Showing 13 results

Performers:
Beirne, Josephine, singing in English A1;
Sweetham, George, with Paddy Killoran's Orchestra, singing in English A2-3, singing in duet A4;
Harte, Catherine, singing in duet A4;
Feeney, Jack, singing in English A5-8;
McFarlane, Sandy, singing in English A9-12;
?, Eddie, flute in trio A13-14;
McKenna, John, flute in trio A13-14;
Morrison, Tom, flute in trio A15-18;
Reynolds, John, tambourine [bodhran] in trio A15-18;
McElligott, William, singing in English A19-20;
Smith, Cyril, with Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees, singing in English A21-22

Running Order:
1. Absent, song / Josephine Beirne, singing in English
2. My dear old Galway Bay, song / George Sweetham, singing in English ; Paddy Killoran’s Orchestra, band
3. The ballad of Peter Crowley, song / George Sweetham, singing in English ; Paddy Killoran’s Orchestra, band
4. Molly Bawn and Brian Og, song / George Sweetham, singing in English ; Catherine Harte, singing in English ; Paddy Killoran’s Orchestra, band
5. The green bushes, song / Jack Feeney, singing in English
6. On the banks of my own lovely Lee, song / Jack Feeney, singing in English
7. The shawl of Galway grey, song / Jack Feeney, singing in English
8. When it's moonlight in Mayo [When Irish eyes are smiling], song / Jack Feeney, singing in English
9. The road to the isles, song / Sandy McFarlane, singing in English
10. I'll go in the morning, song / Sandy McFarlane, singing in English
11. McNab's a jolly sailor, song / Sandy McFarlane, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. In the morning, song / Sandy McFarlane, singing in English
13. Tripping to the well, The kiss behind the door, polkas / John McKenna, flute ; Eddie [Meehan], flute ; [Frank Fallon, piano]
14. The sandlark, Lawson's favourite, hornpipes / John McKenna, flute ; Eddie [Meehan], flute ; [Frank Fallon, piano]
15. The Roscommon reel / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, tambourine [bodhrán]
16. The London clog, hornpipe / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, tambourine [bodhrán]
17. The sweet flowers of Milltown, hornpipe / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, tambourine [bodhrán]
18. The Dunmore lassies, The mountain reel, The Castlebar traveller, reels / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, tambourine [bodhrán]
19. Saint Patrick was a gentleman, song / William McElligott, singing in English
20. Soldiers of '22, song / William McElligott, singing in English
21. The old sow, song / Cyril Smith, singing in English ; Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees, band
22. With her head tucked underneath her arm, song / Cyril Smith, singing in English ; Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees, band [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
The McNulty Family, singing in English with group instrumental A1-2;
John McGettigan and his Irish Minstrels, singing in English with group instrumental A21-22

Running Order:
1. When it's teatime in the meadow, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
2. Irish soldier boy, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
3. O'Bryson has no place to go, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
4. Kelly the boy from Killane, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
5. Barney Brannigan, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
6. Erin's green shore, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
7. O'son remember my love today, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
8. If you ever go over to Ireland, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
9. The reel and mountain dew, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
10. My beauty of Limerick, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
11. Moriarty the happy cop, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
12. The old house far away, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
13. When Rafferty brought the rhumba to the town of Aughnacloy, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
14. The Galway rogue, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
15. Susie O'Malley, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
16. Far away in Australia [The girl I left behind], song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
17. Mother Malone, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
18. Haste to the wedding, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
19. The little house under the hill, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
20. They sailed away from Dublin Bay, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
21. Martha the flower of sweet Strabane, song / John McGettigan and his Irish Minstrels, singing in English
22. Untitled (skipping), hornpipes / John McGettigan and his Irish Minstrels [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Clingan, James 'Jimmy', Donegal, singing in English A1, 3, 5;
speech in English throughout A1–5;
fiddle solo A4–5;
O'Hara, Aidan, Dublin, speech in English throughout;
Clancy, John, Cavan, speech in English A6;
Clancy, Angela, Cavan, speech in English A6

