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CA BI T-103 · Item · 1969
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Conall Ruddh nan Cath (Conall Cra-Bhuidhe)

Ranonull MacCailean og (Coluinn gun cheann)

Theid mi le m'bhalachan

"Am Muilean Dubh" (puirt-a-beul)

Short saying in between.

Interviews about stone-Co-operative.

Whole of track B tape runs out.

MacDonnell, Hughie Dan
CA BI T-2016 · Item · 1949 - 1951
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Hector Campbell :

Sgeulachdan (conclusion from T-2015)
Sgeulachd: "The King's Daughter would marry whoever could build a boat that could travel on land or sea..."

Michael MacMillan (Sydney, N.S)

Sgeulachd: "The woman & the fairies....(song)

Song composed by Lauchie Currie (Am Bard Ruadh, Blackett's Lake) " An Teine Mor"

Sgeulachd: "The two brother - one who prospered & one who did not..." (continue on T-2017)

Leach, MacEdward
CA BI T-95 · Item · 1968
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Finlay Cameron Boisdale (N.S.), Christmas Island (N.S.), Halifax (N.S.) S toigh leam ho ro hu bhith'sa chul a fuireach...

Finlay Cameron - An te ruadh

Finlay Cameron Story - If she only had horns and a tail...

Finlay Cameron Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn...

Joseph L. MacDonald Hinn hainn hogadan...

Joseph L. MacDonald Ho hi ri ill rathill o...

Finlay Cameron Fleasgaich ur, leannain thu...

Finlay Cameron Tha mi sgith o'n timseo 'n de...

[Finlay Cameron?] Eilean mo Chridhe

Joe Lawrence MacDonald O hi ri ill o robha...

Hugh MacKenzie O Mhairead mhin mholach...

Hugh MacKenzie Oran na Mohawks

Hugh MacKenzie Graf Zeppelin song

Archie MacKenzie An tulach boidheach

Archie MacKenzie An samhradh air tighinn a's ur oirnn

Hugh MacKenzie Orana' mhathain

Archie MacKenzie Nighean an Taillear

Hugh MacKenzie S toigh leam cruinneag dhonn nam bo...

Hugh MacKenzie Faill irinn illrinn uill irinn o

Dr. Thomas Carter fonds
MG 21.39 · Fonds · 1970-1979

The fonds consists of images and sound recordings of the Beaton and Kennedy family in the Broad Cove. The recordings feature John Beaton playing the fiddle, while family is heard speaking with Tom Carter about various topics pertaining to Cape Breton. There is a change in language between English and Canadian Gaelic from individuals on the recordings. The fiddle playing is Scottish-Canadian in style, while some are Scottish fiddle music. The recordings include small conversations between reels and songs, descriptions and origins of the music’s is also discussed. The photographs are of the Beaton family house and farm, highlighting rural life in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The photos also show the boarder Broad Cove community and Inverness county.

Carter, Thomas Dr.
CA BI T-1104 · Item · 1975
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of a selection of Gaelic songs from the North River Area.

MacDonald, Tommy - "O hi hugi o..."

MacDonald, John Dan - "He mo leannan, ho mo leannan..."

Shaw, John - "Hug us aran..."

MacRae, Frank - "Mairi dhonn, bhoidheach dhonn..."

Shaw, John - "O horo 's gum bheil tu air m'aire"

MacRae, Mrs. Frank - "O horo ille dhuinn..."

MacDonald, Tommy - "Ho ri horo nan, ho ro chall eile"

MacDonald, John Dan - "Mo run 's mo nighean donn bhoidheach"

Shaw, John - "Dh'olainn deoch air laimh mo ruin"

Shaw, John - "Faill il o ro eileadh"

Shaw, John - "Faill il o ro eileadh"

MacDonald, Tommy - "O hi ri leibh a ho..."

MacLeod, Dan A. - Twenty-third Psalm

MacRae, Frank and MacDonald, Tommy - "Mo ruin 's mo nighean donn bhoidheach"

Shaw, John - "Cha threiginn fhin mo chruinneag dhonn"

Shaw, John - "Cha bhi mi buan 't bhi bhuam..."

Shaw, John

Shaw, John - "Mo Mhairi lurach..."

Shaw, John - Song by An Gille Glas

Shaw, John - "Cha'n olair leam dram le sunnd..." (Oran eile air an aobhar cheudna)

Shaw, John
CA BI T-642 · Item · 1973
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of various singers performing Gaelic songs.

Cameron, Finlay - Song - "Mo Nighean Dubh" (Boisdale, N.S)

Cameron, Finlay - Song - "Gaol an t-Seoladair" (Boisdale, N.S)

Beaton, Alexander - Song - "Bitibh aotrom 's togaibh fonn..." (Boisdale, N.S)

Beaton, Alexander and Cameron, Finlay - Song - "O gur mise tha fo mighean..." (Boisdale, N.S)

Cameron, Finlay - Song - "Tha mi sgith bho'n tim seo 'n de..." (Mabou, N.S)

Beaton, Alexander - Song - "O hi ri ill o robha..." (Mabou, N.S)

Cameron, Finlay - Story - sgeulachd (Boisdale, N.S)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Cruinneag nam Buaile" (Detroit)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Tha mo run air a'ghille" (Detroit)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Teannaibh dluth is togaibh fonn..." (Detroit)

Campbell, Sandy - Song - "Ho ro 's toigh leam fhein thu" (Detroit)

Rankin, Angus (Black) - Song - "An cluinn thu leannain" (Mabou Ridge, N.S)

Rankin, Angus (Black) - Song - Ochoin o ri mo chuideachd dileas.. (Mabou Ridge, N.S).

