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Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 3 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded in the house of Arthur Coulter, Carnaughliss, Loanends, Muckamore, Co. Antrim 25–26 June, 1968 from Arthur Coulter (age about 70), his daughter Mrs Mary Heaney (of Killead, Co. Antrim) and Fred Hull (of Largy, Crumlin, formerly of Aghalee Co. Antrim. [tracks 1-8]

Performers:
Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English Track 1
Arthur Coulter, singing in English Tracks 2–7, speech in English Tracks 3, 5
Fred Hull, singing in English Track 8

Running Order:
1. Kitty of Baltimore (‘When I was young and full of fun, a dashing, roving blade...’), song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
2. Donegore hill [fragment, the rest accidenatlly erased ; The maid From Ballygowan [starts 00:24] (‘Come all you gallant muses, I pray you now attend...’) ; discussion about The maid from Ballygowan ; songs [wrongly tracked] ; speech / Arthur Coulter singing in English, speech in English ; Hugh Shields, speech in English
3. Killeavys pride (‘Young Mary she was beautiful and called Killeaveys pride...’), song (air: cf. James McKee] / Arthur Coulter singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
4. Seven years since i had a sweetheart (‘There were two lovers and they were parting...’), song / Arthur Coulter singing in English
5. Down by the riverside (‘As I rode out one evening down by yon riverside...’), song / Arthur Coulter singing in English
6. Farewell to Kilnood* (Farewell unto you, sweet Kilnood...’), song / Arthur Coulter singing in English
7. Spanking Maggie (‘Come all you noble sporting men and listen to my song...’),song [fragment, verses 1–4 only] / Arthur Coulter singing in English
8. Aghalee heroes* (‘Oh you Protestant heroes of Ireland...’), song  / Fred Hull, singing in English [ session continued on 6802] [END OF BAND TWO] 

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 4 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded in the house of Arthur Coulter, Carnaughliss, Loanends, Muckamore, Co. Antrim 25–26 June, 1968 from Arthur Coulter (age about 70) and his daughter Mrs Mary Heaney (of Killead, Co. Antrim), 25–26 June, 1968 [tracks 1–10]

Performers:
Arthur Coulter, singing in English Tracks 1–3, speech in English Tracks 2, 3, 5, singing in duet in English Track 8
Mary Heaney, singing in English Tracks 4, 6, 7, 9-10 singing in duet in English Track 8

Running Order:
1. The Tardree Quarry workman ((‘I’m a Tardree quarry workman and has thirteen bob a week...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
2. Talk about the preceding song ; The Tardree Quarry Workman [verse 3 sung], speech ; song / Arthur Coulter, speech in English, singing in English
3. Barbara Allen [= Barbro Allen] (’Twas early, early in the spring When the flowers they were blooming...’) ; talk about the preceding, song, speech / Arthur Coulter, singing in English, speech in English
4. Glenarm Bay (‘It being in September when the weather it was warm...’), song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
5. Oh Archie dear (‘Oh Archie dear, we know right well...’), poem [composed by Arthur Coulter] / Arthur Coulter, speech in English [END OF BAND ONE]
6. Mind your eye, laddie (‘As I went a-walking down Liverpool street...’), song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
7. Down by the riverside (‘As I roved out one evening down by the riverside...’), song [learned from John Crawford] / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
8. Down by the riverside, song / Arthur Coulter, singing duet in English ; Mrs Mary Heaney, singing duet in English
9. The bonny Irish boy (‘Oh fiirst when I was courted by a bonny Irish boy...’), song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
10. The girl from Donegal (‘Young girls, draw near until you hear the news that makes me sad...’) / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English [session continued on 6803] [END OF BAND TWO]

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 6 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded from Mrs Eileen Keaney (age 76) in her house in Belfast, 28 June 1968 [tracks 1–12]
Recorded at Carnmoney, Co. Antrim (mostly outdoors), [26 June, 1968] [tracks 13–18]

Performers:
Eileen Keaney, singing in English Tracks 1-4, 6-7, 11-12, speech in Irish Track 5, lilting Tracks 8-10
James Laughlin, drumming Track 13
Stewart Moore, drumming Track 13
Unidentified performer, fife solo Track 15
Sam Given, whistle solo Track 14, fife solo with drum Track 16
Unidentified performer, drumming Track 17
David Laughlin, drumming, Track 18

