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00:00:20 - 00:01:11 | The Salamanca, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:01:13 - 00:02:44 | The maids of Castlebar, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:02:52 - 00:04:04 | Background to the tune The Atlantic roar / John Doherty, speech in English 00:04:07 - 00:05:16 | Tuaim na farraige = [The Atlantic roar], hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 00:05:39 - 00:06:53 | The Japanese hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 00:07:09 - 00:08:48 | The high level, [hornpipe] ; Madame Vanoni, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:09:05 - 00:10:44 | Miss Patterson's slipper, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:10:46 - 00:12:25 | Miss Cunningham, [strathspey] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:12:27 - 00:14:13 | The devil among the tailors, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:14:33 - 00:16:51 | Bluebells, [air] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:16:53 - 00:18:01 | Bonnie Kate, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:18:03 - 00:19:51 | Lord Gordon, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:20:02 - 00:21:44 | The foxchase, [descriptive piece] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:21:47 - 00:31:51 | The meeting between Mickey Mór Doherty and John Mhósaí McGinley at a bar in Churchill, Co. Donegal, speech ; The meeting between John Mhósaí McGinley and his eldest brother, Maurice in Mullingar, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 00:32:04 - 00:32:22 | The Glen road to Carrick, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:32:32 - 00:34:14 | Fiddler's cramp, hornpipe = [The Independence, hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:34:30 - 00:36:10 | The mason's apron, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:36:12 - 00:38:04 | [Paddy Taylor's, reel] ; Farewell to Ireland, reel / [Dermot Byrne?], accordion 00:38:05 - 00:40:48 | [The new century], hornpipe ; [McDermott's, hornpipe] / [Dermot Byrne?], accordion 00:40:49 - 00:41:30 | Untitled, reel [version of The Camerion, reel] / [Simon Doherty], fiddle 00:41:31 - 00:42:14 | The merry sisters, [reel] / [Simon Doherty], fiddle 00:42:31 - 00:44:13 | [The flogging reel] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:44:25 - 00:46:05 | [The Irish washerwoman, jig] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:46:19 - 00:47:56 | [The mason's apron, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle

Strathspey: The Braes of Maas (beginning clipped) Unidentified performer - incidental speech in English Unidentified performers

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00:00:30 - 00:03:10 | Cradle song, air / James Byrne, fiddle 00:03:12 - 00:04:59 | Untitled, barndance / James Byrne, fiddle 00:05:03 - 00:06:40 | [Peter Cunningham's highland] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:06:50 - 00:08:26 | [Séamus Ó Beirn's highland] / James Byrne, fiddle The following recordings 00:08:36 - 00:22:28 were made in Nora McGinley's Bar, Carrick, Co. Donegal featuring James Byrne, fiddle ; Seán Byrne, guitar and various other musicians: 00:08:36 - 00:10:32 | Untitled, highland [version of Denis Murphy's reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Unidentified, fiddle 00:10:34 - 00:12:18 | [Johnny Boyle's jig] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:12:20 - 00:14:09 | [John Byrne's] jig / Various performers, instrumental music 00:14:12 - 00:16:38 | [Mrs Kenny's], waltz / Various performers, instrumental music 00:16:39 - 00:18:51 | Untitled, waltz [version of The highland cradle song] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:18:54 - 00:21:20 | [The Arkansas traveller, reel] ; [Turkey in the straw, reel] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:21:25 - 00:22:28 | Mick Carr's barndance / Unidentified, fiddle