Rankin, Angus (Red) - Song - O hi ri ill o robha (Mabou Ridge, N.S)

Campbell, Alex Angus - Song - Eilean mo Chridhe (Detroit)

Campbell, Alex Angus - Song - Se fa mo mhulad (Detroit)

MacNeil, Mrs. Alex - Song - Horan o 's na hi iu o (Mabou, N.S)

MacNeil, Mrs. Alex - Song - Illean ill o illean i... (Mabou, N.S)

Cameron, Mrs. Finlay - Song - An te Ruadh (Boisdale, N.S)

Cameron, Mrs. Katie Ann - Song - Horo iu 's na hiurabh (Mabou, N.S)

Cameron, Mrs. Katie Ann - Song - Ochoin a righ gur e mi tha muladach (Mabou, N.S)

MacMillan, Mrs. Janet - Song - Cailin mo run-sa (Port Hood, N.S)

Beaton, Mrs. John - Thug mi run 's chuir mi Uidh (Mabou, N.S)

Beaton, Mrs. John - Song - 'S ann tha'n commun grinn... (Mabou, N.S)

Beaton, Mrs. John - Song - "Oran a' Bhotuil" (Mabou, N.S)

Rankin, Angus (Red) - Song - "Bitibh aotrom 's togaibh fonn" (Mabou (N.S.) Ridge)

Rankin, Angus (Black) - Song - "Mo run geal dileas" (Mabou (N.S.) Ridge)

Beaton, Donald Alex
Gaelic Songs
CA BI T-455 · Item · 1972
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audo recording of Gaelic songs and stories recorded in Boisdale and Mabou (N.S)

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence - "Sgeulachd Gill'easbuig Aotrom"

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence - "Cumha Cheap Breatunn"

Cameron, Finlay - "Tha mi sgith o'n tim seo 'n de"

Cameron, Finlay - "Mo Nighean Dubh"

Cameron, Finlay - "Gaol an t-Seoladair"

Cameron, Finlay - "Thug mi run 's chuir mi uidh"

Cameron, Finlay - "Fhleasgaich ur, leannan thu..."

Cameron, Finlay - "O gur mise tha fo mhighean..."

Beaton, Angus D. - "Hi ho ro s na ho ro eile"

Beaton, Angus D. - "Air faill irinn ill irinn uill irinn o ro hi..."

Cameron, Mrs. Finlay - "An te ruadh"

Cameron, Finlay - "Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn..."

Beaton, Angus D. - "Feasgar Luain"

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence
CA BI MG 6.26 · Fonds · 1920-1955

Fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, constitution and by-laws, financial records, addresses, cash book, roll book, and membership records that were created by the Scottish Catholic Society.

Scottish Catholic Society
CA BI MG 21.18-A-1-4 · Item · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

Item is a recording of the end of Winnie Chafe and Friends’ set at the Tarbot Music Festival, the first half can be heard on Tape 3 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-3). At the 25 minute mark, the Men of the Deeps begin their performance at the festival, which is continued on Tape 5 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-5).

Winnie Chafe and Friends cont’d:
• 00:00:00 – 00:02:35 - Allie Bennett playing guitar
• 00:02:36 – 00:10:20 – Buddy MacMaster playing fiddle tunes
• 00:10:21 – 00:10:46 – Winnie Chafe introducing Doug MacPhee (Dougie MacPhee) on piano
• 00:10:47 – 00:16:08 - Doug MacPhee (Dougie MacPhee) playing a piano tune
• 00:16:09 – 00:17:14 - Winnie Chafe talking to the crowd about the type of music she plays and introducing the next three waltzes
• 00:17:15 – 00:20:55 - Winnie Chafe and Friends performing three Gaelic waltzes
• 00:20:56 – 00:22:45 - MC (DJ from CJFX/CJCB radio) thanking Winnie Chafe and Friends for their performance and introducing their finale
• 00:22:46 – 00:25:50 - Winnie Chafe, Allie Bennett, Buddy MacMaster, Doug MacPhee and a piper playing a tune together

Men of the Deeps:
• 00:25:24 – 00:27:18 – MC (DJ from CJFX/CJCB radio) introducing Men of the Deeps
• 00:27:19 – 00:29:39 - First Song
• 00:29:40 – 00:31:00 - “The Cape Breton Coal Miners”
• 00:31:01 – 00:31:56 – [Jack O’Donnell] talking about the Men of the Deeps and the first coal mine at Port Morien.
• 00:31:57 – 00:34:40 - “The Coal By the Sea”
• 00:34:41 – 00:38:53 - “Dark as a Dungeon”
• 00:38:54 – 00:39:45 - [Jack O’Donnell] speaking about Kelly’s Cove Mine
• 00:39:46 – 00:42:00 – “Kelly’s Cove”
• 00:42:01 – 00:44:15 – “Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill”

CA BI MG 21.18-A-1-3 · Item · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

Item is a recording of fiddler Lee Cremo’s performance at the Tarbot Music Festival along with his guests, The Heron Family, a band from New York, USA. At 28 minutes into the recording, Winnie Chafe and Friends begin their set, which continues on Tape 4 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-4).

Lee Cremo:
• 00:00:00 – 00:01:38 – fiddle tune
• 00:01:39 – 00:02:12 - Lee Cremo introducing Allie Bennett and Evy Dubinsky
• 00:02:13 – 00:05:07 – “Timothy Ryan’s Reel”
• 00:05:08 – 00:09:48 – Jigs
• 00:09:49 – 00:11:05 - Lee Cremo talking to the crowd
• 00:11:06 – 00:13:28 – “Teetotaller’s Reel”
• 00:13:29 – 00:14:45 – introducing The Heron Family, a band from New York
• 00:14:46 – 00:17:57 - song on harp dating from the 11th century
• 00:17:58 – 00:18:50 - Heron Family band member speaking to the crowd about the next song “Roisin dubh”
• 00:18:51 – 00:21:27 – “Roisin Dubh”
• 00:21:28 – 00:25:20 - “Staten Island Reel”
• 00:25:21 – 00:26:26 – The Heron Family thanks the audience
• 00:26:27 – 00:28:27 – “Green Fields of Rossbeigh” Reel

Winnie Chafe and Friends:
• 00:28:28 – 00:30:37 - MC (a DJ from CJFX/CJCB Radio) thanking Steve Grose and volunteers for their work, asking if anyone has seen Andrea Burton, a lost six-year-old, and announcing Winnie Chafe and Friends
• 00:30:38 – 00:34:50 - Winnie Chafe playing a fiddle tune with Doug MacPhee on piano
• 00:34:51 – 00:36:06 - Winnie Chafe introducing the musicians performing with her, including Buddy MacMaster on fiddle, Doug MacPhee on piano, and Allie Bennett on bass and guitar.
• 00:36:07 – 00:40:20 - 2/4 marches and reels
• 00:40:21 – 00:45:15 – song on bagpipes

CA BI MG 21.18-A-1-9 · Item · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

Item is a recording of Ronnie MacEachern, Mike MacDougall, Ralph Dillon, Joanne Rolls, Winnie Chafe, Allie Bennett, Buddy MacMaster and Dougie MacPhee performing on stage at the Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Cape Breton. The first half of this set can be heard on Tape 8 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-8). At the 8 minute 56 second mark, Kenzie MacNeil begins his set.

