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Doherty, John, 1900-1980 Ireland: Instrumental music With digital objects
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Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 15 [sound recording] / [various performers]

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

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 18 [sound recording] / James Byrne ; John Doherty

00:00:50 - 00:01:39 | [Lough Isle Castle, reel] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:02:17 - 00:04:25 | [Lough Isle Castle, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:04:29 - 00:05:30 | [Miss Crawford's strathspey] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:06:17 - 00:07:11 | [The 21 highland] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:08:35 - 00:10:11 | [Rí Mhín na Saileach = The king of Meenasillagh, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:10:58 - 00:12:16 | [Paddy Hiúdaí's, slip jig] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:13:40 - 00:17:09 | [The girls of Ardara, highland] ; Unititled, [highland] [version of In the town of Ballybay, song] ; Untitled, [highland] [version of Miss Drummond of Perth, strathspey] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:18:03 - 00:19:57 | [McConnell's, barndance] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:21:15 - 00:24:08 | [Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne's, reel] ; [The pigeon on the gate, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:24:54 - 00:27:46 | [The hurricane] (comp. James Scott Skinner), reel / [The Shetland fiddler, reel] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:29:46 - 00:31:37 | The maids of Mullagh, reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:32:51 - 00:34:47 | [Molloy's favourite, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:34:51 - 00:37:02 | [The spinning wheel] = [The flood on the holm] [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:37:08 - 00:39:47 | [McCahill's no. 1, reel] ; [McCahill's no. 2, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:41:27 - 00:41:36 | [The harvest home, hornpipe] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:41:37 - 00:43:48 | [Casey's pig, highland] ; [The ewe with the crooked horn, highland] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:44:04 - 00:45:44 | [Dúlamán na binne buí no. 1 = Seaweed from the yellow cliff's, highland] ; [Dúlamán na binne buí no. 2, highland] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:46:31 - 00:47:50 | Untitled, [highland] ; [The devil in the kitchen, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:48:57 - 00:50:53 | [An Mullach Garbh = The rugged height, highland] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:51:05 - 00:52:59 | [Muineál a' bhardail = The drake's neck, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle
00:54:18 - 00:56:48 | [Jimmy McNelis', highland] ; Untitled, [reel] (version of Jimmy McNelis', highland) ; Untitled, [reel] (Danny Meehan version) / James Byrne, fiddle
00:59:35 - 01:00:05 | [O'Connor Donn, reel] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle
01:00:08 - 01:02:13 | [O'Connor Donn, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle
01:02:50 - 01:04:36 | [The highlandman who kissed his granny, reel] ; [The sportin' belles, reel] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
01:05:09 - 01:07:42 | [Splendid isolation] (comp. Brendan McGlinchey), reel ; [McGlinchey's] (comp. Brendan McGlinchey), reel / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
01:07:43 - 01:12:30 | Brendan McGlinchey, speech ; Peter Murphy, speech ; Family of musicians in Dunfanaghy, speech / James Byrne, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English
01:12:31 - 01:14:42 | [The blacksmith's fancy], reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
01:18:23 - 01:18:58 | Untitled, [reel] [version of The turnpike gate, reel] ; [Biddy of Barnes, reel] ; [The bungalow] [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle
01:18:60 - 01:14:42 | James gives Dermot directions to Con Cassidy's house, speech / James Byrne, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English
01:21:38 - 01:24:31 | The Irish washerwoman, jig / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle

The following item appears to have been recorded at a formal event such as a concert or in a hall.
01:25:43 - 01:27:57 | [The primrose lass, reel] ; [John Stenson's no. 1, reel] ; [John Stenson's no. 2, reel] / Unidentified, flute