Running Order:
1. You’re a wee bonny wean, song [see two previous renditions on 6803], song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English [session continued from 6803]
2. Hally-go-lee-go-lee, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
3. Going to Mass last Sunday (‘Fare you well old Ireland, shall I ever see you more?...’), song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
4. I have a little dolly, song [as learnt at school] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
5. ‘Lura beag’[twice] ; ‘Goidé mar atá tú’ ; ‘Comhairle Cholm Cille’ [learned from her grandfather, native of Glenelly, Co. Tyrone], sayings, / Mrs Eileen Keaney, speech in Irish
6. The bonny Irish boy (‘His name I like to mention, in Ireland he was born...’), song [learnt from her cousin Fanny Toner, Mt. Pleasure, Co. Donegal] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
7. When I was young, I had no sense, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
8. Miss McLeod’s [= ‘Swallow’s tail’?], reel [learned from her father’s fiddle playing] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, lilt
9.  Muldoon the solid man, reel [learned from her father’s fiddle playing] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, lilt
10. The green fields of America, reel [learned from her father’s fiddle playing] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, lilt
11. The rowan tree, song [words by Eileen Keaney to air of ‘Down by yon green bushes’], song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English [end of session] [END OF BAND ONE]
12. Down by yon green bushes [= Bonny Woodhall] (‘Down by yon green bushes by Calder’s clear burn...’), song [from MS text, learnt from her cousin Paddy Toner, Mt. Pleasure, Co. Donegal] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
13. Unidentified drumming / Stewart Moore, drumming
14. The battle of Garvagh, march / Sam Given, whistle
15. Unidentified march / unidentified performer, fife solo
16. The battle of Garvagh, march / Sam Given, fife ;  William Jackson, drumming
17. Unidentified drumming / unidentified performer, drumming
18. Unidentified drumming David Laughlin, drumming [end of session] [END OF BAND TWO]

Hugh Shields Collection. Reel-to-Reel 5 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Recorded in the house of Arthur Coulter, Carnaughliss, Loanends, Muckamore, Co. Antrim 25–26 June, 1968 from Arthur Coulter (age about 70), his son and his daughter Mrs Mary Heaney (of Killead, Co. Antrim), 25–26 June, 1968 [tracks 1–11]
Recorded from Mrs Eileen Keaney (age 76) in her house in Belfast, 28 June, 1968 [tracks 12–16]

Performers:
Arthur Coulter, singing in English Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, speech in English Track 2
Mary Heaney, singing in English, Tracks 2, 6–7
? Coulter (Arthur Coulter's Son), flute solo, Tracks 8–11
Eileen Keaney, singing in English 12–16

Running Order:
1. Donegore hill (‘As I journeyed to Antrim last Hallowday fair...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English [session continued from 6802]
2. Story of the following song ; The Crumlin line (‘Oh come all ye ranting rambling boys, come listen unto me...’), story ; song [words by Arthur Coulter] / Arthur Coulter, speech in English ; Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
3. The Banks of the Boyne in the morning (‘Listen to me while I relate...’), song / Arthur Coulter, singing in
4. It was up in London fair (’Twas up in London fair sure there’s a maid and she lives there...’), song [incomplete version] / Arthur Coulter, singing in English [END OF BAND ONE]
5. It was up in London fair [complete version], song / Arthur Coulter, singing in English
6. The Castlebar boy (‘I’m a boy from old Ireland, that beautiful place...’), song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
7. Some say the Divil’s dead, song / Mrs Mary Heaney, singing in English
8. Oh my Scotland, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife
9. The rowan tree, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife
10. The Orange lily, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife
11. Nelly Gray, march / Arthur Coulter’s son, fife [end of recording session]
12. The hat my father wore (‘I’m Paddy Miles an Irishman just come across the sea...’), song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
13. Rocking the cradle (‘Oh it’s rocking the cradle...’) , song [with lilt] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English, lilt
14. You’re a wee bonny wean, song / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English
15. Rocking the cradle, song [with lilt, second rendition] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English, lilt
16. You’re a wee bonny wean, song [second rendition, last word missing] / Mrs Eileen Keaney, singing in English [session continued at 6804] [END of BAND TWO]

Recording 2 [videorecording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Mullen, Brian, Belfast, singing in Irish, speech in Irish, speech in English
O'Brien, Mick, Dublin, pipes, whistle
Ó Raghallaigh, Caoimhín, Dublin, fiddle
Mac Lochlainn, Gearóid, Belfast, speech in Irish
Henderson, Jarlath, Armagh, pipes
Ni Uallachain, Padraigin, Armagh, singing in English, singing in Irish
Cooney, Steve, Australia, Donegal, guitar
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