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Date(s)
- [c. 1967-c. 1973?] (Creation)
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1 audio reel
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard ‘Dick’ Cameron was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1929. He came to Ireland in the mid-1950s and was heavily involved in the folk revival of the 1960s and 1970s and instrumental in the establishment of the An Góilín Singers Club, founded by Tim Dennehy and Dónal de Barra in 1979. His warm baritone made him popular on the radio, where he hosted the Ballads of a Saturday series on Radio Telefís Éireann and appeared in many other folk music programmes. He died in Dublin in 1997.
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Scope and content
Audio reel beginning with a home recording of a woman, identified on the cover of the reel as ‘Mary Mc’, singing ‘The Lark in the Morning’, ‘Let No Man Steal Your Thyme’ and ‘The Tunnel Tigers’. This is followed by Dick Cameron singing ‘Wanderin’’. The recording returns to the woman, who sings ‘The Bramble Briar’, ‘Reynard the Fox’, ‘Reynardine’, ‘A Lover’s Ghost’, ‘The Highland Widow’s Lament’ and ‘My Bonny Miner Lad’. This is followed by a recording of a programme [from the Radio Telefís Éireann series Cabaret Gael Linn?] featuring The Press Gang singing ‘Drunken Sailor’ and ‘Two Young Brethren’; Dick Cameron singing ‘Said Judas to Mary’; The Press Gang singing ‘Reuben Ranzo’ and ‘Banks of Claudy’; Dick Cameron singing ‘Lukey’s Boat’; a woman singing ‘Suzanne’; and two women singing the first beats of ‘Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry’ before the recording stops abruptly. The reel concludes with a home recording of Dick Cameron singing ‘Old Bangum’ and The Newry Higwayman’. Duration 00:58:10.
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No access to magnetic tape. For digital access to contents, please consult with the staff.
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Language of material
- Béarla
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Reel of magnetic tape requiring a reel-to-reel player.