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    Columbia 78rpm Recordings
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    Columbia 78rpm Recordings

    78 rpm New York recordings on the Columbia Record label, transferred by Alan Morrisroe at the speed at which they were originally recorded. From the Alan Morrisroe Collection.

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    The geese in the bog, jig / Michael Carney, uilleann pipes

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    • The geese in the bog, jig / Michael Carney, uilleann pipes

    • The traveller, reel / Partick J Cawley, fiddle

    • The mother's delight, reel / James Clarke, fiddle

    • Farewell to Ireland [Irish reel medley] / Michael Coleman, fiddle

    • Tom Ward's downfall, reel ; The reel of Mullinavat  / Michael Coleman, fiddle

    • The grey goose, jig / Michael Coleman, fiddle ; Ed Geoghegan, piano

    • The fiddler's delight [reels] / Peter Conlon, melodeon ; unidentified, piano

    • Contentment is wealth [jigs] / Peter Conlon, melodeon ; unidentified, piano

    • Oft in the stilly night, fox trot / The County Mayo Boys

    • Echoes of Ireland Part 1 [medley] / Dublin Concert Orchestra

    • Echoes of Ireland Part 2 [medley] / Dublin Concert Orchestra

    • Danny boy, waltz ; Come back to Erin, waltz / Dublin Orchestra

    • The Irish counties, foxtrot [Part 1] / The Erin Boys Orchestra

    • Come back to Erin, waltz / Erin's Isle Ballroom Orchestra

    • The rose in the garden, reel ; The Mullingar races, reel / Erin's Isle Ballroom Orchestra

    • Just like home [jazz set] / The Flanagan Brothers

    • The IRA song / The Flanagan Brothers

    • The Shaskeen, reel / The Flanagan Brothers

    • My Irish Molly O, song / The Flanagan Brothers

    • Around the old turf fire, jig [Tobin's favourite, jig ; The frost is all over, jig] / The Flanagan Brothers

    • Tom Steel medley [reels]  / The Flanagan Brothers

    • Mickey the mauler [medley of Irish jigs] / Joe Flanagan, accordion

    • Gerrity Reel / John Gerrity, fiddle

    • The bush in bloom, reel / John Gerrity, fiddle

    • The teetotalers fancy, reel / The Gray brothers [Flute duet]

    • The Cavan fancy, polka ; The Irish favorite, polka  / The Gray brothers [Flute duet]

    • My beauty of Limerick, song / John Griffin, singing in English, flute, lilting

    • The old Irish jig / John Griffin, flute, singing in English

    • The pride of Mayo, song / John Griffin, flute, singing in English, piano

    • The autumn leaves are falling, polka / John Griffin, flute, singing in English, piano

    • The boatman from Clonmel, song / John Griffin, flute, singing in English, piano

    • Miss Thornton's reel / George Halpin, fiddle

    • The maid behind the bar, reel / Edward Herborn, accordion ; James Wheeler, banjo

    • The rocky road to Dublin, hop jig / Edward Herborn, accordion ; James Wheeler, banjo

    • The blind fiddlers, reel / The Hyde brothers [accordion duet]

    • Back o' the haggart, jig / The Hyde brothers [accordion duet]

    • Happy to meet and sorry to part, jig / The Innisfail Irish Orchestra

    • Two Step [medley of two steps] / The Innisfail Irish Orchestra

    • Toss the feathers, reel / John A Leahy, fiddle

    • Leahy's barndance / John A Leahy, fiddle

    • Down the meadow, reel ; House on a hill, reel / John McKenna, flute

    • Back in the garden, reel ; Flowers of red mill, reel / John McKenna, flute

    • Clancy's dream, jig ; Leitrim town, jig / John McKenna, flute

    • The bridge of Athlone, polka ; The road to Galway, polka ; Farewell to whiskey, polka / The McNamara trio

    • Kerrigan's jig ; The mouse in the cupboard, jig / The McNamara trio

    • Brown's hornpipe / Margaret McNiff-Locke's Instrumental Trio

    • The Clare reel / Margaret McNiff-Locke's Instrumental Trio

    • The mason's apron, reel / Margaret McNiff-Locke's Instrumental Trio

    • The streams of Pol-a-Phooka [reels]  / Edward Meehan's Rosaleen Orchestra

    • Scotsman Over The Border, The - Medley Of Jigs / Edward Meehan's Rosaleen Orchestra

    • If we hadn't any women in the world, barndance / James Morrison, fiddle ; Charles Wilkens, banjo ; unidentified, piano

    • The farmer's daughter, polka ; Little brown jug, polka ; The girl I left behind me, polka / James Morrison and his Orchestra

    • The Irish girl, reel ; The musical priest, reel ; Lord Wellington, reel / James Morrison, fiddle ; unidentified, piano

    • Adieu To Innisfail, waltz ; Believe me of all those endearing young charms, waltz  / James Morrison [Instrumental quartet]

    • The holy land, reel ; The star of Kilkenny, reel / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, bodhrán

    • The boys from Galway, polka / Tom Morrison, flute ; John Reynolds, bodhrán

    • Lady Carbury, reel ; The races of Athlone, reel  / William J Mullally, concertina ; unidentified, piano

    • The maid of Athlone, jig / James Murphy, accordion ; unidentified, piano

    • The maid behind the bar, reel / James Murphy, accordion ; unidentified, piano

    • The Salamanca, reel / James Murphy, accordion ; unidentified, piano

    • The Shaskeen, reel [The swallow's tail] / James Murphy, accordion ; unidentified, piano

    • Sergeant Early's jig / Shaun O'Nolan, bagpipes

    • The Longford jig / Frank Quinn, accordion ; Johnny Muller, piano

    • The Virginia reel / Frank Quinn, accordion ; Johnny Muller, piano

    • McKeon's reels / Frank Quinn, fiddle

    • The tanyard side [3] / Frank Quinn, singing in English ; unidentified, fiddle

    • The tanyard side [1] / Frank Quinn, singing in English ; unidentified, fiddle

    • The hare in the corn, reel / Frank Quinn, accordion ; Joe McGuire, lilting

    • The Water Street polka, [medley] / Frank Quinn, fiddle ; Ed Geoghegan, piano

    • The Kilkenny races, sketch [incorporating two hornpipes on accordion] / Frank Quinn, accordion ; Ed Geoghegan, piano ; unidentified, banjo

    • Mary's favourite, reel / Frank Quinn, fiddle ; unidentified, piano

    • The fair of Mullingar, reel [fling]  / Frank Quinn

    • Master Rodger's [medley of reels] / Frank Quinn ; Jim Clarke: The smiles and tears of Erin Orchestra

    • The bells of Tipperary [medley of reels] / Frank Quinn ; Jim Clarke: The smiles and tears of Erin Orchestra

    • Medley of reels [incl. The Bridge of Athlone] / Frank Quinn ; Jim Clarke: The smiles and tears of Erin Orchestra

    • Moonlight in Mayo [medley of waltzes] / William Quinn and his Dublin Orchestra

    • The Liverpool hornpipe ; O'Neill's favourite, hornpipe / Patrick J Scanlon, accordion ; unidentified, piano

    • Miss Wallace's reels / Frank Quinn, fiddle