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Audio file
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, hornpipe
Culture: Irish
Instruments: accordion, fiddle, flute
Setting: Great Southern Hotel
Location: Galway City, County Galway, Ireland
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3297
Track Number: 6
Archive ID: T3297R06
Note: Both titles are taken down on the tape box but "The Glass of Poitin" is cut off on the tape.
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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