Ronnie MacEachern, cont’d:
• 00:00:00 – 00:03:14 - “Drive’r Maciver” by Ronnie MacEachern
• 00:03:15 – 00:04:34 – Mike MacDougall talking to the crowd
• 00:04:35 – 00:08:30 - reels and strathspeys (Mike MacDougall, Buddy MacMaster, Winnie Chafe, Allie Bennett, Dougie MacPhee)
• 00:08:31 – 00:08:55 – thanking the previous performers

Kenzie MacNeil:
• 00:08:56 – 00:11:12 – “The Rocky Road to Dublin”
• 00:11:13 – 00:13:33 – “The Barbarian”
• 00:13:34 – 00:17:33 - “Johnstown Boogie [Johnstown Bogey]”
• 00:17:34 – 00:20:52 – [unidentified song]
• 00:20:53 – 00:20:54 - Kenzie MacNeil calling The Steel City Players who sang on “The Island” to come to the stage
• 00:20:55 – 00:24:00 – [unidentified song]
• 00:24:01 – 00:26:10 - “The Heavy Water Plant”
• 00:26:11 – 00:26:46 - introducing The Steel City Players
• 00:26:27 – 00:31:28 - “The Island”

CA BI MG 21.18-A-1-14 · Item · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

Item is a recording of two fiddle tunes performed by Mike MacDougall, Winnie Chafe, Buddy MacMaster, Allie Bennett, and Dougie MacPhee. It is a short extract from their performance at the Tarbot Music Festival and the whole set can be heard on Tape 3 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-3) and Tape 4 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-4).

• 00:00:00 – 00:04:00 - Fiddle tune by Mike MacDougall, Winnie Chafe, Buddy MacMaster, Allie Bennett, Dougie MacPhee
• 00:04:01 – 00:05:36 - fiddle tune

CA BI MG 21.18-A-1-10 · Item · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

Item is a recording of Road performing at the Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Cape Breton.

• 00:00:00 – 00:01:54 – the MC, Dave Healy, performing the “William Tell Overture” and introducing the next band, Road, to the stage
• 00:01:55 – 00:02:53 - Road doing a quick sound check
• 00:02:54 – 00:06:03 - “Pamela Brown”
• 00:06:04 – 00:10:04 - “My Mistakes”
• 00:10:05 – 00:10:44 - Bruce Timmons on guitar, Brendon Hall on steel guitar, Charles Lavery on drums, Allie Bennett and Fred Lavery on lead vocals.
• 00:10:45 – 00:14:50 - “So Far From You”
• 00:14:51 – 00:19:15 - “Cape Breton Dream” (written by Dennis Ryan of Ryan’s Fancy)
• 00:19:16 – 00:24:28 - “Song for Noelle”

CA BI MG 21.18-A-1-8 · Item · August 28, 1977
Part of Tarbot Music Festival fonds

Item is a recording of Ronnie MacEachern, Ralph Dillon, Joanne Rolls, Winnie Chafe, Allie Bennett, Buddy MacMaster and Dougie MacPhee performing on stage at the Tarbot Music Festival in Tarbot, Cape Breton. Ronnie MacEachern’s set continues on Tape 9 (MG 21.18-A-1-1-9).

• 00:00:00 – 00:09:07 - “The Wreck of the John Harvey”
• 00:09:08 – 00:15:29 - fiddle tune with Dougie MacPhee on piano
• 00:15:30 – 00:20:18 - Ronnie MacEachern song about the Mira River
• 00:20:19 – 00:27:19 - “Go Off On Your Way”
• 00:27:20 – 00:30:51 - Allie Bennett, Winnie Chafe, Buddy MacMaster – jigs

MG 21.37-A-2-9 · Item · [19-]
Part of Dr. C. Lamont MacMillan Fonds

Item consists of a speech given by Dr. MacMillan at the third annual meeting of organized festival of song and speech. It is a three-day long festival in Baddeck where 16 school sections of the county compete. Dr. MacMillan mentions how the festival is sponsored by Home & School and how the very first Home & School Association in all of Canada was organized in Baddeck. He gives special credit to Mrs. Freda Jones, the circuit music teacher who organized the festival as well as Mr. Jame MacKinnon, a school inspector who has helped to develop said festival and Mr. Donald Wetmore and Mrs. J.W. Walshman, both from the department of education who were to act as judges.

CA BI FT-7a · Item · 1979
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a video recording of a Gaelic Language and Culture Series. This tape focuses on the gathering of the clans. It was recorded by Peyton Chisholm during a Young Canada Works summer grant in 1979; includes interviews with Jim St. Clair, Peter MacKay Campbell, Rosemary Hutchinson, and Jim Kelly.

Tracklisting:
000-Relationship between tourism & culture, 016-Gathering of the clans, historical information, tourism and a plastic version of culture, 049-Gaelic languages, history in Scotland & Britain, 067-Scottish Gaelic, it's development, shifting of the centre of cultural poser to London, 135-Battle of Culloden: 1745, 147-The Roots of the Clan system, 153-how the clan divisions came about, 160-selection of clan chiefs, 169-the hierarchy of power in the clans, how the clan system worked at the time just before the clearances, 241-The Clan System, 260-an early Scottish Society, 260-how a chief was chosen, 270-the authority of the clan chief, 296-the abolition of the clan system: when and why, 328-Culloden (last stand for the clans), 330-split between the Highland and Lowland Scots, 364-The Lowland Scotts, the separation of the Highland and Lowland Scots, 398-Highland People and religion, 401-the role of religion in the life of the Celts, 419-conversion of Scotland to Christianity and the survival of paganism, 430-The take over of Scotland by Britain, erosion of its culture and identity, 442-King James (union of crowns), 449-1707 (Treaty of Acts of Union), 468-three choices re union and the decision of parliamentary union, the deliberate steps taken after Colladen so that the clan system would not be built up again, 473-wholesale massacre by the Duke of Cumberland, 486-Clearances, rational behind the clearances, 498-description of the clearances, 513-the springing up of woolen mills in Lowland Scotland and England and its consequences, 529-use of Highland Scotland as sheep grazing land, 541-leasing of Highland lands by Lowland Scots and British Businessmen, 551-Clearances, taking of highland lands, how the clearances affected the communal land systems of the Highlands, 590-Treatment of the Highland Scots by the British, British attitudes, Highland Scots had no choice either fall into sea or go on boats, 627-Scottish, Immigration, 630-Earl of Selkirk-settlers to PEI and Red River, 640-Chisholms in Antigonish County, 644-MacDonalds, 649-the conditions under which the Scotts crossed the Atlantic, 664-MacDonalds who left the Heberdies, 678-Scots in Cape Breton, the Scots and the Cape Breton forests, 688-how the Clan System fits into 20 century Cape Breton culture, 695-why very few record survived re the early immigrations, 701-Cape Breton Crafts, the perpetuation of Scottish culture through crafts in Cape Breton, 711-making pottery, 722-craft shows

