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Date recorded: February 1, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band; Performer: Whyte, Bridie; Performer: Whyte, Agnes (Aggie); Performer: Rourke, Thomas; Performer: Moloney, Eddie; Performer: Grace, Martin; Performer: Dervan, John; Performer: Coughlan, Chet; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: dance song, reel
Culture: Irish
Instruments: accordion, fiddle, flute
Setting: Great Southern Hotel
Location: Galway City, County Galway, Ireland
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3296
Track Number: 13
Archive ID: T3296R13
Note: Also called "The Bird in the Bush."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Galway City II 2/51
About the session: Alan Lomax: "Banshee stories, visited in Carna in rain, Galway, recorded Ballinakill Ceilidh Band (three fiddles, two flutes, two accordions) in evening in railroad hotel until 3am (Seamus Ennis present)." Lomax addresses Seamus in his narration throughout the tape.
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