Item SMK-18801/259539 - Seán McKiernan Collection. Reel-to-Reel 2 [sound recording] / [various performers]

Performers:
Reel-to-reel tape recorded by Sean McKiernan, Coillin, Carna, Co Galway, and loaned by him to ITMA for copying on 19 March 2006Digitised and catalogued from the reel-to-reel tape by Jackie Small, completed June 2006.Two donor copies sent by post to Sean McKiernan, June 2006. Original tape kept to be returned to Sean McKiernan in person.Imported from Reeldubs July 2013ARDI: Tracks A16–21: Friday 31 March 1967Abbreviation used: DMWC = \'The Dance Music of Willie Clancy\', edited by Pat MitchellTracks 1–15 are dubs from other reel-to-reel recordings;
Tracks 16–21 are an off-air dub of a radio programme featuring Seamus Ennis, broadcast on RTE radio on Friday 31 March 1967;
Tracks 22–31 are an off-air dub from an RTE radio programme in the series \'American Journey\', presented by Ciaran Mac Mathuna;
Tracks 32–48 are private recordings of Willie Clancy, pipes, made by Sean McKiernan;
Tracks 49–56 are an off-air dub of an edition of the RTE radio programme \'Sounds Traditional\', presented by Ciaran Mac Mathuna, featuring Seamus Ennis;
Tracks 57–66 are dubs from other reel-to-reel recordings

Running Order:
1. Reel: The Ravelled Hank of Yarn [DMWC, # 2]
2. Reel: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare; DMWC, # 53 (untitled); for a different recording of this by the same performer, see track B16]
3. Jig: Sixpenny Money [DMWC, # 18]
4. Air: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
5. Reels: Tarbolton [DMWC, # 14; Cooleen Bridge], Fermoy Lasses [DMWC, # 16]
6. Air: My Lagan Love
7. Jig, Speech: Tiocfaidh Tu Abhaile Liom [DMWC, # 21; Will You Come Home with Me?], Untitled
8. Jig: The Frieze Breeches [DMWC, # 11; I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her; 2-part version of The Frieze Breeches]
9. Reel: Untitled [DMWC, # 27 (untitled); Farewell to Erin (CRE, # 139)]
10. Reel: The Pinch of Snuff [DMWC, # 122]
11. Jig: Bimid ag Ol [DMWC, # 7]
12. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled (incomplete) [The Steampacket]
13. Speech, Reel: Untitled [Announcement on original recording], Untitled [The Morning Star] [From a private cylinder recording]
14. Hornpipe: Untitled (incomplete) [The Kildare Fancy]
15. Speech, Reel, Speech, Jig: Untitled [Announcement on original recording], Bean an Ti ar Urlar ag Obair [The Woman of the House], Untitled [Announcement on original recording], Untitled [The Geese in the Bog] [From a cylinder recording made by Feis Ceoil officials about 1900] [END OF BAND ONE]
16. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Introduction to the tunes that follow]
17. Hornpipes: O'Dwyer's Hornpipe, The Derry Hornpipe
18. Speech, Air: Untitled, The Trip We Took over the Mountain
19. Speech: Untitled
20. Jigs, Speech: Paidin O Raifeartaigh, The Lad in the Shed / Westering Home, Airgead Realach [Sixpenny Money], Untitled [Interspersed with the music performance]
21. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement, signalling the end of this radio programme]
22. Reel, Speech: McFadden's Reel [McFadden's Favourite; DMI, # 716], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
23. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; interview with Paddy O'Sullivan]
24. Reels, Speech: Trim the Velvet, Untitled [The First House in Connacht], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
25. Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement; interview with Bill Greenall]
26. Air, Speech: Ar Eirinn ni Neosfainn Ce Hi / For Ireland I'd not Tell Her Name, Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
27. Speech: Untitled [Radio interviews with Roger Casey (dancer), his father Pat Casey, and accordion-player Joe Madden]
28. Reels, Speech: Untitled [The Dawn], Untitled [The Golden Keyboard; composed by Martin Mulhaire], Untitled [Radio announcement, as voice-over]
29. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview]
