, Clare, flute (metal Boehm) solo throughout, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech: talk about music at home and in the area, local musicians Paddy Mac, Patrick Moloney, learning music, making a set of pipes, Martin Rochford, the following reel
2. Reel: Johnny Allen's Reel
3. Speech: talk about his father's playing style, East Clare style with tunes in awkward keys, gramophone used for house dances, Paddy Canny playing in house sessions in 1930's, brothers and sisters musicians, local musicians, concertina player Delia Mac Namara, Sean Reid bringing Clare musicians together, Mrs Galvin, Patrick Kelly, Mickey Cooleen and the following tune
4. Reel: Mickey Cooleen's Reel
5. Speech: talk about the following tune
6. Hornpipe: The Stage
7. Speech: talk about the previous tune, Paddy Moloney, concertina players Mrs Dinan and Mrs Dooley
8. Reel: The Star of Munster
9. Speech: talk about the previous tune, ornamentation used by the older musicians, schottisches and barndances, step dance 'The Britches'
10. March: Napoleon Crossing the Rhine
11. Speech: talk about the previous tune, playing for dancers, contrast between older and modern styles of dancing, clergy opposition to house dances, crossroad dances, gambling in houses, prosecutions for gambling, police informers

Performers:
Bane, Joe, tin whistle, speech in English
Unidentified performers, speech in English

Running Order:
1. Speech/Reel: The Bush in Bloom
2. Reel: The Old Maids of Galway
3. Speech: talk about learning and playing music, Paddy Canny, Pat Canny, Paddy Mac the blind fiddler, Johnny Allen, concertina players in the area, Sandy Carty, Bill Maher, John Downes (Sacho), pipers in the area, Felix Doran, Tom Joe Donoghue, Kitchen dances, set dances
4. Polka/Speech: Bonny Crosses the Alps, talk about the tune
5. Reel/Speech: Joe Bane's Reel [Nelly Donovan], talk about the tune
6. Reel/Speech: Sandy Carty's Reel, talk about the tune
7. Reel/speech: The Green-Gowned Lass, talk about the tune
8. Polka/Speech: Farewell to Whiskey [My Love is but a Lassie], talk about tunes used for set dancing, the whisper set
9. Jig: The Hundred Pipers, talk about the tunes used for the sets
10. Hornpipe/Speech: Off to California, talk about the tune
11. Fling: Some Say the Devil is Dead [Love will you Marry Me], talk about concertina players in the area
12. Jigs: Castle Dunavan, Have a Drink with Me, talk about the tunes, learning tunes from 78s
13. Reels: Down the Broom, The Gatehouse Maid, talk about 78s,
14. Fling/Speech: Johnny When You Die [The Keel Row], talk about the tune and the dance
15. Hornpipe/Speech: The Stack of Wheat, talk about Irish language in the area
16. Reel/Speech: The Blackberry Blossom, talk about the tune
17. March/Speech: O'Neill's March, talk about the tune
18. Polka/Speech: The Britches [can be heard nowadays played as a reel], talk about the tune
19. Fling/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune
20. Set Dance: The Job of Journeywork, talk about the tune and dancing
21. Reel/Speech: Big Pat, talk about the tune
22. Reel/Speech: Paddy Murphy's Wife, talk about the tune, Jim Donoghue, Martin Nugent
23. Reel/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune
24. Reel/Speech: The Leac Rua, talk about the tune
25. Reel/Speech: The Mountain Top, talk about learning music from Pat Canny
26. Reel/Speech: The Strawberry Blossom, talk about the tune
27. Reel/Speech: Rattigan's, talk about the tune and Martin Rocheford
28. Jig/Speech: The Hag with the Money [Cailleach an Airgead]
29. Reel/Speech: Come West Along the Road, talk about the tune and the East Clare style
30. Jig/Speech: The Boy in the Wood [Sweet Biddy Daly], talk about the East Clare style, playing tunes in different keys
31. Jigs/Speech: Untitled [Brian O'Lynn], The Lough Mountain Jig, talk about the East Clare style, playing tunes in different keys
32. Schottische/Speech: Untitled, talk about dancing the scottische, Bill Mailey, Paddy Flapper
33. Reels/Speech: Boil the Kettle Early, The Morning Star, talk about Paddy Flapper (William O Meehan) (The Flappers), Bill Mailey, talk about dancing, description of the plain set
34. Reel/Speech: Untitled, talk about the tune, dancing
35. Schottische/Speech: Untitled
36. Jig/Speech: The Carraroe Jig, The Rambling Pitchfork, talk about learning music and ornamentation, styles of music and dancing
37. Reel/Speech: The Boys of the Lough
38. Jig/Speech: The Campbells are Coming , talk about local instrument makers, Tommy Dynan, local singers
39. Reel/Speech: Paddy Finlay's Fancy [The Galway Rambler], The Boys of Ballisodare

Performers:
O'Donoghue, Paddy, Clare, flute (metal Boehm) solo, track 1, 3, fiddle 4solo, track 5, 7, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Air: Peace in the 90's
2. Speech: talk about the previous tune
3. Hornpipes: The Trip to Fanore, The Arrival of the Swallows
4. Speech: talk about the previous tunes
5. Reels: The Three-in-a-row
6. Speech: talk about the previous set of tunes
7. Jigs: The Stray Cat, A Night to Remember
8. Speech: talk about the previous tunes

