| Description | Women from Donegal sing Irish songs and discuss the occasions and gatherings at which they would be sung
Track 1: Recording setup 0.18 mins
Track 2: Women sing 'Whisky in the Jar' 2.38 mins
Track 3: The women discuss their knowledge of the song and talk about Irish music and singers 2.29 mins
Track 4: A woman sings 'You're the Love of my Heart' in Gaelic 1.16 mins
Track 5: A woman translates the sentiments of the song, which is about Donegal, and talks about learning songs at school and from her father and mother 4.22 mins
Track 6: A woman sings 'Sheephaven Bay' 3.53 mins
Track 7: She discusses the occasions and parties when the song would be sung 1.20 mins
Tracks 8-11: Another woman discusses hearing her grandfather singing songs at parties and 'American wakes' when people are about to emigrate, the value of the words of the songs and her mother's distinctive style of singing, which she says is the style of the older people in the area. She talks about her formal music training and hearing different types of music which have affected her style, and remembers her father acting as compere at parties and making poitin and hiding it in the fields. She mentions hearing her mother sing 'The Plains of Waterloo'
Track 12: A woman sings part of 'The Plains of Waterloo' 0.44 mins
Track 13: A woman discusses the song 'Highland Mary'and other songs 0.38 mins
Tracks 14-15: A woman sings unknown song about a man who was killed in a mining accident
Track 16: She talks about an uncle who was a violin maker and other relations who were singers 1.01 mins
Track 17: Silence 0.44 mins
Total: 32.36 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0074780 |