30. Speech, Jigs, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [The music on this track, and part of the speech at the end of the track, plays at double the speed of the rest of the contents of this tape; for an edited version with the speeds adjusted, see track A31] [END OF BAND FOUR]
31. Speech, Jigs, Speech: Untitled, Untitled, Untitled [The Lark on the Strand], Untitled [This track is an edited version of track A30 with speeds adjusted to normal speed]
32. Speech, Reel: Untitled, Untitled [Pat Tuohy's Reel (DMI, # 595); Patsy Touhey's Reel]
33. Slip Jig, Speech: Untitled [Will You Come down to Limerick?; DMWC, # 58; Kitty Come down to Limerick; The Munster Gimlet], Untitled
34. Slip Jig, Speech: Untitled [Give Us a Drink of Water; DMWC, # 123], Untitled
35. Jig: Untitled [Banish Misfortune; DMWC, # 137]
36. Jig, Speech: Untitled [Nora Criona; DMWC, # 152; has been described as Patsy Touhey's version; for a different recording of this by the same performer, see track B11], Untitled
37. Reel: Untitled [Jenny's Welcome to Charlie; DMWC, # 144]
38. Speech, Reel, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [The Flags of Dublin], Untitled [While instrument is being tuned]
39. Speech, Reels: Untitled, Untitled [My Love is in America; DMWC, # 83], Untitled [Jenny Picking Cockles; DMWC, # 124]
40. Speech, Reels: Untitled [During tentative playing of possible candidate tunes for recording], Untitled [The Connacht Heifers; DMWC, # 62; The Connacht Heifer], Untitled [Corney is Coming; DMWC, # 8; followed by instrument tuning]
41. Reel: Untitled [The Pinch of Snuff; DMWC, # 122]
42. Speech, Jig, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Nora Criona; DMWC, # 152; has been described as Patsy Touhey's version; for a different recording of this by the same performer, see track B5], Untitled
43. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Geese in the Bog; The Lark's March], Untitled
44. Hornpipe, Speech: Untitled [Ballymanus Fair], Untitled
45. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Pigeon on the Gate], Untitled
46. Speech, Jigs: Untitled, Untitled [Down the Back Lane; DMWC, # 103], Untitled [Paidin O Raifeartaigh; DMWC, # 60]
47. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Boys of Ballisodare; DMWC, # 53 (untitled); for a different recording of this by the same performer see track A2], Untitled
48. Air: Untitled (incomplete) [Sliabh na mBan; tape runs out] [END OF BAND THREE]
49. Speech, Speech: Untitled [Radio announcement], Untitled [Radio interview; includes story about the Scolaire Bocht, the Poor Scholar]
50. Reel: The Scholar / The Poor Scholar
51. Speech: Untitled [Radio interview; topics: Seamus Ennis's pipes; a story connected with the next tune to be played]
52. Reel: The Woman of the House
53. Speech: Untitled [Story connected with the tune The Gold Ring]
54. Jig: The Gold Ring
55. Speech: Untitled [Story connected with the tune that follows]
56. Reel, Speech: Did the Rum Do, Da? [Anything for John-Joe], Untitled [Radio announcements]
57. Jig, Speech: Strop the Razor / Piocfad an Snathaid [DMWC, 29; The Cook in the Kitchen (version of)], Untitled [Information about the titles of the tune just played]
58. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Frieze Breeches (version of); DMWC, 12 (one of several versions given); pieced together here with difficulty], Untitled
59. Air: Untitled [Related to the melody of the song The Lowlands of Holland?]
60. Single Jig: Untitled [Willie's Single; DMWC, # 75]
61. Jig, Speech: Fasten the Leg in Her [DMWC, # 73], Untitled
62. Jig, Speech: Untitled [The Lark in the Morning (version of); 2 parts only; DMWC, # 78], Untitled
63. Speech, Fling, Speech: Untitled, Untitled [Fling No. 1 (DMWC, # 146); Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Fair], Untitled
64. Reel: Down the Broom [DMWC, # 77]
65. Reel, Speech: The Dublin Lads [DMWC, # 67], Untitled
66. Reel, Speech: Untitled [The Concertina Reel; DMWC, # 72], Untitled [END OF BAND TWO]