Running Order:
1. The shores of Americay, song / Jimmy Clingan, singing in English
2. Speech [Talk about learning songs off records, people selling ballad sheets; Jimmy talks about his love of Gilbert and Sullivan songs which he learned from a recording of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; he saw ballad song sellers at markets and fairs in Carndonagh the last thirty years ago; tinkers, men and women sold the songs which they had printed up, songs by Thomas Moore and the like. Sheets would be three pence or four pence each; how they know what air to sing the song to; He showed me a song called 'The Bonnie Wee Lass o' the Glen', written out for him 30 or 40 years earlier by a man from Balleighan, Malin, his name, John White Paddy, a Doherty or a McLaughlin man. Jimmy said the man had a lovely voice and he liked the song; talks about the 'timbre' in a good singer's voice. "I haven't that," he said.' (description provided by AOH)] / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English ; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English]
3. Speech [Information from A O'H: 'Starts off talking about an RIC man who wrote a song about a woman he liked in Clonmany and he quotes lines from it. Sings a verse and says, "That's a good song and nobody in Inishowen hardly knows it either." He got it from hearing it sung by others. On line the song is called Dark Iniseoghain: http://celtic-lyrics.com/lyrics/566.html and http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/deante/dark_iniseoghain-lyrics-1155631.html , also http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13326, etc.; I asked him for The Star of Inishowen but he didn't know the air of it. He said he worked as a carpenter all his life and was in the Irish Army during the Emergency. He was 71 when I recorded this] ; Dark Iniseoghain, song / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English, singing in English
4. An Chúilfhionn [An Chuileann / The Coolin], air ; Speech [Information from A O'H: 'I asked him about a song called 'Came whistling o'er the hill' (same air as 'Sullivan's John'). Jimmy said it was well known locally'] / Jimmy Clingan, fiddle
5. Came whistling o'er the hill, air ; Speech [Information from A O'H: 'Talks about a song he heard only once sung by a man from Glengad. It took his fancy because it was so pleasing and he was sorry he didn't get it off him. Sings a few lines of it']; [untitled], song / Jimmy Clingan, fiddle, speech in English
6. Speech: [Information from A O'H: 'This recording was made after interview with Jimmy Clingan in 19AOH begins by reciting a few lines from verses written about the Derragarra Inn, Butler's Bridge. With him are the owners, John and Angela Clancy to whom he talks about their establishment: a recorded interview for Aidan's programme, 'Fáilte Isteach' on RTÉ Radio 1] / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; John Clancy, speech in English ; Angela Clancy, speech in English

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A1-6;
Hammond, Davy, Belfast, speech in English A1-6, singing in English A3, 6

Running Order:
1. Speech [revival folk music in Northern Ireland, its distinctiveness, song themes and language, sparse melodic line] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
2. Speech [talking to Seamus Ennis about music in Northern Ireland, Scottish and English influence on song, example showing the influence of Scotland on Northern Irish song is The Maid of Ballydoo] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
3. The maid of Ballydoo, song ; speech [song origins] / Davy Hammond, singing in English, speech in English
4. Speech [collecting, the poet Jimmy Simmons, Poor Genius record company, John Doherty, Sarah Makem, Geordie Hannah, Ulster heritage, Belfast - 'the Athens of the North', Edward Bunting and collecting harpers, The Country Folk Four, Trevor Stewart] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
5. Speech [young people becoming interested in music and culture in Northern Ireland, ] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
6. The week before Easter (I once loved a lass), song / Davy Hammond, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
[tracks A1-4 of this recording are a copy of a portion of Aidan O'Hara Reel-to-Reel 36 = 905-ITMA-REEL];
Hammond, Davy, Belfast, singing in English A1, 4, speech in English A1-3;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A1-3;
Unidentified performer, fiddle solo A5

Running Order:
1. The maid of Ballydoo, song ; Speech [got the song from Joe Brannigan] / Davy Hammond, singing in English, speech in English
2. Speech [collecting, founding a record company with poet Jimmy Simmons called Poor Genius recording company for content that doesn’t have a big commercial market, including John Doherty, Sarah Makem, Geordie Hannah] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
3. Speech [young people becoming interested in music and culture, music culture of Northern Ireland] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
4. The week before Easter, song / Davy Hammond, singing in English
5. Untitled, jig / [unidentified fiddler] [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Mac Schackhammer, singing in English with fiddle A1;
Campbell, Gerald, accordion solo A2;
Branch Dancers, dancing A2;
Aquina?, Gaston, fiddle solo A3;
Swindon, Scott, mandolin solo A4;
MacArthur, Leonard, fiddle solo A5;
MacArthur, Frank, dancing A5;
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A3;
Whiteside, Taylor, speech in English A6-11, singing in English with guitar A6;
McDonald, David, singing in English with guitar A7, speech in English A7;
Mercer, Paul, singing in English in duet with guitar A8, speech in English A8;
Kosby, Joan, singing in English in duet with guitar A8;
Lacey, John, singing in English with guitar A9, speech in English A9;
Hynes, Ron, singing in English with guitar A10, speech in English A10;
Wakefield, John, singing in English with guitar A11