CA BI MG 6.22-MG 6.22 10 · File · 1964-1966
Part of Gaelic songs

Articles include:

“Uisdein MacGhilleasbaig Chléirich” about the treacherous nephew of Donald Gorm MacDonald in the 16th century.
“An Righ agus an Ciobair” a folktale.
The Irish Famine.
A mystery ship
Train service in Scotland
Folklore of Kintyre
Calendar customs
A comical conversation between the “Red Cat” and “Peigi”
The Poetry of Fr. Allan MacDonald
A comical conversation between the “Red Cat” and “Peigi” corncerning Gaels’ impression of non-Gaels.
The New Year tradition of A’Challain. Reprinted from Teachdaire nan Gaidheal, 1829.
A comical conversation between the “Red Cat” and “Peigi” The Brahan Seer, Coinneach Odhar.
A response to a letter sent in 1848 to a Gaelic periodical, in which a man expresses concern regarding women’s fashions,
Highladn regiments fighting in WWI and WWII.
The folktale “Na Tri Fainneachan”
Wise Fool tales of Gilleasbuig Aotrom
The loss of self-sustenance in the Highlands
Concerning the Glasgow and other Fairs.
A letter to the editor from a man in the Highlands complaining about women’s behaviour and the cost of living going up.
Educational reform in Scotland.
An man who lived in Oban’s school log book.
The Massacre of Glencoe
Biblical stories
The Crofter’s Commission Report
A Gaelic textbook used in Harris
Gaelic poets
The life and works of Gaelic scholar, Ewen MacLachlan

CA BI MG 6.37 · Fonds · 1936-1955

Fonds consists of:

  • papers including correspondence with D.D. MacFarlane, Joseph D. MacKinnon and Fr. Angus MacNeil pertaining to MacNeil, MacSween and MacFarlane genealogies and to Gaelic songs
  • list of members of the Caledonian Society, Sydney
  • story entitled "Stephen the Spendthrift"
  • passport photo of Mr. MacNeil [#79-1192-4172]
CA BI T-3 · Item · 1963

File consists of an audio recording; mentions first contact between Mi'kmaq and Gaelic settlers.

Brief biographical sketch of Hugh MacKenzie and his contributions to Cape-Bretoniana and Mr. MacKenzie is interviewed by Cathleen MacKinnon

Hugh MacKenzie: Early history of Christmas Island (N.S.), MacNeils vs. Mi'kmaq, Scottish Immigrants to C.B. Brought only bare essentials with them, Funiture and Clothing in the early days

Early method for making dye

Recipe for making soap

Faill iu faillin ho ro eile - Milling song

Recipe for making tea. Early settlers made tea from herbs and roots

Medical care - sick and elderly were cared for by relative and neighbors

His prayers were answered ... Anecdote

Difficulty getting food...

Mi'kmaw with scalping knife...

Dat's me father

Schools scholars in the days...

Asthma and sore throat cure

Superstitious practises

Meeting the red haired woman means bad luck for the rest of the day

The black cat superstition...

Discussion on second-sight

I feel a heavy weight on my back...

Second-sight story

Stop here a minute...something is going to happen right here

I saw my brother's funeral...

Hallowe'en customs/B. New Year with rhymes

Reiteach - matchmaking

Brief sketch of MacKenzie family...

The ship "Harmony"

The Scottish pioneers were ingenious

Oran and amadan bhoidheach...Song-lament tells of a man who mistakenly shoots his sweetheart

MacNeil Boating Songs (Kishmul Castle)

Gu bheil angille dubh-dhonn

Oran an t-saighdear - Soldier laments his second induction into the army

Tha mi fo lean dubh 's mi m'onair composed by Bard William Ross

Song lament

Tha mo glean air au Chieetan [SIC]

Tha mise fo mhulad 's an am...

Mary's Dream

O nach till thu ruinn a rithis...Jacobite song

Soraidh leibh 's oidhche mhath liebh

Thanks Hugh MacKenzie

Currie, Michael D. fonds
CA BI MG 6.3 · Fonds · 1928

Fonds consists of reproductions of a letter and reply to The Casket regarding an article, "Early Days in Cape Breton" with special reference to the Gaels, criticizing the way in which they were portrayed in the article.

Currie, Michael D.
CA BI T-2051 · Item · 1982
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

His people came from North Uist Angus "Mor" MacDonald & his friends prepared for a year to emigrate

The people who "drove" them out

People who came: MacLeods, Morrisons, MacKinnons, Beatons

His grandfather's family - 10 children, 2 born here

His grandmother told him stories of Scotland

They sailed from Loch Maddy on "The Commerce", weeks & 6 days on the journey

Half the group went to West Bay, the rest stayed at Irish Cove - finally all moved to Loch Lomond area

How they acquired stock - oxen, horses, cattle

Many brands - songs were never published

His experiences going west on the "Harvest" trains

Wages & working conditions

Describes different types of work in the lumber camps

The pioneers' religion

Log churches - snow blew in between the logs

Church services, precenting

Social life - ceilidhs, milling frolics,

Milling songs - the best singers were in Loch Lomond

Weddings - the "drive" after the marriage, as many as 100 wagons

One of the songs they sang during the drive - "Cha bhi mi buan 's tu bhi buan"

Sings a chorus of the song

Macdonald, Norman
Rev. Hugh A. MacDonald
CA BI MG 15.51 · Fonds · [N.D]

“A Hymn of Thanks and Praise for the Lovely Margarees” by Rev. Hugh A. MacDonald, dedicated to the memory of Rev. Finlay Chisholm

CA BI GSM30 · Item · 197-?

Item is a photocopy of a guide to the pronunciation of Cainntearachd and a key to which notes are represented by which sounds.