The following material is dubbed from a recording made by Caoimhín Mac Aoidh on 14 January 1977:
01:34:58 - 02:02:35 | An enchanted fiddle bought by John's father in a pawn shop, speech ; Anthony Helforty, speech ; John Mhosaí McGinley and his composition of the tune 'The Atlantic roar', speech ; What makes a good fiddle?, speech ; A Glenfin fiddle player who was given the gift of music from the fairies, speech ;John's father, Mickey and how good a fiddle player he was, speech ; 'Doyle' the dark fiddler of Fanad, speech ; The black mare of Fanad, speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:03:19 - 02:04:18 | The pet in the kitchen, [jig] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:04:46 - 02:06:12 | The black Fanad mare, [reel] = [The nine points of rougery, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:06:51 - 02:08:08 | The Loughside hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle
02:08:26 - 02:10:15 | The high level, [hornpipe] ; Madam Vanoni, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:10:30 - 02:12:29 | Music of the area, speech ; The area in Donegal where John travels, speech ; Social history about farm labourers, speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:12:50 - 02:15:36 | The blackbird, air ; The blackbird, hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle
02:15:59 - 02:16:58 | The piper in the cave, speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:17:28 - 02:18:46 | Welcome home Gráinne, [march] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:19:25 - 02:20:24 | My love is in America, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:20:33 - 02:21:34 | The return to Miltown, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:22:28 - 02:23:28 | The last house in Connacht] [comp. Paddy O'Brien], reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:23:43 - 02:24:19 | Mickey Browne's reel (version of The gravel walks to Granny) / John Doherty, fiddle
02:24:24 - 02:32:34 | Fiddler able to charm an animal or beast, speech ; Paganini mesmerising a bull to collect £1,000 inside the castle door, speech ; Dónal, a Glenfin man who found a book written in ogham script prophesying the end of the world, speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:32:40 - 02:33:37 | Kitty's rambles, jig / John Doherty, fiddle
02:34:06 - 02:36:28 | A dream that John had where a young woman appeared and taught him a piece of music, speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:36:47 - 02:38:07 | John Doherty's dream, slow air / John Doherty, fiddle
02:39:57 - 02:41:51 | Untitled (comp. James Scott Skinner), march / John Doherty, fiddle
02:42:27 - 02:46:07 | The fiddler Anthony Helforty and the tune 'The four posts of the bed', speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:46:13 - 02:47:30 | The four posts of the bed, reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:47:42 - 02:49:33 | The postman's knock, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:49:40 - 02:51:13 | Kitty's fancy, mazurka / John Doherty, fiddle
02:51:32 - 02:52:32 | The rising of the sun, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:52:43 - 02:54:40 | Who was the best fiddle player in the world?, speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:55:00 - 02:56:08 | The pinch of snuff, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:56:13 - 02:57:22 | The scholar, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:57:45 - 02:59:41 | Background to the tune 'Paddy's rambles through the park', speech / John Doherty, speech in English
02:59:42 - 03:01:51 | Paddy's rambles through the park, air / John Doherty, fiddle
03:02:09 - 03:03:31 | The cuckoo's nest, hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle
03:03:38 - 03:04:43 | The wild Irishman, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
03:05:01 - 03:06:32 | The flood on the holm, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
03:06:43 - 03:07:51 | Doherty's reel = [The Gweebarra bridge reel] / John Doherty, fiddle

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 22 [sound recording] / John Doherty

00:00:20 - 00:01:11 | The Salamanca, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:01:13 - 00:02:44 | The maids of Castlebar, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:02:52 - 00:04:04 | Background to the tune The Atlantic roar / John Doherty, speech in English
00:04:07 - 00:05:16 | Tuaim na farraige = [The Atlantic roar], hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle
00:05:39 - 00:06:53 | The Japanese hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle
00:07:09 - 00:08:48 | The high level, [hornpipe] ; Madame Vanoni, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:09:05 - 00:10:44 | Miss Patterson's slipper, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:10:46 - 00:12:25 | Miss Cunningham, [strathspey] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:12:27 - 00:14:13 | The devil among the tailors, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:14:33 - 00:16:51 | Bluebells, [air] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:16:53 - 00:18:01 | Bonnie Kate, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:18:03 - 00:19:51 | Lord Gordon, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:20:02 - 00:21:44 | The foxchase, [descriptive piece] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:21:47 - 00:31:51 | The meeting between Mickey Mór Doherty and John Mhósaí McGinley at a bar in Churchill, Co. Donegal, speech ; The meeting between John Mhósaí McGinley and his eldest brother, Maurice in Mullingar, speech / John Doherty, speech in English
00:32:04 - 00:32:22 | The Glen road to Carrick, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:32:32 - 00:34:14 | Fiddler's cramp, hornpipe = [The Independence, hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:34:30 - 00:36:10 | The mason's apron, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
00:36:12 - 00:38:04 | [Paddy Taylor's, reel] ; Farewell to Ireland, reel / Dermot Byrne, accordion
00:38:05 - 00:40:48 | [The new century], hornpipe ; [McDermott's, hornpipe] / Dermot Byrne, accordion
00:40:49 - 00:41:30 | Untitled, reel [version of The Camerion, reel] / [Simon Doherty], fiddle
00:41:31 - 00:42:14 | The merry sisters, [reel] / [Simon Doherty], fiddle
00:42:31 - 00:44:13 | [The flogging reel] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:44:25 - 00:46:05 | [The Irish washerwoman, jig] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:46:19 - 00:47:56 | [The mason's apron, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 27 [sound recording] / Con Cassidy