Performers:
Mamin Cajun Band, instrumental group, singing in English and Irish, speech in English
Mamin Cajun Band =
Monaghan, Sean, singing, track 1, 3, washboard
Fahy, Sue, singing, fiddle
Ni Chanainn, Nuala, singing, fiddle
Fitzgerald, Jimmy, singing, guitar
Rohan, David (Sammy), singing, track 2, guitar
Gunning, Paul, Castigniari 4-stopper melodeon (D), Hohner 3-row (B/C/C#) accordion
Nolan, Conor, bass
Jameson, Tom, drums

Running Order:
1. Song/Speech: Out on the Ocean (tune trad, arranged by Mamin Cajun Band with lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
2. Speech/Song: Bonaparte's Retreat
3. Speech/Song: An Saint Patrick (also known as 'Boat Song') (lyrics by Sean Monaghan)

Performers:
O'Donoghue, Paddy, Clare, flute (metal Boehm) solo, track 1, 3, 5, 7, fiddle solo, track 9, 11, 13, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Polka: Untitled
2. Speech: talk about changing from open-hole to keyed-system flute, members of the Tulla Ceili Band, dance bands, Sean Reids set of pipes, playing with other ceili bands, recruiting Paddy O'Brien to play accordion with the Tulla Ceili band, accordion players
3. Reels: Aine's Invitation, Trip to Peterswell
4. Speech: talk about the previous tunes, composing tunes
5. Reel: Jackie Small's Visit
6. Speech: talk about composing tunes, learning tunes from O'Neill's books, his own repertoire
7. Reels: The Boys of Ballycuneen, The Mighty Potholes
8. Speech: introduction to following tunes
9. Reels: Counting the Coppers, The Missing Fiddle
10. Speech: talk about learning fiddle, introduction to the following tunes
11. Jigs: The High Winds, The First Day of January
12. Speech: talk about the following tunes
13. Reels: The shores of Lough Breda ?, The Woods of Ballinahinch

Performers:
Ryan, Joe, tin whistle throughout, Generation D whistle, track 1-12, Clark's C whistle, track 13-23, speech in English throughout

Running Order:
1. Speech/Jig: Francie's Jig, Untitled [The Killavil ?], talk about the tunes
2. Reel/Speech: Devaney's Goat, talk about the tune
3. Hornpipes/Speech: The Fort of Kincora, Dunphy's, talk about music in the family
4. Polkas/Speech: Untitled, talk about the Ballycommon/Ballyconnell? Set
5. Polka/Speech: The Rose Tree in full Bearing, talk about the house dancing, barn dances
6. Hornpipe: The Harvest Home
7. Hornpipe: The Swan (unfinished) [composed by Sean Ryan]
8. Hornpipes: The Swan, Kitty's Wedding, talk about the tunes, Sean Ryan composing tunes
9. Reels/Speech: The Corner House, The Green Fields of America
10. Jigs/Speech: [The New York Jig recorded by Kimmel?], [Sean Ryan composition ?], Have a Drink on Me, talk about the tunes
11. Set Dance: The Blackbird
12. Reels: The Silver Spear, The Sally Gardens
13. Jig: The Castle Jig [Sean Ryan composition]
14. Jig: The Luckypenny
15. Jigs: Untitled, The Cliffs of Moher
16. Reels: Untitled, Miss McLeod's
17. Jigs: The Battering Ram, Tell Her I am
18. Reel/Speech: Untitled, talk about Francie Brereton, Millo Burke, Bridge Ceili Band
19. Reels: The Fermoy Lassies, The Maid Behind the Bar
20. Hornpipe/Speech: The High Level, talk about the tune
21. Reels/Speech: The Yellow Tinker, The Old Copperplate
22. Reels/Speech: Untitled [Josie McDermott composition ?]
23. Reels: Cooley's, The Wise Maid, Untitled

Performers:
Mamin Cajun Band, instrumental group; singing in English; singing in Irish; singing in French; speech in English =
Monaghan, Seán, singing, track 2-3, 8, 11, washboard
Fahy, Sue, singing, track 1, 6, 10, 14, fiddle
Ni Chanainn, Nuala, singing, fiddle
Fitzgerald, Jimmy, singing, track 13, guitar
Rohan, David (Sammy), singing, track 7, 12 guitar
Gunning, Paul, Castigniari 4-stopper melodeon (D), Hohner 3-row (B/C/C#) accordion
Nolan, Conor, bass
Jameson, Tom, drums

Running Order:
1. Speech/Song: Bosco Stomp
2. Speech/Song: Beidh Aonach Amarach
3. Speech/Song: Zydeco (tune trad, lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
4. Speech/Waltz: Chez Seychelles
5. Speech/Stomp ?: Lake Arthur Stomp
6. Speech/Song: Cotton-eyed Joe
7. Song/Speech: Cajun Girl (David 'Sammy' Rohan)
8. Song/Speech: Bruce's Tunes (tunes trad, learned from recording by Cajun accordion player 'Bruce Daigrepont', lyrics by Sean Monaghan)
9. Tune/Speech: Tex-Mex Tune
10. Song/Speech: Ay! Te Dejo en San Antonio
11. Speech/Song: Peigin Leitir Mhoir
12. Song/Speech: Jambalaya (Hank Williams)
13. Speech/Song: Stormy Sky (Daniel Lanois)
14. Song/Speech: Qu'elle etoile
15. Speech/Waltz: Philippe Bruneau's Waltz (Bruneau)

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:
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