Campbell, John
CA BI MG 6.49 · Fonds · 1898

This fonds consists of a notebook of Gaelic and English poetry and songs and a first prize certificate from the Vancouver Mod.

Campbell, John
Tarbot Music Festival fonds
CA BI MG 21.18 · Fonds · 1977 - 1979

Fonds consists of materials related to the Tarbot Music Festival held in Tarbot, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, including audio reels of 1977 festival performances, a cassette with a Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) radio segment about the festival, photographs, a festival poster, a patch, and a ‘Tarbot’ stamp.

Tarbot, Cape Breton's Music Festival Inc.
CBC Radio "Fresh Air" 1982
CA BI T-2068 · Item · 1982
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Eddie MacPherson Middle River
Information on the "Yankees Line"
Transportation problems - snow plows, flooding of the river etc.
Birds in the area
Superstitions about birds, storms etc.

Robert Smith
Early industries at Middle River - grist mills, thrashing mills etc.
Lumbering in the 50's
Community life in the area

D.D. MacRae
Began farming in Middle River in 1980
Tells about moving to C.B., from Alberta

Georgina MacRae
Former R.N., worked with r. C.L. MacMillan
Tells about her nursing career in the area - traveling in all sorts of
weather
D.D. MacRae
The foot bridge they had to use to get Charles School, Middle River
The brige was 275 feet long, hung about 15 feet about the water
Lumbering in the area in the 50's
Social life in the area

Neil MacLennan Benacadie
A funny story about "bull beer"

Aggie MacLennan
How she learned to stepdance
Her brother John MacLean - a violinist and stepdancer
Describes a highlan wedding

Neil MacLennan
Gaelic his first language
His first teacher, Jessie MacKenzie
His expericences in the service, World War Two
The purposes of the C.B. Gaelic Society

Dan MacNeil
2 Songs - Copper and Silver (English) Ho Ro, 'S toil leam fhin thu
The old days, going to ceilihs
The old traing boats
Mary doucette Social like in the old days

CBC Radio
CA BI T-295 · Item · 1971
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an interview with Annabelle MacKinnon concerning genealogical history of Gillis Lake and surrounding areas. Gives examples of place names and familial names in Gaelic. Includes verses of various Gaelic songs. Mrs MacKinnon was 93 years old at the time of recording.

MacKinnon, Florence Alexandra St., Sydney (N.S.), Nova Scotia

Gillis, Joseph A. - Autobiographical sketch (Very brief)

MacKinnon, Florence - Local supernatural tales

MacKinnon, Mr. (Florence MacKinnon's son) -Soldier on the black horse

MacKinnon, Florence - The Ball Family of Balls Creek, N.S.
Gaelic song fragment composed about the Balls

Gillis, Joseph A. - Story "Clach nam Brog"

MacKinnon, Florence - Settler clothing styles

MacKinnon, Florence; Gillis, Joseph A. - Conversation re early settlers to Cape Breton.
The "Gardiner" MacDonald settlers of South Uist

MacKinnon, Florence - Oran na Teine (Lauchlin Currie)

MacKinnon, Florence; Gillis, Joseph A. - Conversation (continued)

MacKinnon, Florence - Schools in Gillis Lake

MacKinnon, Florence - Sea Wolf MacLean

MacKinnon, Florence - Dutch Princess married a MacLean

MacKinnon, Florence - Family history
Settlers walked Arasaig to Halifax for confession

Gillis, Joseph - Fairy story (Piper Macintyres and the Fairy hill)

MacKinnon, Florence - Witch story

MacKinnon, Florence - Haunted house story

Gillis, Joseph A. - Campbell's iron violin bow

Day, Hilda
History of Rear Beaver Cove
CA BI T-514 · Item · 1965
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording of Roddie F. Nicholson and Patrick Nicholson discussing the history of Rear Beaver Cove.

Nicholson, Patrick (Boston, Worcester)

    The beginnings of the settlement at the Backlands of Beaver Cove

The pioneers brought only two trunks - one for bedclothes, the other for tools

All was lost in a fire...

Nicholson, Rod Beaver Cove:

Settlers took large tracts of land because it was free

Beaver Cove Forty families lived in the Backlands at that time

People were very musical, good dancers

Nicholson, Patrick Boston:

Tracing genealogy

Marriages were arranged well in the early days

Food was plentiful

Mills, churns and grindstones...

The history of one particular family

Nicholson, Rod Beaver Cove:

Genealogy of some family

Genealogy of some families

Bagpipes, fiddle and loom in every house

Four children died in one night...

People had faith - walked six miles to church

Nicholson, Patrick Boston:

Parish lesson written on a shingle

The first settlers at Beaver Cove

Schools and teachers in yesteryear

Church services were all in Gaelic

Archie Gillis got the priest to cure his wife

Nicholson, Rod Beaver Cove:

Priests confiscated violins

Strange stories of second sight

Jack the Lantern - Jack the River

His grandmother's death at the age of ninety four

Nicholson, John
CA BI T-326 · Item · 1972
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is an audio recording at Boisdale N.S. Joseph Lawrence Macdonald, Sarah Cameron, Miss Janet Cameron, Angus Beaton, Finlay Cameron tell discuss lore, history and sing songs.

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Frolics in the home, different types

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Shearing of sheep, processing of wool, milling frolics

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Duties of women

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Grist mill at MacAdam`s Lake, operated by Mr. MacLean

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Best carpenters of the times, MacEacherns, MacDonalds and others

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Three steamships operated out of East Bay, groceries had to be brought in from Halifax, hardwood shipped to England

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Scottish Catholic Society of Canada organized by Father M.A. MacAdam

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Cape Breton Island Co-op. Society was organized at East Bay, 1932

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Mineral spring at East Bay

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Excerpts from Mary L. Frasers book,Folklore of Nova Scotia`.

MacDonald, Joseph L. - East Bay Pirates - Capt. Alex and Dan MacLean. MacLeans sailed the Pacific Ocean (1880-1914) on the sea wolf.

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Primary concern of settlers was the making of a home. Coal mines and steel plant took men from farms to cities and towns.

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Early settlers of Christmas Island (N.S.)

