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Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 14 [sound recording] / [various performers]

The following recordings from 00:00:13 - 00:07:37 and 00:09:06 - 00:09:44 were dubbed from an edition of the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' / presented by Philip King:
00:00:13 - 00:07:37 | The importance of music in the community, speech ; Lilting, speech ; The influence of Scotland on the music, speech ; The Doherty family, speech ; Different types of highland, speech ; The story of 'Taibhse Chonaill' (Conall's ghost), speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English, speech in Irish ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, speech in English ; Philip King, speech in English, speech in Irish
00:07:41 - 00:09:05 | [Dusty windowsills, jig] / Unidentified, fiddle
00:09:06 - 00:09:44 | The closing announcement of radio broadcast, speech / Philip King, speech in English

The following material from 00:09:47 - 00:12:08 was recorded at a concert in the Highlands Hotel during the 1984 Glenties Fiddle Weekend:
00:09:47 - 00:11:05 | Untitled, air / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:11:08 - 00:12:08 | The chorus reel = [The Glen road to Carrick, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle

The following recordings from 00:12:10 - 00:43:50 were dubbed from a tape recorded by Rab Cherry in a bedroom at the Highlands Hotel, Glenties, Co. Donegal during the 1984 Glenties Fiddle Weekend:
00:12:10 - 00:13:51 | The Marquis of Huntley, reel ; The hurricane [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:13:53 - 00:15:05 | 79th farewell to Gibraltar, march / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:15:11 - 00:15:35 | Untitled, highland / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:15:43 - 00:16:28 | The iron man [comp. James Scott Skinner], strathspey / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:16:31 - 00:18:41 | McSweeney's lament, [waltz] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:18:45 - 00:21:18 | The speaking waltz / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:21:23 - 00:23:05 | The chorus reel = [The Glen road to Carrick, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:23:09 - 00:24:05 | The woman of the house [?] [The black mare of Fanad, reel] = [The nine points of roguery, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:24:37 - 00:26:09 | The woman of the house [?] [The black mare of Fanad, reel] = [The nine points of roguery, reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:26:21 - 00:27:57 | King of the pipers, [jig] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:27:58 - 00:29:04 | King George IV, [strathspey] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:29:07 - 00:30:23 | Nailor's hornpipe / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:30:24 - 00:31:10 | The blue angel, hornpipe / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:31:19 - 00:32:54 | Spillane's fiddle, [hornpipe] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:33:00 - 00:34:45 | Dark lonely valley (The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh), [comp. James Scott Skinner], air ; Untitled, hornpipe [strathspey] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:34:49 - 00:36:27 | Christy Marvin's reel = [T. Morrison's reel] = [The Dublin reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:36:28 - 00:37:27 | Miss Patterson's slipper, [reel] [Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne version] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:37:29 - 00:38:11 | The Donegal castle, hornpipe / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle
00:38:12 - 00:39:04 | The glory reel / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle ; Unidentified, fiddle
00:39:09 - 00:42:31 | Tripping up the stairs, [reel] ; Limerick house, [reel] = [The drummer reel] / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle ; Unidentified, fiddle
00:42:32 - 00:43:50 | Murdoch MacKenzie's reel / Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne, fiddle

The following recordings from 00:44:02 - 00:46:47 have no accompanying details:
00:44:02 - 00:45:09 | Untitled, jig / Unidentified, flute
00:45:14 - 00:46:47 | [President Garfield, hornpipe] / Various unidentified performers, instrumental music

Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 4 [sound recording] / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, fiddle

The following material from 00:00:14 - 00:24:10 was recorded for the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' and features music and conversation from Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, fiddle:
00:00:14 - 00:01:37 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music
00:01:38 - 00:19:02 | Versions of tunes, speech ; How versions have changed, speech ; Joe Burke adding a third part to a tune, speech ; Dermot's first visit to south-west Donegal, speech ; Frank McHugh, fiddle player from Kilcar, speech ; Different styles and repertoires in Donegal, speech ; How Con and another Teelin fiddler were asked to play at a dance with two Meenaneary musicians but did not know any of the tunes played, speech ; How John Doherty's repertoire was enhanced by Scottish tunes, speech ; The best fiddle player John Doherty's father heard was John Mhosaí McGinley from Glencolmcille, speech ; How John Mhosaí McGinley entered a fiddle competition in the south of Ireland and was nearly stoned by the crowd before competing and went on to win the competition, speech ; Neillidh Boyle, an outstanding fiddle player, speech ; How Neillidh got much music from his mother, speech ; Putting an extra bar in the tune to put off dancers, speech ; Frank Cassidy's music not liked by dancers, speech ; Frank turned into a more 'tricky' fiddle player than his brother, John Cassidy, speech / Various performers, speech in English
00:19:10 - 00:20:59 | Cuffe Street, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:21:36 - 00:23:16 | The green fields of Rossbeigh, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:23:20 - 00:24:10 | Naming of tunes was not important / Con Cassidy, speech in English

The following recordings from 00:24:16 - 00:48:10 are dubbed from an edition of the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' / presented by Philip King and featuring Con Cassidy, Dermot McLaughlin and Caoimhín Mac Aoidh:
00:24:16 - 00:25:25 | The pigeon on the gate, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle
00:25:26 - 00:34:18 | How people survive in Teelin, speech ; How times have improved since Con's youth, speech ; People had to emigrate, speech ; Con names the older fiddle players in Teelin, speech ; Hearing Joe Cooley play in London, speech ; First fiddler heard was his neighbour, Paddy Barron, speech ; The Doherty, McConnell and O'Rourke travelling families, speech ; Travelling pipers, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:34:31 - 00:36:47 | Taibhse Chonaill = [Conall's ghost], jig / Con Cassidy, fiddle
00:36:48 - 00:41:13 | Travelling families came more to south-west Donegal for music than other parts of the county, speech ; Frank Cassidy learning off the gramophone, speech ; Why Frank got a special tone from the fiddle?, speech ; Con introduces Dermot and Caoimhín, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English
00:41:14 - 00:42:59 | Doodely doodely dank, slip jig [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Various performers, instrumental music
00:43:00 - 00:44:08 | The naming of tunes, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English
00:44:09 - 00:46:01 | Con Cassidy's jig / Various performers, instrumental music
00:46:50 - 00:48:10 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music