Barndance: Untitled McGurk, Bella, Tyrone

00:00:50 - 00:01:39 | [Lough Isle Castle, reel] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:02:17 - 00:04:25 | [Lough Isle Castle, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:04:29 - 00:05:30 | [Miss Crawford's strathspey] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:06:17 - 00:07:11 | [The 21 highland] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:08:35 - 00:10:11 | [Rí Mhín na Saileach = The king of Meenasillagh, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:10:58 - 00:12:16 | [Paddy Hiúdaí's, slip jig] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:13:40 - 00:17:09 | [The girls of Ardara, highland] ; Unititled, [highland] [version of In the town of Ballybay, song] ; Untitled, [highland] [version of Miss Drummond of Perth, strathspey] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:18:03 - 00:19:57 | [McConnell's, barndance] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:21:15 - 00:24:08 | [Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne's, reel] ; [The pigeon on the gate, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:24:54 - 00:27:46 | [The hurricane] (comp. James Scott Skinner), reel / [The Shetland fiddler, reel] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:29:46 - 00:31:37 | The maids of Mullagh, reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:32:51 - 00:34:47 | [Molloy's favourite, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:34:51 - 00:37:02 | [The spinning wheel] = [The flood on the holm] [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:37:08 - 00:39:47 | [McCahill's no. 1, reel] ; [McCahill's no. 2, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:41:27 - 00:41:36 | [The harvest home, hornpipe] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:41:37 - 00:43:48 | [Casey's pig, highland] ; [The ewe with the crooked horn, highland] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:44:04 - 00:45:44 | [Dúlamán na binne buí no. 1 = Seaweed from the yellow cliff's, highland] ; [Dúlamán na binne buí no. 2, highland] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:46:31 - 00:47:50 | Untitled, [highland] ; [The devil in the kitchen, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:48:57 - 00:50:53 | [An Mullach Garbh = The rugged height, highland] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:51:05 - 00:52:59 | [Muineál a' bhardail = The drake's neck, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:54:18 - 00:56:48 | [Jimmy McNelis', highland] ; Untitled, [reel] (version of Jimmy McNelis', highland) ; Untitled, [reel] (Danny Meehan version) / James Byrne, fiddle 00:59:35 - 01:00:05 | [O'Connor Donn, reel] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle 01:00:08 - 01:02:13 | [O'Connor Donn, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 01:02:50 - 01:04:36 | [The highlandman who kissed his granny, reel] ; [The sportin' belles, reel] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 01:05:09 - 01:07:42 | [Splendid isolation] (comp. Brendan McGlinchey), reel ; [McGlinchey's] (comp. Brendan McGlinchey), reel / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 01:07:43 - 01:12:30 | Brendan McGlinchey, speech ; Peter Murphy, speech ; Family of musicians in Dunfanaghy, speech / James Byrne, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English 01:12:31 - 01:14:42 | [The blacksmith's fancy], reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 01:18:23 - 01:18:58 | Untitled, [reel] [version of The turnpike gate, reel] ; [Biddy of Barnes, reel] ; [The bungalow] [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle 01:18:60 - 01:14:42 | James gives Dermot directions to Con Cassidy's house, speech / James Byrne, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English 01:21:38 - 01:24:31 | The Irish washerwoman, jig / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle The following item appears to have been recorded at a formal event such as a concert or in a hall. 01:25:43 - 01:27:57 | [The primrose lass, reel] ; [John Stenson's no. 1, reel] ; [John Stenson's no. 2, reel] / Unidentified, flute The following material is dubbed from a recording made by Caoimhín Mac Aoidh on 14 January 1977: 01:34:58 - 02:02:35 | An enchanted fiddle bought by John's father in a pawn shop, speech ; Anthony Helforty, speech ; John Mhosaí McGinley and his composition of the tune 'The Atlantic roar', speech ; What makes a good fiddle?, speech ; A Glenfin fiddle player who was given the gift of music from the fairies, speech ;John's father, Mickey and how good a fiddle player he was, speech ; 'Doyle' the dark fiddler of Fanad, speech ; The black mare of Fanad, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:03:19 - 02:04:18 | The pet in the kitchen, [jig] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:04:46 - 02:06:12 | The black Fanad mare, [reel] = [The nine points of rougery, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:06:51 - 02:08:08 | The Loughside hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 02:08:26 - 02:10:15 | The high level, [hornpipe] ; Madam Vanoni, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:10:30 - 02:12:29 | Music of the area, speech ; The area in Donegal where John travels, speech ; Social history about farm labourers, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:12:50 - 02:15:36 | The blackbird, air ; The blackbird, hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 02:15:59 - 02:16:58 | The piper in the cave, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:17:28 - 02:18:46 | Welcome home Gráinne, [march] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:19:25 - 02:20:24 | My love is in America, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:20:33 - 02:21:34 | The return to Miltown, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:22:28 - 02:23:28 | The last house in Connacht] [comp. Paddy O'Brien], reel / John Doherty, fiddle 02:23:43 - 02:24:19 | Mickey Browne's reel (version of The gravel walks to Granny) / John Doherty, fiddle 02:24:24 - 02:32:34 | Fiddler able to charm an animal or beast, speech ; Paganini mesmerising a bull to collect £1,000 inside the castle door, speech ; Dónal, a Glenfin man who found a book written in ogham script prophesying the end of the world, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:32:40 - 02:33:37 | Kitty's rambles, jig / John Doherty, fiddle 02:34:06 - 02:36:28 | A dream that John had where a young woman appeared and taught him a piece of music, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:36:47 - 02:38:07 | John Doherty's dream, slow air / John Doherty, fiddle 02:39:57 - 02:41:51 | Untitled (comp. James Scott Skinner), march / John Doherty, fiddle 02:42:27 - 02:46:07 | The fiddler Anthony Helforty and the tune 'The four posts of the bed', speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:46:13 - 02:47:30 | The four posts of the bed, reel / John Doherty, fiddle 02:47:42 - 02:49:33 | The postman's knock, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:49:40 - 02:51:13 | Kitty's fancy, mazurka / John Doherty, fiddle 02:51:32 - 02:52:32 | The rising of the sun, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:52:43 - 02:54:40 | Who was the best fiddle player in the world?, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:55:00 - 02:56:08 | The pinch of snuff, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:56:13 - 02:57:22 | The scholar, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:57:45 - 02:59:41 | Background to the tune 'Paddy's rambles through the park', speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:59:42 - 03:01:51 | Paddy's rambles through the park, air / John Doherty, fiddle 03:02:09 - 03:03:31 | The cuckoo's nest, hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 03:03:38 - 03:04:43 | The wild Irishman, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 03:05:01 - 03:06:32 | The flood on the holm, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 03:06:43 - 03:07:51 | Doherty's reel = [The Gweebarra bridge reel] / John Doherty, fiddle

