Ireland: Singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 1

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February 1973 ; March 1973

Speech [Off-air dub of radio program; information from A O'H: 'BBC N.I. Radio comedy programme from early 1970s. Poor quality sound'] / Unidentified performers, speech in English, singing in English, guitar

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

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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 3

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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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 5

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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The bold Robert Emmet (unfinished) [Information from A O'H: 'Micky McClure sings a Robert Emmet song to the air of 'The streets of Laredo' or 'The bold Phelim Brady'], song / Micky McClure, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 6

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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It was in the month of September [Information from A O'H: 'Paddy Duffy sings a song about a great ball'], song / Paddy Duffy, singing in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 9

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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Speech [Information from A O'H: George tells the comic story of the priest, the boy who didn't go to school and his mother who lived in an out-of-the-way place'] / George ‘Grainne’ McLaughlin, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 10

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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Speech [Information from A O'H: Paddy Duffy says some lines from the Christmas Rhymers play that were given a local treatment by Pat Lynch. The same thing in another local parody of the recitation 'The Cremation of Sam Magee'. George also says some lines from the Christmas Rhymers'] / Paddy Duffy, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Cassette 21 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 4

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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The road and the miles to Dundee, song / Unidentified performer [Scott?], singing in English

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

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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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 8

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February 1973 ; March 1973

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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

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