Ireland: Singing in English

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

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

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

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 9

AOH-18693/1/258721/09
Part
February 1973 ; March 1973

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

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. Reel-to-Reel 36 [sound recording] / [various performers]

AOH-18693/1/258643
Item
09-Mar-77

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Performers:
O'Hara, Aidan, speech in English A1-6;
Hammond, Davy, Belfast, speech in English A1-6, singing in English A3, 6

Running Order:
1. Speech [revival folk music in Northern Ireland, its distinctiveness, song themes and language, sparse melodic line] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
2. Speech [talking to Seamus Ennis about music in Northern Ireland, Scottish and English influence on song, example showing the influence of Scotland on Northern Irish song is The Maid of Ballydoo] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
3. The maid of Ballydoo, song ; speech [song origins] / Davy Hammond, singing in English, speech in English
4. Speech [collecting, the poet Jimmy Simmons, Poor Genius record company, John Doherty, Sarah Makem, Geordie Hannah, Ulster heritage, Belfast - 'the Athens of the North', Edward Bunting and collecting harpers, The Country Folk Four, Trevor Stewart] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
5. Speech [young people becoming interested in music and culture in Northern Ireland, ] / Davy Hammond, speech in English
6. The week before Easter (I once loved a lass), song / Davy Hammond, singing in English [END OF STEREO BANDS]

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 36 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 1

AOH-18693/1/258643/01
Part
09-Mar-77

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Speech [revival folk music in Northern Ireland, its distinctiveness, song themes and language, sparse melodic line] / Davy Hammond, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 36 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 2

AOH-18693/1/258643/02
Part
09-Mar-77

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Speech [talking to Seamus Ennis about music in Northern Ireland, Scottish and English influence on song, example showing the influence of Scotland on Northern Irish song is The Maid of Ballydoo] / Davy Hammond, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 36 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 3

AOH-18693/1/258643/03
Part
09-Mar-77

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

The maid of Ballydoo, song ; speech [song origins] / Davy Hammond, singing in English, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 36 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 4

AOH-18693/1/258643/04
Part
09-Mar-77

Part of Aidan O'Hara Collection

Speech [collecting, the poet Jimmy Simmons, Poor Genius record company, John Doherty, Sarah Makem, Geordie Hannah, Ulster heritage, Belfast - 'the Athens of the North', Edward Bunting and collecting harpers, The Country Folk Four, Trevor Stewart] / Davy Hammond, speech in English

Aidan O'Hara Collection. Reel-to-Reel 36 [sound recording] / [various performers]. Track 5