Song: Untitled Unidentified performer - singing in duet

Reel: Over the Bridge to Bessie (beginning clipped) Loughran, John, Tyrone McGurk, Bella, Tyrone

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Polkas: Untitled, Untitled McGurk, Bella, Tyrone

Reel: Untitled Connell, Connie, Kerry - fiddle solo

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00:00:40 - 00:02:25 | The reel 'The silver spire', speech ; Learning most of it from John [James] Connaghan and the last few bars from John Doherty, speech / Vincent Campbell, speech in English 00:02:28 - 00:03:41 | The sliver spire, reel / Vincent Campbell, fiddle 00:03:47 - 00:06:50 | Concerns about Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, speech ; Erosion of regional styles and traditions, speech ; Background to the tune 'Muileann na maidí', speech / Vincent Campbell, speech in English 00:06:51 - 00:08:18 | Muileann na maidí = [Crushing of the twigs], reel / Vincent Campbell, fiddle 00:08:25 - 00:08:44 | Introduction for Vincent Campbell on the RTÉ television prorgramme 'Bring down the lamp' broadcast in 1982, speech / Tony MacMahon, speech in English 00:08:45 - 00:11:34 | [The long german], barndance ; Castles in the air, [hornpipe] / Vincent Campbell, fiddle 00:16:28 - 00:19:18 | Untitled, air / [Peter Wyper?], melodeon ; unidentified, piano 00:19:24 - 00:22:12 | Untitled, air / [Peter Wyper?], melodeon ; unidentified, piano 00:22:19 - 00:25:07 | [The Laird of Drumblair, strathspey] ; [Miss McLeod's, reel] / [Peter Wyper?], melodeon ; unidentified, piano 00:25:12 - 00:27:34 | [Stirling Castle, strathspey] ; [Jessie Smith, strathspey] / [Peter Wyper?], melodeon ; unidentified, piano 00:27:40 - 00:30:38 | [The dancing dustman, jig] / [Peter Wyper?], melodeon ; unidentified, piano 00:30:43 - 00:32:15 | Untitled, hornpipe / [Peter Wyper?], melodeon ; unidentified, piano