MacDonald, Joseph L. - What were living conditions like

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Tell about the August Gale

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Story of Peter MacNeil

MacDonald, Joseph L. - Story of Malcolm MacPhee

Cameron, Sarah - Biographical sketch

Cameron, Miss Janet - Biographical sketch

Beaton, Angus - Song: O hi ri ill o robha

Cameron, Finlay - Song: Air faill irinn ill irinn oich irinn iu

Beaton, Alexander - Song: O sud an taobh a'gabhainn

Cameron, Sarah - Song: An Te Ruadh

Cameron, Finlay - Song: Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn

Beaton, Angus D. - Song, a lament

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence
CA BI T-508 · Item · 1972
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Nicholson, P. MacE. Boisdale (N.S.) The Heavy Load

MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Song: Hi an hugadan

MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Story about Father Joseph MacDonald

MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Dress of people in olden days

MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Fuadach irinn ill irinn, oidch, irinn iu

MacIsaac, Archie Boisdale (N.S.) A ri ill o hug oran o

O'Handley, Mrs. Catherine Beaver Cove History of Rear Beaver Cove, people still living there

O'Handley, Mrs. Catherine Beaver Cove Faill irinn ill irinn, uill irinn o

Lee, Mrs. Sydney (N.S.) Account of first railroad on this side of Grand Narrows

MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Ged tha mi gun crodh gun aighean

Steele, Neil New Glasgow Biographical sketch

MacKenzie, Jessie East Bay (N.S.)

MacKenzie, Jessie East Bay (N.S.) Mo Dhachaidh

MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence
CA BI T-212 · Item · 1971
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of the CBC documentary, The Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler, created by Ron MacInnis.

Track Listing:
Ronald MacInnis, Halifax: "The Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler"
Comparison of the fiddling in Scotland with that of Cape Breton...(Winnie Chafe)
"The cross of Inverness" by Theresa and Marie MacLellan
Ronald MacInnis listens to the tapping of the feet...
Dan Rory MacDonald tells a story of a fiddle...Mr. MacDonald is one of Cape Breton's fiddlers who writes his own tunes.
Fiddle selections by Father Francis Cameron
Ronald MacInnis has conversation with people who met at a Scottish concert...
Ronald MacInnis gives description of a Ceilidh...
The future of the Cape Breton fiddler...
"Dispersion of the Highlanders" (John Morris Rankin) John Morris Rankin is 11 years old. His violin which was given to him by his great Aunt, Sister Elizabeth Rankin is dated.1795. He played this tune at a Broad Cove concert. Sister Rankin plays the violin very well.

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
Tape Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-212-1.mp3
Tape Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-212-2.mp3

MacInnis, Ron
CBC Radio, November 21 1982
CA BI T-1606 · Item · 21 Nov. 1982
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of CBC Radio.

Track Listing: Violin: Jigs: Maid on the Green; Irish Jig; Leona Beaton's; Margaret Chisholm
Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside: Miss Lyall; Devil in the Kitchen; The Grey-Haired Lady; 2 traditional reels
Irish Reels
Jigs: The New Fiddle; Tipsy Tailor; Miss Ghee
Slow Air: Silver Wells; John Roy Stweart strathspey: Pottiner's, Archie Menzie's reels; Fisher's Hornpipe; Miss Gordon of Knock Reel
Slow Air: Comorsoras; Calum Breugach strathspey; Bagpipe strathspey; Traditional strathspey; Reels: Miss Wallace, Red Shoes, bagpipe reel, Brenda Stubbert's reel
Strathspeys: Bishop MacDonald, Glengarry Dirk; 2 reels in C
Slow March: Johnny Cope; The Way to Mull River, Annie is My Darling reels
Jigs
Jigs: The Irishman's Heart to the Ladies, High Road to Dublin, Walking The Floor, Hills of Glenorchy
MacKinnon's Brook, traditional strathspep; Brenda Stubbert, Alex Dan's reels
Jigs; reels, Flowers of Edinbourgh, Miss MacLeod's, Old King's
March; Duke of Gordon's Birthday, strathspey; reels: West Mabou, Stacks of Barley, Irish reel
Jigs
Strathspeys & reels
Donald Campbell's strathspey; reels: Brenda Stubbert, Donald Angus Beaton
Jigs: Tippety Jean, Down the Tannoch Road, Hills of Glenorchy, 2 jigs in A Major
Neil Gow's Lament; Am Bodach Luideach Odhar, Lady Mary Ramsay strathspeys: Reels: Sleepy Maggie, Kay Gerrior's
The Farewell, march; May Belle Chisholm, strathspey; reels: Johnny Wilmot, The Hawk, Finlay Cameron, 2 reels in E minor
O'er the Moor Among the Heather, slow strathspey; Athole Brose, Glenora Falls strathspeys; Reels: The Randy Wife of Greenlaw, Juy's, Jenny Dang the Weaver, Muillean Dubh
Strathspeys: Hoch Hey, Johnny Lad, King George IV; reels: King's High Road to Linton

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1606 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1606-1.mp3
T-1606 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1606-2.mp3

CBC Radio
CA BI T-1611 · Item · 19 Mar. 1983
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of the weekly radio program, MacTalla an Eilean that aired on March 19, 1983 on CBC Radio.

Track Listing: The Chieftains
Angus MacLeod
Kinnon Beaton & Betty Lou
Mary Larkin
Arthur Muise & Jerry Holland
George MacInnis and Doug MacPhee
Kathleen MacDonald
John Morris Rankin & Howie MacDonald
High Level Ranters

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1611 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1611-1.mp3
T-1611 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1611-2.mp3

CBC Radio
CA BI T-1593 · Item · 20 Aug. 1982
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of Geraldine & John Morris Rankin recorded by CBC radio.

Track Listing: Mr.Murray - strathspey; a John Campbell composition (reel); Sandy MacIntyre's trip to Boston, The Yetts of Muckart, reels
A group of old-tiji jigs in D Major
The Forest of Garth, Compliments to my Wife, Bea, (comp., by J. Campbell), Athole Brose - strathspeys; Captain David Stewart reel, traditional reel, Irish reel
A group of jigs in G. Major, includes the Squirrel in the Tree
The Rose Acres - pastoral; The Maid of Islay, Lucy Campbell - strathspeys; Traditional reel, Pigeon on the Gate, Alex Dan's reel
A march; a traditional strathspey; The Duke of Gordon's Birthday strathspey; The Rights of Man hornpipe; an Irish reel

Recording is available for research and study purposes only: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1593.mp3

CBC Radio
CA BI T-1770 · Item · Apr. 1983
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a compilation of several sound recordings of the violinist Mary Beaton MacDonald put together on the occasion of her death by Dougie MacPhee.

