Irish Traditional Music Archive

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 96 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 5

AOH-18693/1/258698/05
Part
1979

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

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 2

AOH-18693/1/258721/02
Part
February 1973 ; March 1973

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

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

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 7

AOH-18693/1/258721/07
Part
February 1973 ; March 1973

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

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

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 12

AOH-18693/1/258721/12
Part
February 1973 ; March 1973

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

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

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 95 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 6

AOH-18693/1/258697/06
Part
1979

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Speech [song introduction] ; Clonmany For Me, song ; Speech [Information provided by AOH: Jimmy sings a tongue-in-cheeky song, 'Clonmany for Me', written by Pat Lynch, Carndonagh. Jimmy said that Pat also wrote 'The Lighthouse Down at Bunagee' - and the funny part of it all was that there's no lighthouse at Bunagee - 'The Banks of the Shannon'. Pat was a comedian, Jimmy said. He did recitations like 'An Angel Grew Tired of Heaven'. Pat and Neil Kearney were contemporaries of Harry Lauder and the pair met him one time. Harry wanted them to travel with him on his world tour, he thought they were so good] / Jimmy Clingan, speech in English, singing in English; Aidan O’Hara, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 3

AOH-18693/1/258721/03
Part
February 1973 ; March 1973

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

When you and I were young [Information from A O'H: 'George sings Maggie'], song / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 8

AOH-18693/1/258721/08
Part
February 1973 ; March 1973

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

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

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 11

AOH-18693/1/258721/11
Part
February 1973 ; March 1973

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

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

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