Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (aged about 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 3 September 1968 [tracks 4–11]
Recorded in Gillespie’s public house, Main Street, Cashel, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, from Patrick Heekin (aged about 52), of Garraros, Glencolumkille, 10 September 1968 [tracks 12–22]
Recorded in the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal from Charles Boyle (AGED ABOUT 74) and his son Bernard (aged about 30), 2 September 1968 [tracks 1–3]

Performers:
Charles Boyle, singing in English Tracks 1–2;
Bernard Boyle, singing in Irish Track 3;
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrioniais), fiddle solo Tracks 4, 9;
Christopher Byrne, singing in English Tracks 5–6, 8, 10;
Margaret Byrne, singing in English Tracks 7, 11;
Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish Track 12, singing in English Tracks 13–22

Running Order:
1. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘If I were king of Ireland and all things at my will...’), song / Charles Boyle (aged about 73), singing in English [session continued from 6824]
2. The valley of Knockanure (‘You may boast and speak about Easter week...’), song / Charles Boyle, singing in English
3. Rhyme: Bhí Humpty-Dumpty ina shuí ar an bhalla, rhyme [from school], Bernard Boyle, speech in Irish [end of session]
4. Gillespie’s favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie (aged about 45), fiddle
5. The bonny bunch of roses (‘By the margin of the ocean one pleasant morning in the month of June...’), song / Christopher Byrne (aged about 20), singing in English
6. Molly Bawn (‘Come all you young fowlers who handle a gun...’), song [learnt from Packy Manus Byrne, Bruckless, Co. Donegal] / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
7. Bold Robert Emmet (‘The struggle is over, the boys are defeated...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English
8. The Shamrock Shore, song (‘With grief of mind [?] and me combine...’), song / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
9. Lyons’ favourite, jig / Patrick (Paddy Phroinsiais) Gillespie, fiddle
10. Galway Bay (’Tis far away I am today...’) / Christopher Byrne, singing in English
11. The Drumboe martyrs (’Twas the feast of St Patrick by the dawn of the day...’), song / Maraget Byrne, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. D’ith damh dubh uibh amh ar neamh indiu, saying [used by an Englishman to prove that the Irish language sounds like dogs barking] ; Tá bean bheag amuigh ansin, ta sí ró-fhranncach, Gúna beag buff uirthi, bearad is plaincéid, riddle [beathóg: bee] ; Teachtaire beag ó theach go theach [sic] Agus bhíonn sé amugih san oíche, riddle [Casán: path] ; Chuaidh mé amach maidin brea ceo Agus chonnaic mé an marbh ag iompar an bheo, riddle [bád: boat] / Patrick Heekin, speech in Irish 
13. The bark and the tree [=The nobleman’s wedding] (‘In yon weeping willow there grows a nice flower...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
14. [Stock and wall] [=Captain Wedderburn’s courtship] (‘A nobleman’s fair dauaghter walked down a narrow lane...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
15. The banks of sweet Dundee (‘It being of a farmer’s daughter, most beautiful I’m told...’), song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
16. The bonny moorhen (‘As I was going over yon mulberry bog...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
17. The grey mare (‘Roger the miller came courting of late...’) song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
18. There lived in this town a very nice couple, song / Patrick Heekin, singing in English
19. Cock-a-doodle-doo (‘Delaney from the market brought a fowl a month ago...’), song [ending clipped] / Patrick Heekin, singing in English [session continued at 6830] [END OF BAND TWO]

Recorded in the house of John Bán Byrne (aged about 52), Malinbeg, Co. Donegal, 5 September 1968 [tracks 1–6]
Recorded in the house of Bernard Maguire senior (Barney), aged 87), Largybrack, Glencolmkille, Co. Donegal, 6 September 1968 [tracks 7–8]

Performers:
John Bán Byrne, singing in English Tracks 1–3, fiddle solo Tracks 4–6;
Barney Maguire, singing in Irish Tracks 7–8

Running Order:
1. Barbara Ellen (‘It being about the Christmas time when green leaves they were falling...’), song [old ballad] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
2. The dark-eyed gipsy(‘There were three gipsies in the East...’), song [old ballad] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
3. Willy O (‘[Willie, Willie,] where are the blushes...’), song [fragment] / John Bán Byrne, singing in English
4. Untitled [= Old man Dillon], jig / John Bán Byrne, fiddle
5. The 'Old foggy dew', march / John Bán Byrne, fiddle
6. Highland: Untitled, highland / John Bán Byrne, fiddle [end of session]
7. Tá mo ghrádh-sa pósta (‘O tá mo ghrádh-sa ‘póstaí’ Is níl stór agam le fáil...’), song / Barney Maguire (aged 87), singing in Irish [session continued from 6822]
8. An cailín Sian (‘ ’Sa filleadh aniar domh sa [?] chailín tSian...’), song / Barney Maguire, singing in Irish [END OF BAND ONE]

Recorded at the house of Patrick (Paddy Phrionsiais) Gillespie, Gortaloon, Kinnakillew, Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal, 8 September 1968 [tracks 1–5]
Recorded at the house of John Gillespie, Doonalt,Glencolumkille, Co. Donegal from John Duggan (aged about 48), 8 September 1968 [tracks 6–12]

Performers:
Patrick Gillespie (Paddy Phrionsiais), singing Irish Track 1, fiddle solo Track 2, singing in English Track 3;
Unidentified performer, speech in Irish Tracks 4–5;
John Duggan, singing in English Tracks 6–12

Running Order:
1. An seanduine dóite (‘Óró sheanduine, sheanduine dóite...’) [refrain], song / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
2. Lord Gordon’s reel / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, fiddle
3. Kitty my love will you marry me (‘Kitty she went to the market...’), song [fragment] / Paddy Phroinsiais Gillespie, singing in English
4. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
5. Laura Beag, Lara Beag, rhyme [second take] / unidentified woman [aged about 60], speech in Irish
6. The lakes of Coolfin (‘It was early one morning as Willy arose...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
7. Willy O (‘Oh come you maiden[s] both fair and handsome...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
8. The banks of Claudy (‘As I roved out one morning, it was in the month of May...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
9. The dark-eyed gipsy (‘Oh there were three gipsies in the East...’), song [old ballad] / John Duggan, singing in English
10. The dark-eyed gipsy, song [second take] / John Duggan, singing in English
11. The flower of sweet Strabane (‘Were I the king of Ireland, had I all things at my will...’), song / John Duggan, singing in English
12. Barbry Ellen  (‘It being about the Christmas time...’), song [fragment of old ballad] / [END OF BAND ONE]