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O'Byrne, Francie Dearg, 1904-1987 With digital objects
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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