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Reels: Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite, The Star of Munster, Miss Johnson [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]

O'Dowd, Joe - fiddle solo

Slip Jigs: Untitled [The Foxhunter's Jig], Untitled [Comb Your Hair and Curl It] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc?]

O'Dowd, Joe - fiddle solo

Reels: Lord McDonald, Ballinasloe Fair, The Round Towers of Ballymote [Touch Me If You Dare] [The first two tunes in this selection were recorded together by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]

O'Dowd, Joe - fiddle solo

Hornpipes: The Stage Hornpipe [The Norfolk], Untitled [The Western] [This selection was recorded by Michael Coleman, fiddle, on commercial 78rpm disc]

O'Dowd, Joe - fiddle solo

Jigs: Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon], Coleman's Jig [The Primrose Vale; The Lark on the Strand], Coppers and Brass [The Humours of Ennistymon]

O'Dowd, Joe - fiddle solo

Reel: Miss Johnson's Reel

O'Dowd, Joe - fiddle solo

Speech: Untitled [Interview with the fiddle-player Joe O'Dowd; his background as a fiddle-player; he began to play at 10 years of age, taught by his brother Jack; the community in which he was brought up was rich in music; his uncle John O'Dowd (who taught Michael Coleman) was regarded as a fine player; the bands that Joe O'Dowd played with in London; the tune that follows was a favourite of Jim Coleman, brother of Michael Coleman]

O'Dowd, Joe, Sligo - speech in English
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin] - speech in English

Speech: Untitled [Interview with Owen Coleman, brother of the fiddle-player Michael Coleman; anecdotes about Michael Coleman's interest in dancing and music as a child; his father was a flute-player; Michael Coleman was a good dancer; was small in stature; how Michael Coleman learned to play – was taught by Kipeen Scanlon (who used to spend periods of up to 6 weeks in the Coleman household), P J McDermott of Buninadden, John O'Dowd, Phil O'Beirne, and Jack Mc Hugh; Michael Coleman went to the USA about 1911 at the age of about 21]

Coleman, Owen, Sligo - speech in English
Unidentified performer [Ennis, Seamus, Dublin] - speech in English

Air: The Old Man Rocking the Cradle [An Seanduine; includes part of the slip jig 'The Foxhunter's Jig'] [END OF BAND ONE]

O'Keeffe, Padraig / O'Keefe, Padraig, Kerry - fiddle solo

Polkas: The Green Cottage Polkas [1], The Green Cottage Polkas [2]

Murphy, Denis, Kerry - fiddle solo