Running Order:
1. It's a shame to whip your wife, song / Mac Schwackhamer, singing in English ; [unidentified], fiddle
2. Mussels in the corner, single (clipped at end) / Gerald Campbell, accordion ; Branch dancers
3. Speech [Introduction] ; [Untitled set], reels / Aidan O’Hara, speech in English ; Gaston Aucoin, fiddle ; Roger Gallant, guitar
4. [Untitled set], reels / Scott Swindon, mandolin ; Charlie Pennell, guitar ; [unidentified dancers]
5. [Untitled set], reels / Leonard MacArthur, fiddle ; Sears MacArthur, guitar ; Frank McArthur, dancer
6. Speech [Introduction] ; Back home again, song / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English, singing in English, guitar ; composed by John Denver
7. Speech [introduction]; Bay of Fundy, song / David McDonald, speech in English, singing in English, guitar ; composed by Gordon Bok
8. Speech [Introduction]; The ant and the grasshopper, song / Paul Mercer, singing in English, speech in English ; Joan Kosby, singing in English ; [unidentified guitar]
9. Speech [Introduction] ; Out on another highway (clipped at end) / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English ; John Lacey, singing in English, speech in English
10. Speech [Introduction] ; The great Newfie dream song / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English ; Ron Hynes, singing in English, speech in English, guitar
11. Speech [introduction] ; Hail to the men / Taylor Whiteside, speech in English ; John Wakefield, speech in English, singing in English, guitar [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Performers:
Powell, Johnny, and his Irish Band of the Year, instrumental group A1-2 (off-disc dubs);
Carton, Mary, singing in English A3-4 (off-disc dubs);
Flaherty, Martin, and his Orchestra, instrumental group A5-6 (off-disc dubs);
Rabbett, Murty and Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band, singing in English A7 (off-disc dubs);
Larry Griffin and Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band, singing in English A8 (off-disc dubs);
Foley, Connie, singing in English A9-10 (off-disc dubs);
Mattie Toohey's Irish Minstrels, instrumental group A11-12 (off-disc dubs);
Joseph Maguire, singing in English A13-14 (off-disc dubs);
Christopher Casson, singing in English A15-17 (off-disc dubs);
John McGettigan, singing in English A18-19 (off-disc dubs);
John Sheridan, singing in English A20 (off-disc dubs);
Colin O'More, singing in English A21 (off-disc dubs)

Running Order:
1. Coleen bawn, The Galway rogue, polkas / Johnny Powell and his Irish Band of the Year, band
2. Galway Bay, Martha the flower of sweet Strabane, airs / Johnny Powell and his Irish Band of the Year, band
3. How can you buy Killarney?, song / Mary Carton, singing in English
4. Tig-um-tu?, song / Mary Carton, singing in English
5. O'Dwyer’s hornpipe / Martin Flaherty and his Orchestra, band
6. My old skillara hat, If you ever go over to Ireland, jigs / Martin Flaherty and his Orchestra, band
7. The shirt I left behind me, song / Murty Rabbett and Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band, singing in English
8. Fare you well sweet Irish town, song / Larry Griffin and Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band, singing in English
9. The valley of Knockanure, song / Connie Foley, singing in English
10. Martha the flower of sweet Strabane, song / Connie Foley, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
11. The barren rocks of Arran, All the way to Galway, polkas / Mattie Toohey’s Irish Minstrels, band
12. The maid on the green, The three little drummers, jigs / Mattie Toohey’s Irish Minstrels, band
13. Barney O'Hare, song / Joseph Maguire, singing in English
14. The ould Sunday dinner, song / Joseph Maguire, singing in English
15. Clare's dragoons, song / Christopher Casson, singing in English
16. The old turf fire, song / Christopher Casson, singing in English
17. The Ballymure ballad, song / Christopher Casson, singing in English
18. The Irish jaunting car, song / John McGettigan, singing in English
19. My mother's last goodbye, song / John McGettigan, singing in English
20. My old skillara hat, song / John Sheridan, singing in English
21. Danny boy, song / Colin O’More, singing in English [END OF BAND TWO]

Performers:
Myles O'Malley and his Orchestra, group instrumental A1-4,;
O'Malley, Myles, solo whistle A5-8;
The McNulty Family, singing in English with group instrumental A9-20

Running Order:
1. Shannon bells, The joy of life, jigs / Myles O’Malley and his Orchestra, band
2. The Kildare fancy, The boys of Bluehill, hornpipes / Myles O’Malley and his Orchestra, band
3. Off she goes, Fire on the mountain, jigs / Myles O’Malley and his Orchestra, band
4. The morning star, The ships are sailing, reels / Myles O’Malley and his Orchestra, band
5. The quarrelsome piper, Harvest home, hornpipes / Myles O’Malley, tin whistle
6. The four hand reel, The ivy leaf, reels / Myles O’Malley, tin whistle
7. Sweeney's, hornpipe / Myles O’Malley, tin whistle
8. The swallows tail, The heathery breeze, reels / Myles O’Malley, tin whistle
9. We'd take you back to Ireland, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
10. The maid of sweet brown Knowe, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
11. The thirty two counties Ireland, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
12. A mothers lament, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
13. The rose of Aranmore, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
14. The Limerick races, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
15. In Kerry long ago, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
16. Grandfather Brian, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
17. The old potato cake, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
18. Ye all be Irish tonight, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
19. The half door, song / The McNulty Family, singing in English
20. The stone outside Dan Murphy's door, song / The McNulty Family, 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]