The following recordings from 00:00:15 - 00:23:00 were dubbed from a recording of John Doherty made by Len Graham in 1967: 00:00:15 - 00:02:34 | The harvest morning, air / John Doherty, fiddle 00:03:26 - 00:04:59 | The Lord Gordon, reel [two-part version] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:05:43 - 00:06:53 | The Saint John's Point reel [two-part version of The gravel walks to Granny] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:07:13 - 00:08:58 | The foxhunt, [descriptive piece] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:09:27 - 00:12:36 | The miller o'hirn, [strathspey] ; Stirling Castle, [strathspey] ; The spey in spate, [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / John Doherty, fiddle 00:12:55 - 00:14:37 | Bonnie Kate, reel / John Doherty, fiddle 00:15:02 - 00:16:59 | Rocking the cradle, song / John Doherty, singing in English 00:17:43 - 00:19:52 | The speaking waltz [version of Mrs Kenny's, waltz] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:20:08 - 00:21:35 | The white cockade, [polka] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:21:58 - 00:23:00 | The golden slipper, slip jig [hop jig] / John Doherty, fiddle The following material from 00:24:48 - 00:47:37 was recorded in The Golden Gate Bar, Carrick, Co. Donegal in 1974 and features the playing of John Doherty, fiddle ; Cathal McConnell, flute ; Unidentified, guitar: 00:24:48 - 00:25:57 | O'Donnell's return, march / Various performers, instrumental music 00:26:11 - 00:27:16 | Collier's, reel / Various performers, instrumental music 00:27:29 - 00:28:45 | [Stirling Castle, strathspey] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:28:46 - 00:30:23 | The golden slipper, [hop jig] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:31:12 - 00:32:03 | Muineál a'bhardail = [The drake's neck, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 00:32:09 - 00:33:14 | The granny in the corner [?] [The Westport chorus] [The green pigeon], reel / John Doherty, fiddle ; Unidentified, guitar 00:33:19 - 00:34:10 | John's brother Simon the source for the last tune, speech / John Doherty, speech in English ; Cathal McConnell, speech in English 00:34:30 - 00:36:06 | Muileann na maidí = [Crushing of the twigs, reel] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:36:36 - 00:37:43 | [Tommy Gunn's, reel] / Cathal McConnell, flute ; Unidentified, guitar 00:37:51 - 00:39:36 | The pigeon on the gate, reel / Various performers, instrumental music 00:40:13 - 00:42:51 | Cradle song [Our highland queen] [comp. James Scott Skinner], waltz [originally composed as a strathspey] ; [The miller o'dervil] [comp. James Scott Skinner], strathspey ; Untitled, reel / John Doherty, fiddle 00:43:02 - 00:44:07 | The wise maid, [reel] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:44:57 - 00:45:43 | Máire na Sop, [reel] = [Scotch Mary, reel] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:45:46 - 00:46:51 | The morning star, [reel] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:47:06 - 00:47:37 | Lord MacDonald, reel / Various performers, instrumental music

The following material from 00:00:14 - 00:24:10 was recorded for the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' and features music and conversation from Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; Caoimhín Mac Aoidh, fiddle: 00:00:14 - 00:01:37 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music 00:01:38 - 00:19:02 | Versions of tunes, speech ; How versions have changed, speech ; Joe Burke adding a third part to a tune, speech ; Dermot's first visit to south-west Donegal, speech ; Frank McHugh, fiddle player from Kilcar, speech ; Different styles and repertoires in Donegal, speech ; How Con and another Teelin fiddler were asked to play at a dance with two Meenaneary musicians but did not know any of the tunes played, speech ; How John Doherty's repertoire was enhanced by Scottish tunes, speech ; The best fiddle player John Doherty's father heard was John Mhosaí McGinley from Glencolmcille, speech ; How John Mhosaí McGinley entered a fiddle competition in the south of Ireland and was nearly stoned by the crowd before competing and went on to win the competition, speech ; Neillidh Boyle, an outstanding fiddle player, speech ; How Neillidh got much music from his mother, speech ; Putting an extra bar in the tune to put off dancers, speech ; Frank Cassidy's music not liked by dancers, speech ; Frank turned into a more 'tricky' fiddle player than his brother, John Cassidy, speech / Various performers, speech in English 00:19:10 - 00:20:59 | Cuffe Street, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle 00:21:36 - 00:23:16 | The green fields of Rossbeigh, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:23:20 - 00:24:10 | Naming of tunes was not important / Con Cassidy, speech in English The following recordings from 00:24:16 - 00:48:10 are dubbed from an edition of the radio programme 'The green groves of Erin at home with' / presented by Philip King and featuring Con Cassidy, Dermot McLaughlin and Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: 00:24:16 - 00:25:25 | The pigeon on the gate, reel / Con Cassidy, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:25:26 - 00:34:18 | How people survive in Teelin, speech ; How times have improved since Con's youth, speech ; People had to emigrate, speech ; Con names the older fiddle players in Teelin, speech ; Hearing Joe Cooley play in London, speech ; First fiddler heard was his neighbour, Paddy Barron, speech ; The Doherty, McConnell and O'Rourke travelling families, speech ; Travelling pipers, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English 00:34:31 - 00:36:47 | Taibhse Chonaill = [Conall's ghost], jig / Con Cassidy, fiddle 00:36:48 - 00:41:13 | Travelling families came more to south-west Donegal for music than other parts of the county, speech ; Frank Cassidy learning off the gramophone, speech ; Why Frank got a special tone from the fiddle?, speech ; Con introduces Dermot and Caoimhín, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English 00:41:14 - 00:42:59 | Doodely doodely dank, slip jig [version of The cock and hen, slip jig] / Various performers, instrumental music 00:43:00 - 00:44:08 | The naming of tunes, speech / Con Cassidy, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English 00:44:09 - 00:46:01 | Con Cassidy's jig / Various performers, instrumental music 00:46:50 - 00:48:10 | Drowsy Maggie, reel / Various performers, instrumental music

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