| Ref No | MS 4000/5/1/5/2 |
| Title | Sound recording of Joe Heaney (1919-1984) singing traditional Gaelic songs and talking about his background and different styles and forms of singing |
| Level | File |
| Date | 18 December 1963 |
| Description | Recording of interview by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger of Joe Heaney.
CD-R 1 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 6.52 Description of track: [silence at beginning of track] JH talks about his village and entertainment known as 'Round the fire sport' where people sang, danced
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 4.41 Description of track: talks about his singing style 'with massive decoration'
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 9.18 Description of track: continue talking about different singing styles
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.23 Description of track: talks about different indigenous styles and folk style and EM plays extracts on tape recorder; compare traditional folk songs and Music hall songs
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 6.06 Description of track: continues talking about people joining together to sing
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 3.24 Description of track: talks about method of learning songs and tunes
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 3.25 Description of track: JH talks more about his background; left college at 18 years of age in Dublin (before finished training as a school teacher) and went to Scotland and worked as a labourer and when war broke out returned to Carna fishing
Total duration: (min/sec): 37.09
CD-R 2 of 2
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 4.08 Description of track: Every year used to go to the National Festival in Dublin; sang for first time at the festival in 1940 and won a prize; returned to Scotland in 1947 and travelled between Ireland, Scotland and England ever since; talks about speaking Gaelic both at home and at school and still completely bi-lingual
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 5.38 Description of track: Talks about his visits back to Carna now and how the tradition for old style singing is lessening; traditional singing still very popular in Dublin
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 5.02 Description of track: Talks about his own style of singing; first recorded songs in 1954 and believes that he can do them better now; repertoire
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 3.28 Description of track: JH sings ['Ocan Panidin'] (in Gaelic)
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.29 Description of track: Introduces the next song
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 2.45 Description of track: JH sings 'Jug of Punch' (in English)
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.13 Description of track: Introduces next song and story behind it
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 3.54 Description of track: JH sings 'Cunnla' (in Gaelic)
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 5.58 Description of track: Introduces next song and sings 'Barbry Allen' (in English)
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 3.22 Description of track: JH sings 'The Old Woman of Wexford' (in English)
Total duration: (min/sec): 36.57 |
| Related Material | See MS 4000/2/104 for written documentation on 'The Song Carriers' and MS 4000/5/1/11/38 for recording of one of 'The Song Carriers' radio programmes introduced by Ewan MacColl
see recordings at MS 4000/5/2/2/3 and MS 4000/5/2/3/1 of Joe Heaney |
| Physical Description | Listening copies: 2 x CD-R serial numbers
CD-R 1 of 2: PF235 S108 2774
CD-R 2 of 2: PF235 S107 9774
Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 12/02 |
| Access Status | Open |
| Language | English |