Conversation about music for dancing and types of dances
Patsy Judge & Bride Judge
The opening sequence from The Forgotten Irish documentary depicting a “time” in the Roche household. This clip features set dancing and accordion playing. The Forgotten Irish television documentary first broadcast on 17 March 1981 in celebration of the Irish living overseas on St Patrick’s Day. The Radharc documentary film series includes over 400 films dealing with issues of human rights, injustice, faith, religion, persecution, struggles against oppressive regimes, famine, and Christian heritage. With thanks to RTÉ Archives for granting permission to exhibit this clip from The Forgotten Irish. To view the entire documentary, visit https://www.rte.ie/archives/ex...
| Creator | Dunn, Fr Joe, producer ; Forristal, Fr Desmond, producer ; O'Hara, Aidan, reporter ; Wylde, Donal, camera ; Hayes, Pat, sound ; O'Donnell, All, music ; McCarthy, Dermod, director |
| Contributor | Roche, Dermot, dancer ; Roche, Rita, dancer ; English, John Joe, dancer ; English, Monica, dancer ; Campbell, Gerald, accordion ; Hennessy, John, dancer ; Hennessy, Helen, dancer ; English, Leo, dancer |
| Date | [August 1980] |
| Publisher | Radharc |
| Location | Roche house, Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance, Dance music |
| Language | English |
| Type | Video |
| Extent | 00:02:19 |
| Copyright | RTÉ |
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Patsy Judge performs several examples of “cheek” or “gob” music (i.e., dance music performed with the voice only), simultaneously explaining where these tunes were most likely to appear within the set dance. The examples appear in the following order: “There was an old woman” (jig), “Tatter Jack Walsh” (jig), “All the way to Connickmore” (single), “Haste to the wedding” (jig), “The girl I left behind me” (single), “Girls in the salthouse” (single), “Mother wouldn’t beat him” (single), “Irishman’s shanty” (single), “Pop goes the weasel” (jig), “Green grow the rushes-o” (reel).
| ITMA Reference | 54075 |
| Creator | Judge, Patsy, speech in English, lilting ; Judge, Bride, speech in English |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | [1975] |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | [Patrick's Cove, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada] |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance music |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Sound |
| Extent | 00:10:33 |
| Copyright | Performer and Aidan O'Hara |
| Roud Number | Tatter Jack Walsh (9956) ; Connickmore (26046) ; Girl I left behind me (26437) ; Mother wouldn't beat him (26824) ; Irishman's shanty (4838) |
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Denis Nash dancing while Frankie Nash plays the whistle. Keith Roche and his wife Dorothy (‘Dot’) look on, ca. 1976–77. Keith is the son of Dermot Roche and Dot is the sister of Eta Nash.
| ITMA Reference | 255523 |
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | October [1976/77] |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | [Roche house, Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada] |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Instrumental Music ; Newfoundland: Dance |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
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Henry Power (son of Anthony and Mary Power) dancing "a few scuffs" in the Roche household. The Roche family and friends look on (left to right): Keith Roche, Paula Manore (née Roche), Mary Jean Lyth (née Roche), Dermot Roche, Petchie Nash, Jerry Power (Henry's brother). Three girls sit in the background of the photo (left to right): Karen Sarro (née Roche), Michelle d'Entremont, Audrey Wilson (née Roche).
| ITMA Reference | 255577 |
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 1975 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
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Two children watch a dance in the Roche household in Branch. Left to right: Paula Manore (née Roche), Mary Jean Lyth (née Roche, daughters of Dermot Roche), unidentified woman, Lucy Nash (née Connors).
| ITMA Reference | 255518 |
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 1975 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
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Gerald Campbell plays singles on harmonica while John Hennessy step dances in Dermot Roche’s kitchen. This sequence featured in The Forgotten Irish documentary. The Forgotten Irish television documentary first broadcast on 17 March 1981 in celebration of the Irish living overseas on St Patrick’s Day. The Radharc documentary film series includes over 400 films dealing with issues of human rights, injustice, faith, religion, persecution, struggles against oppressive regimes, famine, and Christian heritage. With thanks to RTÉ Archives for granting permission to exhibit this clip from The Forgotten Irish. To view the entire documentary, visit https://www.rte.ie/archives/ex...
| Creator | Dunn, Fr Joe, producer ; Forristal, Fr Desmond, producer ; O'Hara, Aidan, reporter ; Wylde, Donal, camera ; Hayes, Pat, sound ; O'Donnell, All, music ; McCarthy, Dermod, director |
| Contributor | Hennessy, John, dancer ; Campbell, Gerald, singer |
| Date | [August 1980] |
| Publisher | Radharc |
| Location | Roche house, Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance, Dance music |
| Language | English |
| Type | Video |
| Extent | 00:00:47 |
| Copyright | RTÉ |
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The Branch Crowd dancing a set on stage at the 1977 Newfoundland Folk Festival. Aidan O'Hara is visible in the background, beside the 3rd dancer from the left. The musicians (left to right): Ron Felix, Andy Samuelson and Mac Schwackhamer. Those dancing include, left to right, Mary Power, Lucy Nash, Aidan O’Hara, John Joe Englsih, Eleanor Dawson, Val Ryan, and Virginia Ryan (née Preston).
| ITMA Reference | 255636 |
| Creator | Penton, Len, photographer |
| Contributor | O'Hara, Aidan, collector |
| Date | 11-13 August 1977 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Bannerman Park, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Len Penton |
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The "Branch Crowd" dancing a set for the Aly O'Brien benefit concert in Memorial University’s Little Theatre (1976). The benefit was organised in response to a fire at the O’Brien homestead, just outside of St. John’s.
| ITMA Reference | 255615 |
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | February 1976 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | O'Brien Benefit Concert, Little Theatre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Extent | 1 digital image |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
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A typed transcript of a conversation between Aidan O'Hara and Mick Nash. Mick Nash describes a competition between a dance master from Ireland and a dance master from Angel's Cove.
| Creator | O'Hara, Aidan |
| Date | 5 October 1975 |
| Publisher | Irish Traditional Music Archive |
| Location | Branch, St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Subject | Newfoundland: Dance ; Newfoundland: Speech in English |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Aidan O'Hara Collection |
| Type | Text |
| Extent | 3 p. |
| Copyright | Aidan O'Hara |
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