A-1 John Cable plays "Tullochgorum" strathspey by Mary MacDonald on violin with her daughter Mary Jessie as piano accompanist
A-2 John Cable (CBC Radio) interviews pianist Doug MacPhee about Mary, and her great style of fiddling
A-3 Mary (Beaton) MacDonald plays "Lord MacDonald's" Reel
A-4 A few closing remarks from Doug MacPhee
A-5 Donnie Campbell's radio show on CJCB, speaks a little about Mary
A-6 Donnie plays a group of high bass tunes from Doug MacPhee's first LP that he learned from Mary
A-7 Dan MacDonald (CHER Radio) plays a tape recording of her and Mary Jessie on piano; traditional strathspeys and reels in A minor
A-8 John Morris Rankin of Mabou, violin selection with Joey Beaton on piano. Playing "Johnny Cope" March, a setting by Mary MacDonald
A-9 Kay MacDonald (CBC Radio) paying tribute to Mary Hughie MacDonald, and playing a selection of tunes from a tape of Mary. She plays a group of strathspeys and reels in G Major, including her great arrangement of Tullochgorum strathspey. Lord MacDonald reel and Miss Johnson's reel.
A-10 A few violin selections of Mary MacDonald made at the home of Margaret & Doug MacPhee in 1972, with Doug MacPhee as her piano accompanist.
A-11 A selection of tunes by Mary & her daughter Mary Jessie, recorded at a Scottish Concert at St. Agnes Auditorium in August 1966. Mary played her great arrangements of Christie Campbell strathspey and other High Bass tunes.
A-12 CIGO Radio Station, Port Hawkesbury, pays tribute to the late Mary Beaton MacDonald. Mr. MacEachern gives a run down on her family tree, and all the Beaton musicians who are related to her.
A-13 He plays a selection from a tape of her and Mary Jessie. "Strathspeys and Reels in A Minor"
A-14 (a) Tullochgorum Strathspey. (b) Lord MacDonald Reel
A-15 He reads a fine tribute to Mary from the book "Cape Breton Fiddler"
A-16 She plays "The West Mabou Reel" and other traditional reels
A-17 The last selections - A minor Strathspey and Reels
A-18 Various violin selections by Dan MacIsaac and Doug MacPhee

Recording is available for research and study purposes only: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1770.mp3

MacPhee, Doug
1975 Festival of Fiddlers
CA BI T-1123 · Item · 18 Jul. 1975
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of the Festival of Fiddlers concert in Glendale, recorded by Kay MacDonald on July 18, 1975.

A-1 MacLellan, Theresa; Joey Beaton, accompanist (Queensville)- Violin selections
A-2 Dewars, Malcolm (Ottawa) - Violin selections: Slow airs, reels; Dale Urquhart, guitar accompanist
A-3 Beaton, Kinnon; Beaton, Donald Angus (Mabou) - Violin selections: March, reels; Mrs. Donald A. Beaton, piano accompanist
A-4 MacDonald, Dan R. (Mabou) - Violin selections: Strathspey, reels; Joey Beaton, piano accompanist
A-5 MacLellan, Jimmy (St. Rose, Sudbury, Ont.) - Violin selections: Strathspey, reels; Joey Beaton, piano accompanist
A-6 Graham, Danny (Judique) - "Hear the nightingales sing...": English March, strathspey, reels; Joey Beaton, piano accompanist
A-7 MacDonald, Donnie (Queensville) - Violin selections: Ballad; Betty Lou MacNeil, accompanist
B-1 MacDonald, Donnie (Queensville) - Violin selections: Marches, strathspey, reels; Betty Lou MacNeil, accompanist
B-2 Stone, James (Spryfield) - Violin selections: Waltzes; John Morris Rankin, piano accomp.
B-3 Good, Jamie (U.S.A.) - Clarinet selections: Marches; Maybelle Doyle, piano accomp.
B-4 MacInnis, Dan Joe (Sydney) - Violin selections: Slow air, march, strathspey, reels; Maybelle Doyle, piano accomp.
B-5 LeBlanc, Didace (Saint-Joseph-du-Moine) - Violin selections: March, reels; Joey Beaton, piano accompanist
B-6 Chapman, Stan (New Glasgow) - Violin selections: slow air, march, strathspey, reels; Gordon MacLean, piano accomp.
B-7 MacDougall, Hector (Cape North, Boston) - Violin selections: Slow air, march, reel; Maybelle Doyle, piano accomp.
B-8 MacNeil, Joe (Barra Head) - Violin selections; Maybelle Doyle, piano accomp.

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1123 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1123-1.mp3
T-1123 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1123-2.mp3

MacDonald, Mary Catherine "Kay"
CA BI T-1446 · Item · 1980
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of Scottish fiddle tunes played by David MacIsaac and John Morris Rankin.

A-1 Jigs: Trad., jig, Light & Airy, Dan R., jig Scottish Fiddle Tunes Piano accomp., by John Morris Rankin
A-2 Within a mile of Edinbourgh Town; The Braes of Tullymet strath.; Paddy on the Turnpike, The Red Mill reels Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-3 Bothwell Castle, a slow Strath.; Cock of the North Strath.; Miss Stopford; Miss MacIntish of MacIntosh and 2 untitled reels Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-4 General Robertson - slow air; Lady Caroline Montague & Lady Louden's strathspeys; Blind Norry, Fife Hunt, The Forest of Garth, General MacDonald's reels Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-5 March, Strathspey & reel in B Minor Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-6 Lord John Campbell, followed by a trad., strathspey, Dolmar reel (Dan R.) Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-7 Group of Jigs in D Minor Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-8 Joan MacDonald march; The Highlander Farewell to Ireland strathspey Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-9 Jigs: 2 jigs composed by Joan Boes; My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing; Miss Anderson; A Jimmy Shand Jig Scottish Fiddle Tunes
A-10 Nancy - march; Shetland Fiddlers Association strathspey Scottish Fiddle Tunes
B-1 Shetland Fiddler Assoc., strathspey; A Dan R., reel; Judy's Reel; Miss Susan Cooper reel; Scottish Fiddle Tunes; Continuation of A-10
B-2 March & strathspey (no titles); Flora MacDonald's reel; Malcolm Finlay's reel; The Hawk, Grant's Hornpipe Scottish Fiddle Tunes
B-3 The Hon., Lady Fraser of Lovat, The Devil in the Kitchen, Miss Drummond of Perth strathspeys; Miss MacKenzie of Gairloch strathspey; Lochiel's Rant, a bagpipe reel, trad., reel, Johnny Groat's House reel Scottish Fiddle Tunes
B-4 Peter Laing Strathspey; Scottish Fiddle Tunes

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1446 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1446-1.mp3
T-1446 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1446-2.mp3

MacInnis, Sheldon
CA BI T-1305 · Item · 1978
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of violin and piano selections performed by Buddy MacMaster, with piano accompaniment by John Morris Rankin, and recorded by CBI Radio.