This material from 00:00:18 - 01:36:09 is a home recording by Con Cassidy for his neighbour and friend, Kitty 'Seán' Cunningham:
00:00:18 - 00:03:06 | Untitled, march / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:03:17 - 00:06:15 | [Con Cassidy's waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:06:25 - 00:07:16 | [Con Cassidy's waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:07:33 - 00:10:28 | Untitled, [waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:10:33 - 00:12:50 | [Pull down the blind, waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:13:04 - 00:14:26 | [The morning star, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:14:35 - 00:16:11 | [The green fields of Rossbeigh, reel] [= The Kerry, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:16:18 - 00:17:15 | Untitled, [reel] [version of The devil's dream] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:17:28 - 00:19:01 | [The low highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:19:13 - 00:20:55 | [The miller o'dervil, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:21:05 - 00:23:13 | [The maid behind the bar, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:23:20 - 00:24:42 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Neil Gow's wife, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:24:51 - 00:26:33 | [Con Cassidy's highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:26:46 - 00:28:51 | [Taibhse Chonaill = Conall's ghost, single jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:29:00 - 00:31:23 | [An seanduine dóite = The burnt old man, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:31:32 - 00:32:55 | [The pet in the kitchen, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:33:02 - 00:35:33 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Julia Delaney, reel] ; [Julia Delaney, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:35:39 - 00:38:15 | [The Derry hornpipe] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:38:28 - 00:40:28 | [Lad O'Beirne] [comp. Ed. Reavy], hornpipe / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:40:37 - 00:43:54 | [The Galway hornpipe] ; [McDermott's, hornpipe] ; [The Galway hornpipe] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:44:30 - 00:47:10 | [McDermott's, hornpipe] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:47:19 - 00:49:15 | [The Donegal reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:49:22 - 00:51:34 | [Rakish Paddy, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:51:44 - 00:53:23 | Untitled, [reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:53:30 - 00:55:10 | [Seán sa cheo = John in the fog, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:55:17 - 00:56:45 | [Australian waters, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:56:49 - 00:58:13 | [The trip to Sligo, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:58:20 - 01:01:04 | [The ship in full sail, jig] ; [The Connachtman's rambles, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:01:13 - 01:01:04 | [Paddy Barron's highland] [version of Mick Carr's, highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:03:00 - 01:04:22 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Miss Drummond of Perth, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:04:33 - 01:05:53 | [The braes of Maas, highland] [version of The braes of Mar, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:06:24 - 01:07:52 | [The braes of Maas, highland] [version of The braes of Mar, strathspey] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:08:02 - 01:09:39 | Untitled, [highland] [version of Sporting Paddy, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:09:44 - 01:11:07 | [The jiggedy jaggedy highland] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:11:13 - 01:14:57 | [The Salamanca, reel] ; [The copper plate, reel] ; [The Sallygarden's, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:15:05 - 01:19:12 | [The speaking waltz] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:19:19 - 01:21:02 | [Boolavogue, air] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:21:10 - 01:22:15 | [The blackberry blossom, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:22:24 - 01:23:46 | [Tie the ribbons, reel] [= The Dublin lasses, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:23:53 - 01:26:03 | [McFarley's reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:26:10 - 01:27:33 | [Martin Wynne's] [comp. Martin Wynne], reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:27:40 - 01:29:21 | [The pigeon on the gate, reel] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:29:29 - 01:31:22 | Untitled, [jig] [version of Charlie Stewart, jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:31:28 - 01:32:52 | [Con Cassidy's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:32:58 - 01:34:26 | [Con Cassidy's jig] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:34:34 - 01:35:51 | [The Boyne hunt, reel] [Con Cassidy version] / Con Cassidy, fiddle
01:35:55 - 01:36:09 | [The green groves of Erin, reel] [tune fragment] / Con Cassidy, fiddle

01:37:09 - 01:38:20 | [Hardiman the fiddler, slip jig] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:38:44 - 01:40:05 | [The old hag in the churn, jig] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:41:33 - 01:43:05 | [King of the pipers, jig] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:44:00 - 01:45:21 | [Frank a'Phoill, jig] [= King of the pipers, jig] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:45:34 - 01:46:54 | [Johnny Doherty's jig] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:47:20 - 01:48:34 | [Bruckless shore, jig] [= Arthur Darley's, jig] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:49:50 - 01:51:32 | [An gasúr mór = The grand boy, hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:52:35 - 01:55:13 | [The blackbird, air] ; [The blackbird, hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle
01:55:32 - 01:57:52 | [Tiarna Mhaigh Eo = Lord Mayo], air / John Doherty, fiddle
01:58:51 - 02:01:02 | [Rocking the cradle, song] / John Doherty, singing in English
02:01:05 - 02:02:49 | [Rocking the cradle, air] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:03:21 - 02:04:42 | The maids of Mullagh, reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:04:45 - 02:05:43 | [The cup of tea, reel] [two-part version] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:06:18 - 02:07:32 | [The fantastic reel] / John Doherty fiddle
02:08:03 - 02:09:09 | [Biddy of Barnes, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:09:20 - 02:10:01 | [The baker] [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:10:09 - 02:11:05 | Untitled, reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:11:48 - 02:13:10 | [The boys of Malin, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:13:20 - 02:14:26 | [Gealach an Fhómhair = The harvest moon], reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:14:46 - 02:15:50 | [The Donegal Peter Street], reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:15:55 - 02:16:53 | Untitled, reel / John Doherty, fiddle
02:17:02 - 02:18:21 | [The Boyne hunt, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
02:18:35 - 02:20:01 | [The Emyvale, reel] / [Mickey Doherty?], fiddle
02:20:14 - 02:22:18 | [Crowley's no. 1, reel] ; [Crowley's no. 2, reel] / [Mickey Doherty?], fiddle
02:22:21 - 02:23:24 | [The gravel walks to Granny, reel] [two-part version] / [Mickey Doherty?], fiddle
02:23:35 - 02:25:14 | [Moll Tiarna, reel] [version of The volunteer, reel] / [Mickey Doherty?], fiddle
02:25:49 - 02:27:03 | [Lough Isle Castle, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle ; [Mickey Doherty?], fiddle