A-1 Loch na Gar; Fir Tree; Trad., strathspey; Athole Brose; Mrs. Muir MacKenzie; Randy Wife of Greenlaw
A-2 Jigs: The Golden Rod; Haste to the Wedding; 2 Traditional
A-3 Slow air; Mrs. Ferguson of Reath; South West Bridge; Paddy on the Turnpike
A-4 Jigs: Chéticamp & 2 other jigs
A-5 A group of old-time jigs
A-6 Reels: tom Rae, Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to Boston; Ann MacQuarries; Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay; High Road to Linton

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1305 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1305-1.mp3
T-1305 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1305-2.mp3

CBC Radio
Failte's Furan
CA BI T-53 · Item · 1972
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of Failte's Furan on CHER Radio.

Winston Fitzgerald: violin selections
Red Hackle Pipes and Drums: bagpipe selections
Mae Cameron: C'ait an caidheal an ribhinn...
Dan Joe MacInnis: Violin selections
Wilfred Gillis: Violin selections
Frank MacInnis, Rev. Eugene Morris: Interviewed re Festival of Scottish Fiddlers to be held at Glendale (N.S.)
John Morris Rankin: Violin selections
Rev. Eugene Morris and Frank MacInnis: Continuation of interview re Festival of Scottish Fiddlers
Red Hackle Pipes and Drums: Bagpipe selections
John MacPherson: Gaelic lesson
Tommy Darkie: Accordion music
Joe MacLean: Violin selections

CA BI T-1308 · Item · 23 Sep. 1978
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of MacTalla an Eilean broadcast on CBI Radio on Sept. 23, 1978.

A-1 Buddy MacMaster & John Morris Rankin Violin & piano selections Jigs: Golden Rod, Haste to the Wedding, 2 trad., jigs
A-2 Donnie Campbell "Kitty from Baltimore" Ballad Guitar accomp., by Jerome Campbell
A-3 Mabou Ceilidh 3 Gaelic Stories
A-4 Doug MacPhee Piano selections Hallam's Hornpipe; The Hawk; Grant's Hornpipe
A-5 Mickey Gillis & Doug MacPhee Violin & piano selections Bovaglie's Plaid; Hector the Hero
A-6 Kay MacDonald Announcements
A-7 Red Hackle in Concert Bagpipe Selections 4/4 marches
A-8 Bob Morgan & Kay MacDonald Gaelic Lesson
B-1 Jimmy Shand Dance music - jigs
B-2 George Clavey "Morag a' Dunbheagen" Love Song
B-3 Norman MacDonald Interview re Gaelic & Celtic History courses at College of C.B. Education
B-4 John Campbell Violin Selections Strathspeys & reels Piano accomp., by Doug MacPhee

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1308 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1308-1.mp3
T-1308 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1308-2.mp3

CBI Radio
CA BI T-1603 · Item · 5 Feb. 1983
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

CBC Radio "MacTalla an Eilean" February 5, 1983

A-1 Buddy MacMaster & Carl MacKenzie: Violin: Golden Rod, Down the Tannoch Road, Car Driver, Haste to the Wedding - jigs; Piano accomp., by Doug MacPhee
A-2 Na H-Eilthirich: "Spraidh Leid a'Bhreacan Ur"
A-3 John Dan MacNeil: Gaelic Story; Piano accomp., by George MacInnis
A-4 John Morris Rankin: Violin: Bishop MacDonald, slow strathspey; Glengarry's Dirk
A-5 John Burgess Bagpipe solo: Duchess of Edinburgh; Think Lies the Mist on Yonder Hill; Rose Among the Heather; High Road to Linton
B-1 Ann Draper & Dolena MacLenna: Interview re Mod in Cape Breton
B-2 Donald MacLellan: Violin: Neil Gow's Lament for Abercairney; Christy Campbell; Hills of Cape Mabou; Greig's Pipes; Perthshire Hunt; Piano accomp., by Doug MacPhee

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1603 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1603-1.mp3
T-1603 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1603-2.mp3

CBC Radio
CA BI T-1607 · Item · 26 Feb. 1983
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of MacTalla an Eilean, February 26, 1983, broadcast on CBC Radio.

John MacInnis & John MacLeod, Puirt-a-beul
Father Angus Morris, Violin: Traditional jigs in Key of A
Barry Shears, Bagpipe solo: Haste to the Wedding; Duncan MacKillop
John Dan MacNeil, Gaelic Story
Iona Gaelic Singers, "Bu chaomh leam bhi mireah..."
Theresa & Marie MacLellan, Violin & Piano: Lord Alexander Kennedy, march; King George V, Devil in the Kitchen, Miss Drummond of Perth - strathspeys; King George Iv, King;s reel
George MacInnis and Doug MacPhee, Piano duet: Pipe Major George Ross's Farewell to the Black Watch; Yester House; Brenda Stubbert, Kinnon Beaton - reels
Willie John MacAulay, "Mairi Dhonn"
John Morris Rankin & Howie MacDonald, Violin: Irish Reels

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1607 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1607-1.mp3
T-1607 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1607-2.mp3

CBC Radio
CA BI T-1598 · Item
Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

Item is a sound recording of MacTalla an Eilean on CBC Radio.

Track Listing: Piano duet: Bill Lamey's Father MacGregor's, Biddy from Sligo - jigs
Violin: Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside; Miss Lyall; Devil in the Kitchen; The Grey-Haired Lay
Pap of Glencoe; Maggie Cameron; John MacDonald's reel
"Leanabh an Aigh"
Gaelic Gospel reading
"Christ Child's Lullaby"
Violin: Clogs & Hornpipes
"Laoidh Nollaig"
3 traditional reels

Recording is available for research and study purposes only:
T-1598 Side 1: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1598-1.mp3
T-1598 Side 2: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/T-1598-2.mp3

CBC Radio